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Hi, i was wondering how Big the kite is? I am also Racing on a j/111 (super Fun boat to sail and race btw), but i just thought your boatspeed was quite slow for 18-28 knots or whatever it was, because We hit 10 knots quite easy with the kite up in lower winds than 18-28 knots. However when We sail in stronger winds like 18-28 knots more specificly 22 knots We hit an 18,8 knot top speed and around 14-15 avg. On the downwind. It is super Fun to see another Crew race the same boat, so i Can se the differences in manovers and boat handling. Keep up the good work❤

Way too much heel. Crew not hiking hard.

When raising the asymmetrical at 15:00 why is the driver heading so high? It's absolutely abhorrent to see the whole crew struggling for 5 minutes and the spin is still not fully raised, and keeping flogging all the time. Why does the skipper still not realize the problem after all this time? His course is way too high for the asymmetrical. He needs to head down 10 degrees or so so the crew could sail peacefully for a leg and then drop and head up. Unfortunately they just endured that flogging asym for so long and finally had to douse it anyway

Is this the Obsidian J that is now in LA?

Bad stuff.

Very bad sailing

Awesome evening guys! Executive sailing with beer in hand as the sun goes down..... worried this is almost the end of your sailing season....we are having similar conditions at the start of our season here in NZ. Appreciate the effort to post these videos and really enjoy riding along with you guys.

Lifejackets for those under 14 yrs always and if the breeze is above 20knots for adults

Have you not heard of life jackets. Hope nothing goes wrong for you.

Good race

Having been a tactician on a J111 for 5 years and having done 27 Whitebread races, there is so much I can say about this video, but in the simplest terms, why isn't everybody hiking all of the time? Half the time, the boat is over 30 degrees and there are 2 or 3 people in the cockpit. The helmsman, in breeze, should never be steering from leeward, the traveler needs to be moved up and down much more, the main trimmer should be doing the backstay (not the guy in orange), when the chute is up you need to sail higher to keep it full (and to prevent it from wrapping around the headstay), on spinnaker runs the jib should be down. The start was pin favored and the course went left on a close reach, but you started at the boat and had the jib in as if it were a beat, you didn't bear off enough when trying to set the chute, the chute (which was banded) shouldn't have been trimmed until the mast man yelled "MADE". This video is a perfect opportunity for teaching how to get better. I have more comments if you want to hear them.

Did that conflict @54:55 make it to a judge? My opinion is that Obsidian was in the wrong there, but I am very much still learning the RRS and so am interested in the ruling and the reasoning for it. Either way thanks for sharing another great race!

Thank you for sharing this! I am not sure what's going on at 14:27 and 2:11:00 though, wouldn't it be easier to turn to port a bit (i.e. follow the spinnaker)? That's what we would do on our J22. But maybe it's different on a J111. Or maybe you just like the heeling of the boat, and give the spinnaker a good rinse :) But seriously, I'm curious if that's on purpose or not, or am I missing something?

Always interesting watching your videos, it reminds me so much of my experience on board our boat. We have a MAT 1070 racing boat, and occasionally have to resort to a few choice words during the race. A couple of observations/comments if you are interested. When tacking we always prepare the new winch with 2 or 3 turns (depending on wind strength) and always put the winch handle in. Through the tack the sheet is eased, the crew pull in on the new winch as much as possible and then immediately the guy that has released comes across and starts grinding in, then the final wrap is put around the winch and locked off. Then final fine tuning can take place. I think this saves vital seconds during every tack - the winch handle is already in the winch and no time is lost winching in the sail. I raced on a Swan 45 yesterday and they use the same process. Also noticed that the final winching/trimming is often done by Jodi which looks very hard to do, there are plenty of guys on board who I am sure have more muscle power - Chris for instance. Someone else has mentioned bare feet. In the previous video Jodi's hair was dangling loose, I think could at some point get caught in a sheet/winch/ block - not a nice thing to happen. During gybing with the spi noticed that the winch handle is removed from the winch and placed in the pocket. gybe takes place and then the winch handle at some point is placed in the new working winch - by this point a little late - why not transfer the winch handle straight away from one winch to the other - and then it is immediately ready for when the load comes on the new sheet. And finally when you are sailing under spi, possibly when a bit tight to the wind, have someone briefed/dedicated to easing the vang, ensure they know how it works and ready to ease in an instance. Apologies for the long comment, hope you view it positively. For all that you do very well in the regattas. It would be nice to sail with you sometime but I am based in Calpe, Spain., so a little too far to travel.

Hey i have a quesiton, I race on a J/111 here in the UK. how is your gopro attached on the boom? how did you do it? we've been trying for a while but haven't found a good solution, great racing!

I would respectfully suggest the young lady in the red foul weather gear ought to be wearing shoes. Only a matter of time time she breaks a toe and/ or trips causing a major problem. Additionally, in the prior video she had long braids dangling in proximity to the winches, a very dangerous combo. Keep the videos coming!

I have a question. Does your mainsheet man know what the traveler does. When your traveler is down eased you don't get knocked over so much. Traveler needs to be moved all the time as the wind comes and goes.

Always fun to finish first, but as scratch boat, it wasn't enough to correct over the others.

Nice Job, Obsidian! It was great fun competing with you on Trading Places!

Good fun guys if not a bit scarey - Loved Superman hanging from the spinnaker halyard!

Good sailing, good action, good moments catched on video! Could you say something about your cameras, camera settings, mounting points and what you are using for the overlays? Where do you get the angle of heeling from? Action cam?

Thanks for sharing! I noticed that upwind you have the traveller down and main sheet on hard. Have you experimented with doing the opposite and running traveler up and sheet off, to induce twist and spill wind from the top? Just curious as the two options are an ongoing discussion where I sail.

With only 5 on board, not too bad.

That was so exciting! We had our first day racing down here in NZ and after watching your videos all winter, I feel we had definitely improved! Thanks guys for posting these videos!

Chris, some of your decision make was not good. Seems you were trying to push one boat to open the way for another.

Good job keeping the boat rolling. You know it's a low wind affair when the max speed aboard a J111 is 5.4 knots. Brutal!

Now you know why I never wear a hat when sailing. That had to hurt!

Not sure what to think of your racing over there. Winds are light by the look of it, which makes things very fastrastrating.the question is,your boat seems the only one moving.

Great work guys!

Random internet passerby here writing from a place on a planet where sailing is temporarily prohibited (for a few years now) Awesome vid, not action-packed, but i felt like i was on a race again. Not to mention cool informative overlay and the general idea that reviewing this might help in improving the teamwork and decisions later. Thank you!

You guys are awesome! Great footage - Chris is GOLD! Really good teamwork guys.....AND Really enjoy your footage and all the effort that it takes to post these videos.

Nice to see wind for a change

Great work crew! Nice to be on the winning boat for a change. I'm usually at the other end of the fleet!

That looked difficult, lot of concentration needed with such light wind. Pretty good making the windward mark 1st after a slow start, then a bit frustrating losing ground on the downwind leg. Is that a new Beneteau First 36 I see in the fleet - how are you doing against it after rating.

Really enjoy your videos and like the comments - like looking at the wrinkles in the sails and whats causing them and how to fix them. The different views of the situations also adds insight.... Excellent!

Really enjoy your videos guys! Camera settings are crystal clear and the sound was really good too! I could hear a lot of the comments onboard which is helping me learn a lot in the way you do your settings in different situations. Really interesting and helpful. Hoping to put them into practice when we start racing down here in NZ in a month or so!

A fellow racer who USED to beat us almost every week once observed that anyone can sail when there is lots of wind but it takes some skill to move in these conditions!

Whomever named this regatta a "Challenge" knew what they were doing.

Too tight a vang can act as a break downwind. We loosen everything. We snug the vang when it’s puffy or the sea state is up to stop the boom bouncing. Otherwise it’s off.

Wondering why you call for vang off when going downwind? My thought has always been that the boom will rise and spill air out the top of the main if you don't have the vang on downwind since the mainsheet is so far out.

It’s Telemetry Overlay by Juan Irache

Nice video. May I ask what SW you use for the data overlay?

super!!!

Likes like you have the boom above center line, is this correct? Speed seems to be on polars and you are tacking through 90 degrees comfortably it seems. We have a J/88 and have not really tried this, should we?

Really enjoyed that guys.....10Knots downwind was awesome!

That was fun! Seems like you are sailing better against Purple Haze this year. Though I would have liked to have seen what happened at the end of the first down wind leg.

Great videos! I used to sail on Puravida. Saw your boat in fll

Brand new sails?!

Short handed right? Nice job.

Glad John is wearing a belt!