The biggest lesson I learnt sailing skiffs is to be brave and always set the spinnaker. The boat is more stable with them. This is still one of the best displays of survival sailing ever!
Like most viewers it seems, I keep coming back to this brilliant footage and fantastic commentary. Nokia crew must have balls like watermelons, staggering.
Yeah. This about the most extreme sailing I've ever seen. Skiffs do work best with the kite up though. The kite adds some lift and stops the bow digging in. It was clearly the best decision. Maybe it just took some balls. Luv and Peace.
Anyone who has sailed a Skiff knows that a Gennaker actually creates a lot of lift in the bow and helps to stop the nose dives. Still ballsy as though. Much respect.
@@allistar6933 You'd be mental not to put it up downwind. The Gennaker balances the helm. It becomes MUCH MUCH easier to steer and balance the boat. Sailing an L4K we'd persevere upwind for hours then fly downwind with three sails in twenty minutes. Skiffs are so asymmetric... :-) Luv and Peace.
Never raced a skiff, but on E-scows in heavy wind, it's practically suicidal to do a downwind without a kite. Without it the boat is almost uncontrollable.
Always loved this video! Wonderful piece of sailing in extreme conditions! Out-sailed the rest of the fleet and deserve every accolade! I especially liked the leading boat for the series doing a great round the forestay whilst they were trying to show off": ;) The fish say the rest:)!
Stopping by again. 26 years later and this is video still holds up as some of the finest sailing you will ever see. Nice one fellas.👍
The biggest lesson I learnt sailing skiffs is to be brave and always set the spinnaker. The boat is more stable with them. This is still one of the best displays of survival sailing ever!
Love it this shit never gets old. The commentators are as good as the sailors.
absolutely the sailing is just insane and the commentators have complete "the boat is turning into a banana" energy
Top Gun Jet Fighter Stuff!!!! Still, and always the best bit of sailing skill on TH-cam.
People are unaware of how helpful genakers are at stopping you from nosediving one these conditions lol, amazing sailing
Like most viewers it seems, I keep coming back to this brilliant footage and fantastic commentary. Nokia crew must have balls like watermelons, staggering.
Makes Americas Cup racing look tame by comparison.
Epic! how did they manage to sail at all with balls that big in the way??
The commentator could easily be father from Ozzy man :)
Great stuff.
I watch this every few months for inspiration. Timeless classic...plus who doesnt love the "Ripper Cam"?
The ripper cam is the best invention in the history of sailing. Only the comically long tiller extensions even come close.
come back and watch my heros every now and then
Never gets old!
This is absolutely epic, even with the spinnaker tearing apart they never backed down for a second
Seriously still one of the best sailing videos ever. You have to the kite because you'll just nose dive again and again
The problem with watching this video is that every other 'extreme' sailing video now pales in comparison...
Yeah.
This about the most extreme sailing I've ever seen.
Skiffs do work best with the kite up though.
The kite adds some lift and stops the bow digging in.
It was clearly the best decision. Maybe it just took some balls.
Luv and Peace.
Have you seen Ragamuffin at 38 knots?!
@@johnwebb5879 yeah thats pretty extreme also. But thats a 100 foot yacht. Considering these things are 18 feet long I would say this is more extreme.
This very boat is sitting at my boat club right now. Crazy to see it in this race
What's the name of the boat?
it’s the nokia skiff. it is at oklahoma city boat club
@@brocksmith5341 Very cool.
Is it abandoned and for sale?
I know at least one guy that would sail it with me.
@Brock Smith
In the USA?
Amazing work guys. I absolutely love it when intuition works out.
Proper sailing! Brilliant :-)
INCREDIBLE team work !!?
@volvooceanrace you really need to put this one out there!
I know it's gutsy and scary to do, but you can see how much the boat stabilises with the kite up as opposed to trying to go downwind 2 sail.
yes it was apparent on the water too.
Anyone who has sailed a Skiff knows that a Gennaker actually creates a lot of lift in the bow and helps to stop the nose dives. Still ballsy as though. Much respect.
@@allistar6933 You'd be mental not to put it up downwind.
The Gennaker balances the helm.
It becomes MUCH MUCH easier to steer and balance the boat.
Sailing an L4K we'd persevere upwind for hours then fly downwind with three sails in twenty minutes.
Skiffs are so asymmetric... :-)
Luv and Peace.
Never raced a skiff, but on E-scows in heavy wind, it's practically suicidal to do a downwind without a kite. Without it the boat is almost uncontrollable.
Always loved this video! Wonderful piece of sailing in extreme conditions! Out-sailed the rest of the fleet and deserve every accolade! I especially liked the leading boat for the series doing a great round the forestay whilst they were trying to show off": ;) The fish say the rest:)!
Incredible
Nokia brave or not but people don't realise how helpful in condition like this genakers realy are
Definitely gave them a fair bit of lift ahead of the centre of bouyancy
Yeah especially with such low bow volume
It's still another 6 or 700 square feet of sail you've got to keep upright.
Don't need the spinnaker but put it up anyway: Keeping the sponsor happy.
and keeping the nose up!!
you are a fucking idiot. No doubt about it
@@thomaselliott573 what mate?
International 18s. The fastest sailing skiff in the world.
Um. Good job but no gloves Nokia? I guess real men don't need skin on their hands. :)
Who needs skin if u have a shit ton of skill😁
*they always said Nokia phones are indestructible*
to bad gennaker isnt
I was waiting for this comment
Im still surprised thier spin didn't explode!
Best vid ever
where can one find the full race ?
Epic
5:21 the level of coordination
How was the speed?
anyone got the full race?
DUDE.........
Looks totally easy... :-)
Hold My Beer...
If they were ACTUALLY UP AND OUT OF THE WATER.....
So this is where Crocodile Dundee gets his inspiration !@#$%
why is the video quality like in the 60ies?
cause its 1997
What a dumb question
this is a 49er right?
International skiff 18
@@lukaradonic6077 ok thanks