I love how this was made back in 1994 yet... real footage real accounts and no repetitive footage and repetitive commentary. Unlike shows that started in the mid 2000's that have maybe 10 to 15min of content in 45min of an episode. An absolute testament to how things should be produced and presented.
@@kristinpercy Books and documentaries cover those who needed rescue. Do you have any idea of how many other yachts were out there, and what did they do differently not to require rescue? I've been wondering this for ages and just came across your response. Were you knocked down? Was it as bad as everyone says?
What a great effort by so many folks, to save these sailors in some of the worst conditions. From those commissioned to do so, to the captains and crew of commercial ships who diverted from their course to risk some of their own safety, this is heroism to the nines. Beautifully done documentary. With all the nastiness occurring in the world today, it's inspiring to see the generosity of others shared so willingly.
Agreed. But u don’t need to go through hours of rubbish if u begin subscribing to the right people and channels. I’m mostly subscribed to history, pilots, NTSB investigations, human mysteries, cave diving, a former convict (prison stories) and nature related. I used to not be subscribed to anyone and I got tons of rubbish.
Damn! That was EXCELLENT. Love sailing and racing big boats but Blue Water sailing offers special risks. My heart goes out to all who lost lives, boats, gear and dreams. Sailors are a special breed. The Hero’s are those who are willing to rescue sailors in distressed. Godspeed to all Mariners.
I was there on HMNZS Monowai. I remember as we were sailing into the storm bracing myself in bed and watching all our stuff fall onto the deck. I just left it there. I was on the bridge for the Silver Shadow rescue. My job was maintaining the ships boats, including that RHIB. The second rescue actually cracked the hull in the RHIB and it spent the rest of the 3-month deployment sitting on the forward well deck. At some stages the ship was rolling 42 degrees either side of centre. The engines had CPP props which would back off pitch when they came out of the water. The starboard shaft ended up being locked in full pitch. Certainly the worst weather I have ever been in. I always hoped we would find Quartermaster; it was not until after the deployment I found out they were lost at sea.
Having been a former boat owner and need of rescue, the feeling of being safe again is nearly overwhelming. The safety of another vessel in such times is beyond measure. The recovery eventually builds the foundation for courage to go out again. The adventure may be hazardous but the calling is stronger.
@@leochen887 , . ‘Smells baaad’. 6 hours !!!! 🔴🦌. 5 days or more sitting inside your stomach puuuu-trifying !!! No fibre if you eat animals in their secretions !!! Timelapse. th-cam.com/video/lmSrUvgWiqE/w-d-xo.html .... 🤢🤮.. That’s why I am vegan !!!! Your teeth are flat 😬. And your stomach is very very long, “combined length of the small and large intestines is at least 15 ft in length”. We are herbivores. The ape family. ✅❤️😬💪🦍 GorilIas never ever eat animals, they are huge !!! 98.6% the same as us !!! And I’ve gotten bigger and stronger and fitter on a plant based diet. Scientific fact !!!! Fat deposits clog the arteries, eating animals and their secretions. Deodorant mask the symptoms but the shoes and socks and armpits.. 🍳🍖🍔...🦠🧟♂️👕🧦🥾🤮..
The sailors’ commentaries are fascinating. Many of them were basically professional amateurs, which results in a technically comprehensive description of events, but with a lot more humanity instilled in it. The mixture of personalities was great too. I liked how the Fijian sailors were like RL superheroes.
Please don't abandon your boat unless she is as good as sunk. This documentary is a testament to the dangers and waste of fear. What a waste of vessels and what a danger to the lives of rescuers and crew alike. Any descent boat wants to float (she can't help but want to) sail her to safety.
@@jfdbcpv1983 ; . ‘Smells baaad’. 6 hours !!!! 🔴🦌. 5 days or more sitting inside your stomach puuuu-trifying !!! No fibre if you eat animals in their secretions !!! Timelapse. th-cam.com/video/lmSrUvgWiqE/w-d-xo.html .... 🤢🤮.. That’s why I am vegan !!!! Your teeth are flat 😬. And your stomach is very very long, “combined length of the small and large intestines is at least 15 ft in length”. We are herbivores. The ape family. ✅❤️😬💪🦍 GorilIas never ever eat animals, they are huge !!! 98.6% the same as us !!! And I’ve gotten bigger and stronger and fitter on a plant based diet. Scientific fact !!!! Fat deposits clog the arteries, eating animals and their secretions. Deodorant mask the symptoms but the shoes and socks and armpits.. 🍳🍖🍔...🦠🧟♂️👕🧦🥾🤮
I was an officer in the merchant navy for 26 years, sailing on ships from 3500 tonnes to 55000 tonnes. When I retired I decided to buy a boat, and I did. I got myself a 48 foot canal barge. After I bought it I too was caught out in a force 9 storm. The waves in the canal reached a record 10 inches high and I was driven 30 foot to the far bank. I still remember it to this day. .... In all seriousness guys, after working at sea for that amount of time I have too much respect for nature and the sea and feel that the canal systems are the place for me.
Just heart-wrenching. Very bad, but the Fastnet 1979 race was even worse (75 capsizes, 24 abandoned vessels, 5 lost believed sunk, 19 dead - 15 sailors and 4 spectators: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Fastnet_race ). Some of what they learned from that storm helped save lives in this one. God bless 406 MHz EPIRBS! Much appreciated that you posted this.
ohhh so touching !! People loving sailing and sea can understand the deep sorrow when a crew and a yacht is loosing in a storm. Thanks to the rescue teams saving lives
Being a sailboat owner/ sailor/ racer. Having worked on every inch of my boat and knowing it like the back of my hand, that lady is coo coo for coconuts!
Words fail me to express my appreciation for this wonderfully produced documentary. It demonstrates the best in humanity under stress. Will probably watch again. The only improvement would be to delete the "dramatic" music that shades the real drama of the radio transmissions.
Thank You for sharing this horrible experience all the crews hit by this storm had to experience. The bravery of t he rescue vessel's crews and that of those in the search aircraft was commendable. Peace be with the captain and crew of the Quartermaster.
What a bunch of amazing, exalted, and rare breed of people those search-and-rescue people are! Not to mention the merchant mariners who immediately stop their commercial duties and put their own lives on the line! Humankind at its finest...
I read a book about this tragedy about 20 years ago. It was entitled, "Rescue in the Pacific." Spellbinding and terrifying. This documentary certainly brings that account to life. Well done.
I live on a small 22ft yacht. it was awesome to watch this and the dangers of the waters. It was very emotional to hear the tales of the sea and I would like to thank all the personal that it took to do the rescue. just awesome
To sail across oceans in a sailboat takes knowledge, courage, luck and insanity. But for someone to risk their lives to rescue yours, takes a strong heart and a good level of nobility.
Thank you so much!!! I've been reading the book twice or even three times a long while ago, but a book is a book and real pictures are something else. Thank you again!
what a detailed and insightful documentation. Incredibly beautiful and touching. Impressive how you live the spirit of sea sailing down there! warm regards from Germany!
@@sg-yq8pm The footage onboard MONOWAI was filmed using 2 super-8 video cameras, one of which was personally owned and got damaged by sea spray during use. Ninox got a replacement for the owner
A tremendous story of skill, tenacity and dogged will to survive. Bringing incredibly well trained and selfless people together pursuing one objective in the face of grave danger,. Thanks for sharing.a truly a gripping tale.
We had a clairvoyant that rented one of the offices at the airport when people would come and ask us where she was all the pilots myself included would tell them don't worry she knows you're here.
Jacaranda was right in the middle of this. We left the day everyone departed from North Island. Jacaranda one of the very few boats that suffered no damage. Luck has a big part to play in this game. Nuku’alofa main dock looked like a war zone as boats limped in. I do admit we needed a snorkel with much blue water sweeping the decks. Thanks for posting.
I along with 7 others were on Swanhaven out of tauranga we were right in the thick of it and luckly suffered on damage.I to this day still cry when i hear a C130 fly over head. It was one hell of a ride.
Quartermaster..."we are just hanging on"....... Of courage we had plenty We fought wind and seas valiantly But when the waves started risin' We prayed hard and frantic Across that stormy Pacific
Thanks for posting. We’ve showed this documentary for many years on our expeditions to demonstrate ultimate storm tactics. At the time we were sailing from Auckland to Tahiti on our first expedition together aboard Mahina Tiare II, our Hallberg-Rassy 42. with 5 expedition members.
Very well done! These sailors, real sailors, are so well spoken and tell their story so well. The graphics and explanations are excellent. It’s hard to imagine just how scary being in a situation like this and how powerless you become. Bravo!
Ahoy!!Enthralling documentary!!! May put my/any dream of sailing on the back burner though!! Love the ship to shore conversations...‘How’s it going?’.....had a few knock downs...hold on a sec just finishing my fish & chips....! Totally makes the ups & downs of land life seem a wee bit more manageable!
Great video. I went on a spring break trip in 1990 from Miami to the Bahamas on a wooden 52ft ketch called the Shark VIII. We left Miami at midnight for an overnight crossing to Bimini and encountered 60mph winds and steep 20-25ft swells with white caps. That part of the ocean can be dangerous when you get a strong southerly wind blowing against the strong northerly current which creates high steep waves. We rolled 45 deg to port and two people flew out of their bunks onto the floor. There was a bright full moon that night so you could see the enormous black swells towering over the boat. At that moment I couldn’t decide if I was excited for the adventure or plain scared.
@ which part of the people rescued by the cargo ship for the very fact they had a radio and distress beacon and were able to relay their position via spotter aircraft didn´t you understand?
I have been running fishing vessels for the past 25 years out of New England area and been faced with some nasty weather, my VHF and SIBAND radios were my lifeline to civilization and also being able to hail other vessels in the area. Your a EPIRB is the only way you would be found if you lost communication. I cannot fathom how someone would leave port and plan to sail a decent distance with no communication devices and an EPIRB. Total morons!! And the comment about being low budget was the icin on the cake. Should of named their vessel the ship of fools.
Amazing real footage and live accounts, an Excellent Documentary ! This devastating Cyclone could have killed everybody if wasn't for the sea rescuers' bravery, the Kirikiri Radio Service and NZ National Rescue Coordination Center. Aldo seems that some of this unfortunate sailors didn't have much experience in high seas, the great lesson is to have the right tools and that mandatory safety equipment that allowed their mayday to be heard, to be located and be saved. For the family of three lost souls, our prayers.
This is the most exciting and heart warming story I have seen in a long time! So very informative and relevant to what it means to be part of a community. 😎👍
Thanks. Amazing - I was cruising my sloop on the Waitemata Harbour on that QB weekend. Great cruising conditions - we were amazed to hear what was going on further up north...
Weird how all the commentary here is about production and how it was better or worse than other shows they'd seen. I found this document try grippng and felt close personal connection to the sailors, from their casual expectations, through their growing worries, moments or terror and strength, and finally, to their sorrows and recapitulate. Thanks.
I want to tell my partner what a great film I just watched but I’m scared she won’t want to go sailing afterwards. But this film was so educational for a budding sailor as myself really. To understand why and how the right equipment can make all the difference. Wow and it was a great watch too. I could easily see this being a block buster film 🎥
TH-cam repeatedly recommended this video to me, before I eventually sat down and watched it. TH-cam must know I need a cautionary message, given how I've recently purchased a bluewater sailboat and intend oceanic passages. Thank you youtube, message received loud and clear
Oh to live in a world where our resources, intelligence and expertise are used only for the good. Where we work together for own wellbeing. That was a terrifying ordeal for all and the voice of rescue was beyond description. Bravo.
The 20mm would have been a noble way to go down, but isn’t it interesting that they both faced up and accepted that very painful outcome, and then a reprieve came. I found this gentleman’s attitude best deserving of this. Great.
Harrowing story with so many heroes. How awful for those who were talking with the crew of Quartermaster all that time, but just couldn't do anything for them. Such a sad aspect to a mostly triumphant story. Incredible how many people, aircraft ad vessels came together to rescue all the yachts. What was the giant round light in the sky??
No amount of words can express how you feel being caught up in this storm. My son was 11 and the fare that he may not make it through this gave me more fight than I ever thought I was capable of. At the end we got lucky with minimum damage to our yacht. 7 days of hell.
As great a film as this one is (bloody great!), there is nothing that can capture the reality of being in those sorts of conditions. The sound that each one of those waves makes as it bears down on you is impossible to replicate. It even silences the sound of the banshee winds. The feeling of terror, fear mixed with reality as the stern starts to lift, accompanied by the roaring 'sound' and you know you are about to take off on another long skate where if you lose it, the 'it' may well include the vessel, the crew and you. Too cloudy and rough for a navigational star fix. The only outside contact being some shore based radio beacons. Opening the hatch to see an empty cockpit, knowing we could not turn back and get our mate, and then miraculously, find him (slightly terrified) attached by one of two safety lines, and get him back on board. Only for the sea to claim him a couple of decades down the track, having saved his 3 crew mates lives in losing his. We once shared the deafening silence of terror together, and survived. Once more he and another of our mates survived in the terrible Fastnet race. Then, the third time, she embraced him for ever. RIP JB and to all claimed by that harshest and most entrancingly beautiful of mistresses.
I was caught in this weather system on my steel yacht Sabre. Had wife Judith on board. I had worked as a volunteer operator with Kerikeri Marine Radio for some years and had picked up clues from other vessels as to the weather in their location. This weather bomb originated up in north fiji. We were all tied down and hove to when it hit. Interesting experience.
After seeing what can happen no matter how prepared you are and how perfect the weather window, I have a bit more respect for the unknown and not taking every safety precaution possible is just foolish and teasing with death. I am amazed how many sailors have told me, Oh you don't need a life raft, Epirb, drogue, etc. I will wait until I can afford the things I feel will make me more safe before crossing oceans.
There is a dinghy brand called "Portland Pudgy", which is also has liferaft characteristic. I think that it's going to become my dinghy and liferaft: portlandpudgy.com/ *This is not an ad, I just like that tiny vessel*
@@charonstyxferryman I saw one when were in Maine. They are tough looking boats and I wouldn’t want to spend a long time in one, but the same could be said for any survival raft for that matter.
If you go out to sea thinking how you will get help, just do not leave port. Why should we be using public money for an activity which is purely leisure. If you find yourself in danger it is beacuse you are badly prepared or you ran out of luck. Public spending should be dedicated to something else. Child poverty, homelessness, pensions etc...There seems to be never enough money for that.
@@buenosairestouring6986 - *"Child poverty, homelessness, pensions etc...There seems to be never enough money for that."* Tell that to the governments with their ridiculously huge military budgets for "defence".
There are some very formidable life rafts that major ships use now that are completely covered and basically unsinkable, they have steering and everything but obviously you can’t use that with a small yacht
When my dad taught me the ways of boating and navigation, he first said that to never forget the sea never stops trying to kill you. Keep that foremost in your planning.
Very brave of the Fijian sailors to go down onto that yacht. Impressive RIB handling and recovery by the RNZN, they must have drilled that alot! Well done to everyone involved!
The strong centred women in this are inspirational ….the beautiful woman in purple ( Davinana ) who speaks of counselling her children about going back into the saltwater womb …wow !
That's one thing you notice here. Incredible women leading the way, strength and courage rather than victimhood. I feel like we've moved on from this era.
It was really nice to see how attached keith was to his boat. And that he was heartbroken to hear the way it was goin to be sank..putting myself in his shoes I would feel the same bcos it did its job keeping them alive and not sinking plus all the good memories with her over the years , I can understand why he didnt wana let go that rail...
50 years prior, they had no radios, no gps. Everyone nowadays talks about "essential safety equipment" and even then, it's not enough. I think people need to accept there's an element of risk.
I would never attempt to criticise what any yacht skipper chose to do in such conditions if your not there you just don’t know however this storm bears out the old saying that the yacht will take a lot more punishment than the crew, with the exception of the tragic loss of Quartermaster the abandoned vessels didn’t sink unless some human action was taken to sink them.
Staying cool in extreme conditions is sometimes easier said than done, but you're correct. In the story of the Perfect Storm, a Nor' Easter off the US, a Westsail was abandoned in similar conditions at great hazard, only to be found months later washed up on a beach in fine shape to be refurbished and sailed again.
We will never know what happened, but its likely that she sank rather quickly. Her keel could have broken off in the pounding seas, she could have had the hatches blown in and became awash. Hard to say what happened. Its a shame I know that.
@ Yeah, I can't remember now what I was saying back then, but I think I fat fingered the keys and pushed send before I finished typing out whatever it was I wanted to say. And then was to lazy to re open up the video outside of adblock browser to edit the comment. That feature isn't available on ab for some reason.
"Rarely does the mariner who has experienced a fully developed tropical cyclone at sea wish to encounter a second one." From "The American Practical Navigator," aka, "Bowditch." Many professionally licensed mariners have committed that phrase to memory and anyone who forgets it, even temporarily, does so at their peril. That admonition applies equally to any properly trained mariner who never has experienced a hurricane at sea. The Southern Ocean is no place for amateurs and the waters around New Zealand are very much part of the Southern Ocean. The events chronicled in this video occurred in June, which corresponds with December in the northern hemisphere, not a good time for a pleasure cruise in a small boat. That's spoken as a long time professional mariner, both as sailboat captain and licensed deck officer on merchant ships. The famous old schooner "Nina" was lost with all aboard in these waters in June of 2012.
The Regatta took place at the end of May each year because that is the end of the cyclone season and when yachties move north to cruise in the S.Pacific over the main winter months
Its a long way from the Southern ocean. The Northern tip of NZ is at 34 degrees south, on par with say Morocco or North Carolina and the yachts encountered the storm at around 30 deg south which is on par with the Canary islands. The time of the incident would be comparable to the Yachts that cross the Atlantic from The Canary Islands to the Caribbean, ie the best time of the year. I would hope that weather forecasting and tracking would be much better today so easier to avoid such storms (but be prepared for them anyway)
@@stephanguitar9778 yeah...NZ may be one of the closer countries to the Southern Ocean, but the Southern Ocean is defined by the constant circulating of water around the globe south of the other continents other than the one continent the Southern Ocean surrounds and circles. Theres no practical rescue services in the Southern Ocean...just luck..hope there is a boat within a week of you....hope it responds....and hope your boat stays afloat until it gets there.
The sea is so strong for those blokes in the really big ship couldnt imagine being in a tiny little boats. Those blokes on that big ships, did they even sleep for those 5+days? Bloody legends true hero's. ❤❤❤❤
Like lightening, will probably never strike twice in the same spot, these people will almost certainly never experience a storm like this again if they are sailing in the right season.
Greg Forbes, what a gentleman and a patient wife, at 6:50, acknowledging humbly of low budget cruising, having faith and experience that they will make it safe even without the basics like a radio, I'd love to have met them in real life.
Fantastic stories and view from the actual sailors and the view from the rescuers. Very professional saying pan pan pan 90 knots wind storm force 9. After being rolled several times then silence when their mast has been broken off or bent around their hulls their radio antennas in the water. Then EPIRB's one after another going off in total silence you know the situation is very serious. One crew was lost I believe. Such courage.
Oh man the couple in the boat Destiny, that story, the audio of the distress call and the animation of the pitch pole and then the role, makes me squirm
Yo I'd put up with and play along with the "clairvoyant" one on land just to smash, but after rolling in the damned ocean I'd be like "B shut the fk up! We're all gonna die!" LOL!
55:50 really shows the scale of these waves. Typically it is difficult to get a sense of scale but seeing the yacht go from 50ft below the ship to above the ship really shows what they were up against. Some brave people out there putting themselves in harms way to help others.
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I love how this was made back in 1994 yet... real footage real accounts and no repetitive footage and repetitive commentary. Unlike shows that started in the mid 2000's that have maybe 10 to 15min of content in 45min of an episode. An absolute testament to how things should be produced and presented.
@Trent Wade 😂😂😂
Hmmm...they did show many of the same images several times, like the "snowy" waves pics, but they used enough to where its not that noticeable.
@@norml.hugh-mann yeah, but not like now where the narrator keeps repeating himself & showing the same footage over & over.
I guess ur not alone,prays the Lord.
Yeah this was really good. They covert a lot of crews and their boats.
We're not in control anymore. The media and entertainment industry is.
One of the best documentaries ever made. - V
I never fail to be impressed by the calmness of professional sailors acting under pressure in extreme conditions. Pure grace.
Perhaps you mean experienced. Yachtsmen, by definition, are not professional.
The two new age freaks with the 1970s hair should have gone down with the ship.
“Grace under fire” as the U.S. Marines say.
we were in that storm. Most of the sailors were amateurs the rescuers were amazing and yes calm
@@kristinpercy Books and documentaries cover those who needed rescue. Do you have any idea of how many other yachts were out there, and what did they do differently not to require rescue? I've been wondering this for ages and just came across your response. Were you knocked down? Was it as bad as everyone says?
What a great effort by so many folks, to save these sailors in some of the worst conditions. From those commissioned to do so, to the captains and crew of commercial ships who diverted from their course to risk some of their own safety, this is heroism to the nines. Beautifully done documentary. With all the nastiness occurring in the world today, it's inspiring to see the generosity of others shared so willingly.
This is why I love TH-cam. Hours of rubbish is paid off with a gem like this
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@@cv507 whatever you said?
Agreed. But u don’t need to go through hours of rubbish if u begin subscribing to the right people and channels. I’m mostly subscribed to history, pilots, NTSB investigations, human mysteries, cave diving, a former convict (prison stories) and nature related. I used to not be subscribed to anyone and I got tons of rubbish.
Damn! That was EXCELLENT.
Love sailing and racing big boats but Blue Water sailing offers special risks.
My heart goes out to all who lost lives, boats, gear and dreams.
Sailors are a special breed.
The Hero’s are those who are willing to rescue sailors in distressed.
Godspeed to all Mariners.
This has everything. Beauty, danger, courage, heartache and heroism, topped off with a crazy lady.
she was hilarious lmfao
If she was ugly the whole premise would have fallen on deaf ears
The new age lady is what takes this from being a great doco to a masterpiece.
I was there on HMNZS Monowai. I remember as we were sailing into the storm bracing myself in bed and watching all our stuff fall onto the deck. I just left it there. I was on the bridge for the Silver Shadow rescue. My job was maintaining the ships boats, including that RHIB. The second rescue actually cracked the hull in the RHIB and it spent the rest of the 3-month deployment sitting on the forward well deck.
At some stages the ship was rolling 42 degrees either side of centre. The engines had CPP props which would back off pitch when they came out of the water. The starboard shaft ended up being locked in full pitch. Certainly the worst weather I have ever been in.
I always hoped we would find Quartermaster; it was not until after the deployment I found out they were lost at sea.
Brave man
One of the best documentaries I’ve ever seen. Thank you thank you!!!
I remember as a 14yr old, listening on a shortwave radio to Kerikeri radio scheds during this storm, writing down positions and plotting them.
Having been a former boat owner and need of rescue, the feeling of being safe again is nearly overwhelming. The safety of another vessel in such times is beyond measure. The recovery eventually builds the foundation for courage to go out again. The adventure may be hazardous but the calling is stronger.
"Every sailor knows
That the Sea
Is a friend made enemy
@@Orcinus1967Blame whom we wish, but Mother Nature is in charge. Once we head out to sea, we're at her mercy.
But you already know that.
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@@leochen887 , . ‘Smells baaad’. 6 hours !!!! 🔴🦌. 5 days or more sitting inside your stomach puuuu-trifying !!! No fibre if you eat animals in their secretions !!! Timelapse. th-cam.com/video/lmSrUvgWiqE/w-d-xo.html .... 🤢🤮.. That’s why I am vegan !!!! Your teeth are flat 😬. And your stomach is very very long, “combined length of the small and large intestines is at least 15 ft in length”. We are herbivores. The ape family. ✅❤️😬💪🦍 GorilIas never ever eat animals, they are huge !!! 98.6% the same as us !!! And I’ve gotten bigger and stronger and fitter on a plant based diet. Scientific fact !!!! Fat deposits clog the arteries, eating animals and their secretions. Deodorant mask the symptoms but the shoes and socks and armpits.. 🍳🍖🍔...🦠🧟♂️👕🧦🥾🤮..
The sailors’ commentaries are fascinating. Many of them were basically professional amateurs, which results in a technically comprehensive description of events, but with a lot more humanity instilled in it. The mixture of personalities was great too. I liked how the Fijian sailors were like RL superheroes.
The willingness of those cargo ships to help the helpless smaller boats is Amazing!
Lore of the sea.
One you’re requested it’s pretty much the law you do what you can to assist!
The incredible sacrifice by those that put to sea to rescue those that do also with best intentions should always be acknowledged.
Engrossing, terrifying, emotional. Thanks for sharing this excellent documentary, Phil. Sail on. Liz
Please don't abandon your boat unless she is as good as sunk. This documentary is a testament to the dangers and waste of fear. What a waste of vessels and what a danger to the lives of rescuers and crew alike. Any descent boat wants to float (she can't help but want to) sail her to safety.
indeed terrifying. and thanks for your amazing channel, i'm glad you (and I) never went through anything like thank. bang 3x on wood.
@@jfdbcpv1983 ; . ‘Smells baaad’. 6 hours !!!! 🔴🦌. 5 days or more sitting inside your stomach puuuu-trifying !!! No fibre if you eat animals in their secretions !!! Timelapse. th-cam.com/video/lmSrUvgWiqE/w-d-xo.html .... 🤢🤮.. That’s why I am vegan !!!! Your teeth are flat 😬. And your stomach is very very long, “combined length of the small and large intestines is at least 15 ft in length”. We are herbivores. The ape family. ✅❤️😬💪🦍 GorilIas never ever eat animals, they are huge !!! 98.6% the same as us !!! And I’ve gotten bigger and stronger and fitter on a plant based diet. Scientific fact !!!! Fat deposits clog the arteries, eating animals and their secretions. Deodorant mask the symptoms but the shoes and socks and armpits.. 🍳🍖🍔...🦠🧟♂️👕🧦🥾🤮
I was an officer in the merchant navy for 26 years, sailing on ships from 3500 tonnes to 55000 tonnes. When I retired I decided to buy a boat, and I did. I got myself a 48 foot canal barge. After I bought it I too was caught out in a force 9 storm. The waves in the canal reached a record 10 inches high and I was driven 30 foot to the far bank. I still remember it to this day. .... In all seriousness guys, after working at sea for that amount of time I have too much respect for nature and the sea and feel that the canal systems are the place for me.
10 inches!! Jesus Christ! If there's one thing I know about canals;, its that things can go VERY wrong, VERY quickly
@@epowellrob 👍🤣
What does " are you spry " mean ? Do those rescued get billed by the rescue organization, like when an ambulance comes to get a person?
Hahaha
You will need to be fit and agile.
Just heart-wrenching. Very bad, but the Fastnet 1979 race was even worse (75 capsizes, 24 abandoned vessels, 5 lost believed sunk, 19 dead - 15 sailors and 4 spectators: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Fastnet_race ). Some of what they learned from that storm helped save lives in this one. God bless 406 MHz EPIRBS! Much appreciated that you posted this.
ohhh so touching !! People loving sailing and sea can understand the deep sorrow when a crew and a yacht is loosing in a storm. Thanks to the rescue teams saving lives
Being a sailboat owner/ sailor/ racer. Having worked on every inch of my boat and knowing it like the back of my hand, that lady is coo coo for coconuts!
Pleasr ram my perfectly seaworthy amd salvageable boat.
This is my second time watching this and it is utterly heart-wrenching.Paula is one capable woman, god bless her.
Words fail me to express my appreciation for this wonderfully produced documentary. It demonstrates the best in humanity under stress. Will probably watch again. The only improvement would be to delete the "dramatic" music that shades the real drama of the radio transmissions.
Thank You for sharing this horrible experience all the crews hit by this storm had to experience. The bravery of t he rescue vessel's crews and that of those in the search aircraft was commendable. Peace be with the captain and crew of the Quartermaster.
Wild story. Hats off to the sailors and the rescuers that risked their lives to help. Amazing and terrifying stuff.
What a bunch of amazing, exalted, and rare breed of people those search-and-rescue people are! Not to mention the merchant mariners who immediately stop their commercial duties and put their own lives on the line!
Humankind at its finest...
The Thumbnail for this is a Photo I shot from HMNZS Monowai.
I read a book about this tragedy about 20 years ago. It was entitled, "Rescue in the Pacific." Spellbinding and terrifying. This documentary certainly brings that account to life. Well done.
Yes, the book is by Tony Farrington and is called 'Rogue Storm' in the US edition. I was there, and the book is authoritative, as is the video.
@@RothesayBayMan where you on a sailboat in this storm??
@@bendaves77 No, Sir, I was in command of HMNZS MONOWAI
@@RothesayBayMan still a pretty sketchy time to be on the water no matter what the size of the vessel is
I live on a small 22ft yacht. it was awesome to watch this and the dangers of the waters. It was very emotional to hear the tales of the sea and I would like to thank all the personal that it took to do the rescue. just awesome
Aww you live on a Dinghy 😂
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@@lacricademarta Smaller than that have crossed major waters, so don't scoff at the size, she's like a cork
22’ and yacht are kind of hard to fathom. lol. How do you rub one out with out making a mess in the kitchen lmao
To sail across oceans in a sailboat takes knowledge, courage, luck and insanity. But for someone to risk their lives to rescue yours, takes a strong heart and a good level of nobility.
Thank you so much!!! I've been reading the book twice or even three times a long while ago, but a book is a book and real pictures are something else. Thank you again!
Incredible documentary. Thank you. What inspirational rescuers.
what a detailed and insightful documentation. Incredibly beautiful and touching. Impressive how you live the spirit of sea sailing down there! warm regards from Germany!
Wow. Sad to see lives were lost. Amazing there’s that amount of footage filmed before smart phones and GoPros...
@@sg-yq8pm ok grandpa
@@sg-yq8pm The footage onboard MONOWAI was filmed using 2 super-8 video cameras, one of which was personally owned and got damaged by sea spray during use. Ninox got a replacement for the owner
so sad regarding quartermaster , bless their souls and may they know they are loved
A tremendous story of skill, tenacity and dogged will to survive. Bringing incredibly well trained and selfless people together pursuing one objective in the face of grave danger,. Thanks for sharing.a truly a gripping tale.
One of the best documentaries I ever watched.
I recommend you The Fastnet Yacht race tragedy of 1979 and The deadly 1998 Sydney to Hobart
Agree on both....throw in some sexy latinas and make it a night
What an incredibly moving story, shows how important safety equipment is and location
Very impressive story but may I remark that I would've expected a clairvoyant to have avoided this mess??
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We had a clairvoyant that rented one of the offices at the airport when people would come and ask us where she was all the pilots myself included would tell them don't worry she knows you're here.
I went to see a clairvoyant once. I knocked on the door and she called “who is it?”I said “forget it”
hahaha You know those people are adorable.
The clairvoyant didn’t want to go her pushed for it. (So the book said)
Jacaranda was right in the middle of this. We left the day everyone departed from North Island. Jacaranda one of the very few boats that suffered no damage. Luck has a big part to play in this game. Nuku’alofa main dock looked like a war zone as boats limped in. I do admit we needed a snorkel with much blue water sweeping the decks. Thanks for posting.
I along with 7 others were on Swanhaven out of tauranga we were right in the thick of it and luckly suffered on damage.I to this day still cry when i hear a C130 fly over head. It was one hell of a ride.
@@lindsaynewland2774 How did you keep safe in the conditions?
I'd love to hear more about this experience. What did you do to keep safe?
@@Secretlyanothername we had a very strong and well-mannered boat and a very good Captain and crew The crew were young and fearless
Quartermaster..."we are just hanging on".......
Of courage we had plenty
We fought wind and seas valiantly
But when the waves started risin'
We prayed hard and frantic
Across that stormy Pacific
Excellent documentary reporting. Some great courage amongst those sailors. Greetings to my kiwi cousins from Western Australia!
Love this documentary! Have watched it several times now. I just can't comprehend why the crew of Pilot would not have working radios!?!?!
Thanks for posting. We’ve showed this documentary for many years on our expeditions to demonstrate ultimate storm tactics. At the time we were sailing from Auckland to Tahiti on our first expedition together aboard Mahina Tiare II, our Hallberg-Rassy 42. with 5 expedition members.
Very well done! These sailors, real sailors, are so well spoken and tell their story so well. The graphics and explanations are excellent. It’s hard to imagine just how scary being in a situation like this and how powerless you become. Bravo!
Ahoy!!Enthralling documentary!!! May put my/any dream of sailing on the back burner though!!
Love the ship to shore conversations...‘How’s it going?’.....had a few knock downs...hold on a sec just finishing my fish & chips....!
Totally makes the ups & downs of land life seem a wee bit more manageable!
Great video. I went on a spring break trip in 1990 from Miami to the Bahamas on a wooden 52ft ketch called the Shark VIII. We left Miami at midnight for an overnight crossing to Bimini and encountered 60mph winds and steep 20-25ft swells with white caps. That part of the ocean can be dangerous when you get a strong southerly wind blowing against the strong northerly current which creates high steep waves. We rolled 45 deg to port and two people flew out of their bunks onto the floor. There was a bright full moon that night so you could see the enormous black swells towering over the boat. At that moment I couldn’t decide if I was excited for the adventure or plain scared.
..".left Westhaven Marina with NO radio and NO locator beacon." Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
@ which part of the people rescued by the cargo ship for the very fact they had a radio and distress beacon and were able to relay their position via spotter aircraft didn´t you understand?
@@alanwaterworth6464 he failed to understand all of it !
I have been running fishing vessels for the past 25 years out of New England area and been faced with some nasty weather, my VHF and SIBAND radios were my lifeline to civilization and also being able to hail other vessels in the area. Your a EPIRB is the only way you would be found if you lost communication. I cannot fathom how someone would leave port and plan to sail a decent distance with no communication devices and an EPIRB. Total morons!! And the comment about being low budget was the icin on the cake. Should of named their vessel the ship of fools.
@ If they can be located, it's highly possible a life raft could have been dropped close enough to it.
Amazing real footage and live accounts, an Excellent Documentary !
This devastating Cyclone could have killed everybody if wasn't for the sea rescuers' bravery, the Kirikiri Radio Service and NZ National Rescue Coordination Center.
Aldo seems that some of this unfortunate sailors didn't have much experience in high seas, the great lesson is to have the right tools and that mandatory safety equipment that allowed their mayday to be heard, to be located and be saved.
For the family of three lost souls, our prayers.
This is the most exciting and heart warming story I have seen in a long time! So very informative and relevant to what it means to be part of a community. 😎👍
Thanks. Amazing - I was cruising my sloop on the Waitemata Harbour on that QB weekend. Great cruising conditions - we were amazed to hear what was going on further up north...
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What an absolutely incredible document.
Just WOW! Amazing footage, edit. Here’s to lives rescued and t hi ode lost. Just such human grace and effort all around.
Weird how all the commentary here is about production and how it was better or worse than other shows they'd seen.
I found this document try grippng and felt close personal connection to the sailors, from their casual expectations, through their growing worries, moments or terror and strength, and finally, to their sorrows and recapitulate.
Thanks.
Thanks for posting Phil
I want to tell my partner what a great film I just watched but I’m scared she won’t want to go sailing afterwards. But this film was so educational for a budding sailor as myself really. To understand why and how the right equipment can make all the difference. Wow and it was a great watch too. I could easily see this being a block buster film 🎥
TH-cam repeatedly recommended this video to me, before I eventually sat down and watched it. TH-cam must know I need a cautionary message, given how I've recently purchased a bluewater sailboat and intend oceanic passages. Thank you youtube, message received loud and clear
NZ search & rescue is incredible!
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Thank you for keeping my dad happy
Oh to live in a world where our resources, intelligence and expertise are used only for the good. Where we work together for own wellbeing. That was a terrifying ordeal for all and the voice of rescue was beyond description. Bravo.
The 20mm would have been a noble way to go down, but isn’t it interesting that they both faced up and accepted that very painful outcome, and then a reprieve came. I found this gentleman’s attitude best deserving of this. Great.
Excellent documentary, thank you for posting it for us.
Awesome documentary. I would have loved for the people who made it to have told their story.
the thumbs up is about how the content was presented and the True selfless heros that helped many see the nest sunrise...
I love the maturity and innocent morality of these days, and only 30 years ago, how fast culture and behaviour can change
Indeed these were real people
These people will always be among us. Don't worry about that. Until the moment comes they look just like everyone else.
...for the better?
@@gaycha6589 🤣, your funny!
"'Member when? 'Member? 'Member?" Innocent morality my ass. People have been shit for millennia.
Harrowing story with so many heroes. How awful for those who were talking with the crew of Quartermaster all that time, but just couldn't do anything for them. Such a sad aspect to a mostly triumphant story. Incredible how many people, aircraft ad vessels came together to rescue all the yachts. What was the giant round light in the sky??
All very very lucky to have survived that weather. The semansip of all the rescue ships was amazing and a massive well done to all 👏👏👏
No amount of words can express how you feel being caught up in this storm. My son was 11 and the fare that he may not make it through this gave me more fight than I ever thought I was capable of. At the end we got lucky with minimum damage to our yacht. 7 days of hell.
you mean you were in this storm?
You survived
Tell us more about how you stayed safe
As great a film as this one is (bloody great!), there is nothing that can capture the reality of being in those sorts of conditions. The sound that each one of those waves makes as it bears down on you is impossible to replicate. It even silences the sound of the banshee winds. The feeling of terror, fear mixed with reality as the stern starts to lift, accompanied by the roaring 'sound' and you know you are about to take off on another long skate where if you lose it, the 'it' may well include the vessel, the crew and you. Too cloudy and rough for a navigational star fix. The only outside contact being some shore based radio beacons. Opening the hatch to see an empty cockpit, knowing we could not turn back and get our mate, and then miraculously, find him (slightly terrified) attached by one of two safety lines, and get him back on board. Only for the sea to claim him a couple of decades down the track, having saved his 3 crew mates lives in losing his. We once shared the deafening silence of terror together, and survived. Once more he and another of our mates survived in the terrible Fastnet race. Then, the third time, she embraced him for ever. RIP JB and to all claimed by that harshest and most entrancingly beautiful of mistresses.
The yacht being higher than the rescue ship really shows how bad it was
Loved watching this! I'm buying another epirb now! Lol.
So sad about quartermaster. Brought tears to my eyes.
People are capable of great acts of humanity and never more so than when they are Mariners.
on water we are all family
I was caught in this weather system on my steel yacht Sabre. Had wife Judith on board. I had worked as a volunteer operator with Kerikeri Marine Radio for some years and had picked up clues from other vessels as to the weather in their location. This weather bomb originated up in north fiji. We were all tied down and hove to when it hit. Interesting experience.
After seeing what can happen no matter how prepared you are and how perfect the weather window, I have a bit more respect for the unknown and not taking every safety precaution possible is just foolish and teasing with death.
I am amazed how many sailors have told me, Oh you don't need a life raft, Epirb, drogue, etc. I will wait until I can afford the things I feel will make me more safe before crossing oceans.
There is a dinghy brand called "Portland Pudgy", which is also has liferaft characteristic.
I think that it's going to become my dinghy and liferaft:
portlandpudgy.com/
*This is not an ad, I just like that tiny vessel*
@@charonstyxferryman I saw one when were in Maine. They are tough looking boats and I wouldn’t want to spend a long time in one, but the same could be said for any survival raft for that matter.
If you go out to sea thinking how you will get help, just do not leave port. Why should we be using public money for an activity which is purely leisure. If you find yourself in danger it is beacuse you are badly prepared or you ran out of luck. Public spending should be dedicated to something else. Child poverty, homelessness, pensions etc...There seems to be never enough money for that.
@@buenosairestouring6986 - *"Child poverty, homelessness, pensions etc...There seems to be never enough money for that."*
Tell that to the governments with their ridiculously huge military budgets for "defence".
There are some very formidable life rafts that major ships use now that are completely covered and basically unsinkable, they have steering and everything but obviously you can’t use that with a small yacht
Stunning.. well done production, best I’ve seen on this event. My heart goes to everyone involved.. amazing only one boat and crew were lost..🥲❤️💨🌊
When my dad taught me the ways of boating and navigation, he first said that to never forget the sea never stops trying to kill you. Keep that foremost in your planning.
Every sailor knows, that the Sea, is a friend made enemy.
Very brave of the Fijian sailors to go down onto that yacht. Impressive RIB handling and recovery by the RNZN, they must have drilled that alot! Well done to everyone involved!
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Holy crap, your about to die and crystal chick is talking gibberish.🤣😂
Hippee karma delusion
She's batshit crazy!
@@sauter1 yup extremly crazy indeed
@Grim FPV She doesn't look her age for sure.
Still you have to wonder what the big light was. There are things we don't understand in this world and some people are attuned to them.
amazing documentary.
The strong centred women in this are inspirational ….the beautiful woman in purple ( Davinana ) who speaks of counselling her children about going back into the saltwater womb …wow !
That's one thing you notice here. Incredible women leading the way, strength and courage rather than victimhood. I feel like we've moved on from this era.
What an incredibly brave group of men and women - inspirational!
Incredible story. The will of survival. Tragic loss of life.
I caught a chill when the clairvoyant's husband said "We're heading towards a Vortex" "Huge".
It was really nice to see how attached keith was to his boat. And that he was heartbroken to hear the way it was goin to be sank..putting myself in his shoes I would feel the same bcos it did its job keeping them alive and not sinking plus all the good memories with her over the years , I can understand why he didnt wana let go that rail...
"Low budget cruisers"...meaning no working radio? That's just crazy right there.
50 years prior, they had no radios, no gps. Everyone nowadays talks about "essential safety equipment" and even then, it's not enough.
I think people need to accept there's an element of risk.
Good job to everybody that turned two on saving so many peoples .
A tragedy worth learning from...thank you.
What an amazing story! Well done.
Haunting stuff. The heart sinks at the thought of the fine and kind people on Quartermaster.
I would never attempt to criticise what any yacht skipper chose to do in such conditions if your not there you just don’t know however this storm bears out the old saying that the yacht will take a lot more punishment than the crew, with the exception of the tragic loss of Quartermaster the abandoned vessels didn’t sink unless some human action was taken to sink them.
Staying cool in extreme conditions is sometimes easier said than done, but you're correct. In the story of the Perfect Storm, a Nor' Easter off the US, a Westsail was abandoned in similar conditions at great hazard, only to be found months later washed up on a beach in fine shape to be refurbished and sailed again.
We will never know what happened, but its likely that she sank rather quickly. Her keel could have broken off in the pounding seas, she could have had the hatches blown in and became awash. Hard to say what happened. Its a shame I know that.
I totally agree. 'Two in the crew is too few' and stay with the boat until you are sure it is going to leave you!
@@codylapoint Many monohull yachts have keels which are integral to the hulls. The boat I crossed the Pacific in had an integral keel.
@ Yeah, I can't remember now what I was saying back then, but I think I fat fingered the keys and pushed send before I finished typing out whatever it was I wanted to say. And then was to lazy to re open up the video outside of adblock browser to edit the comment. That feature isn't available on ab for some reason.
"Rarely does the mariner who has experienced a fully developed tropical cyclone at sea wish to encounter a second one." From "The American Practical Navigator," aka, "Bowditch." Many professionally licensed mariners have committed that phrase to memory and anyone who forgets it, even temporarily, does so at their peril. That admonition applies equally to any properly trained mariner who never has experienced a hurricane at sea.
The Southern Ocean is no place for amateurs and the waters around New Zealand are very much part of the Southern Ocean. The events chronicled in this video occurred in June, which corresponds with December in the northern hemisphere, not a good time for a pleasure cruise in a small boat. That's spoken as a long time professional mariner, both as sailboat captain and licensed deck officer on merchant ships. The famous old schooner "Nina" was lost with all aboard in these waters in June of 2012.
The Regatta took place at the end of May each year because that is the end of the cyclone season and when yachties move north to cruise in the S.Pacific over the main winter months
Its a long way from the Southern ocean. The Northern tip of NZ is at 34 degrees south, on par with say Morocco or North Carolina and the yachts encountered the storm at around 30 deg south which is on par with the Canary islands. The time of the incident would be comparable to the Yachts that cross the Atlantic from The Canary Islands to the Caribbean, ie the best time of the year. I would hope that weather forecasting and tracking would be much better today so easier to avoid such storms (but be prepared for them anyway)
@@stephanguitar9778 yeah...NZ may be one of the closer countries to the Southern Ocean, but the Southern Ocean is defined by the constant circulating of water around the globe south of the other continents other than the one continent the Southern Ocean surrounds and circles. Theres no practical rescue services in the Southern Ocean...just luck..hope there is a boat within a week of you....hope it responds....and hope your boat stays afloat until it gets there.
Fascinating but tragic story, apart from the woman on heart light at 45:10, that's the last thing I'd want to hear in that situation
New age witch doctor
The only one I wish had f-ing drowned while watching.
Proper rough business. Greatest respect to all involved. RIP Eternal Watchmen.
The sea is so strong for those blokes in the really big ship couldnt imagine being in a tiny little boats. Those blokes on that big ships, did they even sleep for those 5+days? Bloody legends true hero's. ❤❤❤❤
Respect to the sailors telling their stories....on their new boats! Hell yes I'm going back!
Like lightening, will probably never strike twice in the same spot, these people will almost certainly never experience a storm like this again if they are sailing in the right season.
Thanks Phil.
I luckily was delayed in Aukland on route to Tonga when the Fiji race got caught in a BOM. 2005.
Greg Forbes, what a gentleman and a patient wife, at 6:50, acknowledging humbly of low budget cruising, having faith and experience that they will make it safe even without the basics like a radio, I'd love to have met them in real life.
Fantastic stories and view from the actual sailors and the view from the rescuers. Very professional saying pan pan pan 90 knots wind storm force 9. After being rolled several times then silence when their mast has been broken off or bent around their hulls their radio antennas in the water. Then EPIRB's one after another going off in total silence you know the situation is very serious. One crew was lost I believe. Such courage.
Best video on TH-cam
Oh man the couple in the boat Destiny, that story, the audio of the distress call and the animation of the pitch pole and then the role, makes me squirm
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I miss these old school documentaries, you can actually learn something from them without having to hear someone ramble on about aliens.
Yup!
It was a great documentary except for the so-called psychic wife who rambled on and told a different story than what actually happened
Yo I'd put up with and play along with the "clairvoyant" one on land just to smash, but after rolling in the damned ocean I'd be like "B shut the fk up! We're all gonna die!" LOL!
55:50 really shows the scale of these waves. Typically it is difficult to get a sense of scale but seeing the yacht go from 50ft below the ship to above the ship really shows what they were up against. Some brave people out there putting themselves in harms way to help others.
I think that for sailors that had experienced that kind of weather thinks that the world's wildest roller coaster is totally overrated.