Watching this on April 28th 2023, while observing five yachts participating in Leg 4, from Itajai, Brazil to Newport, USA. Reflecting on the people, boats and changes over the decades. Deep respect and admiration on the achievements as well as sacrifices. Love the video!!!
wow, what a well done, thoroughly made, neatly composed documentary. I'm glad someone was smart enough to interview all those original sailors before they died; and even better, I'm glad people interviewed Peter Blake before he was murdered.
A well produced and written documentary about the incredible Volvo Ocean Race, a competition where team work is essential, fatigue is standard, and death is always just a few steps away.
To the ends of the Earth is a wonderfully well produced introduction to the Whitbreadl/Volvo Ocean Race, incorporating excellent footage from the early races, interviews with key figures, and background on the boats. Well worth watching.
I love sailing!!! I've been hooked since i was quite young, lived on a live-aboard for 10 years. Parents, and a brother (4) on two boats, rafted together with tires spaced smartly apart... worked when i was 12-13, cleaning up a big marina...for a older guy who wanted me to clean the place.. so... 3 months later, 3 tri-axle type dump trucks full... no noke. I got a 15 ft. Sailing dinghy... and $1500 marine store credit. Got 1 extra set of sails w the boat.. bought some materials....my dad taught me how to sand, patch glass, reglass, and re gel coat. I was SKIPPING SCHOOL DAILY....NOT KIDDING, smokin a bit of grass, and talkin girls into skipping w me. Key west florida. '79-'89. Moved up north winter 89-90. 15 yrs old. Those 2-3 years were the greatest of my life ...... real talk
being in love with this race since I knew about it more than 20 years ago . Nice documental very detailed , everyone should vow at this icons of human characters the determination since the very beginning until today has to be rewarded they deserve to be in the world highest PODIUM ,Thank for the INSPIRATION .
Dont worry...everything is priced accordingly. Anything for sailboats you can figure there is 1000% markup just for WHOLESALE....Mainstream marime stores thats a baseline price: stsrting @ 1000% then they add their marlup and commissions effectively doubling an already inflated price.
You need the right stuff for this kind of thing. However, whoever you are and whatever you are you can pull yourself up, little by little, from where you are until maybe, just maybe, you've got what it takes to do something like this
I don't understand why more people are not into this. It seems to me that people (society as a whole) have lost the sense of adventure that they may have had when they were younger.....so would it be correct to say that the most adventurous types are the biggest fans of the VOR??
I agree. You don't have to be rich, terribly privileged, or even a sailor to appreciate the sport of ocean racing, Volvo, Vendee, etc. It has it all. Really, I suspect it has something to do with living in an age where the old heroes and icons have been or are actively being torn apart for some view that they held or comment that they made, being products of their times, etc, combined with a preference for fantasy and comic book characters. Nothing wrong with those things, but when you see/hear "imaginary" things there isn't that same spark or fire that gets lit upon witnessing or recognizing something great and heroic being done by a REAL person in real time in your own day/age, which in turn leads a person to be inspired in their own life struggles and challenges. Anyhow, love these guys/gals, love this sport...
In the society I live in (Germany) most people's lives with their do's & don'ts are determined by insurance-companies.In a very fatal way they do have much more and much deeper impact on people's behavior as any school-system could ever have! But I don't think this situation was limited to Germany alone !
I think it depends on the country in which you live. France and the UK and Australia (at Sydney to Hobart time) are 100% into sailing. Canada not so much - it’s hockey or nothing. In the media cover that is.
The perception is that it's a sport of the rich. Oftentimes the first thing you hear from a TV announcer is "These multi-million dollar boats..." The reality is it's true, at least as far as ocean racing is concerned. I learned to sail crewing E scows and then Stars. After moving to the Pacific NW I graduated to salt water, still as a crew rat, mostly local but with a fair taste of offshore work. When I moved to the East Coast I found the ethos completely different - it was a sport of the rich and if you hadn't grown up in summering at Marblehead, even crewing was off limits. Eventually I went back to lake sailing. There's a choice for every level of competence and interest in the various one design fleets. Most classes are affordable and there are all sorts of levels of competition. But most classes don't make for spectacular video, and commentators who know what they're talking about, and can convey the excitement that racing sailors experience are rare.
We're living in an oversaturated society with a short attention span. I mean, check out the public interest that chess world championship matches used to get!
It is a shame how Ramon Carlin, the fist Withbread winner, is still so underestimated. He is allways mentineoned just like a " mexican millionire". Yes, he was mexian and millonaire, but he planned avery little thing to get this race. Since the boat, tje crew and every aspect of it. It was a masterpiece. There were and there are many european millionaires in this race...
I agree. Carlin was an adventurer. He was a millionaire because he was an adventurer. He even brought his wife around the world. That was also a unique adventure!
@xp4mer1 A large proportion of the source was shot in SD so the programme was mastered also in SD. The Volvo Ocean Race has been HD since the 2008-09 Race.
Having done such a great job remastering to HD the documentary of the first Whitbread 73-74 race, I hope the VOR people will consider doing the same for this film. In fact, it's difficult to understand how the decision was made to master this in SD... in 2011! It's a beautiful film seen through a glass darkly... Much of the older races were shot on film (which looks beautiful in HD), and then native HD video of course was used for races after 2006. The stuff in between should be up-converted fairly easily, especially if it was shot in 16x9 DV, and mastered to Digi-Beta, as was the standard for sport docs of the late 90s/early 2000s. The problematic stuff in the late 70s and 80s can be pillar-boxed and, well, you just put up with 15-20 mins. of poor visuals. It's a terribly good film otherwise: a terrible decision was made to master this down to the worst format quality, rather than tackle the headache of multiple formats and aspect ratios that the rest of us have to deal with all the time in the world of documentary film.
"If you are determined to be in the sailing game you have to do this Race" - Sir Peter Blake. I have a feeling he wasnt thinking at this race after seeing in what it evolved in the last 2 editions
You need to be a real professional sailor to compete in this race. There is a similar race called the clipper round the world race though, you can sign up online. Google it
I hate these modern shitty fast edited videos for real. And don't start me about these clueless slow motion frames out of nowhere that do not show anything. Bring back the old documentary style. Have a narrative that match the screen not just an image vomit of random stuff.
An updated version of this documentary would be phenomenal, I watch this a couple of times a year ⛵️⛵️
Watching this on April 28th 2023, while observing five yachts participating in Leg 4, from Itajai, Brazil to Newport, USA. Reflecting on the people, boats and changes over the decades. Deep respect and admiration on the achievements as well as sacrifices. Love the video!!!
wow, what a well done, thoroughly made, neatly composed documentary. I'm glad someone was smart enough to interview all those original sailors before they died; and even better, I'm glad people interviewed Peter Blake before he was murdered.
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I know we’re probably getting a 50th anniversary documentary next year, but this one is so great I’m not sure how they can improve on it.
A well produced and written documentary about the incredible Volvo Ocean Race, a competition where team work is essential, fatigue is standard, and death is always just a few steps away.
Correctuion... The Whitbread
Bravo! I've seen the race when they sailed into Boston, Massachusetts, the USA in 2009. Was grand!
Fantastic times!🌏⛵️
Can't believe how Peter Blake died ,what a tragic loss for his family and the world x Awesome sailing ,warriors of the waves .
ewock74 met him at Kenwood Cup in Hawaii saw Blakie's expedition sail boat in Urshwa and been on Amazon up to Manaus sad for Pippa what a great man!
Taken down by nobody's with a gun
@@benisrood Yes Benjamin, rubbish people. They are out there though. He took a risk and he lost
Black pirates on the Amazon killed Sir Peter Blake...remember that...
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston... around the world non-stop... kudos!
To the ends of the Earth is a wonderfully well produced introduction to the Whitbreadl/Volvo Ocean Race, incorporating excellent footage from the early races, interviews with key figures, and background on the boats. Well worth watching.
I love sailing!!! I've been hooked since i was quite young, lived on a live-aboard for 10 years. Parents, and a brother (4) on two boats, rafted together with tires spaced smartly apart... worked when i was 12-13, cleaning up a big marina...for a older guy who wanted me to clean the place.. so... 3 months later, 3 tri-axle type dump trucks full... no noke. I got a 15 ft. Sailing dinghy... and $1500 marine store credit. Got 1 extra set of sails w the boat.. bought some materials....my dad taught me how to sand, patch glass, reglass, and re gel coat. I was SKIPPING SCHOOL DAILY....NOT KIDDING, smokin a bit of grass, and talkin girls into skipping w me. Key west florida. '79-'89. Moved up north winter 89-90. 15 yrs old. Those 2-3 years were the greatest of my life ...... real talk
being in love with this race since I knew about it more than 20 years ago . Nice documental very detailed , everyone should vow at this icons of human characters the determination since the very beginning until today has to be rewarded they deserve to be in the world highest PODIUM ,Thank for the INSPIRATION .
Excellent! I enjoyed this so very much! Thank you so much for posting!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Glad you enjoyed Chris! Make sure to subscribe for more!⛵️🌎
no computers and internet, no GPS, no mobile phones, they were men with balls! great!
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These people deserve nothing but RESPECT THERE NOT MANY LIKE THEM ✌🇬🇧👍
Simply AMAZING! Bring on the 2014-15 VOR
Great documentary! Thank you!
I have watched months worth of Sailing /cruising /racing documentaries ;but this captivated me and I'm sad it ended. Respect.
*Wow: *There is Absolutely Nothing Like It! Enjoy: The Volvo Ocean Race!' René*
wow thanks for uploading this, really enjoyed it
why is sailing so awesome????????
Stick to the Land ... a preferred answer for you ..
Dont worry...everything is priced accordingly. Anything for sailboats you can figure there is 1000% markup just for WHOLESALE....Mainstream marime stores thats a baseline price: stsrting @ 1000% then they add their marlup and commissions effectively doubling an already inflated price.
You need the right stuff for this kind of thing. However, whoever you are and whatever you are you can pull yourself up, little by little, from where you are until maybe, just maybe, you've got what it takes to do something like this
Finishing a race around the world after having a heart attack half way through... my god...
I don't understand why more people are not into this.
It seems to me that people (society as a whole) have lost the sense of adventure that they may have had when they were younger.....so would it be correct to say that the most adventurous types are the biggest fans of the VOR??
I agree. You don't have to be rich, terribly privileged, or even a sailor to appreciate the sport of ocean racing, Volvo, Vendee, etc. It has it all. Really, I suspect it has something to do with living in an age where the old heroes and icons have been or are actively being torn apart for some view that they held or comment that they made, being products of their times, etc, combined with a preference for fantasy and comic book characters. Nothing wrong with those things, but when you see/hear "imaginary" things there isn't that same spark or fire that gets lit upon witnessing or recognizing something great and heroic being done by a REAL person in real time in your own day/age, which in turn leads a person to be inspired in their own life struggles and challenges. Anyhow, love these guys/gals, love this sport...
In the society I live in (Germany) most people's lives with their do's & don'ts are determined by insurance-companies.In a very fatal way they do have much more and much deeper impact on people's behavior as any school-system could ever have! But I don't think this situation was limited to Germany alone !
I think it depends on the country in which you live. France and the UK and Australia (at Sydney to Hobart time) are 100% into sailing. Canada not so much - it’s hockey or nothing. In the media cover that is.
The perception is that it's a sport of the rich. Oftentimes the first thing you hear from a TV announcer is "These multi-million dollar boats..." The reality is it's true, at least as far as ocean racing is concerned. I learned to sail crewing E scows and then Stars. After moving to the Pacific NW I graduated to salt water, still as a crew rat, mostly local but with a fair taste of offshore work. When I moved to the East Coast I found the ethos completely different - it was a sport of the rich and if you hadn't grown up in summering at Marblehead, even crewing was off limits. Eventually I went back to lake sailing. There's a choice for every level of competence and interest in the various one design fleets. Most classes are affordable and there are all sorts of levels of competition. But most classes don't make for spectacular video, and commentators who know what they're talking about, and can convey the excitement that racing sailors experience are rare.
We're living in an oversaturated society with a short attention span. I mean, check out the public interest that chess world championship matches used to get!
this was awesome
It is a shame how Ramon Carlin, the fist Withbread winner, is still so underestimated. He is allways mentineoned just like a " mexican millionire".
Yes, he was mexian and millonaire, but he planned avery little thing to get this race. Since the boat, tje crew and every aspect of it. It was a masterpiece. There were and there are many european millionaires in this race...
I agree. Carlin was an adventurer. He was a millionaire because he was an adventurer. He even brought his wife around the world. That was also a unique adventure!
@xp4mer1 A large proportion of the source was shot in SD so the programme was mastered also in SD. The Volvo Ocean Race has been HD since the 2008-09 Race.
Great doco!!
How does a simple, seasonal sailor gets into that race?!
"Sailing in a volvo resembles nothing short of a sadistic social experiment" :) I'll cherish that choise of words. How about driving?
Magnus is my favorite sailor.
Thubs up if your watching this while playing the VolvoOceanRaceGame
Having done such a great job remastering to HD the documentary of the first Whitbread 73-74 race, I hope the VOR people will consider doing the same for this film. In fact, it's difficult to understand how the decision was made to master this in SD... in 2011! It's a beautiful film seen through a glass darkly...
Much of the older races were shot on film (which looks beautiful in HD), and then native HD video of course was used for races after 2006. The stuff in between should be up-converted fairly easily, especially if it was shot in 16x9 DV, and mastered to Digi-Beta, as was the standard for sport docs of the late 90s/early 2000s. The problematic stuff in the late 70s and 80s can be pillar-boxed and, well, you just put up with 15-20 mins. of poor visuals. It's a terribly good film otherwise: a terrible decision was made to master this down to the worst format quality, rather than tackle the headache of multiple formats and aspect ratios that the rest of us have to deal with all the time in the world of documentary film.
31:18 Ouch! What happened? They left too big a sail set in a storm? That looks expensive! :-o
Escuela del Mar, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, se ha suscrito a este canal.
Encuéntranos en You Tube
Any chance of an HD upload please?
Forty years ago it was the Whitbread....
Do you make models and if so would you consider a video on model making?
Hey guys, this is awesome, but the top quality one can watch here is 480p. Is there any chance you guys could upload it again for 1080p?
@MrPrimenotes No sorry the 2005/06 Race was the last in SD only.
Thumbs up if you have sailed the Southern Ocean :)
In 1985.86 philips innovator won the overal handicap price. in auckland. Overal the race les prix des equipe won on handicap.
Ok, then I have a certain financial goal :) plus I have to remain physically fit.
Escuela del Mar, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, está en Volvo Ocena Race Game.
Encuéntranos en facebook
any chance of getting that documentary in spanish spoken??? merry xmas and happy new year for all!!!
nice
Cool
what is the name of the song at 48:15 ?
it's amazing!
It's the Dakar on the Ocean.
RIP Magnus Olsson
Veldig bra
Please, What did he exactly said in 47:17? I couldn't understand those few words
but i cannot take the pressure of this
do anyone knows the title of the song at the very first beginnig?
is it possible to see this in HD?
"If you are determined to be in the sailing game you have to do this Race" - Sir Peter Blake.
I have a feeling he wasnt thinking at this race after seeing in what it evolved in the last 2 editions
Thank God for the Portuguese.
Its called THE WHITBREAD
it was
That's sailing
@xMrRagex anything? me gusta.
Video is fine but seeing add after paying TH-cam to never see an add is not cool
Cause of ads was traced to a bad app that has been reported
When do we start?! Where can I apply?
You need to be a real professional sailor to compete in this race. There is a similar race called the clipper round the world race though, you can sign up online. Google it
You don't call them.........they call you
Typical patriarchal men grabbing power. You have to wonder why they feel so superior. Great documentary.
@marcolonardi1
all the races after 05/06 just arent the real volvo
08/09 was watchable but this one is turning into a joke
The Speaker or announcer of the 09 Race was better I'm sorry.
Like David Attenburough does Wild Life, someone else is not the same..
@emme114 same
no unless you are willing to build a team not just a ship also you looking at 50 millions dollars for beginners
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it ain't much if it ain't dutch...
The more I thought of doing this, the more meaningless it became. Went to a church and did charity work, instead. It's an issue about one's values.
I hate these modern shitty fast edited videos for real. And don't start me about these clueless slow motion frames out of nowhere that do not show anything. Bring back the old documentary style. Have a narrative that match the screen not just an image vomit of random stuff.