A very good edition with superb reporting style covering many diverse subjects and in quite some detail, all of them interesting and certainly most watchable. I am just an amateur cruiser/ racer skipper and also when not helming an enthusiastic crew/grinder/bow monkey, so always enjoy watching the seasoned professionals doing their stuff.....and making it all look so easy. . Look forward to next edition. Merry Christmas to all the sailing fraternity and of course the land support family's and crews.
Boxing Day morning, fresh pot of tea, a couple slices of the wife's cherry cake and this! An educational and informative, entertaining hour!! Thank you!!
Great edition, lots of interesting stuff. Just one question. When most of us in monohulls are sailing around the Solent on a nice day at speeds of well under 15kts, and a shiny new fleet of AC40s comes towards us at 40+kts, shouting 'Starboard' might not be much use. Are we looking at a new class of vessel in IRPCS?
You could give me 100 multihull and hydro fin boats and I would rather have one Gin Fizz exactly like Laura Dekker had her round the world vessel fitted out. Just my dream vessel for sailing
With these “boats” moving so fast across the water is much thought given to running into wildlife? I’m not sure if a breaching whale for instance could get out of the way. Not to mention other sea life dolphins or fish. Do they just sail through them? I’m far from a peta fanboy. I guess I’m partly curious about the crew getting hurt as well as the animals.
Fun fact: Armel Le Cléac'h's name is supposed to be pronounced Leclerc (with a silent C, the rules of the french languages are weird one) but no one actually pronounces it like this...
Farr X2 keel failure. I was really surprised that the root cause of the failure wasn't fully understood. Only an analysis of the possible causes was available, supported by experience from earlier standard build practices. This then lead to design and manufacturing changes being made . This has really got to be unsatisfactory for the Designers/Engineers working on this. It's a critical area the yachting industry should address. I can understand a small yacht company not being fully resourced to be able to hire or buy in the expertise and tooling to support this activity. The industry collectively should have a body that support investigations when critical failures occur including during the development phase, particularly when there has been a risk to human life.
Thank you for covering our work with REGENT!
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Great journalism Matt, thanks for keeping up the standard.
Thanks - great to be appreciated in this world of 30 second wonders!
Brilliant content / Definitely wet my appetite for more racing - Thanks!!!
Good to hear!
Always a great pleasure, thanks so very much.
A pleasure
Matt, thanks for another great digest of the world we both share a passion for.. complements of the season to you and yours..
So much happening in the sailing world! Thank you. SkipRay, Kerry,
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Good episode Matt
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Excellent work Matt! All the hard work and time is paying off keep it up!
A very good edition with superb reporting style covering many diverse subjects and in quite some detail, all of them interesting and certainly most watchable. I am just an amateur cruiser/ racer skipper and also when not helming an enthusiastic crew/grinder/bow monkey, so always enjoy watching the seasoned professionals doing their stuff.....and making it all look so easy. . Look forward to next edition. Merry Christmas to all the sailing fraternity and of course the land support family's and crews.
Thanks very much - keep spreading the word!
Great show
Very informative and interesting
Thank you guys for making them
Merry Christmas
A pleasure - good to hear you like them
Boxing Day morning, fresh pot of tea, a couple slices of the wife's cherry cake and this! An educational and informative, entertaining hour!! Thank you!!
Glad to be of service - thanks for the feedback!
Hey I'm Back This content amusing! All the best!
Nice vid - really captures the spirit of the sport.
Nice show, this one is your best yet, keep up the good work. Happy New Year!
This sailing is so hard with a crew, I would not do it alone, but cheers to those that do, sadly some die 😢
Those ground effect aircraft with hydrofoils sound pretty interesting. Seems like a good combination in theory at least.
Another very interesting episode into the world of sailing. Great work Matt and team. Happy Christmas to you all. Catch you in 2023 #cowesweek
A pleasure - good to hear you like them
Great journalism, Matt. Thank you for the feature on HarkenLab as well. Cheers! Happy New Year!
In all good movies there is some hurdle to overcome and you're at that point. Hang in there mate. You can do it.
interesting info of Farr X2 and interior - I like the Open 30's and Figaro 2, not so much Figaro 3
I’m thinking I would be buying an 2 before an AC40 @$2.8m
Terrific episode Matt👍 Happy Christmas!
Thanks Jeff - catch up soon
Happy Christmas Matt. Great episode as ever, looking forward to more in 2023
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Thanks for the movie!
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Merry Christmas Matt, keep up the excellent work
Thanks
Great video
Great edition, lots of interesting stuff. Just one question. When most of us in monohulls are sailing around the Solent on a nice day at speeds of well under 15kts, and a shiny new fleet of AC40s comes towards us at 40+kts, shouting 'Starboard' might not be much use. Are we looking at a new class of vessel in IRPCS?
Think you might have answered your own question there! Glad you like the show
On the Farr 2x story, that keel affixation is known as a "Tuttle" box to all windsurfers.
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You could give me 100 multihull and hydro fin boats and I would rather have one Gin Fizz exactly like Laura Dekker had her round the world vessel fitted out. Just my dream vessel for sailing
With these “boats” moving so fast across the water is much thought given to running into wildlife? I’m not sure if a breaching whale for instance could get out of the way. Not to mention other sea life dolphins or fish. Do they just sail through them? I’m far from a peta fanboy. I guess I’m partly curious about the crew getting hurt as well as the animals.
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Fun fact: Armel Le Cléac'h's name is supposed to be pronounced Leclerc (with a silent C, the rules of the french languages are weird one) but no one actually pronounces it like this...
Farr X2 keel failure. I was really surprised that the root cause of the failure wasn't fully understood. Only an analysis of the possible causes was available, supported by experience from earlier standard build practices. This then lead to design and manufacturing changes being made . This has really got to be unsatisfactory for the Designers/Engineers working on this. It's a critical area the yachting industry should address. I can understand a small yacht company not being fully resourced to be able to hire or buy in the expertise and tooling to support this activity. The industry collectively should have a body that support investigations when critical failures occur including during the development phase, particularly when there has been a risk to human life.
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Farr X2: I find it difficult to take seriously any guy over 9 yrs old who still wears his cap backwards.
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