Sailing the Southern Ocean
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- Cape Town to Brisbane through the Southern Ocean winter on a Leopard39,
64 days non-stop, 65kts+ winds.
Biggest surf: 34kts
Skipper: Kenneth Hoiem
1st Mate: Carolina Deseta
Crew: Liam Ferreira
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This is the best big-sea sailing footage anywhere on the internet.
I go sailing and think I have been out in some half decent sea's, then when I get back and review the footage I filmed, it looks almost flat calm. The seas here look huge on video which means in the flesh they must have been absolutely mammoth. Great job.
Thanks Kristoff -it was a quite a ride!
a lot of people don't like to film waves and storms
in the sea
reason bad lucky
we sailors are a superstitious lot aren’t we 😂
@@omarrodrigues900 never heard that...a superstition that cant be older than the invention of the widely available personal video recording device...I thought we had evolved past making up nonsense but i guess not.
Indeed, I had some not so pleasurable sail with small craft and baby on board this summer and even though we did not get the worst parts on video, it looked almost completely flat on video. Seeing this mountains on camera I can not even imagine what it had to be onboard.
I have just bought a Leopard 39 and although I have absolutely no intention of taking it anywhere near conditions like this it is nice to see that in the right hands the boat is very capable of it. Great video, thanks.
I can't believe you did that on a Leopard 39! A boat that's been consigned to coastal charter fleets. Hats off and huge respect!
It's a catamaran. They are pretty stable. But that's scary as hell man
@@Patriot2499 depends on the point of sail and swell. Easy to fall off waves and bury in a trough if they're tight , hard to tell when over powered compared to a mono, so can put a shit load of undue force on a rig. I wouldn't wana take a cat on seas like that, bigger balls than me!
It could just as easily have gone the other way, mate. They got lucky.
@@mangore623 oh for sure, that's what I mean. It's pretty wild
The Polynesians crossed high seas in canoes. The Leopard is more than capable. It's the quality of the seaman that's more important.
Even in stormy weather I imagined the ocean as featureless. Far from it, it is filled with moving mountains and valleys called waves. This is my favorite video on TH-cams. Scares me right out of sailing myself
Exhilarating and frightening at the same time. What an adventure. Thanks for sharing.
There are lots of attempts made on youtube to capture the awesome power of the sea in heavy weather. This is the only one I've seen that really demonstrates how crazy it can get. And of course in reality the waves are three times larger than they look on film. The laughing off-camera is very telling, while most would be terrified, these guys are having a blast. It just goes to show, you really have to be somewhat unhinged (in a good way) be in that situation. Great footage.
All real sailors are unhinged. you have to be.
A normal person would lose their mind when confronted with the awesome power of nature.
I'd guess 8-10 . That's balls out, and perhaps too dangerous. They should have planned and adjusted their course?
On a cat like that that averages 6 knots and in such a big ocean there is only so much you can do.
However scary as it may seem, believe it or not the low pressure point might just as well be 500 nm away or more...and while that's some fairly big seas you see no breakers so it's still a helluva ride but you're not in imminent mortal danger.
RE Marketing agreed. Every bit of 20. Some reaching 30. Those are some very large seas.
I guess it has to be really crazy for it to look crazy which doesn't normally get captured on video ...
My palms were sweating for 3 minutes straight...I had to go have a bourbon to settle my nerves. I'm glad you made it through.
Some guts for this kind of adventure. Good footage, hope your journeys are amazing and safe
Just finished “Voyage of the Madmen” re the 1968-69 round the world, solo, non-stop race (only one finished). This brought it to life. Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely thrilling and amazing. Those swells are the largest and steepest Ive seen anyone sail.
Height of the waves ?
@@yyaa2539easily 15 m waves
Thrills my ass. You are rolling and pitching every which way, and up and down, and on and on forever. And you know that there is no such thing as being sea sick. The sea and the sky don't give a fuck about your illusions and stupidities.
Wow , can't believe a small cat can handle that sea state . Spectacular !!
Really impressed, thanks for sharing! I am also amazed by the performance of a Cat in this kind of conditions. This is a proof for all skeptics at this style of boat...
Bullshit.
How exciting is this!!! Strap yourself in- take some 'refreshment' and enjoy!!!!
Holy crap those are
some big waves....
Size is irrelevant: the point is to stay on top.
@@dabbbles That easier said than down. I've been on some 2 meter waves on the great lakes in a 35' sailboat but that was a picnic compared to this.
@@epistte Yep. Should've gone in a large hollowed-out cork! ;)
@@dabbbles I'm not that brave to be out in seas like that. I'm not a strong swimmer, so I would be terrified, even if I was only a 1000' freighter. I'm impressed that others can do it. Id love to circumnavigate but I'd do it in a 65'+ monohull, like an Oyster. I'd also take a different route than the southern oceans.
@@epistte I would too. By nature and age I'm a person who needs a purpose to do things (eg. getting from point a to point b), which going around in circles doesn't achieve.
But I remember my first trip (about 50 years ago, from Cooktown to some island off New Guinea was a stunning experience. We had a swell of 30-odd foot ~ but not the least bit rough ~ and once land was out of sight all one could see were the peaks and the small patch of sky between them. Felt like the only person in the universe, particularly at night. Stunning!
Done a few different trips since, and struck some REALLY wild weather in Bass Strait . But that was aboard a fishing boat, which was built for it, and with a crew that was used to it. No fear: but an almighty bitching about why it didn't stop once the point had been made!
At my age now consequences no longer matter, so I've been looking at boats recently with a view to visiting a couple of spots on opposite sides of the world that have always intrigued me. Will see.
Very impressive. You guys are really brave. Well done!
I've realized that everyone is different. I delivered a 60-foot Ferro cement boat up to port Owen on the west coast of South Africa. there was 6 on board and everyone had is own impression or opinion of stress. some were quite some were dying with fear. its all a matter of how you see it. I was the skipper and I enjoyed it because I was the most experienced sailor and love wave bashing.
Wow! Last time I can recall something similar to this was on a U.S Navy Warship, sailing in the Atlantic Ocean. Indeed It is my lifelong goal to revisit the seas. Cheers!
this never gets old!!!! love it
Truly mountainous seas! Superb ocean filming.
Awesome, thanks for taking the video and sharing it. Looks like an absolute blast.
And to think I was getting a bit apprehensive up in the Columbia River Gorge this past weekend on my Paceship 23 in some moderate wind/waves. You put it ALL in perspective with this clip.
It's stuff like this that makes me want to get into sailing! This is just awesome!
JUST RIDING THE WAVES BABY! Absolutely INCREDIBLE!
Sailing at sea is a dream that I will never stop dreaming about, aye, and a blow of the wind in my hair, the feels, the smell of the sea. Makes me feel pirate.
Great video. Been there, done that...same cat, same office, different route (to Turkey) but we still got into hurricane Xynthia along the way in the northern Atlantic. Watching this made me feel a bit like being there all over, and I loved it! Salute!
Making good speed, under bare poles! Awesome, folks!!
Obviously very confident in your boat's ability, and your own.
Excellent choice for the conditions, Made for a much less stressful passage with a reasonable ride in big seas.
Looks horribly scary, but the warp seems to be doing its job and the boat seems to be handling nicely (for bare poles). Well done for having the balls to get down there and zoom along in the 40s. The Leopard seems to be a nice boat.
One of the best real high seas on a yacht! Great video! Well Done!
I'm happy to see someone living the dream...
They're some big-ass waves, and video footage never gives the proper perspective, so they're even bigger than they seem! Great to see you smiling, you look comfortable. Interested to know what kind of drogue you have out the back. Fair winds.
Totally agree. Waves are much larger then on film or photo.
Height 3 meters ?
Best advertisement for a boat company I’ve ever seen… incredible footage and seamanship
How can you tell all that?
@@tonylawrence9157 Everyone says cats arent worth a shit in heavy weather, look at the length of the ropes hes trailing , through the trough and up the height of the waves. to run a production 40ft cat down wind on bare poles like that in that sea takes serious seamanship or blind luck and a good boat...
Wow, Holy Moly those are massive waves. Brave.
You guys are awesome.... Salute....
This heavy weather! Nice to see your relaxed
Nice to see the serial mini drogues in action. Real comfort against pitchpoling. Oh, and respect brothers - that is some sea!
The best thing about this is the title "Sailing the southern ocean" no hysterics about worlds biggest waves, or near death in 65 knots... may have well have said "Popping to the shops to grab some milk" no drama no fuss just sailing... excellent!! Quick question from a novice does that tiny bit of jib sail make a difference to stability?
Hi kenneth, I have ended up being the owner of this Leopard 39, (I think). Back tracking the delivery time and port I can only surmise its the same boat. I think it was one of the last Leopards to be water delivered. It gives me great comfort to see its seaworthiness. I have no intention of repeating this sea state while I am skipper but if I do I hope my seamanship is to your standard. I take my hat off to you delivery skippers. Bloody big gonads and whatever big the girl has ;-)
Hi Roger, good to hear from you and that the 39 is still going strong. It is a very stout boat. There were times when I thought for sure that she would just implode but she always pulled through. I looked back at my paper work to see if I could find the hull number to confirm it is the same boat but I couldn't find it. I think there may have been some distinguishing marks though left behind from our crossing so send me an email to khoiem@yahoo.com and I'll send you a picture. Cheers, Kenneth
Beautiful video. Congratulations. Not everyone is able to sail in the south oceans with your maestria.
Life starts outside of your comfortzone..
only once for the brave man
There's old daredevils and there's bold daredevils but there's no......................OK, you know the rest!
Enlarges your operating envelope.....if you survive ; )
The looks waaaaàay outside of my comfort zone tho
My thing with comfort zones is I don’t believe in going outside of it. Instead I believe in expanding it to accommodate other things I would normally be uncomfortable with first and get comfortable with later.
Wow. I take my hat of to the crew. Very few cruising catamarans have done this passage. Amazing stuff.
The seamanship coupled with the integrity of our vessel allowed across the 40's. Thank you, Peter
Most pitch poles are caused by sailing to slowing when directly before the wind. The vessel is overtaken by a sea, her stern lifts and then she drives her bow under. Sure drag a drogue, if you are of that mind, but do not get over taken.
Actually, this is John. I don't know I ended up osting under my wife.
Hey Peter! Good to see you! So, I finally decided to go for it and quit the rat race. My L45 is #138 in the queue :-)
Oh my! I NEED to sail these waters! You all make it look so easy! Just subscribed!
These are very serious conditions, your drogue/drone line snaps, big trouble. Just holding your mind together during these conditions is taxing, if you are a real sailor, you know what you're looking at here. Like the lady says 'serious shit' going on here!
Bonito
I would say a 37 foot cat has no business being there, however with such supurb seamanship and massive stones you have proved me wrong--------much respect.
Thank you, Friend
OMG my biggest respect , that is some big seas and some serious seas !
I once knew a sailor who sailed around Cape Horn in a mono-hull in rougher weather than that.
He wasn't hauled to. with a drogue at his stern, he was fighting the wind and waves head on.
He told me the cresting waves were so high the entire boat would FALL, straight down 30 feet before hitting the water again.
I find it hard to believe that sailors' balls would float being there're the biggest balls in the world
Just began reading Tim Zimmerman's 'The Race' +google brought me here. Reading about this ocean reminds me of that movie Captain and Commander. You guys are nuts! ;) , I recently got on a roller coaster and felt ill the rest of the day I don't think I'll be making that kind of trip ever in this lifetime. :( , good luck and stay seaworthy in all your voyages!
Wow. That must have been a hell of a trip. Those are some big waves and bare poles.
My 32' ft cat turtled running in 20-25' seas, 40-50k winds, bare poled and dragging lotsa warp to help steer and slow down. A confused wave bombed it on the aft quarter and spun it beam on, and it was all over before you could blink. Just a little too small for those conditions.
Hi Kristy -yea, we were concerned about that happening pretty much every day...the boat tracked surprisingly well bit I think we had a bit of luck too. Glad you made it to tell the story! K
Thanks Kenneth. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about it.
Hi Jared,
I can't remember details but we thought the water was rising pretty quick, maybe 30 minutes max. No one really knows how far down they will settle until it happens.
Kristy, where can I read about your incident?
Hi David - There's an article in the August 2010 Latitude 38 called "Funhouse Ride from Hell" where they did a really good job of getting the facts together. Other articles that were written were largely speculations. - Kristy
beautiful ocean:)
This video is, without a doubt, the best film 'capture' of huge seas that I have ever seen!!
Incredible video.............Great post..!!
My fav southern ocean big wave clip on the net
wonderful video the sea and waves are fantastic so glad youall are safe. thank u for this video really wish my dad could watch this bed love it
Scary video but a GREAT thing to see for those of us who will never experience it. Thanks for the post.
Darn some brave souls to be out there for sure. Some of those waves as they peak in the background look like distant mountains. No amount of money in the world could get me to brave those giant hills of water..
Is that a Jordan Series drogue? Nice! Don't think I'd feel safe with that huge sliding glass door there (and the jerry jugs) waiting for a pooping wave though. Yes, I'm a monohull'r. :-)
Looks nice that boat on that condition! And the crew fully trust the boat. In a monohull its shur not so confy..... love cats!
I grew up sailing in the south and I thought the ocean was like this in the rest of the world and thought Everyone else was just made of sterner stuff to go out into open ocean for a nice little trip so casually I am glad I’m not the only sailor to be slightly terrified of the roller coaster that is the open ocean round here 😊😂❤️
When the waves look like slow moving mountains, you want to be somewhere else...
Swell and waves are not the same.
Yes, serious ocean heavy weather sailing and on a small cat. Looks like that leopard hold control on those conditions really well. Or of best I ve seen. Thank you for sharing. Which you have more footage. Love it best luck.
Kind of perfect weather in it's powerful way.
That sea looks anything but forgiving. The fear of losing my footing on the deck and getting pitched into that water would shroud the exhilaration of being there.
Good practice would have you in a harness clipped to a line.
That waves are simply scaring.
Why are "the waves simply scarring", because you think it is a smart thing to say that?
That looked very exciting.
Scary the waves are big and obviously even bigger to the crew awesome footage !
People may not realize but it is extremely difficult to render the state of the sea and sailing conditions in general.
The fact you didn't budded the video with elevator music certainly helped.
However all the merit is yours.
Congratulations !
Awesome footage respect to the sailors those waves look big on camera but to actually witness them there must have been much larger enjoyed the sound of the wind too
Wow! Testament to the stability of catamarans (and a smaller one at that). Incredible conditions.
I am most comfortable on land watching these videos in my couch. That is close enough to that stuff....
Magnificent footage and balls of steel.
Amazing footage -Thanks !!!
great video. beautiful swells!
65+ is ok, but the gusts you may or should I say would get can be on 100knts good choice on the sea drogue and no cloth up! Been down there myself in 80+ and 11 meter swell with near twice that wave conditions, but on a 120 foot steel fishing boat, I must say I actually enjoyed it as I’ve never been sea sick and so long as nothing breaks or dies especially power I’m at home with it. As stated very nice job on a 39 Leopard!
This is the type of video I been looking for!!!!! Yeah
That movie makes my heart pound . I would love to experience the rush. I once was sailing in waves (against them to get out of them) that were giving me roller coaster stomach butterflies for hours. I could hardly take it any more and made it to the lee side of an island. What did those waves feel like when riding down the back sides of them.
Holy shit. Awesome. Pure nature
Pffff 65+ knot is crazyyy. Good work!
The ocean is a frightening phenomenon!
saw a clip of your video on CNN tonight regarding the MH 370 tragedy. Figured at some point they would seek out sailors who know the Southern Ocean! Praying they get some answers soon for the families sakes.
Yea, it's a rough place.
Red
Ok Boys it is 7 years on ( Today July 19 2021 ) and MH370 is as big a mystery as it was in the past. My
bet is that it will be the same 7 years from now. The pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah did his homework well.
It's likely MH 370 mystery will never be solved, but most likely the plane crash landed in this extremely remote, hostile region of the Southern Ocean and Indian Ocean
@@soupy.oatmeal4114Most likly it wasn't him
This ocean feels like they’re on a totally different planet made of water. Looks crazy.
skills awesome dedication to sea onvious !!
2:11 that was my first impression when I checked this vid.
Good to know they could tell the story
Whats important to remember there is no help. Salute
Very TRUE! you on your own adventure. Live to tell your story or shark poop.
Love it. They never can be too big.
Depends on what your concerns might be, or if you even have any concerns about these beauties. The fact is, there is simply nothing to fear. Q: What is the worst that could possible happen? A: You sit at home and spend your life watching youtube videos of others living life.
Death, loss of limbs, boat or other do not concern me. Not being able to risk it all concerns me.
Bring the big ones.......
Always have a storm jib on the boat...ALWAYS!!!
You are very brave !
Крутецкие волны! Радует - если видео выложили, значит до земли целыми добрались!👌
Sailing the southern ocean is not suicidal but damn near close to it! ..
Looks like good drying weather, nice breeze
brilliant video either way!
Wow. Incredible footage.
You are my hero
absolutely breath taking!
Since catamarans do not self right, I would be terrified of capsizing and being stuck out there.
WOWWW !!!! AMAZING
This was an amazing video. I'm a non-sailor, those waves look massive.
These waves ARE massive!
A great video that once again demonstrates the precise tracking of two hulls together across a v/rough ocean. Of course the vid is taken from the rear deck and on a cat that is 3+ metres above the water. So the rollers are substantially larger than they appear. A serious demo of just how seaworthy these modern cruising cats are. But I would still be scared. Thanks for the video. Greg
Awesome video. thanks for posting, stay safe!
After watching this, I had to lie down on my back on the firm, solid, horizontal, stable ground of my home for 5 minutes and be thankful for solidity.