The Shocking True Story of Bernard Moitessier (Golden Globe Race)
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- Have you heard about Bernard Moitessier and the Golden Globe Race in 1968? This story blew my mind. I was actually researching a different story when I came across it. Back in the 60's, Bernard Moitessier entered a race that he didn't want to enter. It was the first of it's kind - the Golden Globe Race 1968. What happened next, literally shocked and then inspired the world and I would now like to tell the whole story in this Bernard Moitessier documentary.
This is episode two of my new series of outdoor documentaries called Outdare Stories. There is a new episode every week so if you enjoy outdoor documentaries, make sure to like this video & subscribe to the channel so that you don't miss the next one. Thanks for watching me auld flower :)
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Derek that was just so so good. What a story what a guy Bernhard was. Have to say I wouldnt have been pleased if I backed him to win haha!. But so well told and the production values werent lost on me, they were brilliant. I can only imagine the time and effort you put in to it. One small point is you mentioned Alex Carrotso but he wasnt pictured amongst the others but probably because hes hard to find being such a long tima ago as I tried searching myself?.
This series is steller and quite out of the blue to your norm so its great to see you are diversifying the content. Im looking forward to the next one.
haha thanks a lot, Aidan. This did in fact take a lot of time to create and edit etc :) Yes, I had initially only put one or two photos of the participants into the video. There was no reason for leaving Alex out at all. Really appreciate the thoughtful comment and encouragement - I'm really enjoying this blank canvas and thinking about all the stories I can tell through the series - Cheers, Derek
The editing is pretty slick.. I played it on the telly and it could have been the discovery channel. Nice work..
@@GraceRosemary1981 haha thanks Grainne, I appreciate it ....lots of burning the midnight oil ahead :p
It was Donald Crowhurst . Plenty will come up on Google on him. I am doing the GGR22 starting next September.
I reread The Long Road almost every year because to me it's like a spiritual cleanser. I don't always agree with Moitessier views about society (we're all the products of our era after all) but when it comes to sailing, understanding the ocean & the unbreakable bond between a man & his boat, he was a master. I'm glad that Joshua is well taken care of to these days because that "piece of junk" brought so much to so many people around the world. It's a very special vessel. RIP Bernard, I hope you found what you were looking for. 💙 from France.
Tottaly agree, The Long Road is a fantastic book. I am glad that there are now also this video to memorize Bernard. Greetings from Denmark
I'm feeling so inspired to be making this new series and I hope you guys are enjoying it. THANK YOU for all your kind and interesting comments on the last video (and this one). I really appreciate it more than you will know ;) Derek
We certainly are enjoying it, a lot. Thanks Derek. I came for the Irish guy walking around Ireland as I miss visiting your country wholeheartedly. I stayed for Derek Cullen, thought provoker, adventurer, story teller, and all round good guy. Thanks man. We appreciate you.
@@johanisnotagamer wow Jonathan, what an amazing and kind comment. Thanks so much. I will be taking another long walk through Ireland this year but really loving discovering these stories too :) Thanks again, great to have you here!
As a professional yacht skipper, once hugely inspired by those taking part in the Golden Globe race, (yes, I'm that old), I have experienced a tiny fraction of what Moitessier was feeling during his time alone at sea. It's important to remember that he grew up in an environment (now we know as Vietnam), a culture very far removed from the grabbing, acquisitive culture of the west. He owned and skippered his own junk-rigged trading vessel while barely out of his teens, we can't judge his ideas and passions by our western standards, his was a more gentle world of acceptance of the universe and what it offered.
I've on occasion, after only three weeks at sea, felt discomfort and resentment that my rythm and routine is now about to be interrupted by the technicalities and navigational problems of entering a port, of dealing with the trivia of complying with pointless paperwork and the bustle of people, and I grew up in London ! No, there was no issue of 'madness', certainly not the loss of rational experienced by Crowhurst, even Crowhurst would have survived his experience had Nigel Tetley's trimaran not broken up under the pressure of being too hard pushed. In any case, we shouldn't try to judge these people by the standards of those who live quiet lives at 17 Acacia Ave, and retire to the garden centers. They're different people from birth.
I had the pleasure of sailing with Bernard Moitessier in Tahiti and on to New Zealand I think it was 1969. We kind of clicked as friends when he saw me intensely inspecting his vessel careened on the beach. I had built several steel boats myself so we had a lot in common. Wonderful man and I have many fond memories of him. We were diving off the reefs near Papeete. I speared a fish and immediately got Bernard's attention to get out of the water because of the sharks now circling us. Bernard signaled me he was going to stay for a bit longer. I was quite shocked to see Bernard punching the shark in the snout and eyes. When he finally got out of the water I asked if he had a death wish, to which he replied it was safe to do that because sharks do not like that at all!
Came across his story while listening to a podcast. The Courage he had to turn his back on winning the race so he could save his soul is really admirable. ❤
Merci pour ce bel hommage à Bernard Moitessier .
Moitessier is a true Inspiration to many.
His books are still available with the proceeds going to his surviving family: The Long Way, Tamata and the Alliance, Vagabond, and more
An enjoyable overview of the story. There is much more though as in Moitessier's youth and experiences of war in Indo China which was more of a motivator to escape to sea and find solace. The story of his beloved boat Joshua too who he believed had a soul and with whom he felt at one with. Joshua was eventually wrecked in a storm while Moitessier was in California in his later years and he didn't have the means to salvage her so had to reluctantly abandon Joshua on the beach. Eventually Joshua was rescued and restored and Moitessier did get to meet Joshua again. Ironically Joshua ultimately outlived Bernard.
I am not sure if madness affected his decision to abandon the Golden Globe race either. From reading his book 'The Long Way' I interpreted it more of a spiritual epiphany which made him reject the values of civilization but also not wishing to return to land where he was haunted by his past memories of wartime.
It's a facinating story! One of my favourite parts of The Long Way is when a school of Dolphins accompanying Joshua and Bernard start behaving strangely and repeatedly veering off to one side wildly. Bernard is puzzled and it prompts him to check his course only to find he was about to run Joshua into a submerged reef. He believed the Dolphins were warning him.
His account of how a school of dolphins saved him South of Tasmania has stayed with me for 50 years of my 80. What a man. Thanks for this doccy.. Much appreciated .. especially since our recent🇿🇦Golden Globe winner ❤️ in Minnehaha.
As a solo sailor who has always been deeply inspired by Bernard, I really appreciated this video. You really went the extra mile with this one. Well done. And thank you.
Great video - thanks for posting! Bernard's book "The Long Way" has a permanent place aboard my sailboat and I read it at least once a year. It reminds me to be Human and to try to connect with the Universe.
Fair winds,
Capt. Blackheart Charlie
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Hi Derek, really enjoyed the first 2 videos in the new series. Keep them coming!
Great job Derek. Nicely edited, researched and delivered and well paced. Thanks for bringing this mans life to light.
Well that's an amazing story, and thanks for putting it out there!
Loved it derek,you tell it brilliantly ,i am going to watch it again tomorrow,cheers
Ah super, thank you for letting me know and I'm delighted that you liked it so much! Thanks for watching
Wonderful story, well told. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for leaving this comment, Lisa. It was a pleasure to make it and felt the story was worth re-telling :)
Fantastic Video!!! Very well done!!
Nice one Derek! Excellent stuff.
What an inspiring story. I had never heard of him before. Your talent in visually complementing your words is superb. I'm going to watch the McCandless one now! I've heard of him, read the book and watched the movie. Another inspiring story! Keep it up Derek!
Ah thank you very much for the kind words, Sherry. I hope you found the McCandless documentary useful too !
Hi Derek, you have talent to put all the pieces together and create amazing message.. lovely story and incredible video. :-)
I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it Petra and thanks for the kind words!
That was a fantastic episode Derek! How about doing a similar episode on the “Totorore Voyage”? In 1983 at the age of 56, Gerry Clark set out from New Zealand in his 10 metre home built wooden yacht to circumnavigate Antarctica in a quest for new information about seabirds. In this graphic account of the ensuing 3 year 8 month voyage, he describes his adventures in some of the remotest, wildest and most spectacularly beautiful parts of the world. It is one of the most remarkable small boat adventure of all time and not many people know about him.
Wow, fascinating! Thanks for the research that goes into these, they are great! 💚💛❤
Cheers Rob, I appreciate you man ;)
Truly fascinating and inspiring, thank you for your channel!!!🙏👍👻
Excellent choice of story. So cool you recognized as so few have the true hero of that amazing race. Anything that brings attention to the present Golden Globe race is also good as it is a true race of man against nature that just about anyone can afford to enguage in as opposed to the millions in sponsorship money needed in all the other sailing races.It is literally the only Ocean Sailing Race I have any interest in. Cheers and good luck...Kim 69 years old retired offshore Tugman now cruising these past 12 years and now in Indonesia aboard my 39' Southern Cross Sloop
I love it,, your stories are absolutely good..
Great video Derek. An amazing story. Robin Knox's story is also amazing. I think when it comes to adventure and exploration sailing is the ultimate, and with the minimal technology back in the day those men were brave and skilled beyond belief. Inspirational. Thanks for sharing
Exactly, it must have been so much different back there with so little tech and connection to the mainland! Thanks a lot Justin :)
That was incredible Derek!! What a story, I would never have heard of it but for your video.. 👍👍 Thanks!!
Ah this is brilliant. Delighted to introduce you to the Bernard Moitessier story and thanks so much for the kind words :) Derek
@@DerekCullenOutdoors yes I love to hear the stories of those that took the road less travelled.. Keep em coming!!
I'm just about to read his book "The Long Way", so great introduction. He was mentioned in Knox Johnson's book and was an enigma worth pursuing. Smashing video.
Excellent video! Fantastic story. I am impressed by the edit and production of this video. Great job, Derek!
Thank you very much Tommy. It too a good 4 days to make but I really enjoy making these. Can you think about any people/stories that I might take a look at for future episodes? Cheers
@@DerekCullenOutdoors Oh plenty, plenty! How about this: "In July 1881, Lt. A.W. Greely and his crew of 24 scientists and explorers were bound for the last region unmarked on global maps". I still gotta watch the McCandless story. I'm curious about your take!
@@TommysOutdoors Oh I like this Tommy, thanks a lot - will do some digging! And yeah, I definitely think you will relate to what I have to say about McCandless near the end of that one (my opinion). Cheers Tommy!
I did read the book went I was a little boy Bernard Moitissier a genuine human been very inspiring...a beautiful spiritual journey.
Robin Knox great sailor a true gentleman he won the golden race and gave the price 💰to charity.
As a little boy ...was Bernard that won the race for me,still today.
Thank you for your relaying this to us. I’d add an unimportant detail: the first person to sail alone around the world was Joshua Slocum. But Joshua stopped many times. The race referenced in your video was meant to immortalize the first individual to sail NON-stop around the world.
Bernard named his boat after Joshua Slocum.
WoW what a great inspirational man Bernard was just amazing, Derek you put together that story so well really loved it keep up the good work 👏👏
Thanks very much Rosemarie. He was a very inspiring man and I just love this story!
Thank you for this. I had never heard this remarkable story.
Thanks so much Derek as I’m learning an awful lot through your videos. I really enjoy the story on Bernard battling the high seas all around the world just fascinating to me
Great video mate, similar to yourself I came across this story while reading another one and what a rabbit hole! I find it very interesting that such extended periods of isolation and essentially lack of stimulation such as a round the world sailing trip can either send someone into an irrecoverable depression, or give them a spiritual rebirth (as is the case here)
What a great tale. Definitely reading that book.
I believe it's called "The Long Way" Sean. I've read a lot about Bernard this week and actually, I'd imagine the book is a great one. He seems to talk a lot of sense in general but I find the interesting thing is that all of his lessons/perspectives seem to come from life at sea! Thanks for watching :)
I had completely forgotten about this fantastic story- thank you so much indeed . I even have his book somewhere , I must dig it out and read it again. From a new Subscriber .
Excellent material!
Great story Derek 👏🏻
Thanks a lot, Paul and great to hear from you!
great video. I immediately subscribed to your inspiriting channel, walking through Ireland.... and the I bought an old copy of The Long Way, I too hear the faint call of the infinite soul.
Very interesting video. Thank you! Greetings from Germany. RIP Wilfried Erdmann who passed away this week.
Well done mate!
Well done lovely video, I have the boat and am getting her ready to do the same within 2years, I am up grading her for the voyage ,shake down cruise around Iceland next June 😀 solo .
Bernard Moitessier... he changed the direction of my life... his book Long way change my understandings and woke up the curiousity in me. To see more, to remember more, to speak with more people and learn and think.
To breathing deeper
And living lifer.
Very good video Derek, thanks.
Hello Derek great program I love your enthusiasm and I must say your accent seals the deal for me I spent time in Europe as a child that was magical in the early 80s BUT I never made it north of England I’m 50 years old now and one day would love to visit Ireland and Scotland on my way to the far east to dig up my roots …keep up the great work and you got a new sub and friend God bless you and all the works of your hands brother.
that was so interesting, and beautifully told! Look forward to your video/comments on the amazing Kirsten Neuschafer!
That was great 👍 fair play Derek 😊 I'd never heard of this story at all. What a wise man at the end of it all, I think we could all learn a little something from this man. Do what you love and makes you happy and do it for yourself, no one else.
Loving this series so far 👍 cheers 😊👏👏👆
That's right, JR. I read a lot about him during my research and he was spot on about so many things! Thanks for the comment and encouragement, great to hear you are enjoying them !
@@DerekCullenOutdoors I'll definitely be looking him up 👍 I watched "Alive" last night after watching your video on the story. Great watch👌 cheers for the recommendation 😊👍
Absoulutly fantastic !
Wow. Great story Derek.
Thanks very much Robert. Any stories like the last two that you can think of? I'm always on the lookout for ideas. If not, have a think and let me know on future videos if something comes to mind !
@@DerekCullenOutdoors well firstly who would you want to be telling your story. I’ll be thinking hard of another story.
@@robertbrophy1584 haha I'm bored of talking about my own story :p Cheers Robert!
Fantastic story Derek. I love that he allowed the sea to dictate if he would finish the race or go east. He wasn’t going to be conformed to the rules or lure of fame and fortune. Thanks for sharing 👍🏼
My pleasure, Roses. It was a remarkable decision but I really loved his reasoning and how he went on to live true to his words :)
Am a few years 2 late with this comment but will be following your channel from here on in what an amazing man Bernard wasindeed.
I had not heard of Bernard, but had read the story about Crowhurst. I think his boat is in Little Cayman. I think you’re doing a great job on your documentaries, Derek.
Yeah I was making the doc about Crowhurst Tracy but then found out the full story behind Bernard and thought this was a better one to tell :)
Moitessier, was clearly going to win this fantastic race. By continuing another half circumnavigation he became a legend .
Nice video, thank you. There's another interesting french sailor, that is Marcel BARDIAUX who was the 1st to pass the cap Horn from east to west... also Vito Dumas...
I tryed hard to get infos about Marcel Bardiaux and his boat INOX and what happend to them but found nothing . Do you know anything?
Cheers from germany ✌️
Another amazing story
Bigtime, Michael. I haven't read his book but believe it's filled with wisdom and all of it was learnt on the sea !
I just read Moitessier"s book and then stumbled on your video - well done. Will you make one on Crowhurst?
Love all of it about Sailing out of civilization to the unknown seas' which give a new and different excitement to our regularly-overscheduled land locked very dull lives.
Great video again Derek. First time learning about it thanks. Already curios to know what you have up your sleeve for the next one ?
Thanks a lot, Joe. What story/adventurer do you think I should cover next?
@@DerekCullenOutdoors I remember reading about a guy called Andrew McCauley who tried to kayak across the Tasman sea. I think his wife wrote a book about it. That or our own Tom Crean :-]
@@joebeatty4405 Joe, I was very touched by that story. If you do a little google search, you will find a documentary about the Andrew Mcauley trip. It's heartbreaking but the doc is extremely well done. It used to be free on TH-cam but not sure where to find it now. It's called "Solo". Highly recommend a watch!
Just getting back to you Joe. I think the next one will be about the Uruguayan rugby team plane crash in the Andes from the movie ALIVE. I will be updating this Patreon page in the future to keep everyone posted on what's coming next - www.patreon.com/outdarestories
@@DerekCullenOutdoors Oh yes Derek, brilliant one ! Really looking forward to that .Will check out your patreon page.
Bar set high with Chris mcCandless. All the best. Looking forward to this.
Ah good man, thank you Robert. Let me know what you think after watching :p
Another great video...really enjoyed that. Never heard that story before. No idea why a couple of people would downvote your video...must be bigger monkies than the rest of us : )
Thanks a lot Phillip, it’s a mad story eh! Haha it’s the same person that downvotes the video as soon as they see I’ve uploaded a new one - feel sorry for them 😂
You should check out Joshua Slocums book "Sailing Alone Around the World" from *1900*! :)
I followed the race in the Sunday Times weekly and I also got photos of the different boats from London. It was very interesting and I remember clearly Bernhard broke the race. when Robin Knox Johnston was missing for a time and Donald Crowhursts fake perticipation in his cat which ended with suiside. Bernhards boat was built in steel with wooden masts if I remember correct.
His masts were old telegraphic masts that he’d bought for cheap :)
Enjoyed this sea tale. What a man.
Thanks a lot John. I'm not usually interested in sailing etc but found Moitessier a really interesting and genuinely good guy ! Cheers for watching :)
@@DerekCullenOutdoorsRiviting tale such a longtime ago now. Man against nature. No technological do das like today. Massive respect to him. Big balls.
Thanks for highlighting his journey
@@johnnyghia Exactly John, no technology or support and only nature. His views of the world are really interesting as he seems to know/understand more in spite of spending all that time alone at sea !
@@johnnyghia My pleasure, I love making these and will keep doing so!
Brilliant Derek... never heard of this story... Maybe Tom crean he had some adventures specially with Shackleton... Tom creans book unsung hero is one of the best books I've read. Have you read it ???
Thank you Patsy! That's a good call with Tom Crean - not easy to recreate with free/copyright free footage which is an obstacle :) I haven't read the book bt it's certainly on the list :)
Nicely told and put together… there is another story, same race, check out Donald Crowhurst… hats off to Ya 😊
❤this man as a brother (father)!
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Loic Lepage was an entrant in the 2018 Golden Globe race the 50th Anniversary edition :)
Little precision which appeared in his last book : Moitessier had grown in 2 cultures, he got very well along with the Viets, but when the Indochina war broke out ..... he joined the French and fought against the Viets until ...... his brother killed a Vietnamese local community leader, and realizing what he had done , committed suicide. THIS is the shock that he spent most of his life trying to understand. His long sea adventures are the results of a permanent internal struggle.
He saved his soul with a slingshot. Brilliant
haha yes that's right. He wrote a lot about that decision - it all made perfect sense from what I could tell !
Certainly did. I know now the first thing I'm going to purchase when the shop open and it's not a boat or monkey nuts 😄
@@paulbrown653 haha just be careful with it!
Best comment ever😍
There is no questioning Moitessier's prowess as a sailor, but, as a man, he was, IMO, a piece of shit.
He abandoned his wife and 4 children so he could play on his sailboat. As a father, I find this unforgivable.
He should have completed the race, donated the prize money if he was against the idea of it. Or maybe he could have used it to support his family.
But no, he wanted to avoid his responsibilities and play on his boat. All the excuses in the world to try to build him into some sailing hero are BS.
The map at 3.53, is wrong: he sailed from Tahiti to France via Cape Horn and not viceversa.
Hang on, just watched this and you said Moitessier was in the lead when in fact he wasn't, Knox-Johnson was! After the race, in a letter to Johnson Moitessier did say that he reckoned he would catch him and take the lead but, that was conjecture as he, as you rightly say, turned away.
This man was my hero and he made me want to sail . 👍
I never heard of this guy. Thanks for the sharing, 'Civilization ends at the waterline'
Most interesting survival mad lad story would have to be 'The Barefoot bandit'. Have you heard of him?
Thanks a lot! I haven't heard of him but will look him up now. Thanks for the suggestion (and kind words) !
So he went crazy.
Legend.
Good on you mate choice well done my brother
It would've been nice to have heard more about his end of life
I'm an idealist but still a monkey (not a "flying monkey") haha... Seems as there is an autobiography so will look that out. I'm prepared to be inspired! (here, there and ??). Look forward to more Mr. Derek. Take care everyone.
haha thanks Ms Winnie, appreciate you being here :)
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The cape of good horn eh?
Wow, some people really are "Outdare."
Went through a phase of reading sailing disaster books you should read fastnet force 10 about the 1979 fastnet race. Photo of Hall Ferris still hunts me he looked like he was asleep in a wam chair as he as airlifted out of the water he died soon after.
Never heard of this before - thanks for the heads up, I'll check it out!
Montessier dreaded the prospect of returning to Europe after he had rounded cape horn. He scorned the money grubbing shallow existence of the West and feared he'd be corrupted by that system. He was a bird of the tropics, a spiritual man, someone who had managed to create for himself a state of perfection whilst at sea.
You left out the bit where he divorced his wife by slingshot …… he had no radio or engine either
Miotessier was not the first around the cape ( the rest behind) R Nox-Johnson was ahead
Éric Tabarly also
Thank you Deric very grateful 🙏 for the beautiful video to remind us not to be monkeys and try to seek to be human and have adventures
I have always been intrigued by the juxtaposition of Moitessier and Crowhurst. One that ran the race and when he got close to reaching the finish line, found there was nothing there for him, so he kept going; not needing to cross the line to win the race. Crowhurst never accomplishing anything meaningful in his life, yearned for the fame and glory, yet knew his was a race that could only end in tragedy. His race was over from the beginning.
I hope you have read or seen more about Donald Crowhurst to help change your perspective on him or even your own ambitions. I can assure you, he was brave, but foolishly brave and Moitessier was brave because he had experience and wisdom to boot! It is not success at World Praise that Moitessier sought it was Self-Awareness and why he said the Seas saved his soul. Why we now know, as Captain Paul Watson has said "If the Oceans Die We Die." You choose your own path- choose wisely.
@@seashepherds4959 I have seen and read quite a bit about Crowhurst. Is it brave to walk across a busy freeway? Bravery has nothing to do with making decisions that Crowhurst made. It was desperation, which is a recipe for disaster.
Ummm Bernard. You have a wife.
Unbelievably selfish. Could have left again. Strange. I'm beginning to think they were all leaving home to sail off around the world with the hope of no return. A bored suicide. No one would ignore the danger in preparation so why you would not be happy for it to end is it an unexpected return that got to them.. Ohh her and them. With the other she states she wishes she had not encouraged his departure. A lesson learned of how hard life actually was to raise her family. Not as easy as she thought it would be at the time.
To also be better off was a mith.
I think Bernard Moitessier is one of the most gangster of all time.
Good Storytelling, to bad you did not get the Facts right!!!!!! He did Not design Joshua!!! Also the first voyage was the other way around!!!!
CROWHURST
where did he get his money to live this lifestyle
Hi Sean, he worked in Vietnam, France etc to save money to build his boats. After his first major sailing trip, he wrote a book that sold really well :)
Sorry to be critical but the story of Montessier is legend but sadly you have so many inaccuracies in this video it loses its validity. Loic Lapage, and the photo of him, was not in the 1968 GGR, he was a competitor in the 2018 reenactment. There were 9 entrants in 1968 and I guess you mean Loick Fougeron. The boats did not have to start from Britain, they had to leave a port North of 40deg north. The point about Chichester and Slocum has been made. This is one of the bad things about the internet, it’s like Chinese whispers, a few facts wrong then get passed on to others as gospel and so it goes on. I’m a life long sailor and I have read many books about sailing adventures. Moitessier’s story is amazing but one among many, I don’t believe it is the greatest. Andy UK
Stopped watching the instant you stated that Francis Chichester was the first person to sail single-handedly around the world ... pause ... via the clipper route. Any real sailor knows that the first person to sail single-handedly around the world was Joshua Slocum full stop. You could at least have had the courtesy to mention his truly historic feat.
Practicing yoga & meditation on deck . . why ? jackasses abound apparently
Derek you don't have a clue about Bernard Moitessier