Sea Wolves VendeeGlobe 2024 report #4 - A giant fork in the road! It's decision time! HORNS!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 พ.ย. 2024
- Another 20 hours have flown by, and the skippers in the VendeeGlobe 2024 around the world race are about to face one of their toughest tactical choices yet! And it could not have come at a more trying time, with the first real fatigue and sleep deprivation starting to make an impact, pushing the skippers to their limits for the first time in the race.
Make sure you have you coffee ready! Because Sea Wolves Vendeeglobe 2024 report is BACK!
Thank you all very much for watching, liking and sharing my previous Vendee reports!. and for supporting the channel over the last 4 years.
I hope you will enjoy my insights and opinions (I'm not claiming to be an expert, just an interested sailor and fellow tech nerd, who likes to explore these fascinating machines. If you have any feedback or ideas for future reports, please let me know in the comments below.
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join us in the chat during the show, or let us know in the comments what you think the better course is?
The first sequence was breathtaking…. most beautiful, thanks a lot
Classic entry with Horns , great sounds of boat sailing and Coffee. Cannot get better than that.
It was tea 🤷
Awesome footage thank you
Your analysis of sleep during passages for single handed sailing is spot on. I typically set my alarm for 15-20 minutes, get up scan the horizon check AIS, if I have the radar on I’ll check that. Then back to sleep for 15-20. If I’m far enough offshore, out of the shipping areas, I’ll extend my sleep time to 1-2 hours. When I do this I’ll have my radar on as another warning.
I love the footage and the horns at the start. I'm really enjoying your coverage of the race so far.
thank you :)
Thank you so much. That intro is mindblowing, can‘t stop my tears running. It hits so deep in my heart, WOW 🤩.
:)
An IMOCA at full chat never gets old. The power! The speed!
Conrad is an example of a situation where the sailor is the weakest link. Best wishes to all these extraordinary sailors. I hope all stay safe and well
So interesting to hear your experience with sleep! Your insight and experience really helps understand the vg skippers! Thanks! ❤
Amazing intro! 3 minutes of incredible footage, horns and the coffee thing. "Because you can!". And probably against the ortodoxyof YT that demands everything to be fast. You won a fan. Well done!
Tea!
Thank you :)
Horns magnificent Florian! With Campari in hand !
Love the horns, prefer coffee though! Really appreciating the access to the full Vendee video footage -great work 😄😄
I love the horn and sailing Sound again. Lovely. 🎉
YES ! I was wanting the horns to come back too, and some superb sailing footage to go with it. Like the good ol' days. of last year ; )
Thank you Florian!
And your description of the sleep/less phase was spot on. Craving just to sleep. Those power naps are amazing, how you can fall so quickly into what feels like dreaming ( maybe it's half hallucination!) and recharge.
Great show
This is so great! Your knowledge and experience, combined with a very professionally delivered presentation has just made Sea Wolf my go to, for this race. Big thanks from the California coast.
Thank you :)
Excellent report, really interesting regarding psychology of sleep.. an area thats perhaps the most important factor.. relatively simple decisions, actions taking on another form. So i'm gathering this race for the most part is purely about power naps "micro rests". What a profound challenge these 40 people take on.
Thanks for the horns. That makes it feel like last time. This is the only sporting event I watch except for some big wave surfing. Your coverage is appreciated. I missed the intro you had last time, something about that and my hot beverage together... I'm glad to be a spectator and not a racer. I can't believe people do this, so hard core.
LOVED ITTTT THE HORNES ARE BACCCCKKK!!!! No words just sailing and horns!!! Thank youuuu
So good with the horns and what a video shoot. You are very good at how you cover this fantastic race ♥️
thank you
Thank you for such excellent coverage and commentary bringing together the best bits from the boats and your experienced insights combined…
your vivid micro-resting description reminds me exactly of this experience during military/officer training ❤ PS loved the horns & footage
Your commentary and discussion along with the awesome clips makes for wonderful coverage.
Such an incredible prologue… pure delight…
:)
So grateful for your detailed, comprehensive, daily updates, Florian!!!! So much fun. Thank you!
Thank you :)
First of all, YES to the horns. Though the intro is a bit long, I can zip ahead, so no problem.
Secondly, as OCTeahead on TH-cam, I fully approve of your switch from coffee to tea!
Some sailing questions:
1) Did Clarisse lose her big genniker overboard, or just drop it in the water and recover it?
2) Can you give a rundown one boat per day - it’s history of owners, names, races, etc?
3) Is Weores sailing dead into the wind to the east of Madere?
How can he do that?
4) What's the story on Xu's low speed?
Now some VG tracker questions:
1) When I click on a boat, their path appears, but I can’t figure out how to get rid if it.
2) What time is it on the tracker? Is it the time that appears as “Report on...” on each skipper report along the left edge, or is it the time that appears along the bottom where we can “re-watch” the entire race at various speeds?
3) How are you drawing on the tracker?
to 1: Clarisse lost her big gennaker off the coast of Portugal
to 4: Xu sprained his ankle, so the poor sailor is quite handicapped.
And the Intro again and again and again…..goosebumps 😍
:)
Fantastic opening! MORE PLEASE!
Thank you for the horn!!! Reminds of my ancor point when everybody got covid-mad. Florian you are Superb!!!
yeh liked it. watched the first 2:40 again for the horns and the rig sailing...so much fun, with you for the duration of race. cheers from california north coastal
good to have you on board :)
People can’t understand how I sail for so long single handed , sailors are a special breed
so glad to hear the clarion horns. you do good work sir!
Thank you
❤ the horns! Your coverage is superb, thanks so much!
This is my second Vendee Globe and it is increasingly interesting to speculate with you on what all the skippers strategies will be!!
Horns tell us “The HUNT Is ON !!” I appreciate the inside the boat views, Pip in a Spag Bowl of rope; as well as the route planning and weather analysis.
Geez, I loved that intro!!!
Amazing shots of Bureau Vallee!
Low wind in the 3 or 4 following days is good for the non foiling boats.
Maybe going to the coast of Africa is best option, sailing always in some wind at the expense of making more miles because the next waypoint is the most eastern coast of Brazil.
It would be interesting seeing a split, half of the fleet going southwest and the other half going southeast.
But most probably they are not going to split because it's risky to abandon the route that the first boats are sailing at.
Great Videos! It would be very interesting if you could do a series in which you briefly introduce all the participants.
SW…SWW…and keep going 💪😜 Solo sailing…no rest…it’s crazy! One day more of racing; Good job,man!
Love the horns! Cheers!
Thanks again for a great video!
Watching it +/- +12 hours compared to their position in your video. And indeed the leader pack seems to go straight for the possibly less windy route, but closer to where you want to end up.
However Jean le Cam and maybe also Conrad Colman are way more east and might be opting for the other route. Interesting to follow!
Super looong horns! Finally a top of a maaaaast over 10 seconds mast from BV drone!!! Someone will raise the camera and film top from the deck or cockpit soooon?
Great to hear again the starting hunting call sequence. . .
great opening sequence Florian
intro melted me
Best channel!
Now that's the intro that we're looking for FIVE STARS.
Thank you :)
Excellent coverage
When I was in the military, we would get smoke-breaks during training and I could get a Power Nap in 10 minutes and felt energized again. 🤣
I am a firefighter and not a sailor at all but came across this race 2 editions ago when Alex Thompson was racing Hugo Boss. I love this race!! And I have been following it on Sea Wolves, which is excellent coverage. But today’s intro was wicked!!! Love the long shots of the boats ripping. Thanks for that!! One comment, can you please add captions when the skippers are talking to the camera as it’s sometimes very hard to understand what they are saying and the CC on TH-cam cannot seem to do it.
Awesome clips , great horn 🤙
great analysis of sleep depravation. Like a 5 year old having a nap at 4 PM, he'll be up till midnight, lol
Very interesting insights into sleeping, Florian, danke!
Superb opening. Mesmerising footage. Loved the French horns. Bravo.
thank you.
good show Florian. Thank you for the work you put into this.
Thanks for you support :)
Cheers! I am drinking Kona coffee on my coffee farm in Hawaii.
amazing :)
Great. When you suggest that viewers try sleep deprivation please caution DO NOT DRIVE A VEHICLE
So much fun! Reality in an unreal world 😂
Nice to have the horns back.
well done
I think if any wanted to go east and risk it they would've gybed off already as that would've been faster with the left shift coming, so I reckon they're all going west. Would be nice to see someone risk it though, could be a crucial decision
Re: Sleep. NASA has determined that the optimum time for napping is 26 minutes. That amount of sleep is the most effective for improving fatigue and cognitive abilities when long periods of sleep are not possible. The work was done by assessing various cognitive abilities in astronauts on the space station. Interesting comparing the problems of long distance sailors and how the demands on them are similar to those on astronauts.
Nice job on finding this data. It does seem counter-intuitive however to compare 2 highly stressful situations. The astronauts are literally micromanaged minute by minute with Big Brother operating them remotely. Not so in the Vendee. Furthermore the Vendee is like the Astronauts doing a perpetual Launch or Re-entry sequence with all the noise, dynamic bouncing around and chaos that they bring. There is no off switch for the Sailors. And they are self managed....... I know which is easier and which is tougher. NASA would not agree.... Vendee is more akin to constant battle fatigue. YMMV.
That intro was incredible!
Excellent, the horns are back.
The only problem I have with the intro is the fact that it isn't from Vandee Globe ;) Otherwise great shots.
(It was shot just before the race)
Could you summarize how much outside help the skippers get in routing? Do they have access to all the online weather apps? Do they have access to more, like an onshore weather coach?
As far as I know it is completely forbidden to get any external advice about the routing...
The skippers are allowed technical advice for fixing broken equipment. That is it. If they moor to a dock, they are out; if they get navigation advice, they are out; if they receive food or equipment from someone else, they are out.
Putting a lot of faith (and pressure) on the official weather partner, PredictWind service. Will see how it shakes out. Science and faith, odd bedfellows.
Fantastic Episode
Wonderful opening video!!
Excelent comments about sleep management , very well expose
You do a realy fantastic job, thank you very much !!!
Thank you
Beginner question: How does the tracker determin who is first? Is it the one who is most south, or the one who has gone the furthest distance in a straight line from the start? or does it have to do with how far along you are along the ideal route (red lines)?
I have the same question. Right now (21:42 UTC) as I look at the tracker, Le Cam looks to be at the same latitude as Pedote, whom the tracker identifies as the leader.
Awesome loved that!
Great opening. Inspired. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The intro was epic!
Thank you Mr Wolf.
Thank you Dundee :) (fav movie)
Interesting perspective on sleep.
I swing in solo sailing after the time I over sleep mostly in day 3 after that I’m good for a week or more with the power naps
The opening sequence with the horns was great. I also enjoyed the analysis of the sailors' mental state during the race.
Question: Is there a different "category" for foilers and non-foiling sailboats?
no its one class
Beautiful openings scene!
Epic episode! Great intro. Really gives a baptism into the power and speed.
Great insights on the sleep. And loved the tactical logic for route planning. You are now defiantly on full form. Keep it up. The Scottish Seawolves send their regards. We have a growing WhatsApp group discussing the race. Names in Honour of your channel. Vendee Globe Seawolves group. Keep it up!
Horn of Gondor
:)
extremely good explanation, as always
Very nice!
good analysis Sea wolves….
you remind me of the french course; COFEE BREAK
Outstanding episode today. Keep it up
Jean Le Cam turned South as soon as he passed Madère (again).
Isn't this where he separated from the fleet to take the lead during the last race ?
Ow my! That intro!! Awesome!!! great job my friend thanks for sharing with us
Thank you for the updates!
Well done.
Loved it, thank you!
Thanks! Andrew
Those horns in the intro sounded eerily like The Last Post 😮
I've experienced audible hallucinations after almost 48 hours. I wonder how many of them have had that happen during long periods of no sleep?
Awesome Intro, Thank you
Thank you go west main on the port👍
This is where Jean Le Cam will excel.
Love the horns! Oh yeah!
Of course what do I know but I would be tempted to go south now, stay east of those islands where the green persists and turn west in the better pressure south of the islands. You should be at the dead spot in more like 50 hours, no? Even though you said bad idea!
Beautiful introduction ❤
Thank you :)
nice...I missed it. Horns and coffee, updates. Sea wolves. What else?