Its so beautiful❤ and you with your comments, so great 🎉😂with not only your human ressources, also technical ressources and with heart in the right place.. So funny ,thank you , give us such a lot joy enduring your race.😊
2 fingers in the nose. We have the same expression in Dutch. Apparently its from horse races, when you have so much advantage over your competitors that you can let go of the reins and pick your nose 😅
Interesting. On the English Wiktionary they say the same, that it comes from horse racing, but on the French Wiktionary they make no mention of that. All there is under "Étymologie" is: "De doigt et nez, pour exprimer que c’est facile comme si une seule main suffisait, même l’autre occupée dans le nez."
The Beauty of the Blue… you are such a cool dude…with amazing resilience… fingers in the nose! the French have a phrase “doigt dans le nez” used to imply that something is trivially easy. Literally translated it's “finger in the nose”, the implication being that it is so easy you could do it with a finger in your nose.👃
Thank you so much for showing this armchair sailor so much each time - really ❤ it. The very best to you, dear Conrad, enjoy the race and please be safe, always. Warmest regards and sunny greetings from cold Germany.
Must admit it I can only speak 🇦🇺lol thanks 🙏 for your time 🫶🏽filming your courageous journey, stoked to share your adventure 🤗 can’t believe I’ve been terrified at times watching the weather 😱
So so beautiful out there in that moment on the bow of your boat. 😍 Thank you for sharing those moments! :) And thank you as well for the technical insights on the J2/rigging - Super interesting!!! Now go get those guys in front of you! 😊
Sailing across the atlantic in '84 helping Jack Petith get his 38' Newick Tri (Destination St. Croix) Plymouth England for the '84 ostar (First in class 3) I loved the after midnight watch- hanging out, for hours at a time, in the pulpit facing aft and watch the leward hull knife through the water. Many times a small school of Dolphins would start swimming between the hulls or just off the leward side of the leward hull. I have no idea how they knew I was there to watch them. Magical experience. The early morning hours was my favorite but over the 16 day transat I would spend a lot of time up forward enjoying the experience.
Wow. Sailing with Conrad is so intense. Grand ciel bleu and mer almost plate! So the J2 is the staysail, as we all know, supporting the mast, and in case he brings down the Code0 he brings up the chicken stay for backup, in case the J2 breaks, having learned from his last Vendée experience. Correct me if I got anything wrong.
Fantastic update Conrad! Day 69! Thanks for the technical update and lesson on the French phrase! I also appreciate the kind words to JLC, though I’d never count him out … he’ll find a way back if there is any possibility. Keep up the always entertaining updates! Sail safe and sail fast!
Another awesome video thanks. I might try hanging out on the prod - it looked amazing and that sooooo blue ocean. Until this video I never realised that the IMOCAs don't have a forestay. Good idea keeping the spare 12mm rope. Sail fast.
Great video, and explanations. I have been wondering what would happen if, in the worst case, what would happen if you were bumped overboard when clipped on. Do you train for this? Is there some automated response from the boat?
Very interesting and entertaining Conrad, good luck to you for the last part of the race (from a French fan who knows nothing about sailing but every four year gets crazy about the Vendée Globe and the super-human effort it represents for you sailors).
The others with stay breaks , dyneema doesn't break , wasn't it chafe , as its made of hundreds of strands , so they can chafe just as easy as normal line.
last time you were talking like that about your solar panels.... you had a blackout a few days later :-/.... you were about at the same place of the globe.... :D :D - but this time all will be good i hope! :D greetings from cold germany! :)
@@neilbb depends on the conditions. If it’s flat calm and stable, I go on deck without clipping on. However if there’s even the slightest risk of falling or do t hesitate to clip on
Deux doigts dans le nez: "Empruntée au jargon des courses hippiques, l'expression ""les doigts dans le nez"" voit le jour en 1912. Cette locution symbolise la grande facilité avec laquelle le jockey gagne sa course, à tel point qu'au lieu d'y porter toute son attention, il prend innocemment le temps de se mettre les doigts dans le nez. Enjoy the race, stay safe and fair winds always.
L'expression aurait fait sa première apparition vers 1910 à l'issue d'une course hippique. Un commentateur l'aurait utilisée pour décrire la grande facilité qu'avait eue le jockey pour gagner sa course, à l'instar des enfants qui sont capables de se fourrer les doigts dans le nez tout en vaquant à leurs occupations, tout naturellement.
Conrad, I thought it was normally a endowed flaxen maiden who occupied the bow sprit not a weather beaten male? Of course you could be emulating DiCaprico in Titanic….hope not as we know how that ended. Am impressed by your inverted effort but you need to stop monkeying around and get sailing. Just how long are your toes?
Thank you. You are consistently making the best videos.
Love the camera shots and the educational lesson filled with humour and the excitement of life❤️👍🌞🌊
Its so beautiful❤ and you with your comments, so great 🎉😂with not only your human ressources, also technical ressources and with heart in the right place.. So funny ,thank you , give us such a lot joy enduring your race.😊
2 fingers in the nose. We have the same expression in Dutch. Apparently its from horse races, when you have so much advantage over your competitors that you can let go of the reins and pick your nose 😅
Another fun lesson!!
Interesting. On the English Wiktionary they say the same, that it comes from horse racing, but on the French Wiktionary they make no mention of that. All there is under "Étymologie" is: "De doigt et nez, pour exprimer que c’est facile comme si une seule main suffisait, même l’autre occupée dans le nez."
The Beauty of the Blue… you are such a cool dude…with amazing resilience… fingers in the nose! the French have a phrase “doigt dans le nez” used to imply that something is trivially easy. Literally translated it's “finger in the nose”, the implication being that it is so easy you could do it with a finger in your nose.👃
Thank you so much for showing this armchair sailor so much each time - really ❤ it. The very best to you, dear Conrad, enjoy the race and please be safe, always. Warmest regards and sunny greetings from cold Germany.
Always well presented and very informative - thank you Conrad - Now go for it!!!!
Next, you will wakeboarding behind your boat😊.
Must admit it I can only speak 🇦🇺lol thanks 🙏 for your time 🫶🏽filming your courageous journey, stoked to share your adventure 🤗 can’t believe I’ve been terrified at times watching the weather 😱
Most appreaciated views... Wow !! Valuable info and Safety gear treat too!!!
So so beautiful out there in that moment on the bow of your boat. 😍
Thank you for sharing those moments! :)
And thank you as well for the technical insights on the J2/rigging - Super interesting!!!
Now go get those guys in front of you! 😊
Sailing across the atlantic in '84 helping Jack Petith get his 38' Newick Tri (Destination St. Croix) Plymouth England for the '84 ostar (First in class 3) I loved the after midnight watch- hanging out, for hours at a time, in the pulpit facing aft and watch the leward hull knife through the water. Many times a small school of Dolphins would start swimming between the hulls or just off the leward side of the leward hull. I have no idea how they knew I was there to watch them. Magical experience. The early morning hours was my favorite but over the 16 day transat I would spend a lot of time up forward enjoying the experience.
Catch them in the Doldrums Conrad🙂
Most excellent thanks for the tech talk.
Your video content just never disappoints, thank you. You are also slightly bonkers, which adds to the entertainment. Keep it going mate!
Wow. Sailing with Conrad is so intense. Grand ciel bleu and mer almost plate!
So the J2 is the staysail, as we all know, supporting the mast, and in case he brings down the Code0 he brings up the chicken stay for backup, in case the J2 breaks, having learned from his last Vendée experience. Correct me if I got anything wrong.
She's a doozy, Conrad!!!🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿
Thanks Conrad for always making such great videos and sharing your experience with us, as well as teaching us along the way!
Love Ya Crazy Kiwi
Hanging out there ? Easypieciey, Caipirinha on a moonlight 🌴🌟 solar Atlantic.
3° boat you Are !!!
Conrad Colman Ocean Racing ! 💖
Fantastic update Conrad! Day 69! Thanks for the technical update and lesson on the French phrase! I also appreciate the kind words to JLC, though I’d never count him out … he’ll find a way back if there is any possibility. Keep up the always entertaining updates! Sail safe and sail fast!
The beauty of the blue, awesome.
Another awesome video thanks. I might try hanging out on the prod - it looked amazing and that sooooo blue ocean. Until this video I never realised that the IMOCAs don't have a forestay. Good idea keeping the spare 12mm rope. Sail fast.
Simply inspiring.
Brilliant update Conrad. I am almost envious of you sailing over that beautiful blue ocean under that enormous blue sky. Almost!! 🤪
Now after seeing the 12mm dyneema spare forestay I feel safe with my 6mm Dyneema Runner and on my vintage 10m IOR boat😅
Great video, and explanations. I have been wondering what would happen if, in the worst case, what would happen if you were bumped overboard when clipped on. Do you train for this? Is there some automated response from the boat?
One of your best explanatory videos so far. Fascinating!
Great New Zealander
Thank you so much! Great explanations! I have learned so much. Stay safe and good luck! ⛵️🍀
Very interesting and entertaining Conrad, good luck to you for the last part of the race (from a French fan who knows nothing about sailing but every four year gets crazy about the Vendée Globe and the super-human effort it represents for you sailors).
Les doigts dans le nez ! 👍👏
😆 in the midst of the ocean doing a Spiderman
💪💪💪💪 Awesome stuff thank you 👍 you remind me of someone else 💪💪
As a fellow sailor/racer, love your tutorials and tech talk!
The others with stay breaks , dyneema doesn't break , wasn't it chafe , as its made of hundreds of strands , so they can chafe just as easy as normal line.
your "official race" time should be reduced with days worth of credit in return for these valuable informative videos. THANKS!
Messing about in Tne Med again?😂❤
What is that damage on the bow?
Just the sticker
@@colmanoceanracing That is lucky. Hope you have some good wind shifts to power you on!
Me Dream-Team Imoca for Ocean Race would be Conrad+Rosi Kuiper+Cole Brauer and Antoine Auriol as Flight Captain. 🎉
Conrad, how about a lesson on knots.
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last time you were talking like that about your solar panels.... you had a blackout a few days later :-/.... you were about at the same place of the globe.... :D :D - but this time all will be good i hope! :D greetings from cold germany! :)
Hey Conrad, when you change sails are you always clipped on or does it get in the way?
@@neilbb depends on the conditions. If it’s flat calm and stable, I go on deck without clipping on. However if there’s even the slightest risk of falling or do t hesitate to clip on
Deux doigts dans le nez: "Empruntée au jargon des courses hippiques, l'expression ""les doigts dans le nez"" voit le jour en 1912. Cette locution symbolise la grande facilité avec laquelle le jockey gagne sa course, à tel point qu'au lieu d'y porter toute son attention, il prend innocemment le temps de se mettre les doigts dans le nez.
Enjoy the race, stay safe and fair winds always.
L'expression aurait fait sa première apparition vers 1910 à l'issue d'une course hippique. Un commentateur l'aurait utilisée pour décrire la grande facilité qu'avait eue le jockey pour gagner sa course, à l'instar des enfants qui sont capables de se fourrer les doigts dans le nez tout en vaquant à leurs occupations, tout naturellement.
Conrad, I thought it was normally a endowed flaxen maiden who occupied the bow sprit not a weather beaten male? Of course you could be emulating DiCaprico in Titanic….hope not as we know how that ended. Am impressed by your inverted effort but you need to stop monkeying around and get sailing. Just how long are your toes?
Thanks for these explanations of these boats,the hardware and your day to day racing strategy.
Really learning a lot ..!