Heavy weather sailing round Cape Horn Skip Novak's Storm Introduction

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SquishBangBlow - 6 years ago

What is the purpose of the large reels of green rope on the deck near the mast? I've seen similar reals on many sailing vessels and always wondered the purpose... TIA

Melody Storm - 7 years ago

lol, landlubbers, impressed at the lightest of squalls.

Jay F. B. - 7 years ago

Great video, but it would be a lot better without the music and with the original sound

Alejandro Sanchez - 7 years ago

goob jobs guys..... incredible video.

Warren Currier - 7 years ago

Nice coverage of Cape Horn! Pre Panama Canal (1914) that was the only way, right?

First Mate - 7 years ago

The music is WAY to loud you can barely hear the crew speak.

miked765 - 7 years ago

Alien at 1:04 , or a seal. :)

Fisher Isle - 7 years ago

no force 10 there

myenilmez6469 - 7 years ago

are you kiddin us ?? it is absolutely beufort 4-5 force not 8-9 .

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Kens Crack Of Doom - 7 years ago

Wow I learned nothing.

Tommy Petraglia - 7 years ago

Those spools of line on deck must be warps to be payed out as drouges. What is that, 500' a spool? Would like to have seen closer up how the boat was rigged.... sheets, traveler, downhauls, snatch blocks and leads. Good deck work getting the main down and lashed. And notice, the smart sailor goes into it with less sail on the head with a heavy short jib. You can always change up but you may not get the chance to take sail in.

Todd Jordan - 7 years ago

Skip does use sea anchors or any types of wraps in heavy weather the spools are for anchoring where he will run up to six lines out when down in the small islands of the southern ocean or Antarctic.

Dennis Farris - 7 years ago

would be 100% improved with actual sound, the corny music is distracting.

Damien Crous - 7 years ago

Been looking,cant find the answer.Any1 know how a 3m tender handles being towed a storm? just bought a 26footer and deck space is an issue. Can a tender be towed all the time? problems i might bump into/if i remove the tender motor?

Todd Jordan - 7 years ago

inflatable tender and motor are stored below decks on Skips vessels during passage.

Col - 7 years ago

Frig off ricky

Zach Davis - 7 years ago

dolphin @1:02

stefan papf - 7 years ago

this is best weather sailing

Pol Alex - 8 years ago

Fuck хуета размещена ради рекламы

matty tripps - 8 years ago

the water in this video doesn't even look that rough

jamezz34 - 8 years ago

matty tripps guess he had to shoot a video !

Benitlu - 8 years ago

I have a smaller sailboat and 18.5 footer and from trial and error I am fairly sure that using the main only, instead of the jib is much easier to control, so could you tell me why you are using the jib, please? I need to know if I am wrong

jonathon crowle - 7 years ago

joe z j

Eugene Benjamin - 7 years ago

looked like he had a reefed main and jib for part of it, then reefed main only, with the jib furled, for the last part of that clip.

joe z - 8 years ago

Sailing with just a jib moves the center of effort forward with less chance of rounding up. As the wind increases the center of force moves aft. It has to do with hull design, heeling, and whatnot. Also, the jib tends to pull the boat forward as opposed to pushing it from behind. Third, you only have 90 degrees of sail position with the main, as opposed to almost 180 degrees with the jib. Having lived aboard for over 15 years, I've almost always sailed with just the jib in heavy air.

Shawn Hood - 8 years ago

To me, it's all about keeping the boat optimally balanced and powered for the desired course and conditions. In other words, finding a groove that offers safety, stability, and speed. Sailing upwind in big wind can induce significant weather helm -- think reduced boat stability, difficulty steering to course, and a fatigued helmsman. A front sail may minimize this by moving the center-of-effort forward. Note that the front sail is rigged on a forestay aft of the headstay allowing fairly precise adjustments to the sailplan's center-of-effort. Also, one does not want to be underpowered in heavy weather. Stalling (i.e. running out of boat speed) mid-tack in heavy weather is very undesirable. Without adequate power to maintain positive control of the vessel, it will tend to lay vulnerably abeam the waves. In heavy weather, some boats cannot turn to wind under only main. This is my rudimentary take on the topic, and it's probable that Skip Novak would have an entirely different rationale. YMMV.

Martijn Heil - 8 years ago

Some boats sail excellent on the jib alone, some sail terrible that way. It really depends on your sail plan

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Boris Chang - 8 years ago

This is no place for amateurs like myself.

telephonic - 8 years ago

Novice here..what makes the Cape Horn the most dangerous stretch of sea on Earth?

jamezz34 - 8 years ago

Personally the north sea on a stormy day can be just as intimidating although the wind is more predictable

telephonic - 8 years ago

Thanks for the replies guys...been intrigued by the cape horn since i watch bounty on the mutiny.

Matteo porcia Puricelli - 8 years ago

massive waves and sometime 60/70 knots wind and powerful currents... put this three things in un hell of a place forgot by god, you have cape horn, the ultimate objective for a sailor

telephonic - 8 years ago

+ushoys
Ahh i see..thanks.

ushoys - 8 years ago

+telephonic The winds and currents at the meeting of two oceans at high latitude.

S/V Boadecia Journey through refit and beyond - 8 years ago

Awesome to see. She is in her element and all credit keeping her under control. Just awesome.

Hal - 8 years ago

That is pretty scary

Christopher Forrest - 8 years ago

Make me laugh. Been in heavier weather off Santa Cruz Island on board a cal 20

MrThunder - 8 years ago

Now THAT is some serious ocean sailing!

Capt Eric Bergeron - 8 years ago

Really liked this video and the editing is awesome.

Joe surfer - 8 years ago

TURN THE FKN MUSIC DOWN!!!!!!

Wicked Salty - 9 years ago

I've been reading Skip's stories in "Surviving the Storm" by Dashew. Such a great read, great person to look up to.

Christopher Goetz - 7 years ago

Wicked Salty hey salty where you been at!?? time for you to get out there!

S/V Boadecia Journey through refit and beyond - 8 years ago

+Wicked Salty The Paradys also a good dvd. storm tactics. I like thier bridal system for hove to.

Wicked Salty - 8 years ago

+Sailboat Story It's A+ for heavy weather sailing books. I believe he wrote one before this too, but surviving the storm is a great start! They include captain's logs on vessel's lost at sea and what they did to survive. Also stories of vessels making it through the same storms. Highly recommended

Sailboat Story - 8 years ago

+Wicked Salty I'm going to check that one out. On the search for an interesting heavy-weather book, and that just might be the one - especially when the recommendation comes from Wicked Cap'n Wes. ;)

Frei Alfred - 9 years ago

Frei Alfred

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Randolph Kanipe - 9 years ago

Oh yea!

Johan Dale - 9 years ago

Tell me something, if you fall into the sea won't these clothes makes you go to the bottom ?

jutubaeh - 8 years ago

+jutubaeh almost 3 per mill so like russian blood in alc.

jutubaeh - 8 years ago

+Johan Dale no. salt water is purdy eavy...

Wicked Salty - 9 years ago

+Gilad Gur jack lines, more of a concern is getting yourself back in the boat when your dangling off by them which could be an immense challenge with 60+ kts of wind and heavy seas.

Johan Dale - 9 years ago

+Gilad Gur It's not surprising i'm into sailing. Just thinking that you should wear these in rough weather only like you said.

Gilad Gur - 9 years ago

+Johan Dale , please look at the red strips called life-line connected to every sailor. It is connected to the boat and prevents from the sailor to fall into the water. We use it in heavy weather. For your information, MOB (man over board <-the official maritime name for "falling into the water") is one of two main fatality reasons at sea, so we need to be careful....(the other is mid-sea collision [yes I know, it might be surprising] ) .

Joachim Petersson - 9 years ago

Wow, the boat just dive down in the waves. How much can a sailboat handle before it's unsafe?

Matteo porcia Puricelli - 8 years ago

some people round cape horn on 6m sailboat, in 10m waves... it isnt unsafe cause a small boat in storm can flip under a wave, but it always turn back in position, like a bottle in the ocean... this is sven yrvid theory, the man who round cape horn on a 5.90m homemade sailboat

79cd36 - 9 years ago

+Revolution Libra There are plenty of books out there that will help you find the answer to your question. Here's a quick and dirty explanation: Like most things with sailboats, it depends. Most monohulls will right themselves after a capsize. Depending upon some factors - ballast, beam, hull shape - some sailboats will right faster than others, provided the cabin is closed and there aren't several sources of leaks - e.g., cockpit lockers, hatches, ports, companionway drop boards, etc. Catamarans, by contrast, are more stable upside down than right side up. When a monohull rights itself the next question is whether or not you still have your mast. If it's been carried away, the immediate worry is preventing the mast from punching a hole through the hull.

Revolution Libra - 9 years ago

+Wicked Salty im pretty starstruck that you've commented haha cheers bro x

Wicked Salty - 9 years ago

+Revolution Libra There are many factors that come into play. I'd be more concerned of a de-masting occurring if rolling in a capsize and then your rigging attached to the mast could pull your boat down sideways. There is also a chance for the mast to rip the deck off the boat in some circumstances, then you have a big hole in your boat.

elfaroproductions - 9 years ago

+Ghostman113 I always tell people the boat can take the ponding, but I don't knew if you can :)

Revolution Libra - 9 years ago

+Danny Bestebreur so say your caught in really bad conditions and a freak wave rolls your boat and your inside the cab praying to god, will it always right itself if it has a ballast or isit ossible to actually sink ? cheers

Numeronx - 9 years ago

+Ghostman113 As rule of thumb: More than the sailor.

Danny Bestebreur - 9 years ago

+Ghostman113ive got a 23 ft 7,10 m cruiser weight +/- 2300 kg including 1100 kg ballast, the only way that the boat wont turn back will be if i lose my ballast. then again most sailing boats are designed not to capsize and will only capsize by losing your ballast or a rogue wave. cats and trimaran's however wont turn back.

Revolution Libra - 9 years ago

+TheKaffeeKlatsch
ok say a cabin sail boat between 25-35 ft in your experience will they right themselves if capsized ? ive seen the odd comment were people say they will but I cant seem to find definite info on google I understand small racing sailboats can

TheKaffeeKlatsch - 9 years ago

+Revolution Libra From what I've seen it depends on the boat. Smaller boats can be righted by the crew..... sailboats come in many sizes and shapes so take that into consideration.

Revolution Libra - 9 years ago

+TheKaffeeKlatsch what happens if a sail boat capsizes will it turn back eventually or isit game over ?

TheKaffeeKlatsch - 9 years ago

+Ghostman113 Depends on how well she's built.

Joachim Petersson - 9 years ago

+andy y I don´t know what i mean. :P But take a sailboat on 7 meters for example. Weights 1,5 ton. How big waves can it handle?

andy y - 9 years ago

How do you define unsafe?

yiit - 9 years ago

I always wanna do this

mmontalvo1959 - 9 years ago

Force 10? Pants on fire.

Haunting You - 9 years ago

How gay, it was blowing about 25knots.

Connor Burd - 8 years ago

+Haunting You Yeah, that wasn't all that bad at all.

Marga Sánchez - 9 years ago

Fuerza 8-9 llegando a 10? un carajo! no hay quien se lo crea, que cambien los títulos

Thomas Elliott - 9 years ago

what a load of shit

luca capozzi - 9 years ago

Forza 10 ????

72daystar - 9 years ago

That, I want to do...

ningpo69 - 10 years ago

what are the roles of rope for on the foredeck by the mast ?

Andy Stew - 9 years ago

They are extra lines to anchor the boat to the shore, see other videos in the series to see them being used.

CountryTimeSky REDWOODSITTER - 9 years ago

+Wor Hill I,I Thank you Captain,i may just ad too this some tall rigger's had up 350 names for each sheet i love boats thanks for the reply,and may the winds fill your sails and at the end of every hook is paradise.

Wor Hill - 9 years ago

+ningpo69 Christopher Smith is using correct sailing terminology, the ropes you described are called "sheets".

ningpo69 - 9 years ago

+ningpo69
I see four across the bow !..

ningpo69 - 9 years ago

+christopher smith
I don't think so, they look like giant spools of thread ! (rope I'm sure ), like spare ...

CountryTimeSky REDWOODSITTER - 9 years ago

you mean the sheets?

Jacob Wynne - 10 years ago

Bah. This doesn't look that bad. The Horn can dish out far worse.

Marienbad - 10 years ago

Nice vid !
In addition to frequent stormy weather, this area is full of rocks and fringing reef. The map of shipwrecks around Cape Horn is dreadfully tell-tale.

ibis de teresa - 10 years ago

Congrats!!

Seb_G - 10 years ago

I would love to be there, going along with the force of nature...

Green Bear - 10 years ago

Hi I always wanted to sail the carribean around the world so I am doing a lot of research now. The only thing that is questionable is the movie the perfect storm. How common is boat being flipped because of a bad storm or wave? I also notice people stick to in the carribean and warm areas is it because alaska would be too harsh or cold?

And do you recommend a book I can buy that is the ultimate guide to learning all this?

CountryTimeSky REDWOODSITTER - 9 years ago

chapmans

laurejon - 10 years ago

+gerald stephens Name a single round the world sailor that has not capsized on the way ? Its very common, and not a big deal unless you become unmasted.

gerald stephens - 10 years ago

+laurejon Oh really! In a kayak maybe.

laurejon - 10 years ago

A boat capsized is a regular occurrence for round the world sailors. You would expect at least two complete rotations.

tincoffin - 10 years ago

I would recommend Heavy Weather Sailing by Adlard Coles.

Garth N - 10 years ago

I've been in similiar conditions. On a dam. On a hobie.

Wor Hill - 9 years ago

+Arduous Andotherous That was funny

skaindu - 10 years ago

What?.....was that it? you rounded Cape Horn in 1:26? Please try again

jorge tomas tapia soko - 10 years ago

solo para navegantes muy machos(as)

humberto di ciccio - 10 years ago

CHE QUE PASO CON EL ABUELO XXX ???

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Alejandro Mayer - 10 years ago

Anyone saw a dolphin jumping near the boat?

Garth N - 10 years ago

It was a flying arsehole according to some of the comments here

fixento - 10 years ago

Calm weather for the cape, so what the big deal. And why all the lines on reels on the deck?

Michael Campbell - 10 years ago

Skip Novak goes to antartica - the reels are used to pull the yacht through the pack ice

Asdv Sdv - 10 years ago

Heavy weather with no heavy WAVES, is NOT a heavy weather... :S

Fred Fox River - 10 years ago

You call that "heavy weather"? Really? As a veteran of Alaska seas, that's baby sh*t. We call it "a nice day on the water".

senecadaze - 10 years ago

1:02 what the heck was that

Pablo Reyes - 9 years ago

+senecadaze TUNINAS... that's how we call them in the south of Chile, in the Patagonia. They look like a short and fat dolphing wth white spots on the sides. Don't know the scientific name

Ken Bekov - 10 years ago

Definitly seal

AdrianDotis - 10 years ago

+mangore623 ...Bigger. Hope that answered your question.

mangore623 - 10 years ago

As big of an asshole as a person with ego defences so underdeveloped that they are challenged by a satirical comment posted to a YouTube video?

AdrianDotis - 10 years ago

+mangore623 It wasn't a stupid question. I had to replay it a few time to see what it was. But at least you got the opportunity to show everyone how much of an asshole you are.

mangore623 - 10 years ago

A leprechaun looking for a box of Lucky Magic Charms. Ask a stupid question...

stonerolledaway - 10 years ago

seal

Francisco Serrano - 10 years ago

looks like a seal..

PaladinO - 10 years ago

Pause it and it's clearly a dolphin.

Windlass123 - 11 years ago

Awesome ...!!!

Jeff Bell - 11 years ago

Wow

Alexey Fedorov - 11 years ago

Good luck, strong men!

Lupa Schu - 11 years ago

great video, but the music is a bit too much

Bullerias - 11 years ago

Pfft

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