Dramatic Footage of Man Overboard | Volvo Ocean Race

[@Eztliz]

That’s right. Nobody wear life jackets. That’ll help.

[@relaxingnaturevideos1203]

It’s not that bad we did that for training purpose in heavier seas. Just don’t look down and you’ll be fine xD

[@leonardmilcin7798]

@@relaxingnaturevideos1203 Did your training include floating without lifejacket when unconscious? How people get in water isn't always exactly planned. You could have gotten hit by something or maybe have fainted or had heart attack. Then the boat might not be in shape to immediately come back to you after it capsized or had lines tangled or steering damaged or stuck. Life jackets are there to cover for all these situation that your swimming ability will not.

[@neo_isntreal]

@@leonardmilcin7798 🤓

[@atakd]

Maybe not everyone's idea of risk is dropping a stitch whilst knitting. You wear your lifejacket, I'll make my own decisions.

[@stephenbergeron1555]

Captain was phenomenal keeping his cool and command of the situation 👍👍👍

[@rambosson9096]

0.20 everyone iss pointing and watching perfect.... 0:28 everyone iss looking in different directions and not on the man over board--thats a crazyyyyy coicidence...but in the end.. good work and good that he's alive.

[@terryeagle6321]

Wtf dont they wear life jackets?

[@sachawinston2112]

No body wearing that fukin lifejacket on board ....

[@terryeagle6321]

Not even a life ring?

[@timness1999]

With a water temperature around 50 degrees F, within about 15-20 minutes these athletes in peak condition would be so hypothermic as to be unable to assist in their own rescue. With the speeds these boats travel in most scenarios it could take longer to effect recovery --even with an expert crew as in this Scalawag video. Flat seas, low speeds in the daytime is about the only time sailors who truly embrace good seamanship would not wear PFDs. I don't see the off watch rushing up on deck in response to an "All hands on deck" call

[@duck1889]

That was scary. Life jacket?

[@rws210]

Well, at least they turned around to get him..... surprised they didn't keep going with the lack of concern I saw from the rest of the crew.

[@listigt]

Black clothing, no life jackets... yea, they got lucky. Don't blame the crew member for falling over board, blame the Captains poor safety concept.

[@justinf1343]

Those boats shift. As to wearing all black clothing 🙄

[@leonardmilcin7798]

At an angle no part of your body is visible other than your bobbing head and possibly hands... for a little bit. And that only intermittently. That's why skipper told the crew member to not loose sight. The pointing of the finger is an important part of this as the skipper has just no time to be visually searching for the man over board, he needs to focus on steering the boat so one crew member must be fully dedicated to pointing a finger and reporting distance to the man over board.

[@hellkell8693]

@@leonardmilcin7798 I’ve done search and rescue from the air. Black disappears into the ocean. Orange or yellow sticks out infinitely more. I don’t think black is a smart color to be wearing.

[@leonardmilcin7798]

@@hellkell8693 I don't have search and rescue experience other than turning my boat around for exercise or to find a lost baseball cap. But yeah, black definitely not smart choice. With every crew I sail the first thing I do is a bit of training in case of man-over-board emergency. It gives me confidence I will be able to react and my crew confidence that I know what I am doing. We once lost a navy baseball cap right after we were finished with the exercise and I tell you, other than one woman pointing the finger at it nobody (including me) saw the cap until it was couple feet from the stern. And this was on a 30ft yacht on a lake during an overcast day in gentle breeze and no large waves.

[@sonarbuge7958]

Intense

[@demi3115]

Darwin award material

[@joecoleman3153]

no one wearing life jackets FFS WTF

[@bontronblock]

1- Lifejackets are the seatbelts of a boat 2- This was set up for footage. Pathetic.

[@probsteier1570]

No life west. No coment

[@chicut84]

merd....!!

[@pauldailey4477]

Only one free hand to help him back into the boat? Pathetic.

[@dominiquedoeslife]

Guy was holding onto the boat to make sure he wouldn’t fall off as well.

[@spikeypineapple552]

One hand for you, one hand for the boat. Clearly not a sailor are you?

[@pauldailey4477]

@@spikeypineapple552 Yeah, because competition and all that...everyone on station. No, I was correct. Probably a publicity stunt. So who cares about these yachting assholes anyhow, Biff?

[@dominiquedoeslife]

@@spikeypineapple552 True though. You don't want to have two men overboard.

[@rogueuniversities6866]

@@pauldailey4477 Well, they are humans, so I give a shit. I absolutely despise Deliveroo riders and want to hit them with a big stick, but if their life was at risk, I'd help the little shits.

[@dubious6718]

More like someone jumped in so they got something dramatic to film.

[@rogueuniversities6866]

"Engine on... engine on... engine on!" Why did they not react to his first command? There's no time to play "I'm better than you, I don't want to follow your commands" in a situation like that.