Flying Solo Across the Atlantic - OnCourse Ep22

The Route du Rhum is the biggest solo offshore racing event in the world. You only have to walk the dockside at the start venue in St Malo where 138 boats were alongside the quay and it’s clear that this race across the Atlantic is a serious crowd puller. In just under two weeks the race village will see 2 million visitors strolling through a staggering offshore grand prix pit lane.
PlanetSail was there and as part of our Route du Rhum special we talk to some of the key players to find out more about this extraordinary event and the advanced machines that take part in this 3,500 race across the Atlantic to Guadeloupe.
And while the winter may be drawing in up here and the clocks have gone forwards, there's still loads to report on including several new launches and key announcements in the America's Cup.
We've also been boat testing with reports on why Swan's latest launch is also its boldest along with a hands on assessment of the new Excess 15 performance cruising cat.
Plus, we have plenty in Docktalk.
It’s just as well the evenings have got longer.
CHAPTERS
01:02 America’s Cup new launches
03:55 What it's like to sail an AC40 - Nathan Outteridge explains
07:08 Docktalk Part 1
10:14 Sailing an Ocean 50 tri Matt joins Sam Goodchild
17:48 Charles Caudrelier on how to handle the 32m Ultime Gitana 17
24:19 The Ocean Race Runners & Riders IMOCA 60s
28:48 Latest IMOCA 60 developments
30:41 Sam Davies interview - Initiatives Coeur IMOCA 60
36:03 Pip Hare interview - Medallia IMOCA 60
40:26 Docktalk Part 2
42:20 Sailing trials aboard the ClubSwan 80
44:14 On Test - Excess 15
Full boat test reviews
ClubSwan 80 - • Flying Solo Across the...
Excess 15 - • Excess 15 Cat - On Test
Malizia tour with Will Harris - coming soon
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[@BryanBowser]

Thanks for letting us see what's going on in the sailing world! It's a well crafted show and a nice distraction from the -8 degrees we have here in Montreal.

[@floodo1]

Gotta love how Charal is always on the cutting edge. Love those boats and their skipper!

[@diligentmindz]

Love that Ford Escort tender boat!

[@julesc8054]

Thank you for an awesome episode.

[@johndate1776]

Tremendous watch, this. Thanks for the spot-on interviews of skippers in all classes of oceanic race boats. Truly on of a kind coverage.

[@gefginn3699]

Thanks for sharing this post. I enjoyed it immensely. 🌞🌴⛵️

[@winterhawk1987]

Thank you for your great interviews and commentary, also your great cameraman and editor

[@stefanschneider3681]

Thanks for again and again delivering great footage, loved the little "wake up!"-face-splash 🤣! Just one thing: I WANT ONE OF THOSE 12 METER AC-TEST-BOATS !!! Damn they look quick, this speed is unreal in boats of a somewhat normal size, really really impressive!

[@AndreUchoaUSA]

Very rich content on today's video! Much appreciated!

[@dwwphoto]

Very well done. Exciting stuff. Beautiful sport.

[@78779]

Very enjoyable. Thank you.

[@ezelrik]

Such a great show, I’m still surprised that there are so few subscribers. Keep it up and thanks!

[@georgepeat5269iearth]

like the simplicity of all you show us. clutter probably makes a boat sputter. Interesting freedom if paid for. good health to you all.

[@isabeaoctel]

Great vid!!!! The longer the merrier! Great, great!!!! Always look forward for the bell button to watch!

[@johnfunk7568]

Sam was joy to listen to as well.

[@GordonjSmith1]

Nice selection of stories.

[@petermirow]

Very interesting episode. Thank you.

[@grahamr56]

Thanks for a great show, Matt! Thoroughly entertaining and a good format. Who needs printed sailing magazines when we can get up to date and insightful content like this. Exciting to hear how things are stacking up for the Ocean Race. I'm back in Cape Town after living up-country for a long time, and can't wait to see these boats here again. Keep up the great work.

[@johnfunk7568]

What a gent (50' tri skipper)describing the essence of his single hand race.

[@rayred74]

I just love Pip

[@paolozampieri2691]

AIRBUS has worked its way into sailing!

[@keithc5729]

Thand you! As a fan in California who only speaks english, it is had to get good content about the IMOCA fleet.

[@rollinrock6696]

Phenomenal

[@user-mc4rm8ot8x]

I fell in l9ve eoth the tri in Watereorld..wow this is so beautiful..im in love❤

[@user-mc4rm8ot8x]

I'm referring to the tri in the thumbnail❤

[@hunternotunter1027]

Very nice

[@Shackleford8]

I had the pleasure to sail on a championship winning America's Cup yacht. It was amazing considering it was from 1887.

[@petertaylor8922]

It's a boat designed by gamers turning the joy of sailing into a push-button set of operations keeping the gamer as far as possible away from the elements. Very clinical....with star link one could continue to play video games or watch you're favorite show while crossing an ocean.

[@r0und603]

Id love to get the chance to one day get the chance to sail on one of these

[@rudbeckia885]

Great stuff !

[@carbonarne675]

do you edit your self? thats so amazing!!! i am watching the hole video and was amazed how fast time is rushing! great job!!! would love to habe a chat with you!

[@michaeljames1857]

Nice

[@TomSnyder--theJaz]

Love this channel -- Never miss an episode. (How can I get a 'PlanetSail' logo polo shirt!? ;) Cheers, Matthew Sheahan

[@PlanetSailOnline]

Great to hear - thanks for your support keep spreading the word! Re merchandising, we're working on it...would be good to hear what people would like

[@GaryBickford]

This makes me ponder - what is the world record for longest distance sailed entirely on foils without dropping the hull into the water? We have speed records but this is another achievement worth trying. I could see someday someone sailing across the Atlantic entirely on foils. That would likely also achieve a speed record of course! 😉

[@canyonhaverfield2201]

Wait..is no one curious 'bout the foxy chase-camera boat ?

[@lowellthomas446]

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[@dancarter482]

Hilarious sub-title typo's - "... because of the falls (foils) now even in big sister (sea states) the boat is quite .. .. .

[@user-mc4rm8ot8x]

Clickbait? Wheres the tri in the thumbnail? Thats ehy i clicked thus video...

[@jericlarke3809]

Did I just hear him say that the 40 is a complicated boat but easy enough to sail for the young people and the women. Sir, please check the performances of women sailing solo and on coed teams before you make such a broad statement that boats need to be easy enough for women to sail. Thank you👍

[@shovington67]

Its like Star Wars racing on water. But the idea of all the computer control seems to take away from actual sailing. What happens when you have a computer crash?

[@jasoncrandall]

Don’t the hydraulics on board that operate the foils run off a diesel generator?

[@shovington67]

@@jasoncrandall , yes they do. I suppose you could use a battery system on a short race duration. I also think the time will come when battery and solar systems will become lightweight enough to cover the deck with solar panels that are able to charge a small battery pack quickly, and pre charge the batteries before the star of the race. If you think about the huge leaps we've taken in solar and battery technology in the last 30 years, I'm sure we'll tackle the issue in the next 10 years. Maybe sooner.

[@jasoncrandall]

@@shovington67 there have been no huge leaps in battery and solar tech in the last 30 years. There’s are only so many electrons in a ray of light. Solar and wind will never compete with hydrocarbons which is why I find it ironic they race sailboats that run on hydrocarbons. They should at least be disclosing how much gas they use and compete over who can use the least. It’s a bizarre contradiction everyone is hiding. For example the never record the sound these sail boat generators make.

[@shovington67]

@@jasoncrandall the output and makeup of solar panels has grown dramatically, not to mention the perliferation of lithium batteries and new types of storage matrixes that have been discovered. The last 30 years have been instrumental in the battery and solar industries. I dont know what your talking about. Solar panels used to be very delicate, now you can buy flexible solar panels that can be bonded to the topside of a boat and walk on them. The lithium battery alone is so much more stable than 30 years ago, allowing much better reliability. The industry is gigantic now Mr. Crandall.

[@jasoncrandall]

@@shovington67 lithium batteries have 2% the energy density of hydrocarbons. Electricity, solar, batteries etc. we’re around 100 years ago. In my opinion you’re a victim of good marketing. Before you respond Google “energy density”. It’s just math

[@trangenusa]

Amazing, Amazing

[@hstrinzel]

Somehow seems to more be like a computer game than a sailboat. Not for me.The next "improvement" would probably to run these boats WITHOUT a sailor, just on auto-pilot? It would also be more environmentally friendly since the computer never exhales CO2. Fully ESG compliant. Watch out: "The oceans are scheduled to overflow in 8 years if we don't all go ESG."

[@mickroyton6447]

Catermarans R crap too

[@buddymac3993]

This is not sailing this is gadding about in a face car ans passing it off as technical sailing? MAYBE??.?????🇨🇦

[@SailingLaManga]

It turned in to a "super rich" mans event with vessels designed for sailing by itself..... Like the boring Formula 1 "sport" where the driver is more than likely just a needed "ballast" to enter the race.

[@rogersmith8339]

GGR 2022 is real sailing! Even has a boat just like my previous one!

[@satchelsieniewicz5824]

not like most people fundamentally understand how to walk. having a control system do something has nothing to do with the validity of a sport

[@kwitt2190]

𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕞 ⭐

[@danknox9986]

I’ve reach my maximum ad limit. I understand ad revenue is important but if you want me to continue to view your video please try to tone it down.

[@bcdoak2525]

Pay for premium

[@Bourne246]

Go premium

[@MrRugbylane]

Go premium. Best decision ever.

[@ats-3693]

Premium or youtube vanced, take your pick.

[@voornaam3191]

Are you from the Vatican? You write Latin and two words English in between. Irritating. Try relaxing yourself! Take your yacht and head for the ocean, mate.

[@derektomlinson6514]

Not much info, log, identity of passengers ??????????????????????????

[@AntiVaganza]

As always, respect for the better parts of the video, but Matt here's a C+P from KZbins own guidelines. The longer you refrain from disclosing what needs to be disclosed, the more of a hit your journalistic integrity will take. And yes, fanboys, feel free to hate on me. You may not be seeing I am actually doing this out of respect - and because I happen to believe in transparency. Anyways, here we go, from YT's own rules: If your content has a paid product placement, endorsement, or other commercial relationship, you need to tell KZbin so that we can facilitate disclosures to users. Note that you may have more obligations depending on the laws in your jurisdiction. If you don’t follow those obligations, we may act against your content or account.

[@PlanetSailOnline]

And that is why we do declare that there is paid for content in the show. We abide by the KZbin rules and tick the appropriate boxes just as KZbin say we should. Not trying to hide anything.

[@AntiVaganza]

@@PlanetSailOnline thanks. I’ve been after you before so apologies from my side. I guess youtube doesn’t add the disclosure to all videos then. I thought they did so when I hadn’t seen it in yours I mistakenly thought it was just that you hadn’t ticked the boxes. Thanks again and sorry if it sounded like I was on a rant.

[@mickroyton6447]

Monohulls are crap

[@camdensimon8964]

while the Rothschild boat is surely impressive, does that count as racing when all decisions of trim, both foils and sail, are being adjusted by a computer........ ugh

[@funfamily8866]

Personally, I love the foiling concept, the reach for Tech, However, They are Screwing up!!!!!!!!!!!! The focus should be to Not!! Use!! Computers and pedaling gym bikes to power crap! And increase the ocean state difficulty!!!!!!!! Not all this Electronics! Buy the Skilll the Art the Purity! The Ocean! Stop moving towards the Formula 1 model!!!! GP is likely to go down due to this insanity, and Americas Cup is in Same position!! Make it about the Skill of people sailing not the Programmers!!!!!! Americas Cup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wake up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, Go Back to your roots!!!!!

[@johnhanson5943]

The wealthy and middle-class hangers on will only reflect on the new criminal global oligarchic regime when it affects them. Hope it does do soon. Dystopia will affect all.

[@JamesWhite-yj7sd]

these boats are the worst design in the world

[@rudbeckia885]

Why ?

[@ronaldkirkland9859]

I agree with the last guy. I'm done with with your add soaked program. Sorry