ONBOARD FOOTAGE OF THE CRASH IN THE HAGUE | Leg 7 Start | The Ocean Race

[@nvsv_wintersport]

Devastating, but also impressive how fast they go into safety mode, true professionals. Let's hope they can fix the boat fast and get going again.

[@erichartman1202]

An excellent point, and well said. The team was extraordinary and their ability to quickly assess and work the problem.

[@benjaminbrewer2569]

What I love is how the second Charlie gets the other boat shoved off, he calls out “everyone ok?”

[@zoepaulastrassfield2664]

That’s a good leader.

[@erichartman1202]

Charlie is truly “the man” captain and amazing control in the utter chaos of that moment. That is leader ship to the nth degree.

[@daveoriordan1537]

Simon Fischer was the man. We got to get control of the boat... Charlie was spot on checking everyone was ok. SiFi was the one bringing back Focus to what they have to do now.

[@RobertdeVries-trimaran-sailing]

1 arm ‘Shoving off’ a 12.000 kg powered on boat…….yeah right. It was just a panic reaction. CE is lucky to be alive. I would like if the cussing and F were not ‘beeped’ mute…the real world.

[@CooCaa-ru7mp]

@@RobertdeVries-trimaran-sailing They are about 7mts and Malizia is deemed to be the heaviest. And it is very easy to move such a boat on the water if it is not stuck.

[@wdoochild]

charlie was very lucky not to be seriously injured !! the bowsprit hit very close to him !! 😱😱😮...

[@asparceproton1]

Enright’s screams both before and after the crash are absolutely brutal. Utter helplessness and devastation.

[@Fukose]

asparceproton: What he's doing is dangerous! He should have taken cover. What if the bowsprit had hit him?

[@tree4408]

@@Fukose you were not there

[@Fukose]

@@tree4408 And now? Does that change anything in my statement?

[@paulplatt3984]

@@Fukose It was a panic reaction. Time is too fast to think, he also had no time to change the course and avoid the collision. I think, as a professional helmsman he would not let the tiller go

[@the_real_littlepinkhousefly]

@D R So in this situation you would have been calm, cool and collected, would not have felt frustration, would have been, basically, a robot? Charlie Enright is a HUMAN BEING, and as professional as he is, there is no shame in him having a moment of panic, of trying to decide in a rapidly developing situation what the best thing to do was -- and he is NOT going to let go of the tiller and possibly make things worse! I absolutely agree that there should be someone at the bow on every boat in every in-port race watching to see what's going on. From other video I've seen, Guyot had someone at the bow, but the OBR wanted to get some footage of them from the stern and so that person was turned facing the stern rather than looking around them as they should have been. What that person should have done was tell the OBR they could get photos of him doing his job and remained facing outward to see what was going on around him. So even having someone at the bow failed in this instance. It was all in-the-moment, sudden and tragic. Criticising Charlie for screaming at Guyot is pointless.

[@MainstoneMedia]

We were watching from the beach with with the show also running on our phone maybe 30 seconds delayed. The sound from maybe mile away was like an explosion going off, I thought there was a crash jibe or something, never imagined there would be a collision. My heart sank when the phone caught up… feel so incredibly terrible for such a great team, such bad luck Charlie- you really deserved this leg to arrive as champions! 😢

[@absolutwater]

Heart (and carbon} breaking footage. Hope for a quick repair, close to the harbour and all facilities are nearby. 11hr did nothing wrong and Guyo was also notot aiming for this but made a mistake thet hurt them both. Great to see the sportiness and emotions between the skippers on the dock after this tragedy. Sad situation but great to hear there were no physical injuries. Poor 11th hour crew, they were in a really good position to fight for the win.

[@sports2hedz542]

Starboard (right) boat has right of way in sailing correct?

[@alexigram2381]

@@sports2hedz542 That's correct. However it's on both skipper's to avoid a collision. Boat that got hit would have only been able to tack to port, so their safest move was to hold course. Given that this all happened in seconds, I'm not sure Enright could have even maneuvered to avoid.

[@brianmacadam4793]

@@alexigram2381 I wonder if 11th Hour tacked with enough room to avoid the collision. They were on Starboard for about 20 seconds before the crash, was that enough time to make an emergency tack ( I think so, but NO experience at that level )

[@MrBostonrobb]

The chaos and emotion of the moment was palpable.

[@reuschle]

Wow, this is so intense. Glad that everybody is okay. Hopefully they can get back into the race and at least finish it. Nobody wants to have the outcome of that race impacted by this but let's not forget, HolcimPRB had to retire from one leg when their mast broke. 11th Hour can still get 2 points. It won't help them but it's also time to acknowledge and celebrate HolcimPRB for a consistently great performance throughout the entire race. Let's not forget Guyot. I feel so sorry for those guys. It seems all the bad luck got dumped on them. They do not deserve to go out of the race like this. With all they went through, it would have been great to see them arrive in Genoa. Mistakes can happen. Wasn't on purpose. I'm sure that's not easy to get over with. All the best to the teams!

[@p.s.9821]

Goosebumbs. Shocking. I am shaking, cause one sec later and it could have ended in a desaster. Hope you get it fixed 11Hour to end the race!

[@philippesails4973]

So sad! And while the faulty party is clear, I am not surprised that foiling boats designed for offshore racing with concealed cockpits do collide on onshore races!

[@istra70]

Exactly ...

[@nitomutan4593]

I was looking for someone to say this…

[@drewmesiano7602]

With 5 crew members onboard knowing you're in tight spaces... The ENTIRE Team guyot should be fixing 11th hr around the clock before they even touch their boat.

[@nitomutan4593]

@@drewmesiano7602 they retired from the race. Not sure about the judges decision, though, the incident has to be precisely timed to evaluate 11th Hour possibility to avoid collision.

[@drewmesiano7602]

@@nitomutan4593 So if you're in a car race down 10 laps to the rest of the field and wreck the leader. Then retire big deal. Guyot was responsible for avoiding a collision as 11th hr had the right of way.

[@gailmacallister556]

So sorry. Glad no-one was hurt. Great team.

[@daveoriordan1537]

For everyone saying Guyot should have had a bowman. I dont think any of the boats did. Certainly the person on the bow of 11th hour was their OBR who is not allowed to be involved in the sailing of the boat. Malizia also had their OBR on deck. You can't blame Guyot for something that none of the teams did. They needed their crew available for the tacking. In the bigger picture it looks like 11th hour got slightly headed coming out of the tack (or overlayed the mark) and Guyot got lifted towards them. They probably didn't realise they made up so much space, so quickly and 11th hour would have been hidden behind the jib from the helm of Guyot. This doesnt excuse it, a look to leeward around the jib or an early tack by Guyot (looked like they would have layed the mark and had inside overlap on 11th hour) would both have prevented it... But this happens in racing in all fleets. Any Helm out there who says he or she has not for a short period been distracted from what is in his blindspot is lying.

[@Robinlarsson83]

100% this!

[@d.Cog420]

yup

[@sly6627]

I want to see the onboard footage from Guyot.

[@matthijsvvelzen]

Yeah, let's have it.

[@lgnd-lm6ug]

Ramming speed!

[@MoneyPitBoating]

That was soooooooo intense.

[@RicardoDinizPortugal]

This was extremely hard to watch 😢

[@BellHarrington]

Why are we not seeing any footage from GUYOT environnement - Team Europe? As you can see from the footage Charlie was so close to getting seriously hurt there.

[@MikeK02048]

I know that cycling and sailing are different.....but...In the Tour de France if the race leader goes down in a crash, the rest of the peleton, and especially the other contenders, sit up and wait for the race leader to get back on the road and catch up. It's not a rule that they do so. It's simple sportsmanship, and the desire to win a race based on performance, not a rival's bad luck. It is considered very bad form to attack when the race leader is incapacitated, especially if it was not their fault. The same should hold true here. 11th Hour was damaged due to the bad judgement of another boat's crew. The race should be neutralized and restarted after 11th Hour fixes their boat. It's the only sportsman-like solution. And if I were the skipper of Holcim, as soon as I learned that 11th Hour was holed, I would have turned back to port.

[@williamgarver2557]

Yes, agree completely and am a bit surprised that Team Holcim didn't head up and luff till this situation was resolved. Also,, were there not race committee boats around each boat and mark, there to make a judgement call but also to help avoid such catastrophes?

[@sailorcyclist]

But nobody waited for Holcim when they dropped their rig... can't have your cake and eat it too 🤦‍♂️

[@MikeK02048]

@@sailorcyclist Not the same thing. A dropped rig is not due to another team taking you out. Again, I'm not saying they should restart because the rules say so. I'm saying they should restart because it's the right thing to do in the interest of fairness and sportsmanship. Can you imagine what great press the sailing world would have gotten if the other three boats returned to port when they found out what happened?? A missed opportunity, or perhaps, it's not too late!

[@williamgarver2557]

Class is what I would call this action, that is, for Holcim to head up. Esp since this was in the 1st 30 mins. of the race start. Yes, I also know it's Not a rule to do so. I'm on the fence, with a delicate balance. The fleet was still in the inshore start circut. I would challenge the race committee as to making a difficult decision. They let them continue to race. Hmmm? Peace

[@atakd]

And does the peloton take the day off if the leader has a virus? I follow cycling and this nonsense really irtitates me. Like the ladt day of the TdF being uncompeted. BORING! There are thousands of factors which can affect performance other than physical prowess. It's just virtue signalling.

[@desertdream2]

Amazing footage of the collision from 11th hour, so thankful no one was hurt. I hope the same footage from Guyot is also shown to have a full idea of what they saw/knew leading right up to it.

[@tree4408]

Guyot's footage will be only for committee eyes as this is a legal deal.

[@pierpalumbo415]

@@tree4408 The Hauge is close by... All rise!

[@daveoriordan1537]

@tree4408 Guyot have accepted responsibility. Also there was a build up, it's totally possible to see how it unfolded, unfortunately what was a really good chance for Guyot to overtake 11th hour ended up in this. After the tack by 11th hour they were slightly headed and Guyot got lifted. I don't think Guyot realised how much ground they had gained in the lift and could have probably layed the mark if they tacked earlier... I think they were focused on preparing the tack and 11th hour were hidden behind the jib from the helmsman. Happens in all fleets from time to time. Just a shitty end to this race for these two boats.

[@istra70]

On Guyot obviously no one was looking where they were going .....especially on port tack.... There was lots of room and few boats .... Back to the dinghy sailing.....

[@tree4408]

@daveoriordan1537 if Guyot's objective was to overtake 11th Hour, how could they not know where they were?

[@BackVintageWines]

Awarding average points for 11th Hour Racing for race 7 would be a fair result given what has happened .... not the first time this has been an outcome of a collision ... would also mean 11th hour wins the series. Once again, a fair result given their performance to date. Will watch wait and see.

[@floodo1]

powerful footage

[@zackbummtot2906]

Holy smokes ... That was very intense

[@Mrclioavec]

Why no footage from the other boat , all Imoka boat has recording cameras both inside and outside on deck and on board reporter with a camera.

[@spencer7058]

I’m surprised that a professional sailing team (guyot) had at least 2 people on deck and couldn’t steer clear. It’s almost like they got payed off by holcim

[@atxsailor452]

Where is the video footage from Guyot?

[@thestardusterchronicles5462]

Where were the bowmen? Flat water, tight racing surely it would be sensible to have someone up on deck. Maybe the committee need to have a look at that. That was close to seriously injuring someone

[@justlooking2222]

Less than an hour into this several day race and Guyot thinks it's a round the buoys match race.

[@wisalbe]

Who was the driver?

[@ttnyny]

I feel like the helmsman's calls in the moments before and during the event could have been more helpful than hailing, oaths and screams. He did recover quickly, but he should have given clear warning to his crew of imminent collision.

[@Sofia-wx2ht]

Gosh! I felt is SHOCK!

[@guyshirra824]

I hope that 11th Hour can get patched up sufficiently to limp into Genoa but is there a time limit? If so, the race director should wave it given that their boat was not at fault. Guyot must be penalised - not having a crew member in the bow during close inshore racing is extremely negligent; either DQ from this leg or allowed to finish but BEHIND 11th Hour.

[@teeanahera8949]

“Wave” it? Do you mean waive?

[@the_real_littlepinkhousefly]

11th Hour was required to retire from the leg so they could go back to shore for repairs. They're going to finish the race, just headed out today (Tuesday), but they won't get any points for it. I do hope they get awarded points in the redress process. Guyot was retired with a Black Flag penalty, I believe. Guyot could not get their bowsprit fixed in time so will have to divert to their home base rather than sailing all the way to Genova.

[@flogoesoutside494]

Best man: First reaction: "Everone ok?"

[@frankhartmann894]

So sorry! I’m no one was injured.

[@joeberlin9837]

To learn from this incident, IMO it should be mandatory for these boats, in to have a 5th sailing crew member on board, just to ensure the intense lookout during in-port-races. This could easily make the in-ports much safer for these boats, which are contructed for the open sea and not for the inshore spectacle

[@private-private]

Oh sweet Jesus Christ.... more " mandatory something or other"..... They had a driver on board with his head out. He saw the yacht coming over on port but really should have shouted sooner because although the boat on port is 100% at fault for NOT looking around properly, shit happens on a racing start line and he should have been screaming starboard sooner ) which does not blaming him in any way). Lets make it all super duper safe though and cancel all racing tomorrow and everyone go play golf, that way no one will ever get hurt racing boats. FFS, sick to death of this ideology.

[@leftsidem5030]

He screams saved the day...

[@aaronr.9644]

holy crap!

[@angelcanetti8176]

Duttreux was looking for Speed as when he Is 1,000 nm offshore. Guyot forgot they were sailing an around the bouys course. Nobody was watching for other boats when this happened.

[@een_schildpad]

I'm not very familiar with the sailing world, but it seems to me that 11th hour pretty much tacked directly into guyot. It didn't seem like guyot would have had much time to see and take evasive action. Is that the root cause here? I get that the boat to starboard should have right of way, but it seems like asking for trouble to tack directly into the boat to your port? Like I said, I don't know enough to say intelligent but I'm trying to make sense of what happened 🤔

[@MtnTuna]

starboard tack has the right of way over port tack.

[@gerhardp.4629]

@@MtnTuna No, you are wrong.

[@Robinlarsson83]

@@gerhardp.4629 What? No, mtntuna is 100% correct.

[@Robinlarsson83]

If this wasnt a race, both boats just out sailing under the normal COLREGs, then yes, 11th Hour would be sharing the blame to a very high degree, probably the majority of it. But, this is a race, sailed under the RRS (Racing Rules of Sailing) and as such, you are absolutly allowed to do a tack like that, in fact its what is expected since they were rounding a mark on the course. In this case it is 100% the fault of Guyot. But sure, you are correct that if 11th Hour hadnt tacked, the collision wouldnt have happened, but that isnt really relevant at all here. I think that the nuances of the RRS make people look at this very differently, us racing sailors see it one way, and those that dont know, or even know of, the RRS will likely see it a very different way. This is not an uncommon type of accident in high stakes racing, it's just that the outcome is so much worse with big powerful lightweight boats like these, compared to say normal production boats, dinghies or even match racing boats. Made even worse of course by the fact that is the race leader getting hit by last placed boat, and it is a bit ironic that Guyot was only able to be at this Leg thanks to the generousity of 11th Hour selling their spare mast to Guyot to get them back in the race.

[@j29maniac]

@@Robinlarsson83 thank you for writing that informative response so I didn't need to! There are lots of comments on this video from people who are unaware that the RRS apply here instead of the RoTR. 11HR tacked with plenty of time, and Charlie hailed in plenty of time for Guyot to alter course IF anyone on Guyot had been paying attention.

[@petera.schneider2140]

This sound of crushing carbon fiber is ... terrifying for more than one reason.

[@agz6000]

Who's foult?

[@gerardboorsma3418]

Didn't see each other .... Guyot should have steered a tiny bit to starboard to go behind 11th hour. Then Enright steered to starboard and turned his back of the boat towards the incoming boat. In this situation 11th Hour might have been better off to steer to port to avoid touching each other.....

[@Robinlarsson83]

11th Hour most certainly saw Guyot, nothing blocking Charlies line of sight. Guyot obviously didnt see 11th Hour though... And no, 11th Hour definitely shouldnt have turned to port, that would probably have made the collision much worse. 11th Hour was the right of way boat, and that also means that they are the stand on boat, they need to keep their heading and sail the course. They have absolutly no reason to expect that Guyot wouldnt follow the rules or that they had missed 11th Hour, this is racing, Also, you NEVER ever turn to port to avoid a collision in this kind of situation, it just makes things worse, you close the gap to the other boat faster, and if you are the stand on boat, you should not manouver at all until you establish that collision is unavoidable. There wasnt much that 11th Hour could have done here. You cant even argue that werent sailing proper course or anything, they didnt do a dial-down to mess with Guyot, they just tacked where and when they should, and Guyot was expecting them to do so. The wind may have turned a bit to port, making 11th Hour sail a bit lower (also going slower after the tack, thus sailing lower) and making Guyot head up a bit. I assume that Guyot simply caught up to 11th Hour much faster than they expected, and lost sight of them for a little bit, probably missed that 11th tacked, they were in the middle of prep for their own tack as well, making things worse. It did look like Guyot was aiming to turn inside of 11th Hour and take advantage of the gap to the mark, which would have been a great tactical move if they had tacked in the right spot.

[@gerardboorsma3418]

@@Robinlarsson83 stick his bowsprit in Guyot.....

[@truegret7778]

Who has the "right of way"?

[@stickler6312]

11 hour, simple port starboard...

[@reinhardgrossmann8054]

However, “Right of way” means the obligation to hold on course and speed. The correct term according to ColReg is “stand-on vessel”. See e.g. Rule 17. Please understand this my remark just as being related to definition. By no means would I assume any judgment. Let me also express my relief that nobody was hurt, and that I’m hoping that 11th Hour will be able to resume this last leg. I’m quite sure that they would have ended the race as 🥇

[@timburnett6729]

Wow

[@michaelgeraghty3989]

A close quarters sideswipe at the starting line is one thing, but an egregious right

[@michaelgeraghty3989]

(Continuing) right of was violation in the middle of a race is something I’ve never seen. Really unprofessional by the offending crew but 11th Hour handled it really well.

[@Robinlarsson83]

@@michaelgeraghty3989 This happens often, in all levels of racing, its a very simple mistake to make.

[@michaelgeraghty3989]

@@Robinlarsson83 I guess I’m just lucky. I’ve been in about 100 ocean races and never saw anyone screw up like this. Normally you have 5 or 10 seconds to course correct. Only way it happens is the spotter or helmsman is asleep at the wheel.

[@scottmeredith3359]

Great job Guyot. Proving you guys have no business in this race once again. I always felt bad for them with all their problems, but at the point they ruin the race for another team I find it unforgivable. Thank God nobody was hurt.

[@StoolieP]

At least 11th hour racing team was professional and aware enough to watch out for and notice the other boats on the race course, even after such an event occurred. The same can not be said for the "gong show" skipper and crew of Guyot Team Europe. Inexcusable life threatening actions..

[@westpacificmarketanalytics2384]

BINGO Life Threatening here is the key a ban is in order!

[@truegret7778]

Who has the right of way? Yep, Enright watched them sail right into one another. A real pro, eh?

[@StoolieP]

@@truegret7778 your either trolling or dont know the rules. Enright, and every other person the the planet who knows the first rule about sailing, expected GUYOT to bear away. By the time it was clear that the GUYOT crew had no clue and weren't paying attention, it was too late.

[@truegret7778]

@@StoolieP Nah, I'm not trolling. BTW - the first rule in sailing is that Port has four letters just as Left has. Other than that, I don't know the rules, and noticed you did not state the answer to my question - just blabble about feelings and expectation. Instead of bearing away when it was clear they were about to collide, Enright would rather not avoid it and say "I'm right, I'm right, I'm right". I'll waste more time and look it up myself. Thx I'm fascinated by anything racing, and followed, daily, the first few legs right up until they left for Newport from Itajai. I don't have a dog in this fight, don't care who wins - couldn't care less. The only experience I have is sailing on the famed Stars and Stripes for a team building event. I'll read your comment now, and I'll end with this - GFY

[@StoolieP]

@@truegret7778 the first rule of any sailing navigation on the water is that the boat on starboard tack, which was 11th hour racing this time, has the right of way and it is the responsibility of the boat on port tack to give way and allow the right of way boat to proceed on its intended course. In practice the boat with the right of way is not expected or obligated to make any maneuvers to prevent a collision, and in fact with sailing craft, any maneuver he attempted, to sail out of the way of GUYOT, would increase the risk of a collision as it would be so unexpected. The last thing you want to do is start swerving around unpredictably. When I say it is the first rule of sailing, I'm not being hyperbolic. It is, quite literally, the first thing you are taught, and it is the guiding principle after which all other rules apply. That is why the skipper in the video was screaming "starboard" at the other boat to get them to realize that they needed to bear away to pass safely. The fault is 100% with GUYOT. There is no question of that and they know it as well.

[@angelcanetti8176]

Read IMOCA 1/ 14/23 , article by Ed Gorman with Sam Goodchild. On IMOCA 60 desing and the new generation of french sailors trimming sails inside the boat AND steering by electronic pilot and computer.

[@paulovoinschi9526]

A largada deveria ter sido cancelada e marcada nova saída. Absoluta falta de comando de decisão nesta regata.

[@ThomasSeyler]

Like the Titanic. If Enright had gone straight ahead, it might have been just enough. But who knows at such a moment.

[@gregknipe8772]

no watch on the bow ? skippers are blind on these craft.

[@bigbenlorax]

So dangerous. You can see how easy it will be for a sailer in the Sail GP to be guillotined by a flying hull when he doesn't duck down into the hole. It'll happen eventually, it's been close several times already. The Sail GP organisers and designers can't be ignorant of the risks and will have blood on their hands. They need a protection system on those Sail GP boats (side bollards?) or a rule of no foiling before the start line, as that's where the bifffo occurs mostly and the boats ride up over others dangerously.

[@TheSusieTom]

Why didnt the crash tack? It eas clear that boat hadnt seen them

[@rcpmac]

For the same reason that you don’t drive on the opposite side of the road when a car is heading for you in your lane, because if the person in the wrong realizes at the last moment what they are doing they will correct course and then you absolutely will have a collision. These boats often pass very closely and it is assumed the other boat knows you are there.

[@TheSusieTom]

Racing rules, avoid collisions wherever possible.

[@j29maniac]

I believe Charlie was attempting to crash tack right at the end, but by then it was too late.

[@TheSusieTom]

Everyone's ok, so that's good

[@zzzsydneyhom1379]

Guess the other yacht forgot the right of way rules exist... Good recovery guys! : /

[@brianwhite1189]

Who did have the right of way here? Thx.

[@vitelli921]

Le bateau tribord prioritaire, signale sa priorité. Le bateau bâbord doit s'écarter. Le bateau tribord lofe fortement pour éviter la collision. Le bateau bâbord modifie sa route tardivement à moins de 2 longueurs. Faute du bateau bâbord. Yacht prioritaire lésé.....

[@rt-uh6mt]

That's wild! Can the boat be patched fast enough to finish the final leg?

[@Bob_Morrow]

It depends on how much structure was damaged that supports the backstay... Should know soon.

[@grosvenorclub]

A gent was killed and another permanently disabled in our local yacht club a number of years ago . All because people were simply not looking and or being arrogant or relying on the the yachting rules to survive .

[@blackswan135]

Hear Rick Flair in there....wohooooo

[@Fukose]

My God! Let them curse! But no - piiiiieeep! It is so ridiculous👎

[@RobertdeVries-trimaran-sailing]

Agree…..I hate that fake ‘correctness’ beeping….soooo far away from real world…

[@tree4408]

And we all know what was said!

[@johnmcmillen4540]

right!

[@davidnichols147]

My God, what HAPPENED?

[@pierpalumbo415]

...Mālama stand up and figth

[@tjohnson4614]

This is so hard to watch!

[@nolimetangere66]

Die holländischen Bootsbauer bekommen das in 11 Stunden schon wieder hin...

[@worldweary1913]

Screaming in fear. Nothing good comes from it.

[@nroose]

Seems like if you are going to give someone in one of those boats 15 seconds to tack, you are going to get hit. Pretty much every time.

[@Robinlarsson83]

Yeah, if it was our of nowhere, sure. But, this tack should have been expected by Guyot, and they must have been preparing to tack, if not ready to go at a moments notice. They took the inner track around the previous mark to overtake Malizia, just minutes earlier, and as Niall said in the commentary, it looked just like Guyot was planning to do the exact same thing here, tack just inside of 11th Hour to try to overtake, that was the obvious course of action. And, not to forget, Guyot didn't have to tack to avoid the collision, they could have ducked behind 11th Hour without to much difficulty, you know, like boats often do in races on upwind courses ;) I know that it isn't super easy to do that duck, but they should have been able to do it. They were going fast enough for the rudders to have good authority, but likely not so much wind that they would wipe out instantly if they dove down 10-20 degrees.

[@nroose]

@@Robinlarsson83 I mean, they did drive down, just too late. And 11th hour headed up and slowed down, cutting off the lane Guyot had to duck.Seems like the fact that 11th hour tacked when they did gave them even more time to plan and not get in this situation.

[@TheBeingReal]

Crikey!

[@matthewbaynham6286]

Shouldn't they have a horn they could have sounded, instead of just swearing at the other boat as it's coming at them?

[@alekseit9872]

Uffffff....

[@Antipodean33]

Did they protest

[@Hotzenplotz1]

These guys have my honest feelings. But what will happen to Team Guyot? Will they be disqualified or even have to pay the damage plus some serious extra? Hope so! Already from the first video taken with the drone it was clearly obvious that there was no need for sailing this course and there was plenty of room. If they can't see from the steering position a crew member must be forced to go on watch during tight manouvers as this in port races. The punishment should be as hard to never let anyone forget how stupid this was.

[@body187j3x1]

why is that guy in the back filming and not helping? Smh 0:40

[@jkutyna]

So the last place boat takes out the first place boat by ignoring the rules. I wonder how much Holcim paid Guyot to do this?

[@TheNate2b]

Charlie Enright was in serious danger here. Had Guyots bowsprit hit 2 or 3 feet back Charlie would have been seriously injured. There's no way Guyot's skipper wouldn't have been able to hear Charlie screaming starboard. What a disgrace to sailors all around the world that this happened.

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[@westpacificmarketanalytics2384]

Benjamin Dutreux must be banned from sailing in the IMOCA fleet now for life! No skipper does not have a man on the bow knowing a raceboat is in front about to tack onto Starboard. There is no excuse but an outright ban for life! Harsh yes but at this level this is just off the charts NON excusable! People could have DIED HERE! This comment from a lifetime sailor, you have a bowman in this situation!!!!!

[@OhanaNZ]

Perhaps a "life ban" is a bit much? Best to let matters cool down before making any big calls. The fact is that it was a racing incident, utter incompetence on the part of Guyot but these things do happen. Super hard given that the overall effect on the results of the race are so profound - one crash and it is all over. With 11th Hour really on a roll, all hearts go out to the entire team - rotten misfortune and unbelievably frustrating. The Guyot guys have fronted up in a sportsmanlike manner, but of course that is scant solace to Charlie Enright and the crew.

[@n1c3s43]

I feel like this whole sailing community has never seen any other motor racing sport lol

[@westpacificmarketanalytics2384]

@@OhanaNZ I SAY BS WHAT SAILOR DOES NOT PUT HIS BOWMAN FORWARD IN SUCH A SITUATION! NO GOOD SAILOR WOULD and he is the worst sailor on planet sailor I have ever seen no wonder his is in LAST PLACE!

[@africarie]

The bowman is the on board reporter of 11th Hour who is not supposed to participate in sailing actions. Strange though that the skipper of Guyot did not appear to be outside the cockpit like 11th Hour. Devastating for both teams. Guyot has taken responsability and retired. Hopefully 11th Hour can resume racing and finish the race.

[@marcoesposito9430]

Questi imoca e la gente che li porta non mi ha mai convinto e mai mi convincerà questo ne è il tipico esempio... computer, sempre al chiuso, telecamere sulle vele, sempre sotto pilota si perde lo spirito della vela, la capacità di manovrare il piacere di stare a contatto con gli elementi di timonare la propria barca ecc...

[@oikkuoek]

That one dude hit his lower back pretty hard on a relatively sharp corner. I would bet there are micro fractures to be found on several vertibrae. And the other guy slammed his collar bone. Both definitely out of racing for a good while.

[@teeanahera8949]

Just as well he has vertebrae instead of whatever your word was, both definitely NOT out of racing for a good while due to injury.

[@emilgiese]

Guyot had no one on the bow? 11th did! Look out mofo’s it’s dangerous to collide!

[@Aoi_Fans]

I help out with under 12s in Optimist dinghies and they show more skill, safety awareness and professionalism than the clowns on GUYOT. Pathetic.

[@westpacificmarketanalytics2384]

Full ON!

[@damientelle]

a lot of …. Beeeeeep

[@VAdu56]

voilà la belle connerie , plutôt que de donner un tout petit coup de barre pour le laisser passer.... même s'il est prioritaire...il ne cède pas...la même connerie quand tu traverses sur un passage piéton et qu' il arrive une voiture à vive allure... j'étais prioritaire...et je suis ...mort...!! la connerie de la compétition pour une course autour du monde... YES...!! mettez les 3 jours à poncer de la strat il feront peut être plus attention après...

[@aplacky]

Since everybody watching this is a sailor you dont need to bleep out the profanity

[@markm417]

If this was my fleet Guyot would refuse to do a penalty turn.

[@teeanahera8949]

That makes zero sense, even if you did discover the wonders of punctuation.

[@markm417]

@teeanahera8949 i think what you're trying to say is 'if you were to discover...' but anyway never mind, it has to do with sailing.

[@SG-dr7kx]

Dutreux et son équipe n'ont juste pas le niveau.....

[@kevinoshea9125]

Love the screaming!!! Wow

[@seyedclean4012]

OMG he could have been killed 🫣

[@gernotneubauer9340]

This is just a game of sailors in toys of milliardaires. These boats are too fast, too complicated to handle, and in their cockpits, nobody can see enough to make fast collision avoidance manouvers, especially in in port races, where all the boats are very close together. I have experienced simular occasions at soaring competitions with high performance sailplanes. If they would have competed in an old "Kielzugvogel", they could have shown the perfect grade of professionalism of sailing with much less risks.

[@williamgarver2557]

And there is technology in use, look at the America's Cup, that would alert boats if they are near the boundaries or another boat. Where was the race committee? I could see them in their orange speed boats all over the place. Are they there for taking photos or are they there to make sure that the race is being done with fairness & adhering to the rules?

[@dmitrynikolaev5743]

Unprofessional.

[@bobbob6472]

Charlie was less than 1M away from getting killed there. Guyot needs to retire from the race and start begging for forgiveness.

[@OhanaNZ]

They have and they did

[@MtnTuna]

you are correct. Charlie was very lucky not to be seriously injured or killed. Damn shame

[@C_C_SEA]

Inexcusable. Where was GUYOT's bow watch? “Their boat appeared in front of me and it was too late.” - Dutreux. 11th Hour didn't "appear," they were established on their ley line and had the right of way. Dutreux should be censured and handed a lengthy suspension.

[@rcpmac]

The 3 remaining boats continued to race the 2200 mile final leg denying race leader, 11th hour, through no fault of their own, the chance to finish and very probably win the overall race. This is shameful. They should have turned around and returned to port which would have allowed for a delay for repairs and a restart. Instead they are taking advantage of the situation. This separates competitors from true sportsmen. It’s not who I thought they were and gives the sport a dark side. They’ve had a day to think about this and I haven’t heard anything different at this point. I am now somewhat soured on this event.

[@CooCaa-ru7mp]

This is racing. Did Audi stop in LeMans as Toyota failed 500mts to go? Do all other racing drivers stop when one is crashed out? No. Dark side, knock it off.

[@williamgarver2557]

I agree completely, the race committee had the whole fleet doing their in-shore circuit, 2X around and this happened in the first lap. I hold the race committee and organizers to respond to why they didn't delay this race, with penalties.

[@earlgreystoke3324]

Why the shrill screaming?

[@jweitzenheimer]

Because he knew the overall race victory was gone

[@body187j3x1]

amateurs Smh

[@mb56436]

He saw the collision coming and waited too long before taking corrective action As the old saying goes too little too late At least no one was hurt other than egos

[@dwk8081]

Windward gives way to Port.

[@guesshoo703]

he had eyes on and bares the responsibility....better to avoid and complain after.....bad call

[@guesshoo703]

bad mistake by guyot, but enright should put safety first...bad captains judgement....y,all crying about the boat and ignore that someone could of got hurt.

[@CooCaa-ru7mp]

Dunno which video you saw, def not this one.