Paul Larsen | 84ft Nigel Irens Allegra

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@Artiz... 11 ай бұрын

Amazing drone footage of a remarkable racing cat... much thanks guys!

@10GOLDENWOOD20 11 ай бұрын

AWESOME vessel and footage! Thanks.

@Tulasendlesssummer 10 ай бұрын

Incredible footage and even more incredible commentary. I love the energy analogies, sailing "hot" you might be gathering speed but you're losing "energy" especially if you're not turning that speed into downwind surfs. It would be an absolute dream to helm a boat like this in conditions like this!

@Devo491 10 ай бұрын

Until you get hit with a rogue wave' or similar random situations, and you're struggling to get to the surface...

@solaireastora5394 9 ай бұрын

@@Devo491 the risk everyone takes when sailing - nature of the beast, thankfully its rare as shit

@Devo491 9 ай бұрын

That makes as much sense as buying a catamaran. We all have experience with shit every day...@@solaireastora5394

@marcosspalding2670 9 ай бұрын

Fantastic footage! Amazing to watch, can't imagine being there!!

@mosca3289 11 ай бұрын

Great explanation/evocation.

@carbonarne675 11 ай бұрын

beautifull video of information and entertainment

@ld8516 10 ай бұрын

***I Know nothing must about boats,,,, but know this is beautiful

@renegranit240 10 ай бұрын

what an amazing boat

@wydryfly 10 ай бұрын

Her bow is stuffing too many waves for my comfort. I can’t imagine hitting a big rogue and the 1/2 the boat is underwater in seconds.

@solaireastora5394 9 ай бұрын

they are racing tbf

@deankruse2891 6 ай бұрын

thats what its built for

@markbailey6051 3 ай бұрын

You go through fast or hoby over slow.

@TB12710 2 ай бұрын

You’re living the G life on one of these.

@jeanpatrickpeche 11 ай бұрын

Nigel Irens is realy a great yacht designer !

@dancarter482 11 ай бұрын

Yeah, he's a GENT and a _SCHOLAR!_

@ericcurry1119 11 ай бұрын

Wow. Looks like a cross between a superhero cartoon and science fiction CGI

@christophers_verified 6 ай бұрын

Amazing vid! Thanks for sharing. Is this a boat essentially a lengthened version of the Gunboat 78? (with the added length at the transoms) - and dual outboard helm stations? Where was she built? Same builder as the Gb78 "My Cat"?

@dancarter482 5 ай бұрын

Same architect - Nigel Irens, she was launched while Gunboat were still trying to get their act together. Green Marine in England built her and she was 78 originally, they had issues with the rig - mast loss offshore and then extended the transoms.

@jeremyphilipjohnpenrice462 10 ай бұрын

Wish I was there did the same thing on a 48 cat across the tasman. ridiculuous numbers high pressure 6 12 metres wind. Yiu brought back the memories.

@millamulisha 10 ай бұрын

Looks like a submarine for some of that footage. 😱

@sceptic33 10 ай бұрын

while sailing down to the canaries i wondered if it would be possible to design a boat to run at the same speed as the waves so you could catch a big one and ride it all the way across the atlantic... would be fun...

@mikella959 10 ай бұрын

😆

@runemartinguldberg9056 Ай бұрын

It’s to front heavy or designed like it looks to front heavy.

@dancarter482 Ай бұрын

_WRONG!_

@johnburgess5534 10 ай бұрын

What is v and G? We’re not all ocean racers!!!

@steeelampe 10 ай бұрын

VMG is velocity made good. Basically the speed towards your destination (in contrast to boat speed when you are not going directly towards your destination)

@gregdamario5808 10 ай бұрын

I am certainly no expert but I would have been a lot more comfortable with more flotation in the bows of the hulls. In slightly heavier seas it looks as though the bows could bury themselves in the forward wave, resulting in a sudden stop with the stern being lifted by a following wave plus the wind in the sails, resulting in, at worst, a forward flip, or less catastrophically, broken standing rigging, and/or mast, snapped running rigging and perhaps structural damage to the boat. Maybe not, but with a little more wind and a little bigger seas, I would have reduced sail and donned a seatbelt or a parachute. Didn't look safe to me. Oh, and just for clarification, I am much more a cruise than a racer. So that is just my, "Don't risk my wife and children.", frame of mind. Offshore racers, probably have different priorities.

@muchtolearn-k1f 5 ай бұрын

I am new to sailing , just took a recent interest in it. This has been one of the things that has been puzzling me too. It defies logic? Like my mind tells me , i want the boat to rise above the sea , not go into it. I am shocked , in this video , i can see the boat literally "digging" itself into the ocean. Surely this is not something I want to do. but how is it that sailors can accept this , when not going under is the single most important thing in sailing?

@kiyotomiyazaki1668 10 ай бұрын

my god!

@Scanper 11 ай бұрын

Eloquent guy

@CaptainRon1913 10 ай бұрын

Not a "race boat". It's a heavy luxury yacht that races.

@upnorthyooper1196 9 ай бұрын

It doesn't look like it weighs 32 tons.

@JamesFrost74659 10 ай бұрын

Sure looks low on the bow. I would be afraid she would pitchpole.

@mattlechner8442 10 ай бұрын

be careful, letting that lee bow go under water. At 20+ kts the boat will cartwheel.

@StephanPluemer 10 ай бұрын

Nice Boat! but sometimes looks like it can make a Nosedive ... Like 600

@maxifenix9979 10 ай бұрын

Too much pressure on the bow. Trim the foresails!

@nuclearpenguin3046 10 ай бұрын

This boats designed to be pushed hard with its bow down. Ever sailed a lengthy performance cat offshore? Its a wet ride. Your always cresting waves and the bow is almost always stuck in the back of the next wave.

@dancarter482 11 ай бұрын

_Allegra is SEVENTY ~ EIGHT feet!_

@RORCRacing 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for your interest in the RORC Transatlantic Race. The original boat was 78' . Allegra was extended to 84'

@dancarter482 11 ай бұрын

@@RORCRacing I (obviously) had no idea - Remember her launch and the subsequent rig failure etc. _Thanks!_ Props to the drone pilot, by the way.

@garviere 11 ай бұрын

This is 78 feet not 84!!

@RORCRacing 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for your interest in the RORC Transatlantic Race. The original boat was 78' . Allegra was extended to 84'

@garviere 11 ай бұрын

@@RORCRacing That explains the disparity between different videos etc! Thanks for clearing that up. So where was the 6’ added?

@Artiz... 11 ай бұрын

@@garviere Also explains why some idiots on the interweb couldn't simply ask about the added length rather than directly accusing the boat owners and crew... that they don't even know the length of their own yacht... WTF?

@garviere 10 ай бұрын

@@Artiz... I hear you but I don’t think people are criticising the crew and owner but thinking that a third party may have been responsible for putting the video up as is often the case on YT and as the boat was well known as a 78’ it seemed like someone hijacked the video and got the length wrong. I did look for other videos myself and the ones I found sited it as 78’ (obviously pre extension) so I can understand the assumptions that have been made.

@sailingalcanzar 11 ай бұрын

Not enough buoyancy in its bows. Sea state is probably under 5 ft and water is hitting the windshield. She is a sled though.

@raybelcher 11 ай бұрын

I agree.

@paulconway1558 11 ай бұрын

wave piercing!

@NiceTriGuy 11 ай бұрын

I disagree, that is an oversimplification of how buoyancy forward impacts sailing performance. You think longer or fuller bow sections would make this boat faster, or both?. Watching the motion through the water I would say he nailed it.

@garviere 11 ай бұрын

I hear what your saying about buoyancy in the bows but it’s a fine balance between having enough buoyancy but not having too much surface area that pulls the bow down when it does go under. Those fine bows allow them to break back up through the surface as quickly as possible. A more flared bow would indeed give more resistance to driving under but equally more resistance to shedding water and breaking back up through. To me that kind of squished cigar shape is perfect for getting the best out of both buoyancy and water shedding.

@dancarter482 11 ай бұрын

@@garviere Not only that, she's hard pressed due to the amount of canvas carrying the centre of effort way high and forward because they are _RACING!_ Surprised there isn't the usual mono-rail crowd crowing about the whole "imminent capsize" risk!