Sailing the Southern Ocean, the Roaring 40's & Furious 50's

[@ronkirk5099]

Ah.. That brings back memories! Back in the day, I completed a 40,000 mile east about, singlehanded circumnavigation in a Chatham 33, steel, pilothouse cutter and spent ~5 months total in the Southern Ocean. The first time was a passage from Saldana, S. Africa to Tonga in the S. Pacific at 45 degrees South and the second time was a passage from San Diego to the Falklands via Cape Horn. It was an unforgettable sailing experience especially since I was totally alone with no long range communications equipment. It was just me and the albatross.

[@andrewarmstrong7310]

Excellent video. I circumnavigated the southern ocean four years ago single handed on A 1979 Ecrison 35 from Galveston, Texas. Loved it. I never could find anyone who wanted to sail the southern ocean with me so I said to hell with it and planned for a year and went solo. I would have to reread my log book but I think the longest stretch of isolation was 43 days without seeing or hearing another vessel. Yes, there were some uncertain times, but that is expected when sailing the southern ocean. Frankly, it made everything else dull and boring.

[@anticorncob6]

Captain Andrew Armstrong Wow! At what latitude did you circle the world?

[@polygamous1]

@@anticorncob6 51 degrees NORTH LOL

[@bpetersson5024]

its funny how sailing in heavy winds on a broad beam for a couple of days can make you complacent and the winds become a new normal. Then when you get back to civilization and friends ask you if you want to go sailing in 10-15knt winds with no destination and you ask: why?

[@nomad-81-25]

Please reupload without music so we can hear the sounds of wind and wave.

[@ShinLeeChan]

The pleasure to hear these winds broken by that music.. Not arguing about music tastes, but for these latitutes there is no need at all. Pure Wind and Wave sounds are enough.

[@SeanRWilson]

Brilliant video! The footage really captures the "feel" of the open ocean and demonstrates the wave heights amazingly well! Thanks for sharing.

[@jurgenblick5491]

So beautiful. I love the music! Reminds me a little of Jeff Beck

[@orelygarcia]

Beautiful oceans and great footage, thumbs up.

[@debdoyle119]

First time I have seen covers over the port lights. Great idea down there. Awesome film.

[@fishingkayakssa7956]

Fantastic, What a rush. A real dream of mine.

[@eljaymar]

Loved the video but the music destroyed it. Would rather have listened to the wind and the seas and the boat.

[@norml.hugh-mann]

Well go sailing, make your own video and STFU

[@markduncan6690]

There are some 'Very-Very' brave men on this ship!!! Not for the weak of heart!!!

[@bertcanepa5651]

Not "brave"...just stupid.

[@gkarjala]

Absolutely fantastic vid that honors Eric Forsyth and Fiona and crew!!! Well done, Good on You!!!

[@BetterthanitwasNetsailing]

This is a heck of an adventure. Your description in the comments helps tell the story. I wish I had this footage -but I don't wish I was there!!!

[@SpinStar1956]

Part 2? Thanks for posting this one. Would love to go through that stretch of ocean!

[@regcoombs1400]

great video, awesome seaboat

[@wesrichards6168]

You filmed a wonderful video.... then MURDERED IT with the damn slo-mo and music, people want to see and hear AS IT IS.

[@jeffreymonat2374]

If you composed the sound after fact, custom to what is being viewed, then yes, this is amazing!

[@the-fiddling-fox]

I don’t mind the slo mo bits but I had to mute the sound. 😱

[@greenbear3221]

I knew you shrank the sail before actually seeing it. Looks like skills for me on coming along.

[@petitprince97]

wonderful film!

[@ahsanmohammed1]

Watched it with volume off! Music overlay irritating!

[@pierpaolomaurizio4332]

thanks for your video , a lonely sailor on adriatic sea !

[@carries6428]

I don't mind the music, i'll just turn down the volume a bit ;) seeing the ocean waves 20:00 onwards is amazing....southern ocean is soooo magnificent....

[@richardernsberger5692]

I'm 5:00 mins into this and not sure I can endure any more of the heavy, portentous music. Good grief....

[@genie7654]

Really well shot, but please less/no music next time... :)

[@timyarrow8844]

Aesthetically (visually) compelling video. Love to see life in the high southern latitudes. But down-voted on the utterly inane soundtrack. WTF?

[@stub2022]

There are literally thousands of sailing videos with no soundtrack at all.....for the whiners. Thre rest of us love this excellent video WITH an excellent soundtrack.

[@allofus6133]

Marvelous

[@spwb2k]

red jacket/yellow hat guy at 33:00. I'm a landlubber & even I can see the need to be tethered/harnessed up at that point so you don't get jacked overboard by a wave. Other than that scary bit its a cool adventure vid.

[@stevegee4214]

Wow that music is great mmmm

[@Stevek552]

That`s a human being.. rather than a human doing right there.. Beautiful, telling video, well done to all! Next year I`ll be doing the same, Just cannot wait..

[@williamhoskins7818]

I hope you got to do it . And that you lived it , really lived .fair winds..

[@guilhermesoares2075]

Fantastic, amazing.

[@ahsanmohammed1]

Footage is spectacular! Appreciated! More 360 shots if possible! Thanks!

[@hasanemir262]

Super musik da für danke

[@jimgetz2898]

Magnificent

[@wilson5780]

Embora a música seja bonita, o som das ondas e do vento é fantástico.

[@eddievest4096]

Wow! Epic seas!

[@MiguelCruz-zo6yo]

The west wind drift also known as the southern ocean is very scary too travel too. Wonder what's the water temperature .my guess 40°degrees

[@RobFomenko]

Would have been cool to show wind speeds and boat speeds during this video. Sea's were quite high... why not put up a dodger? And while its your life and fun, a safety harness going forward, or even in the cockpit would have been mandatory on my boat. But since turning around to pluck someone out of the water would have been a disaster for all, maybe not. Great video thanks for sharing.

[@robertbloyer4730]

Dodgers torn off. It would have to be built in & Captain been there done that, his boat. No going back.

[@mosapedoterrorist7529]

Keep the tender of the back 13ft number is what i would do anybody goes of just bounce into that

[@psystealth]

@@robertbloyer4730 capt abit of a pita?

[@markg3979]

The music is insane...i love the choice of shred to beats and flute. Would love to sail with you crazy guys.f in bad ass waves and winds

[@rsambro37]

Really awesome video! Gets the juices flowin' for sure. But really (approx. 30:00 mark), working on the deck in those conditions without a harness? If the guy fell overboard and I was at the helm I wouldn't even bother trying a rescue, would just figure, oh well, he must have had a death wish anyway.

[@robertbloyer4730]

Captains rule was "No going back", impossible. No outside rescue either, hypothermia a few minuets

[@adamf.4823]

Right, thus the need for tethers. What's the big deal about tying yourself to the boat? It's so simple. People are strange.

[@norml.hugh-mann]

A skipper that refuses to go back for a MOB will be another MOB the moment he goes to sleep if i am there

[@6666-y8d]

Bardzo przyjemny film. Do 14:45 można oglądać w pętli.

[@jeffbigbear1766]

Great video but no footage of Cape Town with epic Table Mountain? An opportunity lost. Cheers, from the Cape of Good Hope.

[@iansenior9759]

I agree the music had a negative impact on the video. The sound of the sea waves gulls and wind would be much better.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Wish I could see southern hemisphere stars ...

[@briggsahoy1]

Intesting

[@TraneFrancks]

No PFD+tether in those seas is some seriously questionable decision-making. While I enjoyed the video, I'd never want to be on a boat that invited MOB scenarios.

[@thomasollson1991]

No harness in this conditions is just plain silly.

[@wilson5780]

Parabéns, ótimo vídeo. Que barco é esse? Gostei muito.

[@Garryck-1]

Está na descrição - uma "Westsail" de 42 pés (12,8m).

[@alistairi]

Great video but amazed nobody is wearing a harness and the sprayhood isn't up!

[@suspectalien246]

saw those seagulls off the coast of Kent last week nice music though

[@wjqmjq]

the music is from Victory at sea an NBC production and was written by Richard Rodgers

[@retiredinbali9565]

Well done. The music is nice, but I would have preferred to hear the wind and the waves. Cheers.

[@sellsidedream8766]

Would have been much better off with a trisail at the end as opposed that 3rd reef in the main

[@Josef_R]

At 27:00, something happens, other than that, it's 34 minutes of the same scene.

[@tobymills1452]

Cool - what are you filming with?? Looks pretty stable

[@amicidavinci]

I guess there's only a part 1.

[@bitclear670]

Safety harness Please! Despite suchM Awesome voyage!

[@merrymoppet]

Please explain the nature and purpose of the strap wrapped around middle of boom tied to leeward side

[@adamf.4823]

Preventer.

[@bertcanepa5651]

Helps maintain the shape of the mainsail in heavy weather....not let the "boom" move up and down and depower the boat......more efficiency. @

[@jimjam3s]

''Voyage ended on November 29 two days after leaving the Falkland Islands' Any modern weather station, like perhaps is on the Falklands? (or even a functional barometer) would easily show a "massive low pressure cell" nearby. Why did you leave port? a death wish?

[@ricardopassarelli6015]

At about 11:00 seems like a great day for the dodger.

[@alejandrocastilloviudes6342]

which boat is the one in the video, it's really pretty

[@Pixelkill3R]

Did you have to ask permission and get clearance to go beyond the 60th parallel?

[@houseofwonders1]

Yea, they asked God

[@Pixelkill3R]

@@houseofwonders1 good for them.. I would also, but I was asking if they sought permission from the United Nations to cross south of the 60th parallel...the Antarctic Treaty since about 1959 forbids independent travel. The penalties for independent exploration are seizure of vessel, heavy fines, and even a custodial sentence..

[@houseofwonders1]

@@Pixelkill3R Interesting, but it looks like they didn't go south of 60 degrees unless it happened in a part of the video I missed

[@ckreitlein]

Please explain the mainsail? Is it purposely small, or the wrong sail for the boom?

[@johnwilbanks6665]

they reefed* the main to make it smaller so that the wind wouldnt push the boat to hard, stress the rig too much, and possibly turn the boat ....over..lol

[@anilmadgavkar6769]

lovely ,exciting video.. the music should have been more sudued, with more sound of the wind and waves.

[@SonOfAnders73]

wear a harness and stop worrying people next time and take me along too

[@henkbruggemann]

so right!!

[@psystealth]

where you from Simon ?

[@SonOfAnders73]

@@psystealth Hull UK, brother

[@psystealth]

@@SonOfAnders73 RSA

[@henkreimink7252]

Glad I don't have to sail with this skipper, wonderful weather, poorly set sails and no harnesses or lines, simply suicide.

[@Gaolii]

That's Eric Forsyth son ... I'd sail with him any time. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZ7ZpZKbnLyJgcU

[@timyarrow8844]

Even less of an excuse for exposing the crew on a boat not well rigged for safety. No safety harnesses in the southern ocean? That's pretty hard to explain in the accident report.

[@svnademia3179]

Eric is a experienced sailor and navigator.

[@regkane-Pluvis]

Please turn the volume down.. thanks Reg

[@bertcanepa5651]

Crew is bad representation of safety in sailing especially in those latitudes....where the hell are the safety harnesses...yeah about 33min into one has one on....near the end the idiot that goes to the mast to adjust whatever..no harness....fools!! Good video otherwise.....shut off the music....will you.

[@bertcanepa5651]

Nice boat! Good rigging! Poor seamanship safety! Where are the safety harnesses?????? Fools......Especially at the end where the guy is fooling at the foot of the mast, auto-vane steering (could go bust at any time!).....violent broach in those seas!!!! Get real!

[@aldreds]

Safety harness?

[@petitprince97]

no risk, no fun!

[@flyingspur]

I muted the audio. Decent footage, missing a plot/narrator. Shame.

[@MrBrokenchair]

30.55 Westerly in the Falklands.

[@kingrobert1st]

Isn't it Roaring 40's, Howling 50's and Screaming 60's?

[@kevindickey6020]

Furious Fifties

[@troianofranco]

where is the second part? i cant find the link

[@richard21995]

What length is your boat ?

[@kenscrackofdoom599]

Wonderful filming but that music ruins it im afraid. You should do a version with only the sounds of nature.

[@theodoretheelder6248]

The music didn't add anything to the video.

[@xyic0re714]

forced to watch with it 'muted' - would have loved to hear the sounds of sailing.

[@andrewthompson7438]

my mechanics in motion. haven't harnessed myself at all.

[@totti9964]

Boat behaves very well

[@ianalen1687]

Did the Southern Ocean torture you with that music?

[@harbourdogNL]

Watch with the sound off.

[@SoupyOatmeal]

The video is great the music ......... well lets say there were other choices. I had to eventually turn off the volume.

[@billywill903]

No safety harness going forward.

[@wilson5780]

A música foi mal escolhida. A gravação está ótima.

[@vincent7520]

This elevator music is horrendous. When it comes to sea, live sound is better. And again, if I want to listen to the proms there are thousands of videos on You Tube for that, when we watch a sailing video that's to get away from them. Slow mo, isn't a good idea either : one just doesn't grasp what the boat and crew is going through. It can only be guessed by the sea state (always a bad guess when it's in photos or videos) and the sail trim. Oversaturated images make most of images garish and make the high latitudes look as tropical seas !… This is really too bad, images in themselves are great, you had all it takes for an excellent video. Glad you made it anyway.

[@petergrundy8081]

I can’t handle the gothic music

[@Skipper996]

8 a mangiare e 1 in navigazione?!

[@playallnight]

THE MUSC. ARE U SERIOUS? GET RID OF IT. PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@marcinmarcin5677]

no music 31.50 :)

[@thomasschwarz8876]

Na wenigstens kein Regen.

[@emmanuelsamaras8974]

ADRENALIN SAILING👮🏻

[@styx85]

Looks like a fine video. Shame about the music.

[@DANGYTWO]

31.44

[@ahsanmohammed1]

Video visuals - LIKE! Audio music overlay - naah! Prefer the sounds of nature!

[@johnstewart9591]

Make one without the music

[@MrSargenti]

the music is awful... so are the jerky still transitions... but that must seem normal considering all the time spent in heavy seas. :)

[@anticorncob6]

11:19 furious fifties

[@andrasvarga4066]

ÚT..

[@robertbloyer4730]

Captain Eric did not allow harnesses or safety gear aboard, no one brought it. It was his understanding that type of gear was nothing more then a false sense of security, allowing one to take risks. Further, we ( the crew) signed on knowing there was no rescue from outside and no attempt by the Fiona to recover anyone lost to the sea in these waters, temperatures and winds. Gerry cans of fuel were ripped off the deck and the dingy, lashed to deck cleats that wore torn through the deck, survived being wrapped in a tangle of lines to the mast. A dodger? really? not a chance.

[@rustyrose2200]

you guys are fucking idiots for going sailing with and eaven bigger idiot captain. "fall sence of security" sure, but there is plain stupidity aswell, ffs a teather has saved thousands of lives. not eaven world class racing sailors skip their teather! nice area to sail though:P

[@robertbloyer4730]

I agree, but no risk-nothing gained. This was the only chance I'd ever have to do it ( knew the rules of the Captain beforehand), for me it was worth the chance. Would I do it again? In the same situation, yes. Would I sail like that in my boat, no & I bet hardly anyone else.

[@dasimparmy2289]

Robert Bloyer love all these guys sitting on there asses and being urber critical. Sure you guys could have had a bit more safety gear like a harness ex ex but all the same your life to live not there's. Nice video all the same and enjoyed it for what it is and glad after the mishap which do happen to the skilled and unskilled alike in all activities in life that the crew came out no worse for wear. When will you be dropping part 2?

[@musicmusic6595]

Lol i imagine the captain has plenty of experience in those waters and is taking a calculated risk, which turned out fine, their not idiots i am sure if he felt the trip there was a good chance they would be dead it would not have been taken

[@andreuruguay8246]

There are LEGAL requirements about safety gear for, I believe, most of the flag-countries. It's not an option left to the Captain to "allow it" or not.

[@EnglishLawyer]

Awful freaky music. Nothing nice about that