Seawolves Vendeeglobe 2024 report 46 Hobart - Point Nemo - Jean does it again Could Ruyant get back?

[@SeawolvesTV]

What do you think? Jean still leading tomorrow? or not? :)

[@Marlene-Farrell]

Yes! From a family of 4 Jean Le Cam fans.

[@benhaughton154]

Yes, he is a wily old wolf! He knows how to read what is in front of him and relies less on the computer predictions.

[@davecoleman6855]

I will put all bets towards Jean. He is a master tactician and the dagger boats have certain advantages in certain weather conditions. Besides I have to cheer for the captain who's a year younger than me.

[@frankbehrens656]

Really love your view on the races within the race. You really give a great overview on the entire race. A role Model for other race reports in other Sports. And as I a Fan of Le roy: He will make it!!! Keeping the lead!!!

[@matthewwillis4892]

Yes , oui Cam!

[@TheRewstreet]

Aw, you've made me cry again! You are one heck of an amazing person Pip Hare, keep doing what you're doing xxx

[@fleaberto]

Hi Florian, had to wait to open Christmas presents but brilliant to find a Sea Wolves mug amongst my gifts 😊 I'll be able to raise a proper toast with you now! 😅 Fantastic watching this edition with your input and some fascinating insights. For me, Justine has pretty much gone under the radar this time around. She's running an amazingly consistent race and I'm really looking forward to seeing if she can maintain this pace back up the Atlantic. Thanks for a great show 🙂

[@jamesaron1967]

Justine is a superb sailor coming from a strong sailing family. She is one of the very best women offshore sailors in the world. Also, the yacht she's sailing is the former _Charal,_ which was one of the fastest in the last edition. She isn't that far behind Beyou who is sailing the current _Charal,_ which is arguably one of the fastest in this edition.

[@Dean-hs3vq]

Little Miss Magic, a power vessel from Martha's Cove Aus,, went out and met Pip and escorted her into Port Phillip and through the Rip. 3 minutes ago AIS position has her half eay to her berth in Melbourne with 20 nm or so to run. She has a dispensation from maritime authority to have 1 crew to assist with docking, lookout etc. Pip has that crew aboard. ETA in Melbourne is about 18.30 local time. Alls well Vessel tracking AIS has Little Miss Molly on the live map for those who are interested. Cheers all

[@Dean-hs3vq]

Correction, Little Miss Magic, sorry

[@bdjm8595]

LeCam continues to amaze !! Thanks for the exceptional coverage !!

[@Garytoronto]

You are getting the sea-wolves excitingly interested

[@felipebouzonnoexperienceon1160]

Great statement on sea sickness, I'm a skipper of dive boats, and around 15% of divers get sea sick. I never actually thrown up before but I got close on very dangerous situations and decisive moments, and I felt vulnerable on those moments. It's very true that no one is immune to sea sickness.

[@patdemers7096]

As a first timer watching the race and quite new to sailing in general I love all the explanations and background strategies thank you for your time and dedication to this sport and event

[@Robbo1966]

The UK weather is never predictable. Or it predictably always rains

[@edzardpiltz6348]

Wow, new intro 👍🤙

[@CaptainRon1913]

One guy got hit in the back of the head by the boom, and the other guy got caught up in the mainsheet and flung him to the other side of the boat, where he hit his head on a wench. Dead down wind in a blow can be dangerous. The helmsman can get disoriented quite easy. 14 boats retired from the race, including Cammanche. 2 dismastings, and 1 man overboard rescue.

[@pixiehorse]

Great update, thanks Captain Wolf!

[@CaptMylo]

Hey Florian. Jean is a legend and his shining bright like a diamond right now! Hope we hear from Boris soon. Must have lost coms. Thanks for the great show.

[@maxilor2246]

talking about sea sick is an interesting topic, As far as I am concerned I am more exposed to land sick after hours of navigation when returning to shore. It's not a nice feeling either and can last of a day or two :Not sure where this is coming from

[@bradleydaniels9639]

Thank you 👍

[@kencone6175]

Could you talk a bit about how the standing rigging works on the Imoca boats -- particularly the port and stbd shrouds which appear to run through the outriggers? How do these shrouds get tensioned, and are they relaxed in port to allow the outriggers to collapse up parallel to the mast? Also the outriggers on the quarters, which appear to take the backstays. I'm very impressed that these aggressive boats can get by without spreaders on the mast -- which surely helps with downwind reefing. I'm envious -- if we reefed downwind we would tear the sail on the spreader tips.

[@mikestevens9455]

outriggers do not fold - ever…aft reaching struts are removeable/foldable for widening the sheet lead esp. for code sails

[@sailawayteam]

Interesting you say weather is not predictable, be it short or long term. Now that is not really correct. I work with weather models, and what people don't always realise is that to predict accurately, the numerical model needs to have a correct starting state. This is often the main problem when predicting ocean weather - there's just not enough observations to constrain the forecast model. Then there is the property of chaosity of the weather, which makes longer term predictability poor or impossible. But short term predictability depends on large part on the reliability of the 'known' weather at the start of the forecast.

[@SeawolvesTV]

Even if you had the complete information of the initial state, and filled the universe completely with all the computing power you can imagine, you still wouldn't be able to predict with 100% accuracy. But we are nowhere close to even knowing 1% of the innitial states. All we have is vage picture of parts of some of the larger, more easy to observe structures, with virtually no real knowledge of 99% of the underlying principles and smaller structures within. To say that we "know" anything about the weather is a grandiose overstatement. An honest scientist would say that: we have barely the vaguest idea, of how some of the most obvious and easy-to-observe structures on our planet seem to work. If the life of everyone on the planet, depended on us predicting: the exact temperature throughout the day + the wind speed and amount of precipitation, in just one specific place on earth, 21 days from now... we would all be dead... :)

[@sailawayteam]

@SeawolvesTV oops, I didn't think I'd hit a nerve... 100% accuracy? Of course not, did I say that? But try not to miss my point just because perfection is not available. As i said, initial states over the less inhabited parts of the world are even more poorly known than over continents, and that is reflected in the accuracy of the weather prediction. 21 days? Forecasts are usually ok'ish within 2-3 days, depending on the case. I never said weather is fully deterministic, but certainly something is 'known' and can be said about it without excess grandiosity.

[@gregknipe8772]

I enjoy brief lessons in French here. love it.

[@TheShaggy1960]

Definitely downwind has been my weak point for seasickness. Luckily only twice after nine years.

[@petersimmonds4319]

Where is the cheers too much at Christmas cheered out i suppose 😊

[@SeawolvesTV]

I forgot :)

[@purza95]

@@SeawolvesTV Cheers to your next update!!!

[@jamesaron1967]

I believe Jean will still be ahead. I don't think the tracker differentiates between yachts in high detail. The modeling software probably views Jean's boat as a typical daggerboard IMOCA and calculates outcomes using a general formula for daggerboard boats. Jean's yacht however is performing more like a last-generation foiler. Although it cannot fly it does sort of foil by lifting his boat somewhat out of the water. I see it as an intermediate design. The same thing is occurring with Sebastion Simon's predicted positions in the modeling software. The tracker isn't taking into account his damaged foil and shows him making ground to Charlie and Richomme but that doesn't transpire. We have to take all of this forecasting both with the team routing outcomes and weather predictions with a lot of salt.

[@MENDNZ]

I saw no foilers in Syd /Hobart race? Are they not allowed? Wouldn't they win that race ? VG races in many ways are safer as skipper doesn't stay on deck long...and straps down booms.

[@thenozon]

Oh nooo - the Black Jack is gone - something is gonna happen!!

[@SeawolvesTV]

back tomorrow :)

[@TomLeg]

Need lesson in how Jean is staying ahead of the foilers! Any tips I can use on my 16 foot Wayfarer?

[@jamesaron1967]

His yacht isn't like a daggerboard that the others are sailing. It's a unique design and it also lifts a little out of the water without actually flying, hence its comparable performance to older foilers in many conditions. Jean harbors a strong dislike for flying IMOCAs and decides on something that is intermediate in design for better performance while retaining the daggerboard characteristics that he prefers.

[@wayneo7220]

How many amps can the water-powered generators make?

[@patrickkleine9954]

What tracker do you use this is more atractive to monitor

[@SeawolvesTV]

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[@deanebrownfield6866]

Why are skippers not wearing helmets , these were both older skippers. I am so sad for 10:19 the families. A $50 helmet for safety is a must

[@joepbeurskens5929]

100% agree, one of my first observation when I saw all these Vendée Globe skippers in brutal conditions bouncing around and very few ever wearing helmets. The sailing community needs to learn fast. Look at skiing and road cycling, almost no one wore helmets 30 years ago. I was sailing racing for the first time 3 years ago and took the boom in the side of the head. I fortunately only suffered a concussion. I would have preferred that everyone wore one and that a sailing specific helmet be out the. Just like skiing etc. everyone should start wearing them in certain conditions;. No one goes on the ski hill without helmets anymore.

[@johndyck6818]

@@joepbeurskens5929 Both incidents in the Hobart race happened at night. Very difficult conditions to see a boom moving in such seas states at night and many boats have dark sails so it was unfortunate that such experienced sailors put themselves in harms way. Neither would have been able to react in time to save themselves. Very tragic to say the least.

[@johnwills4393]

@@johndyck6818 One of the sailors, the navigator of Bowline, was flung by the mainsheet, not the boom, and hit his head on a winch. Very sad ocurrences for both boats

[@Dean-hs3vq]

Don't be a nanny, you want to wear a helmet? Fine. Shut up about it. Same goes for tethers....

[@aeastman59]

Jean leCam will persist!

[@robinmalina2645]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@marcroyer845]

About Jean Le Cam you are seriously mistaken clac clac clac it is the voice command of his camera when he says clac clac clac his camera turns 180 degrees. And I find that you are not talking about Violette D'orange she is fabulous but probably she does not pay enough

[@jamesaron1967]

He explained Jean's phrase in a previous video. Perhaps you missed it? As far as Violette is concerned, your comment sounds like an accusation, which is completely uncalled for and offensive. Where is all this negativity coming from...??

[@SeawolvesTV]

Violette has been in the show plenty of times. You likely just missed it. She doesn't do regular English video updates herself and we are an English speaking show. If she did, she would be on the show more :)

[@joangordon1495]

Florian, do any of the skippers have captain’s papers? What does it take to earn captain’s papers? How do the skippers maintain their physical fitness? By the time the skippers arrive home have they lost much weight? Thanks, Joan from Canada (just north of Toronto, Ontario)