Seawolves Vendeeglobe 2024 report day 60 - A swim next to Cape Horn! J2 breakage, Big low coming!

[@SeawolvesTV]

Let me know your final top 5 predictions wolves :)

[@Marco-q6d]

In order :Richomme, Dalin, Simon, Goodchild and Herrmann. I think you miss that a lightning almost struck Boris. It could be interesting to know if there's any protection from this kind of threat.

[@TheJaksu]

1) Dalin 2) Richomme 3) Simon 4) Beyou 5) Goodchild Dalin will arrive on Jan 14 😁

[@jamesaron1967]

@@TheJaksu I was going to post pretty much the same order and will put my vote on this ranking!

[@brucemcminn5169]

Thank you Florian, I have really been enjoying the Vendee and your videos this year. A big part of my 2024 holiday memories for sure.

[@brettcoughlan3772]

Hi Florian and wolves I have enjoyed very much your first class call of the Vendee globe, spectacular really and it will be difficult not waking up to your toast. So as an idea if you have some spare time ( that’s a joke) there are another group of adventures heading around the globe and that’s the “Longue Route” and the circumnavigation in honour of Bernard Moitessier’s efforts in the southern ocean. Not as cashed up but awesome just the same and perhaps a small mention could help their morale.. Many thanks ….Brett in Tasmania…..the other side

[@bobschimmel9411]

Love the opening song.

[@Flight8]

Dear Florian, miss you and the daily update already , quite funny remarks about beeing shocked... may be we'll find another topic, you can create a show of ?😅😂 Conrad again cool with the mastif and chiuaua, hilarious 😂 Keep up the good work, best regards from southern Germany, unfortunately very far from any sea 😊

[@fredtatch1572]

Glad you had a day off and thanks for the heads up that you’ll be leaving as our daily ocean fantasy class leader. Loved the intro and that becalmed Cape Horn weather toast! Amazing boats and technology history we’re watching 🎉

[@reloadncharge9907]

Surely there must be another race to follow before the Ocean Race? Well done, it has been a blast following your very detailed updates. Thanks, Andrew

[@jamesaron1967]

Indeed, there are quite a few but the vast majority are shorter races, not circumnavigations. The exceptions, such as the biennial Clipper Round The World Race and the upcoming 2026 Golden Globe Race, are _very_ different kinds of competitions. They all have significance to sailing fans depending on where your interest lies. The yachts in those races are not raced on the IMOCA 60. If you prefer the IMOCA you will be treated to much shorter races until The Ocean Race in 2027. I tend to follow all the offshore races that allow the IMOCA and Ultim classes.

[@pixiehorse]

Thank you Florian.

[@dadofoogs]

Boris and the lightning, interesting!

[@robertbensetler1420]

As a small time racer, I've covered, and been covered, many times, but always with a boat I could see. It's pretty weird to watch Dalin covering a boat that's over a hundred miles away.

[@grahamlong5969]

You deserve the day off Florian, good decision. I also think Conrad is seriously underestimating just how much chihuahua's get wound up! 😂

[@alainremi267]

Yes !!! The rewriting is great 😀😀😀

[@rolandtb3]

Enjoyed the opening scenes with the AI dub.

[@Barinnn]

at the end of the season, can you make a final video analyzing why Dalin won, what rest did wrong and what was the breakpoint after which he won the race?

[@CompulsoryDemocracy]

And maybe even a few lucky skipper interviews over the concluding months!

[@jamesaron1967]

LOL, he didn't win yet although it looks like it more and more with each passing day.

[@benjaminbrewer2569]

Great song😊

[@ashentmariner]

There chimney sweep's! 🐭🐸

[@bradleydaniels9639]

Excited 👍

[@bradleydaniels9639]

Thank you 👍

[@DB-ce3yl]

I'm wondering about the effects of the lightning strike on Boris. Is there any effective protection against lightning strikes? I once saw a video on the subject and protection seems very complex and therefore hardly available.

[@SeawolvesTV]

in show tomorrow

[@squidlips22]

Thanks for your commentary throughout the race, top stuff. Any plans to do a segment on Guirec Soudée's dip into the water to retrieve his halyard? Sounds like a very interesting activity.

[@jamesaron1967]

You have a beautiful dog, glad you spent some time with him yesterday. Looks like Boris encountered lightning problems. Hope he can restore the operation of the affected systems. The Jules Verne attempt has been aborted (again) due to a lost central rudder. I'm beginning to doubt that this record will be beaten, not in the foreseeable future unless something can be done to minimize the risk of broken rudders and foils. I was really looking forward to Sodebo succeeding.

[@olivierholland1075]

Florian, loving your show and tuning in every day for "Heeeellllloooouuuh Seawolves!". I have a question for you: Do you know what Starlink gear and subscription model the VG boats use? I am going to single hand New Zealand to Tonga via Minerva reef early June and am still torn what to get for comms... Been using Iridium in 2023 but getting old now. Thanks a lot in advance! Oli

[@akkiroeh-gl6sv]

Two questions - how can you be Swimming in That cold water? Do they have neoprene suits on Board? And - what about Boris and his Lightning? Can he still be going at top Speed? By the way great footage from Conrad again!

[@twist0077]

You may not have noticed that Boris's yacht was struck by lightning last night. Or at least very close. As a result, all the sensors are dead. Only one autopilot was able to be brought to life. I'm not sure if the radar was able to be brought to life.

[@SeawolvesTV]

I did :) Will talk about that tomorrow

[@jamesaron1967]

That's terrible for Boris. Lightning is a real danger not often talked about. Carbon masts are lightning magnets.

[@marcelluslopez]

Hi there, I like your show very much. Thanks a lot for the reports and explanations. Cheers! One noob questions: are there any Yardsticks for Foilers and Non-foilers?

[@lauradaviestilley9039]

What are those white circles with a red rim, apparently around the numeral “1”?

[@Alex-fw9cu]

Hi Florian, do you know a way how to sail a small törn with an Imoca ?

[@lifesailinc.7886]

What is the name of that starting song?

[@pablobehrens3277]

Hi Sea Wolf. I checked for that song you played today about Benjamin and Cape Horn and then you say it was AI. Can you put it up for download or let me know where to get it? Thanks.

[@fireblade1986]

why is half of my screen black and the video in like 30:10 instead of 16:9?

[@michaelwrisley]

Florian, technology question on auto pilots. We have self driving vehicles, by training computers with images/videos to navigate our roads. Will we be able to similarly train auto pilot systems to sail more effectively in various sea states. For example to not fly off the top of waves and slam into the back of the next one? Maybe tuneable for speed, or to take a less punishing course on the boat? Thanks!

[@SeawolvesTV]

this is already happening

[@ricardolosa2403]

No need to do this everyday! Thank you for ehat you do! R

[@aeastman59]

Florian how does an imoca 'wait out the bad weather' for 48 hrs? do they heave to? I am trying to imagine how they are going to wait for 48 hrs?

[@nitomutan4593]

You might want to follow Eric Beillon, he’s a really cool intelligent and sensitive gentleman

[@jeromemorris2700]

Hahahathe screaming squirrel! Yes When the race is finished we are two. See you in 4 years!

[@gregknipe8772]

please, if possible, explain what you mean by "engine problems" on a vende class SAIL BOAT! thank you.

[@SeawolvesTV]

His Diesel engine did not start.

[@pieterlernout8697]

Boris said in one of his videos that when he's really done, he'll try some cola. Doping: Are there actually any known doping substances in sailing or are there doping controls here too?

[@SeawolvesTV]

just coffee :)

[@NavinBetamax]

Where were you yesterday.......I scanned the whole horizon......high & low....nowhere to be found ! ! !

[@SeawolvesTV]

Hiking with the doggo

[@davidpatrick1813]

Compass

[@DB-ce3yl]

Warum kann man nichts in den Chat schreiben?

[@CliffordDive]

Languages are funny - I was trying to work out why you wanted to write on the cat 😄

[@melissamarr2360]

Black Jack always comes in first.

[@garrywalton]

No a pause is not good.... :(

[@Tirn0]

It’s occurred to me several times over the past 2 months that it would take you literally 30mn to look up how to pronounce the various skippers names (and today I’m apparently grumpy, so I’m posting about it): Boissieres is /bwasyer/ (which is not hard to approximate in English or in Dutch). Violette is /vyolet/. Nicolas is /nikola/, etc. (I appreciate that we’re always going to pronounce names with the accent we have, so maybe even Beyou pronounced /bezhu/ instead of /beyu/ gets a free pass, but others you could get a fair bit closer to)

[@SeawolvesTV]

The French are the absolute kings of not pronouncing any non-french names correctly, especially Dutch ones. So this is just Dutch/French culture. No worries :)

[@floodo1]

lol

[@spiderleamer]

Aw man, ai songs :(

[@nitomutan4593]

You ‘Tanguy’ is pronouced like guitar 😂not ‘Tanji’

[@nitomutan4593]

AI is funny but at the same time it sucks 😂

[@ashentmariner]

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[@ashentmariner]

💚❤️ He's Kiwi? 🥝 So totally Bonafide my friend: ~ )_@m ~ ~ (accident database depar†men†) Yah that Guy!! 🐭 Larry the Krash Dummy ☮️ Qualified ain't Bonafide Sir, Mam 😊 Kaptain's Parlay 🌍 golden parachute* (GP) 🌕 🐢🐇

[@pdevrin]

FYI and everybody else Guirec his sail was in the water.. not his hallyard … and please Florian… or should i call you Flo ryan… learn to pronounce the skippers names halfway correctly… fair winds😏

[@London755]

My dude, not everyone is francophone. I'm sure most of the sailors wouldn't be able to correctly pronounce s-Hertogenbosch.

[@patekepete]

Chill out dude. You dont have to watch Florian’s show. It is his after all and if such small matters offend then maybe another channel might suit you better.

[@SeawolvesTV]

Its a Dutch/French culture thing. French people flat out refuse to call anything Dutch correctly. We are just having fun with each other. :P

[@ericgulseth74]

Flo-Ryan would be a great rap name.

[@remichevallier8934]

​@@SeawolvesTV as a french person, I personally pretend to refuse to pronounce it the way Dutch do... But the truth is that my brains finds no link whatsoever between what's written and what's pronounced 😂😂