The Extraordinary Solo Race Around the World - Arkea Ultim Challenge Brest 2024

[@Antipodean33]

These boats are mind blowing and this race is equally as mind blowing. 32 meter tri's cruising at 30 to 40 knots and going over 50 is insane and single handing non stop race around the world is truly the pinnacle of sailing. Can't wait to see this happen

[@jamesaron1967]

No need for waiting, the race started two weeks ago..

[@spongesurf12]

I was born into sailboat racing and I can't even imagine putting up the sails on a 32m boat solo. The power is just wild, and to handle that it in the Southern Ocean is mind blowing. Good luck and safe trip to all!

[@liam3284]

being only 16t, the forces are less, but I still would not want to be on deck if something snapped.

[@spongesurf12]

@@liam3284 seems like yes an no (intuitively, not fact based). I raced on boats in the 35-45ft range back in the day and recall one race hitting gusts at 57kts and with full crew reefing down and going to the storm jib was a big task.

[@errolG68]

I solute you as Pilots of these incredible machines which are Planes, sailings over the sea at incredible speeds. Congratulations to all those incredible people involved in designing and building these machines . Regards Errol in South Africa

[@floodo1]

Excellent coverage, really appreciate getting to details like crash padding, daggerboard control, and the food. Always interesting to see what delicious treats get packed on various boats (-8

[@mait1995]

Absolutely beautiful things, those sailboats. More like planes with sales than anything else.

[@rumbepack]

Ultims are the kings of sailboats each one is a technical marvel.

[@floodo1]

I esp enjoy them with crew so we can see the machines pushed to their limits! But this race is something special testing these skippers to their limits!!

[@SBAtmost]

It’s beyond comprehension, how a solo sailor maneuvers a vessel moving with such speed, face the challenges posed by the elements and yet eat, sleep and function for that many days, alone!!

[@liam3284]

All that power helps in some ways.

[@TheGeordietheWitchandtheWench]

Took us 9 months to get from Canada to Australia on an old 1956 Gaffer :-) No electronics, no cockpit, no roller furller and sporting a wooly jumper!!

[@danbrianese]

Vim aqui por causa do Amyr Klink que esteve no podcast dos 3 Elementos, simplesmente incrível!

[@stephensparkes7260]

Thank you for that very interesting content 😊

[@paolomh113]

🤯

[@TheJamesthe13]

Seriously why didn’t musto just do their own advertising? Ever since they got bought out the quality has taken a nose dive…. Good luck to the sailors! Boats look lethal!

[@AntiVaganza]

So many answers to that. One is that using influencers/shills/youtubers is often cheaper and may be better/easier sometimes. But often it's not. Often it's just that some new PR boss just follows trends and says "we need to be good on social media!" without really thinking it through. And as always, PlanetSail is cagey about this. They most likely got paid to do this, but instead of just being brutally honest about this upfront they kinda mention it offhand. Which does more harm than good for the people who actually notice. Matt likes to think of himself as a (sports) journalist and I feel sorry for him as an important part of his income is probably stuff like this. And for years, the magazine he worked for could also not afford not to suck up to the industry players. I feel like he missed a chance when he went to youtube to really break free of this. That said, he is doing really well on some content, but then still does this "press release" type stuff. One way to have done this one well would have been to not even talk about the product. Do a proper interview, forget who paid your flights, but ask what you really want to know yourself. Create great journalism, great story telling and then at the very end, you thank Musto "for making it possible". The audience will be better entertained and subconciously, they will think if this amazing man chose Musto, that brand can't be bad at all. Look at how Patagonia does it. Better than pretty much anyone else. They do mini docus about inspiring people and don't talk about clothing. Also, they likely have a ton more money to do so than Matt so the production value is amazing. But still, if the story is there, don't stoop to talking about product. I do realize I am being tough on Matt, but I have a love/hate relationship with how social media on one hand gives us great, free content yet on the other how fast shills are destroying core values of journalism. Matt is trying to walk a fine line between the two, I just wish he would be more journalist and less salesman. I still believe it's the healthier, smarter longer play. Sometime soon, the world will be tired of people trying to sell us stuff camouflaged as journalism. Anyhow, rant over, you got my point and Matt has bills to pay.

[@dancarter482]

Would have been better to let him speak in his native French with subtitles - if you're going to use subtitles anyway - he was struggling and it was like pulling teeth waiting for him to try and translate his thoughts - having already read what he was struggling to say!

[@andyb.1026]

It's a French race, for French men with balls,, if Britts can't understand, Tough, who cares😊

[@paul4381]

As a French it was not hard to listen to, but I understand that it would be annoying for others 😂

[@alanbrookes6637]

Absolutely crazy to singlehand these very odd looking yachts in the most isolated oceans of the world, no doubt expecting people to risk their lives to come to the rescue when the proverbial hits the fan.

[@orcamaximatv]

Incredible. 😀

[@jeffcondell]

I must admit to being concerned with the level of potential danger for these Skippers. Fortunately, after his collision yesterday, Tom is OK but the boat is clearly not!

[@andyb.1026]

Oh diddums Shock horror, somebody might get hurt 😊,, the attitude why Britts are nowhere,, Again 😢

[@عبدالرحمنالخليفة-ذ3ل]

رجال عظمى رائعين ❤

[@davidchartres6606]

When multihulls tip up side down they stay that way !

[@liam3284]

74 days. Wild you can go around the world in under 80 days on a monohull.

[@dprout3392]

Thank you for this interesting presentation of this flying machine and skipper. Can you do another video about the rules. I know that Banque Populaire suffered some damage interrupting the race for repair. How does the regulation works in a case like this?

[@keithc5729]

You can go the web site. He had to stop for a minimum of 24 hours. I think he was in Recife for about 28 hours.

[@Mephistopholies]

I'm a Dude that rides 2 stroke SeaDoos. This is the hottest race on the water!

[@microglobesail]

look microglobesail

[@JWnFlorida]

That is some of the toughest oceans on the planet. Good luck to all.

[@isabeaoctel]

The sutitling is uncalled for as the bloke is perfectly understandable.

[@inagaddadavida7023]

It's not a boat and it's not a plane, it's both. Imagine if you were being chased by pirates and simply dropped sails and kicked in the astern jet engine--from 30 knots to 800 miles an hour in a flash. There, i said it. Now you will see it happen next year.

[@fairuzjai1476]

What about the weather big wave?

[@paolomh113]

Hi, has this finished? any plans to update? thx u.

[@andrewharris1837]

As a Clipper 32 ton round the worlder crew I would be scared these light trip.marans will capsize/broach with 60% of the route in the freezing heavy weather of the southern ocean😮

[@dancarter482]

Ellen McA did it on a Nigel Irens tri a decade or so back.... ....

[@MrTrapper28]

@@dancarter482 an incredible feat, but it was not a foiling boat.

[@dancarter482]

@@MrTrapper28 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5y2hXdqjNeSoa8

[@andyb.1026]

If you are Scared,, then just don't do it,, leave it to Men 😂

[@inuendo0003]

[@rnbspowa7of69]

He has an identical, twin that goes with him. 🤔

[@anibaldamiao]

Do you need a PPL license to fly one of these?

[@jeffwhitelock1013]

To go from sailing a submarine to flying a sailboat?

[@AndyWalton-o4i]

Interesting video that turned into an advert for a clothing manufacturer….😢

[@Aheitchoo]

Wait, does he sleep while foiling!?

[@mosca3289]

It’s sailing but not as we know it.

[@rolandtb3]

Pounding and wind noise at 40 to 50 knots, both for body and mind. Improved adaptive all weather gear. Creative clothing with protective padding and insulating/breathable layers. Because of boat size, speed, flying at 15 knots, wind gusts, innovative warning alarms, sleep timers ⏰ and patterns. Daunting.

[@xg9898]

Good to see to understand better what it is about to ride these machines : an interview of Jimmy Spithill after a Fastnet race on one of these Ultims (Macif). And this guy is used to speed !!! It was only racing in the Channel not around the world. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5y8aZeug8aBq68feature=shared another video showing live sailing : kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWOze4SgbLJ0b9Efeature=shared

[@CG-99]

Just an infomercial for Musto

[@Cbob64]

Common Brits, go and fund few other machines like these one. A10 boats fleet should be great!

[@simonrano8072]

They are too busy loosing the shallow water regatas that are the America's Cup

[@xg9898]

It is not only a matter of money. You need know how to build and prepare such boats and also crazy sailers to ride them. But you are right, more international competitors would be appreciated and will bring this kind of race to another level. What about Brits, Kiwis, Italians,... ???

[@andyb.1026]

Britts are nowhere,, a Has been nation of Losers 😮

[@mastpg]

Were it not for modern coast guard rescue capabilities, this would be utter insanity. It's barely a step more sane than climbing Everest, where for no discernable reason and with little warning, your brain can swell and garanteed death awaits...also, being not anywhere close to the top 10 mountaineering challenges on earth, Everest is little more than very inconvenient clout wh@ring.

[@billhayward1585]

these guys are NUTS!. I feel sorry for Johnson, his victory is a huge weight around his neck. I'm sure he has accomplished many more unknown horizons. The rest of his life is so over shadowed by his young mans lark. He must be so bored.

[@sol3cito33]

Technology is awesome. Yes. But when it comes to taste... well. I don't like the fact that even sailboats are now computers. It has lost its charm for me.

[@Juan-jm7sf]

Just a reminder no European was the first to ever sail a trimaran around the world because the Polynesians had already done thousand years prior to today's current anything in catamaran trimaran all these are sail boats are of Maori Polynesian descent Europeans sailed in floating bathtubs

[@maximilianpierce5115]

Polynesians never cirumnavigated the globe. Their canoes were inferior and can only sail 15 degrees towards the wind compared to 45 degress that european boats are capable of

[@Pocketfarmer1]

It is impossible for one person to keep a proper,legally necessary look out for the length of that race. Those solo races should be band.

[@xg9898]

That is why only french can do that, too many lawyers in UK (or US ? or .... ?). It is correct that they are risking their lives. I assume that from your point of view, the motorcycle Tourist Trophy should be also banned ?

[@Pocketfarmer1]

@@xg9898 I have never heard of the motorcycle tourist trophy and no nothing of the sport. The international rules for the avoidance of collision at sea , know as the rules of the road in the nautical world, are quite specific about the keeping a lookout at all times. One person is incapable of being a 24/7 functional look out. There must be at least two people. So that their boat doesn’t run somebody down while they are resting/ sleeping / off watch. It is not a coincidence that the work period on boats is called a watch. When Scully was returning to the US in the ill-fated Coyote, he ran down a fishing boat. He was asleep.

[@xg9898]

@@Pocketfarmer1 these Ultims have systems and alarms to prevent collision with vessels with AIS. It is more the Comanche situation that is not acceptable and being investigated. This shall not happen.

[@xg9898]

@@Pocketfarmer1 fyi, Tourist Trophy :kzbin.info/www/bejne/onXLioR8itiJbq8feature=shared. Pilots cannot afford being distracted at any moment.

[@Pocketfarmer1]

@@xg9898 systems and alarms to prevent collisions with AIS . Did you hear about the bridge in Baltimore MD ? The container ship mv Dali, with all more alarms and systems than will fit in one of these sailboats killed 6 people and the only reason the lose of life wasn’t in the thousands was because the crew was awake and on watch.

[@sarahmanalapan8443]

First

[@ChainsawFPV]

I hope they have heavy military support for a couple of those areas....... Those boats would fetch a high price on the black market.

[@simonrano8072]

No body can sail them beside half a dozen of pro teams in the world and their sole purpose is to race. The only value they have is the ransom you could ask for the crew, the onboard electronics may cover the gaz price to cover the 2000 miles required to intercept them in high seas...

[@xg9898]

Not so much risks of piracy on that route. It is more a risk of not having anyone around to save you, except the other competitiors, as there are crossing the point Nemo. But it happened that they see military vessel (no plural, only one), on the way, like in this video in the south ocean, very remote area (close to Kerguelen Islands) kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3y4gpeYjLp2nbs. ((with Alex Thomson at one moment)

[@ChainsawFPV]

@@xg9898 Thank you for sharing that video! That was some of the best footage I have seen of the Mercedes Hugo Boss! She was almost on her side, and moving fast! Very few things can instill fear in me like the ocean. So beautiful and so powerful. I love it!