The Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 in 720 seconds | Volvo Ocean Race

The 2017-18 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race was one of the closest and most exciting ever - with the winner decided in the final five miles of the race following a 45,000 mile marathon slog around the planet. Here's a look at the race in all it's glory - the highs and lows - as the teams put everything on the line in a bid to win sailing's ultimate prize.
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[@edand69others65]

Rest in peace John, you are an amazing sailor

[@Mikishots]

Jeezus. I had no idea those kinds of distances were covered. That's incredible.

[@leon-thorehansen8523]

Yeah. Also the amount of time. I mean 9 months is pretty extreme

[@sanfranciscobay]

5:10 Sailor swept overboard and the boat cannot find him. Absolutely horrible. Timeline of the accident. • On Monday, 26 March 2018, SHK/Scallywag was racing in Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race from Auckland, New Zealand to Itajai, Brazil, approximately 1,400 nautical miles west of Cape Horn. • Weather conditions were 35-45 knots with 4 to 5 metre seas with showers reducing visibility. It was 15 minutes before sunrise. • The team was sailing with a single reef in the mainsail and the J2 jib. The Fractional 0 (FR0) sail was hoisted but furled. • At roughly 1300 UTC SHK/Scallywag surfed down a large wave leading to an accidental crash gybe. • John Fisher was on deck, in the cockpit. At the time, he was moving forward to tidy up the FR0 sheet and had therefore unclipped his tether. • As the mainsail swung across the boat in the gybe, the mainsheet system caught John and knocked him off the boat. The crew on board believe John was unconscious from the blow before he hit the water. • He was wearing a survival suit with a wetsuit hood and gloves and a lifejacket. • The JON buoy and the horseshoe buoy were thrown off the back of the boat to mark the position. • It took some time to get the boat under control and motor sail back to a position near where the man overboard occurred. • At 1342 (UTC), the team informed Race Control, by email, that there was a man overboard and they were returning to the MOB position to start a search pattern. • With input from the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre and Race Control in Alicante, a search and rescue operation was carried out for several hours but there was no sign of John, the horseshoe buoy, or the JON buoy. • With weather conditions deteriorating, a difficult decision was taken to abandon the search and preserve the safety of the remaining crew. www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2018/03/28/accident-details-released-scallywag/

[@heatmoon]

they are equal to astronauts as explorers , super smart, super brave. faith in their team. so much respect.

[@noelled1767]

My dad was in a long race when the boat ahead of him had a man overboard. The goal of the boat ahead was not to go back but continue on racing. The boats my dad was racing against were about 30-40 ft long and winds would have allowed an easy turn around and continue, probably losing a few boats. That boat ahead allowed a crew member to wait for my dads boat to stop,pick him up, and race the remaining boats to finish. Imagine if no one picked him up. Some sailors need to learn it’s life over medal. Sailing is a really dangerous sport, make sure to surround yourself with people you trust.

[@TheOceanRace]

That is crazy Noelle. That is something no boat should ever do. Especially in offshore sailing. Glad to hear he's ok! 🌏⛵️

[@heatmoon]

respect to your dad, pure grit.

[@pierangelocangialosi3540]

A good piece of advice

[@bobpratt3717]

"Several hours in difficult conditions",,, imagine the conditions for John. No safety lines, no personal locators, you've got to be kidding!

[@cliveramsbotty6077]

yeah that's fucked up. why no plb's i wonder?

[@heatmoon]

could he have been moving between lines, bad timing? I don't know the system but id use safety lines always, maybe 3 or 4. if you go in, you die. count on it

[@juansanchez4892]

Why is the soccer World Cup more popular than this? This is so so much better

[@randschreiber1692]

So true

[@Vivi-gp9cj]

Its pretty obvious

[@dough2903]

juan sanchez more sponsors sadly

[@Petergrant2876]

juan sanchez your joking

[@hannorasmusholtiegel6044]

@@randschreiber1692 Hannes or another Schreiber ?

[@hel-gsailing]

Still gives me the chills to watch. Love this race

[@gregoriospotti3222]

Amazing sport, Amazing venue

[@johnshusdock411]

Well done, thank you!

[@Robinson_Crusoe]

Reading through the comments is a wild ride through insanity and outright stupidity. Tell me ONE reason why John shouldn't have had a GPS locator in his lifejacket. I see people writing how it wouldn't have saved him, which by their logic means that he shouldn't have been wearing it at all. Are you for real? How does that even remotely make sense? The chances of saving John were decently high if only he had a GPS locator. As some have stated, the boat and gear are worth millions, but there wasn't enough budget to safeguard the crew with incredibly cheap GPS locators that are placed inside the vests and do not affect performance? Well a helmet won't save you every time either, i guess someone should let those fools at Moto GP know they don't have to wear them. You people are something special.

[@heatmoon]

you are right. I think you underestimate the conditions he went in the ocean in and how fast that boat lost him in the waves. somebody should have been held accountable. a rope, that's all and yes, put a beacon and make that man float. so much money, little precaution here

[@d_sparrow]

Epic. These are some of the toughest humans on earth for sure

[@comarsyachts]

One hell of a ride!

[@mermaidsurfer]

I am already hanging for the next one

[@rt-uh6mt]

Miss it already!

[@KochADV]

Vestas! Run aground, Running into boats and breaking their mast!

[@philippevanhems1321]

Courage, Fun and Speed.

[@jmmacb03]

THAT is called living!

[@rahmannoodles6451]

Rest in peace John, an inspiring sailor

[@jamesoates5722]

You think how hard this is then look at the Vendee Globe 🤯

[@louis5865]

But thats just metally crazy

[@sanfranciscobay]

The Vendée Globe is a single-handed non-stop yacht race around the world without assistance. The race was founded by Philippe Jeantot in 1989, and since 1992 has taken place every four years. It is named after the Département of Vendée, in France, where the race starts and ends.

[@isabelleg9118]

Check it out, all of the above, alone, sailing, repairs etc. I followed Pip Hare ‘s first attempt in 2020 with a 20 year old boat, coming in 19th..big

[@guest2007]

thanks

[@philippesails4973]

As much as much of those sailors accomplish an extraordinary performance by racing this race, it’s course, the physical toll it takes to display commercial brands around the world doesn’t give it the depth that European (UK/FRA) offshore racing have not even talking about the unnecessary!

[@j_bailey11]

A shot from 1:33 ... At what point it turns from sail into sinking??? That looks crazy!!! :o

[@leftvassis]

these boats just like all big sailliing boats straighten themselves out,they dont sink like a motorboat

[@lararacape560]

Only a sailor can understand how hard this race is

[@canadians1982]

Epic

[@TheOceanRace]

Glad you liked it Olivier! Don't forget to subscribe for more!🌎⛵️

[@paymaster3826]

Very good

[@TheOceanRace]

Glad you liked it paymaster34!

[@sanojpv132]

Super👍👍👍

[@tommasospam9894]

2 people died and they barely cared?

[@johnrflinn]

Gps locaters might have helped to locate a crewmate overboard.

[@jmmacb03]

You do know _they can not even find a lost aircraft_ with hundreds aboard (Malaysian)?? Just Google about it man...

[@banaana1234]

@@jmmacb03 Yeah because those fuckers dont have gps locators

[@cotedazure]

wow, I thought PFDs would be a requirement above deck.... very sorry to hear a sailor was lost at sea....

[@hesselbleeker6353]

team brunel and akzonobel are both dutch teams right

[@ilovewindex487]

Why is it always vestas

[@holdentidswell7930]

So sad about the team mate but like in that massive ocean how did they hit a boat?

[@hannorasmusholtiegel6044]

Yea,I m kind off sad with my 470 ,will buy one of these ships

[@SFGuitarworks]

Why don't they all have little GPS locators on their harnesses? It could be like the little chips for keys or kids. Going overboard would never be good, but they could then be more easily located.

[@ashleighlarkin6260]

They wear Epirb’s in their life jackets but by the time they’ve slowed the boat down enough to turn the boat around he’d be dead. In those water temperatures you’d have minutes to rescue someone. It’s incredibly sad that he died but it tragedies unfortunately happen in ocean racing

[@l.l2120]

Team Vestas always has techical issues😂😬

[@micahrobinson93]

within this trip 2 people died? how does it go on?

[@otm646]

Because sailing like life goes on. What are you going to do? Sulk about it? These are the best sailors in the world, they have the skills to to compete and survive. They know the risks better than any of us. The foiling boats of the next 2021 VOR should be safer for the crews as they'll get tossed around less.

[@Serveck]

"If he was standing behind me, he would tell me to harden up, dont be soft and get on with it"

[@Erin-Thor]

Micah Robinson - The oceans are amazing, challenging, beautiful, dangerous and unforgiving. Entire boats and their crews have been lost at sea during a storm during a race never to be seen again. Everyone, including those lost were participating in the race by choice knowing full well the risks involved. Life IS challenge, risk, successes and failures. These sailors died living their life to the absolute fullest, do NOT fault them for this, just give them the respect they deserve, they’ve earned it. ❤️

[@joeyarsoen8989]

Why don't they all use eperbs etc?

[@shawnhambler2769]

Everyone knows what they signed up for hope for the best and expect the worst

[@stefanchannel11]

This race has the highest mortality rate out of any other sport event. Where is the line I wonder? When is something too dangerous

[@sndlft6003]

Such a fucking badass thing to do, eh.

[@FrankHRitz]

Thank you Conrad for your great commenting the race. Watch also kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3fRnGucibiFhrM

[@lmxpastabowl2665]

Maiden

[@Alex-id7oe]

One Chinese man on the China team um????

[@swipenderswiper9575]

They got ships for approximately 4 million dollars but no money for gps trackers to locate lost members. What a _great sport_ .

[@lemao_squash4486]

As if gps is accurate enough in the middle of nowhere to know where a body is in a huge storm

[@jmmacb03]

You do know that they can not find an airplane that is down in the ocean with HUNDREDS aboard right?? Hint: Just Google "Malaysian airline in the ocean"

[@TonyMontana-hb6uj]

Don't complain. Sailing is dangerous get on with it

[@JohnSmith-pt1kh]

@@lemao_squash4486 Is GPS not accurate down to about 1m? Would a storm decrease accuracy?

[@JohnSmith-pt1kh]

@@jmmacb03 That's not the same as losing a person overboard and having the ability to take immediate action to recover that person.

[@nousernametoday462]

Is there any nice weather in this race

[@swissladydriver8980]

No.

[@jmmacb03]

They LOVE that weather. They THRIVE in that weather. You have obviously never seen an ocean racer trapped in the doldrums. (def'n: an equatorial region of the Atlantic Ocean with calms, and light unpredictable winds.)

[@TheSense13]

Calm waters never made a good sailor

[@christopherkettler8727]

They killed someone and were pissed the couldnt finnish

[@lemao_squash4486]

@Tyler Snow they did tho

[@jmmacb03]

What an ignorant comment. You must be some Russian bot...

[@pit9820]

@@jmmacb03 usually, only people from Russia can write smth like this (i mean you, about Russian people).

[@masterroshi3300]

Rules about the number of crew and gender limit is questionable.

[@Frindleeguy]

Mast: 280,000 euros. Sails: 160,000 euros. Hull: 1,200,000 euros. EPIRB: 150 euros. Nah, we'll skip that one!

[@lemao_squash4486]

Why do you think they do not have an EPIRB

[@Frindleeguy]

@@lemao_squash4486 Cause dude fell overboard and died cause they couldn't find him. EPIRB means you can at least find the body .... They make them for your pfd. I don't know if the boat had one or not.

[@lemao_squash4486]

oh did you mean an EPIRB that is on the suits of everyone? They obviously have some inside, but yeah, alright if thats what you meant... The situation was that they were in bigger waves than you'll ever encounter, and not wanting to jeopardize the safety of the boat they couldn't exactly maneuver the boat like a laser. I doubt an EPIRB would have even saved anyone that night, considering how inaccurate GPS can be when you keep bobbing in and out of waves in the middle of nowhere. Picking up a (knocked out cold) person onto a boat is terribly hard in those conditions, even with an EPIRB. But yeah I understand your point

[@Frindleeguy]

@@lemao_squash4486 well they stopped the race to look for him for a while. But it was pretty clear they didn't know where to look. An X Y would have been helpful, the Z axis would have been ridiculous you're right. It's just insane that they aren't taking even the most basic precautions, especially in those conditions.

[@jmmacb03]

@@Frindleeguy Your ignorance is alarming. You do know they can't even find a downed airliner in the ocean with HUNDREDS aboard? They were in gale force winds--15 mins before sunset! Do you even sail?? Have you ever raced anything in your life?? Just Google about it and THEN comment if you feel it necessary. And I notice you made zero mention of any condolences about the life that was lost and zero respect for the choice of a man trying to be the best in the world at something--doing what he obviously loved.

[@jbiasutti]

Most of the comments have it right. The boat owners should be made to work as house servants to the families of the men that they killed to atone for their pride and stupidity.

[@--WalkerGer--]

It's not the boats fault that somebody went overboard, is it? Everybody is there by their own will and knows the risk they take

[@sarahann530]

Companies fund these boats so sailors can do what they love . Everyone knows what they are getting into . Obviously you are not a risk taker and your feel more comfortable on the sofa . Your choice

[@Titiaran]

@@--WalkerGer-- He was talking about the fatal collision of Vestas 11th Hour Racing with the fishing vessel... 1 dead

[@joeyd4364]

It's too bad that this video is so poorly edited. The footage​ is amazing, but when the cuts are too short, it becomes unwatchable. Poorly done.

[@PSNghiadriver]

It's a 9-month race edited down to 12 minutes with hundreds of hours of footage. What do you expect? The cuts didn't bother me. Actually mirrored the intensity of the race and the moments within.

[@joeyd4364]

What did I expect? I expected a better quality video compilation from the extraordinary raw footage. Maybe the editors could try again with a new and improved version and give the viewers a chance to enjoy the drama and color of the race.

[@Erin-Thor]

Joey D - Search for more footage. KZbin’rs know that few people watch videos over 15 min., hence the 12 minute length. There’s a whole lot of video out there on this race, this was just the Readers Digest version.

[@themonkeydoo3]

I thought it was great

[@jmmacb03]

@@joeyd4364 You expected more? With a generation that will not watch 60 mins of a race that lasts for NINE months? All the footage is out there just waiting for you! Why don't you go through it and upload something that meets your standards? Geez. What a generation of whiners...