Why this boat class is an offshore icon

[@bbtodd]

I watched every episode from the last edition of the Volvo Ocean Race and seeing Nialls here is like running into an old friend. Can't wait for the next edition.

[@velreriatresmares1824]

Vo70 is the icon...

[@cesc1495]

Definitely!

[@superior451]

definitely.

[@niallmyant-best8923]

Agreed. And the vo65 is special for me too. Not least for keeping the racing so tight in the last edition, while also breaking distance records and keeping teams racing through some heavy weather. Everyone has their favourite race moments I guess.

[@dougmarder]

In some ways this was a better walkthrough of the VO65 than the one you did before the last race. Would love to see more of the sail handling and trim features, including the non-friction rings for adjusting the sheeting angles, the traveler (I thought I saw boats without the traveler track?), preventers and brakes. Thanks again for keeping this series alive and so interesting!

[@jacko_about]

You just made me believe it's right. Because for all the time I thought the VO70 (second generation) would be the most iconic one. Great video!

[@garrettkenny4339]

Really appreciate the detail - awesome job

[@whiteghost9637]

VERY KOOL ROUGH OCEAN 🌊⛵ SAILBOATS.... LOVE THE DRONE FOOTAGE BATTLING THE HIGH SEAS.

[@hombrealagua]

Great video! Can't wait to see the action on the Vivamexico VO65!!! Vamos México!

[@exploranator]

This video is the FIRST TIME I EVER HEARD OF ULYSSE JARDIN!!! Now I have another watchmaker to look into!

[@TheOceanRace]

Then be sure to look into Ulysse Nardin with an N 😉

[@eumeis]

Pretty good content!! If i may suggest improvements to make it even better it would be to ad b-roll about the structures and fittings that each explanation is going about. Cheers!! Keep up the good work mates!

[@windsweptfilms]

I think you mean B card. doubt any rolls of film used. And also known as inserts or insert shots.

[@eumeis]

@@windsweptfilms i see what you mean. Ive been studying the subject for a few years now and every single teaching source ive seen from books to good channels refer to it as b-roll

[@windsweptfilms]

@@eumeisNo worries, It is a hang over from the twentieth century and film cameras. I have worked in film and commercials for 20 years and we always call them inserts and establishing shots if it is a wide shot of the world. Often a second unit or splinter unit gets these shots and main unit concentrates on the shots with the hero actors. Often we get the inserts and establishers with body doubles so the main unit can move forward through the daily call sheet with the hero actor. And often we go and recreate the inserts weeks later when the editor needs more detail in a scene and the hero actors have been wrapped.

[@eumeis]

@@windsweptfilms thanks for the info

[@voilemontagne]

i don't see the VO65 sailing faster than the imoca

[@JenniferHarvey5]

Why do the winches seem to wind counter-clockwise? Is the video seen backwards?

[@leowalst7862]

The perfect boot

[@goodq]

The last addition showed just how awesome this boat was. No one cared that it does not have foils. still confused why are the open 60s in the upcoming edition

[@waynemckee9170]

I’ve been told these boats are like sailing into a fire hose! Very wet….

[@Masus04]

Speaking from experience: they are when the breeze is up in the 20+ kn, when the boat speed's getting high and the waves start going over the bow. On a calm day like in the video, it's actually cuite comfortable.

[@WinWindowS.K.Julian]

Probably still better than doing pit an on rc44 😂

[@pushing2throttles]

Since it's such a pure boat, why don't they sail the 65's in the next America's Cup? How about that...? Has the winner of the America's Cup ever went on to win the Ocean Race in the same year?

[@zoepaulastrassfield2664]

They typically *aren’t* held in the same year because so many sailors do both. Peter Blake and Grant Dalton are the first Ocean Race winners that come to mind who later also won the AC, there may be others, though.

[@KomodoRacing]

An "iconic" tractor and the beginning of the end of the VOR. The VO70s were the peak and it's been nothing but downhill since then. Most likely cooked up in a backroom deal to keep Farr design relevant in the world of ocean racing after getting repeatedly shown up by Juan K.

[@Mahalo_83]

Niall would you still sell your soul for boat speed?

[@niallmyant-best8923]

I still have the change.

[@zoepaulastrassfield2664]

Did you sell it to Poseidon?

[@lucianomichelle2517]

👍 ρяσмσѕм

[@dmitrynikolaev5743]

Why this boat class is an offshore icon? By mistake obviously. Trimarans are superior to ballast monohulls.

[@rt-uh6mt]

Exactly what trimaran is superior to these and has a proven history that is comparable?

[@dmitrynikolaev5743]

@@rt-uh6mt , yep. Compare Macif trimaran and Macif ballast monohull driven by the same skipper Francois Gabart. Trimaran circumnavigated the globe in 42 days, while ballast monohull took 78 days.

[@michaelscott5782]

Simply because monohulls are more iconic than multihulls.