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Squall! Seen from the inside
yugi:
Here is a really interesting video of what happens when a squall hits you and how much time you get. Seen in real time.
Hint: when you see that kind of sh!t unfurling in the sky ... batten the hatches. Like hardcore.
This was this past Saturday, during a regatta on alpine Lake Leman, Geneva. The biggest, by participants, inland race in the world. Storm warnings were out 24h before. So everyone outthere knew. But still, when it hit...
Kudos to the great seamanship out there. 212 yachts abandoned the race, 49 dis-masted, 3 sunk, gusts of 60 knots measured. No casualties among race participants.
One woman died in the squall. Not part of the race but on a "pleasure craft", near Geneva.
Vid is 8 mins. Watch 'til the end. It's kind of funny. The crew handles it very well... until...
For the 4 min version watch the first few secs and then skip to about 03:45 when it really starts to honk.
Sail world article for more info:
www.sail-world.com/news/218697/Bol-dOr-Mirabaud-2019--An-epic-edition
www.facebook.com/skippers.ch/videos/2214719831947528/
yugi:
www.facebook.com/skippers.ch/videos/2214719831947528/
yugi:
https://www.sail-world.com/news/218697/Bol-dOr-Mirabaud-2019--An-epic-edition
yugi:
https://www.facebook.com/skippers.ch/videos/2214719831947528/
yugi:
well, this is really boring. Just spent 30 mins trying to post a link. Total nOOb!
damnit
so... go to facebook and search on
Huit minutes à bord du Grand Surprise Morpho où l'on retient son souffle. Des images qui
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