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Old 17 November 2010, 17:58   #1
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Very skillful or lucky??

Got shown this video by a friend. Considering the sea state a the lack of "real" power an amazing feat.

My opinion was skill and familiarity with the harbour. His opinion was very lucky

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Old 17 November 2010, 18:06   #2
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I think both! That's an awesome vid. He obviously knew it well but to surf that wave with such limited steerage, never mind power, had some element of luck. That could have gone horribly wrong. Though they don't look shocked being fair, so perhaps they've done it similarly before.
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Old 17 November 2010, 18:27   #3
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Are they Skandis? If so, I'd go with skill and a touch of "devil may care"
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Old 17 November 2010, 18:58   #4
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I cant believe im gonna say this about a WAFI but that's some pretty impressive boat handling...for a change

Now jus gotta wash that bitter taste out my mouth..
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Old 17 November 2010, 19:51   #5
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Skilful helmsman would say, no hesitation that would have increased the risks. More skill and balls than risk management, for leisure boating no need to do that, there are safer approaches south of this port on Bornholm. But nevertheless a impressive clip!
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BLIMEY!... Excellent vid Steve.Skill,and or the 'Precious stuff' either way, not something you'd want to do too often!!
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Holy crap! Those Pol's need their bumps felt!
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Holy crap! Those Pol's need their bumps felt!
And There I was about to see if you were up for this!!!
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Some WAFI's are actually very good sailors ... never make any mistake about it when under scruitiny .. some act like tits .. but some demonstrate seamanship, that many of us would do well to recognise.. the trouble is .. finding the fekkas
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Some WAFI's are actually very good sailors ... never make any mistake about it when under scruitiny .. some act like tits .. but some demonstrate seamanship, that many of us would do well to recognise.. the trouble is .. finding the fekkas
Same as with car drivers-you only notice the bad ones.
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Similar scenario with onshore winds but battling against tide/current. Fast-forward to 2.25. Not sure if engine was swamped, but it was making little headway.

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The catamaran style
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Very stupid and lucky

This is not skill or good seamanship.

the boat totally looses steerage more than once.

Could just have easily have ended a lot worse and the conclusion would have been that they should never have attempted the entry in the prevailing conditions.
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This is not skill or good seamanship.

the boat totally looses steerage more than once.

Could just have easily have ended a lot worse and the conclusion would have been that they should never have attempted the entry in the prevailing conditions.

in either clip, In Principle i agree, however its very easy to be an armchair quaterback, how do we know that the wind was building from there, and it was not the only safe harbour for miles (first clip looks to be a lee shore to me, do you fancy anchoring off in those conditions)?

So many people are quick to judge with only snippits of info, yes in an ideal world I am sure the skipper would have not done it, however, unless he went out knowing how bad it was on his return its not fair to judge him.
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.......how do we know that the wind was building from there, and it was not the only safe harbour for miles......
That is my point- this was NOT a safe harbour- he put the yacht and crew in unacceptable danger by making that entry. Not skillful, but stupid

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(first clip looks to be a lee shore to me, do you fancy anchoring off in those conditions)?
I am not suggesting that anchoring off is a suitable alternative.

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......its very easy to be an armchair quaterback.............. many people are quick to judge with only snippits of info....
I believe the harbour in question is Svaneke, on the NE corner of Bornholm, an Island in roughly the middle of the Baltic Sea belonging to Denmark. If so then there are plenty other harbours a few hours sailing away (i.e. the other side of the Island). Although on the complete opposite West coast, Ronne the capital of the Island would have been a downwind sail, would have been sheltered and has a much wider gap in a much better breakwater.

If i am wrong and its another port then it still does not change the fact that entering the harbour was madness. In that situation an experienced skipper would have sailed offshore and either head for another coastline, better harbour or waited out the weather.
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Not faulting your logic Doug, and your knowledge of the area is better then mine, but my point still stands.

We don't have all the info, we only have what we can see, and what we think we know.

Only once we have all the available info can we truly make a valid judgement.
I am sure that we have all made decisions other people would question if they saw only a small snip-it of the info.
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There is so much 'information' in this clip, that you really don't need any more to realise that this was a reckless bit of seamanship that highlighted the skills of the helmsperson.
The two things are not mutually exclusive!

Good seamanship is about understanding your options and choosing the best one.
There where many options. The one shown in the clip should be one of the last, on any experienced skippers (not helmsmans) list!

It occurred to me that the owner of any relatively new 40 ft yacht would not put their vessel, no less their crew, in such a perilous situation (they even kept someone on the bow for goodness sake!)

I suspected it, but now I know.............If you type CEDAR POL 9790 into google, you might find another reason why the 'skipper' might have made the decision to enter in such conditions. After all, he may only have had his and his 'friends' life to loose!
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