Informationsmöte om sÀkerhetskurser
Informationsmöte om World Sailing sĂ€kerhetskurser i Sverige November 2020 – mars 2021.
SafetyđŠș
OSCAR – collision avoidance
In my day job I invest in, and coach, tech startups. Many entrepreneurs I meet are working with AI an image/video recognition. Naturally, those technologies can be used onboard as well as in cars or surveillance, and that’s what BSB Artificial intelligence has done with Oscar. As you can see from the video above the system […]
Spinlock Vito | service
I’ve been getting some questions on what we think about about our new Deckvest Vitos, and what gear I have inside. First, it’s apparent that the Deckvest Vito is developed for the type of sailing we do; long offshore races where it’s important that the crew want to use the vest. It’s much easier on […]
MOB recovery – Round Ireland Yacht Race 2018
It was about 1 am off the coast of Kerry when John White came off the helm of Jedi, a J109, competing in the 2018 Round Ireland Yacht Race. Facing 30 knots on the nose and 3-4 metre seas, as John moved forward, a large wave crashed over the boat, knocking John overboard. Â Â
SĂ€kerhetskrav vs deltagande
Att arrangera kappsegling Ă€r inte enkelt. Man behöver ha koll pĂ„ vem man vĂ€nder sig till och hur man hittar en bra balans mellan de som har höga ambitioner och de som Ă€r nya i sporten, eller seglar av andra anledningar Ă€n resultat. Och det blir aldrig sĂ„ tydligt som nĂ€r det gĂ€ller regler av […]
Antal DNF i de stora offshore racen
Intressant statistik frĂ„n Polished Manx (Facebook). Det har resonerats lite kring varför Rolex Middle Sea Race ligger högt, jĂ€mört med till exempel Sydney Hobart? Det beror vĂ€l dels pĂ„ hur fleeten ser ut, och att vĂ€dret kanske Ă€r mer nyckfullt. PĂ„ vÀög till Hobart vet man att det blir hĂ„rt,och man startar inte om man […]
MOB Practice on Blur
Before Rolex Middle Sea Race in October, we spent a day on safety. Setting the trysail, the storm jib and going through all the reefs on both jibs and the main to be sure everyone knew the routines. But the most important activity was to do some proper MOB practice. Safety equipment Each member of […]
Borttappad trimmis… Ad Maiora
NĂ€r vi seglade Rolex Middle Sea Race, sĂ„ var det med en ORMA 60, Ad Maiora. Det Ă€r gamla Fleury Michon IX frĂ„n 1988 som nu seglar under italiensk flagg med Bruno Cardile som skeppare. PĂ„ eftermiddagen 22 oktober, inte lĂ„ngt framför oss pĂ„ banan, upptĂ€ckte man att ett av sidoskroven hade gĂ„tt av och […]
SÀkerhetskurser enligt World Sailing för 2020
Fick följande frĂ„n Stefan Nilsson. Som jag sagt tidigare tycker jag dessa kurser Ă€r mycket nyttiga om man seglar pĂ„ havet, oavsett om de krĂ€vs i reglerna eller ej. Intresserade mailar Stefan. Jag tycker förslagen kring pyro och brand Ă€r bra, men jag tror det kan vara viktigt att ha sett en flotte i verkligheten, […]
Man överbord pÄ Dublin Bay
Veckans sjĂ€lvstudiefilm kommer frĂ„n Scuttlebutt: A crew training session on Dublin Bay in Ireland went terribly wrong when a Man Overboard incident occurred in the challenging conditions. The crew on the J/97 Windjammer was made up of current and former INSS sailing instructors: Aisling OâGrady, Aonghus Byrne, Andrew Irvine, Conor Corson, Jeff Fahy, Saoirse Reynolds, […]
The Volvo High Traffic Density Report
Following the collision between Vestas 11th Hour Racing and a non-racing vessel in the final stages of the leg into Hong Kong, the organisers of the Volvo Ocean Race (VOR) commissioned an independent report into ocean racing at night in areas of high vessel traffic density – the Volvo High Traffic Density Report. The report […]
3 omkomna under race i Klaipeda
Jag har idag fĂ„tt en del mail frĂ„n seglare i Litauen, och haft ett lĂ„ngt samtal med Rimantas Stropus som var skeppare pĂ„ X-99 Esox (pĂ„ filmen ovan). Det hĂ€r Ă€r ett race som har funnits i lite olika varianter. Historiskt har det varit lite lĂ€ngre, ibland över 100 nm för att pĂ„ senare Ă„r […]