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Golden Globe Race 2025 / GGR Skipper Stories – Episode 02 - Simon Curwen McIntyre Golden Globe Race 202223
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10:28on board Clara day 15 so just over two weeks in we got past the canaries heading down to cape
10:48verde island but their trade winds that are reliable steady winds normally at this time
10:52of the year just aren't there so at the moment we're drifting and sails are slamming above
11:00there's nothing to be done to make any progress so time to get on with some jobs
11:05so the drill's still working for now and in the workshop in Clara here goes
11:22so
11:45i'll turn
11:52Un peu plus tard, je vais vous donner un petit peu d'update.
12:04En ce moment, nous allons essayer d'un peu plus vite pour essayer d'aider la track de cette hurricane,
12:10qui est formée en Afrique.
12:13Donc, en ce moment, nous sommes en train,
12:17c'est ce qui s'est passé sur la dernière information de la track,
12:22ce qui est très bon.
12:25Donc, c'est ce que nous avons aujourd'hui.
12:28Nous avons donc 7 très gros ones,
12:33une bonne sardine size,
12:35et puis des petits petits.
12:36Je ne vais pas m'arrêter avec les petits petits,
12:38ils vont revenir, ils vont revenir,
12:40ils vont revenir.
12:42Et je vais essayer quelques petits petits,
12:46ils vont revenir, ils vont revenir,
12:48ils sont similares à sardines,
12:50mais potentiellement tastier.
12:52Mais les cooking facilities en board sont assez limités,
12:54donc nous allons voir comment ça va.
13:16.
13:22First dolphins since Biscay.
13:24We're now good distance between Cape Verdes,
13:28and the doldrums,
13:31around about 11 degrees north.
13:34Donc ce sont différents à l'écran de Biscay. Je ne suis pas un expert, mais ils explosent juste
13:46qu'ils sont arrivés à surface, donc ça fait un impressionnant.
13:49C'est le 30 septembre, au bord de Clara. On hear talk about blocks of weed. Sargassos weed.
14:06Sargassos weed. C'est ce que c'est ce que c'est. Vous voyez qu'il y a des choses qui se trouvent
14:12dans l'écran. Il y a beaucoup de wildlife.
14:19Il y a des traditions que l'on aime voir quand on a trip de cette nature.
14:28Une des choses est qu'on crossait l'équateur, on toasts Neptune, le king
14:35of the seas. So on this occasion, having already passed the equator once,
14:44I don't have to do the full initiation. So just going to toast Neptune, drink to his
14:52health and offer him a drink. So here goes.
14:57Neptune and passage of the equator on the 5th of October 2022 in Golden Globe Race.
15:09Thank you Neptune. Some for the boat and a bit for me.
15:15This is the island of Trinidad in the South Atlantic. It's a turning mark for GGR 2022.
15:24You have to go around it before heading down south and on to Cape Town.
15:32End of week seven.
15:3623rd of October.
15:40And hopefully in under two weeks we'll be in Cape Town.
15:44But that's very much dependent on what weather's got in store for us.
15:54That's at least repaired. The hole's gone.
16:15We'll see how that gets on.
16:23More pictures of sunsets. Another amazing sunset.
16:31Yeah, he's going to anchor over in the bay.
16:33Okay, yeah. So, wow, there's Table Mountain. Yeah, we're just a little fan club. There's about 12 boats here from the club, from the Royal Cape Town Yacht Club.
16:45And we're in their rib at the moment, which is fantastic. They've been very supportive and quite a view of Table Mountain.
16:50So, what are you missing? It's a usual question. Anything you're into the routine now? It's just life at sea.
16:58I mean, it's life at sea. Yeah, I'm interested to see what happens around the corner.
17:05Because, of course, that's all new to me. Missing friends and family, obviously, that's the main thing.
17:11Yeah. And I haven't bought enough books. And I've run out of Gherkin's Cornichon.
17:18So, there are a few things today.
17:19I remember when I got here in the BOC, I thought, wow, I'm a BOC sailor. Do you feel like a GGR sailor now?
17:26I haven't actually been around any capes yet.
17:27Yeah, right. Okay. So, that's the next one.
17:30So, what's your emotion in terms of the next leg? You know, this is the big one, you might say, going into the Southern Ocean.
17:38How do you feel about it? You know, what do you... Yeah, I mean, I'm ready for it.
17:42I mean, it's what we've been sort of preparing for mentally. Whether we're really prepared is another matter.
17:48And I guess it depends what we get. Yeah.
17:51So, I'm just slightly disappointed. I'm a week behind schedule.
17:54And I'm slightly worried that my friend who's coming out to see me and hope I might be tied up in Christmas by the time we get there.
18:00Yeah, everyone's about a good week or more behind where we all thought it would be.
18:04Yeah. Well, it was that little trip we did down south.
18:07Yeah, a lot of different ones.
18:09Are you already missing fresh food?
18:11I was missing that day too.
18:16This is leaving Cape Town after a photo drop.
18:21And then that's where we're off.
18:24Around Cape Good Hope. Just around the corner.
18:29Today's the first day I'd say we're really in the Southern Ocean.
18:32Two and a half days out of Cape Town.
18:36So not even down in the Roaring Forties.
18:40But these are Roaring Forties.
18:45Left Cape Town about five days ago.
18:50Today's a bit or this evening's a bit of a celebration.
18:53We celebrate the passing of each of the great capes.
18:58Cape Good Hope, which is one of the great capes.
19:02And Cape O'Gullus, which is actually the more southern most part of Africa.
19:07And there you get warm, very salty water coming from the Indian Ocean in a very strong current.
19:15So there is a bit of a tradition not to celebrate passing Cape Good Hope until one is well clear.
19:24Supertankers and big ships have been lost.
19:27It throws up huge waves when you get strong westerlies going against the easterly current.
19:34It just creates mountains of seas.
19:38I have a nice compilation of messages from family and from friends.
19:45And the drink is Port.
19:49Port for every Cape that we pass to Port.
19:53Cheers.
19:54And the next one is Cape Lewin off Australia in about 6,000 miles.
20:00It's now five and a half thousand miles time.
20:02Today's a day for reflection.
20:15Yesterday we learned that Tapio had set off his Zipa, that's his emergency alarm system.
20:21It will be a shocking time for him, the experience, but the loss of the boat and everything else.
20:32Life on board Clara in the Southern Ocean.
20:42Get your exercise just hanging on and walking around and cooking and sleeping.
20:54Almost seven weeks now since leaving Cape Town.
20:58It's a very isolated, desolate place, the Southern Ocean.
21:03But this is what landfall looks like and it's always very exciting.
21:08It's great to see land.
21:13Nice to be on the other side of a camera for a change.
21:16OK, so this is great.
21:26Is there one right in the water behind the little jet?
21:30Yeah, roger that.
21:32It looks worse than it actually is when you get close, but it's on the uh,
21:34uh, with York Port side over by the breakwater.
21:37C'est un grand plaisir d'être ici.
21:54Il y a eu des moments pendant la semaine où j'ai dit pourquoi nous devons faire ces gaits
22:00parce qu'à chaque fois que nous rentrons à une gait, nous rentrons dans un système de haute pression.
22:05C'est un grand plaisir d'être venu, c'est un grand plaisir d'être venu.
22:12C'est votre impression, votre émotions, c'est-à-dire qu'à ce qu'on ?
22:18Oui, c'est un grand plaisir d'être venu à la prochaine cape,
22:24qui est 6,000 miles d'aujourd'hui.
22:28Donc, il y a un peu de trepidation,
22:30c'est un grand plaisir d'être venu à l'Ocean du Sud.
22:33C'est un grand plaisir d'être venu.
22:35L'Ocean du Indien était intéressant,
22:37ce n'était pas vraiment ce que j'étais expecting,
22:39ce n'était pas vraiment ce qu'il était normal.
22:42Donc, c'est la grande chose.
22:45C'est un grand plaisir d'être venu.
22:47C'est un grand plaisir d'être venu.
22:49C'est un grand plaisir d'être venu.
22:51C'est un grand plaisir d'être venu dans le race.
22:54Mais l'objectif est d'être venu et faire le tour.
22:58Mais, j'ai trouvé un petit plaisir d'être venu.
23:02D'être venu, j'ai vu un grand plaisir d'être venu à l'Ocean.
23:05Il y a eu un grand plaisir d'être venu à l'Ocean.
23:08Et je n'ai quasiment pas les frites.
23:10Je n'ai pas eu l'impression que j'ai passé un peu de temps à l'Ocean.
23:13L'Ocean du coup, j'ai eu l'impression que j'ai eu l'impression que j'ai pensé,
23:20que j'ai pensé en l'Ocean,
23:21et que j'ai pensé à l'Ocean,
23:23et que je pense au sujet et à la solution.
23:24Qu'est-ce que tu penses ?
23:25Que penses le plus hausson les plus de la pluie ?
23:28Non, pas assez.
23:29Je me suis honnête, je n'ai pas vu rien que un Sustained 35.
23:34Je me suis le premier boat que j'ai vu depuis Aguilas Bank, 5,500 miles d'aujourd'hui,
23:41c'était le fishing, le fish farm.
23:45C'est le premier signe de la vie, la vie humaine, ou la vie de toute sorte que j'ai vu en six
23:52semaines.
23:53Oui, cool.
23:54C'est très intéressant.
23:55C'est un peu plus de place.
23:57So Simon's here and Kirsten's coming and so is Abolish and all the rest.
24:00See you, bye bye.
24:01See you soon.
24:04See you soon.
24:05Bye.
24:06Bye bye.
24:07Christmas in the Tasman Sea, aboard Clara.
24:20All I seem to be missing is the Christmas turkey and some company.
24:26Happy Christmas to all.
24:28Here we go.
24:29Oh, and off we go.
24:30Well, it floats.
24:31Oh, and it's sailing.
24:32Well, let's see what happens.
24:34Goodbye tender to Clara.
24:35See if you make it to New Zealand or anywhere else.
24:39We get to see some of those beautiful and remote parts of the world to see, but not to touch.
24:43Feel like a child.
24:44This is Stewart Island.
24:45Oh, and off we go.
24:46Well, it floats.
24:47Oh, and it's sailing.
24:48Oh, and it's sailing.
24:49Well, let's see what happens.
24:50Goodbye tender to Clara.
24:51See if you make it to New Zealand or anywhere else.
24:53We get to see some of those beautiful and remote parts of the world to see, but not to touch.
25:00I feel like a child.
25:04This is Stewart Island.
25:09South West Cape.
25:14I always wondered how fast a seal can swim.
25:18And the seal chasing me, maybe he's after my log or he's just being friendly.
25:26As ever, I think the camera will completely flatten these waves.
25:31It's not going to look that impressive or alarming.
25:36And to be honest, it's not the boat's handling it well.
25:54Post knockdown or rogue wave attack off Cape Horn.
26:01So what happened in the knockdown, the most critical item is the hydravein wind vane steering.
26:11Looking a little depleted there.
26:13We've got some parts being flown in, but customs as they are in Chile.
26:18They're being flown in personally by my team.
26:21Wife and team manager, Claire and joint team manager, Paul, both coming out, which is fantastic.
26:27Brilliant support from Howdens, my supporting partner in this venture, who are doing the logistics, arranging all of that, which is brilliant.
26:40So ultimately, after two days of trying, I turned around and came north, back up the Pacific.
26:51And in a few days time, I'll be returning back again, doing all those miles again, an extra couple of thousand miles just to add, as if it wasn't far enough around the world.
27:03So I thought I made a bit of an error of judgment here.
27:07And in previous races where I've sailed solo or two handed, I've never been short of things to do on the boat, because there's always been sailing to do repairs, trimming, whatever.
27:18And actually, on this race, it's something that people should be aware that time does hang on your hands, particularly in the Southern Ocean, when for days on end, I'd be just sailing with only a mainsaw, because the headsaw wouldn't, you couldn't fill it properly.
27:37And the motion of the boat was so uncomfortable that really, you're better off just staying down below and checking half a dozen times a day.
27:47And I'd completely miscalculated.
27:50So it was lucky I had to stop off in Chile, and I could restock my library of books and things.
27:55So I was listening to music, reading books, doing crosswords, doing Sudoku, those sort of things, and get sleeping as much as I could.
28:05With the Andes in the background, eh?
28:12Love it.
28:21Yeah, thanks so much for all the help.
28:26Peaceful, calm, evening on a remote mooring boy in the Chilean waters.
28:39Today is the 16th of February, Thursday. The gales from the south that have been present for the last two or three days should subside.
28:52So I'll be sad to leave my little anchorage here, but it really is time to go.
28:57And I'm looking forward to getting back on, en route now, down to the Cape Horn and then up the Atlantic to the finish.
29:06We've identified a weather window which might get us around Cape Horn without excessive wind conditions.
29:17Being optimistic there, but have to be optimistic.
29:21So with that in mind, it's full speed ahead at the moment.
29:25We're doing something around 7 knots, reaching in 25 knots of wind to try and make good on that weather window.
29:35First sight of Cape Horn, complete isolation, except for a socking great cruise liner that's just turned up to go around the Horn and put it into Ushuaia.
29:59So much for remote places.
30:06Well, we've sailed all the way around the world. Well, almost all the way around the world.
30:12And this is what we came for.
30:16Over my shoulder is Cape Horn.
30:21The mythical Everest of sailing.
30:25The pinnacle.
30:27And it doesn't disappoint.
30:31Wind's picked up a bit this afternoon.
30:35Fairly stormy old day.
30:39This is a South Atlantic gale down by the Falklands.
30:46But there's a big difference in terms of the nature of the seas.
30:49Just down from the equator.
30:51Should be crossing the equator early hours of the morning tomorrow.
30:54But that all depends on the weather.
30:56Behind it looks glorious.
30:59Freight wind sailing.
31:01In front, it's a rather different picture.
31:05Hello.
31:09It's dawn on Wednesday, 26th of April.
31:15The Golden Globe Race 2022 is just about coming to an end for me on Clara.
31:22That direction is Les Sables d'Olonne.
31:26Very near to the end now.
31:28That was the objective.
31:30To bring the boat back.
31:32To come back.
31:33To do the race.
31:34Otherwise, it would have been unfinished business.
31:37And that would have set up a conflict.
31:39Because this was my one-off opportunity to do it.
31:41There was not going to be a repeat.
31:47So finishing was absolutely paramount importance.
31:51And frankly, yeah, I was disappointed.
31:54I had to stop and make repairs to a Hydrovane.
31:59But ultimately, even during the race, that disappointment didn't last for long.
32:07And I'm more than happy that I got round.
32:12Got round safely.
32:13Brought the boat back.
32:14And ticked the box.
32:17There was the ambition that's been driving me for sort of 50 years.
32:21I mean, it tailed off for quite some time.
32:23Because I really thought it wasn't going to happen.
32:25And it was only five years, six years ago that I realised that there was an opportunity.
32:32If they're considering doing it and they're ready for it, I'd absolutely encourage people to do it.
32:41It's a fantastic experience.
32:42Welcome to Le Sable de L'Or.
32:45Does it feel good to be back?
32:48What you can't skimp on is the preparation.
32:51Give yourselves at least two years.
32:54Apparently he wants to do it again.
32:55No, he doesn't.
32:57My preparation was four years.
32:59And I used most of that four years in preparing.
33:04By the time you bought the boat and done all the preparation, reinforced it.
33:07You don't want to be rushing it and in a panic at the last minute.
33:12The race itself is in many ways is the easiest part of it.
33:16If you're an experienced sailor, you take what comes.
33:20And that's what it's all about.
33:23But it is the easiest part, the preparation, getting to the start line.
33:26That's the toughest part.
33:31I mean, if you look at the daily runs, I don't have any of the 20 fastest daily runs.
33:38So I wasn't the fastest.
33:41What I was was incredibly consistent, both in terms of the course that I was sailing,
33:45but also I'd optimized the boat along with some help from sailmakers and the boat preparers with me.
33:54I mean, I was doing 90% of the, 99% of the boat preparing.
33:58But what we'd worked on doing was getting a boat that was going to work well in all conditions.
34:03So I think in light weather, I was pretty fast.
34:06In heavy weather, I was okay.
34:08I wasn't the fastest by any means.
34:13I know that Kirsten and Abilash had daily runs that were substantially 10% faster than the fastest I ever did.
34:23But consistently, I was sitting at a speed of very close to the hull speed of the boat, very often sailing at a bit more than six knots in whatever the conditions, light weather, heavy weather.
34:37So it was that and sailing a very direct course.
34:39I sailed despite doing a detour that cost me about, I mean, it was a 2,000 mile detour, 2,400 mile detour, but it cost me, in general terms, about 1,500 miles.
34:52But I still sailed less miles than anybody else, despite making that detour.
35:00When I was back as a young lad, back in the 70s, 60s, 70s, that was my big ambition.
35:08I wanted to sail in dinghies and do all sorts of other things which I carried on doing.
35:13But the ambition was to sail around the world via the three capes following on.
35:22I really thought that opportunity had gone because I'm very much an amateur sailor.
35:27I work for a living and sail for the pleasure and I've never sailed professionally before.
35:31After that gold, original Golden Globe, there were few opportunities that quite quickly generated into the Vendée Globe,
35:41which suddenly the budgets became millions of pounds and you really, it had to be a career for professional savers.
35:50So it was only when the Golden Globe came back again in 2018 that it became accessible for people, people like me.
36:01And so thinking about it for four years, the opportunity was right for me in 2022.
36:06So that was that's the inspiration.
36:37There's only about 220 people who've done it.
36:40And if you want to take on the toughest challenge there is, that's it.
36:43The Sunday Times Golden Globe will be awarded to the first non-stop circumnavigator of the world.
36:49I can remember someone coming up to me and saying, you there's Johnny who thinks he can sail solo non-stop around the world.
36:54And I said, we're going to try it.
36:56It was the first ever round the world your race.
36:59You know, out of the nine entries, only one finished.
37:03But to rerun it under the same conditions makes it very, very interesting.
37:07So you're really going back in time.
37:12It's not something you do with your mind at this point.
37:15You do with your heart and you just try with yourself.
37:18This is the longest sport event in sport history.
37:21If anyone ever says this is ridiculous, he's being reckless, I'd just say, sorry, he's not.
37:26He's being a real seaman.
37:27There will be people that will say, oh, the boats aren't safe.
37:30Do you have to spend a million dollars to buy a 60 footer that does all this fancy stuff?
37:35Does the little guy not go? There's no way.
37:39The race has held that appeal because these grand offers made it sound really attainable.
37:45We're putting in half of everything we own in this race and it'd be nice to have something left at the end.
37:50Mess.
37:51Just look at the devastation.
37:52Single handed sailors don't obey rules.
37:54So it's a recipe for disaster.
37:55Don't come in.
37:56I can't make a jury, Rick. The only thing that's left is a hole.
38:01It's okay.
38:02I was just praying somebody would get there before I would.
38:06I never thought I was going to see him again.
38:08We started with 18 and we're now down to seven.
38:11So you're still having fun then.
38:13Not to come here. It's very difficult.
38:17We don't need millions, you know, to do sailboat racing.
38:21We don't need all that modern technology to fulfill a dream.
38:24We're going to be comfortable, but I'm going to do it.
38:39He hasn't given up. That's the bottom line.
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