SV 'Albatross'. White squall. Lost at sea.

Albatross, originally named Albatros, later Alk, was a sailing ship that became famous when she sank in 1961 with a group of American teenagers on board. The events were the basis for 1996 film White Squall.

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[Notsure-ry]

White squall was probably one of the best movies ever made

[dominicbuckley]

The _Albatros_ pictured at 0:28 is not the same vessel. That one is a Dutch klipper (shallow-draft trading ketch) built in 1899, and is still afloat today, based in Wells-Next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England. Aside from that, this is an excellent summary of the life of a tall ship, with obviously a lot of research: I like that you found some actual footage of her which I had not seen before, rather than the stock footage so many other channels use. I read Ernest Gann's 'Song of the Sirens' as a teenager, all about the trials and tribulations of a boat-owner - his descriptions are so vivid that I fell in love with _Albatross_ before I even saw a picture of her.

[ryder]

"badass tidbits of history". This channel is kinda and my cat, currently rationing fuel @ anchor in Alaska. waiting to be frozen in.... Located emergency shelter in the woods in case boat catches fire... Tis' a good life...SV "INGRID38" that movie was super sad at the end. excellent acting I remember. okay bye. now.

[alfreddaniels]

Changing the rigg from schooner to square brought the sailpoint ( combined forces on the sails) much more forewards. He probably also made a heavier mast and also the Ra’s were additional weight. I think she dove forewards into the waves on a for-the-wind coarse or broad reach.

[FlyingConey]

A sailing ship with square sails only at the forward mast and gaff sails on the aft mast is more accurately called a schooner brig. A true brigantine also carries square topsails on the aft mast. I'm currently refitting and re-rigging the former schooner brig Flying Coney.

[scomo]

Whenever a vessel and especially a sailing vessel is rerigged, a thorough stability analysis should be conducted by a licensed, qualified naval architect. I doubt this was ever done in this case.

[samipiipari]

Bayesian had the same fate for same reason

[tomwaite]

Song of the Sirens...best E K Gs q work

[felixcat]

"Albatross!"

"Albatross!"

"Albatross For Christs Sake!"

[AbcdEfgh-pbju]

Way to just plagiarize your entire video from Wikipedia.