The Full Story - Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18

Seven professional teams, seven identical boats and 39,000 miles to prove themselves. Overall victory came down to the final gybe of the final leg into the finish at the Hague making the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean race the closest in the 45 year history of the event.

[cybercheco]

I would love to see this turned into a Netflix series like what they do with Formula 1. There is absolutely way more action potential on a 3 month race around the world!

[bennieknape]

This is one of my favorite races of any kind of races, its the old Whitbread round the world race.It doesn't get any better then this.

[veritasphoto]

Seeing these big ocean-racing yachts gives me the shivers. Small sailboat racing was the only sport at which I was anywhere near good. Almost drowned in an un-forecast monster gale on Lake Erie, one of the most dangerous inland waters to sail anywhere in the world. Race Committee ought to have canceled that race before it started, but there you are. Several injuries and close-to-drowning cases. So I have a little bit of a feeling for what these crews experience. Good On Ya, Mates!

[ronaldwhite]

This is an amazing sport, strongly influenced by……Young Aussies. Once again, Aussies amongst the best in the world. This sport leads the world in development, technology, presentation. It’s brilliant to watch!!!

[alexterreegen]

Can you please do this for more races. It is by far the best video on the Ocean race i can find

[slzzpeasy]

This race had everything. One of the best finishes of all time.

[rogerwebb]

I loved the video and can't wait for the next race. A couple years away yet. My once criticism, and it's not unique to your video by any means, is that no one mentioned the name, hometown, anything about the fisherman who died. We took some time to honor John Fisher, as we should, but I would have liked to seen a couple seconds dedicated to the other man who lost his life during the race. He died as a result of the race and I'd have felt better if some of the limelight was shone his way. Great video and thanks for sharing!

[СергейГригоренко-рт]

Мужественные люди. Их деятельность делает жизнь лучше и красивее. Она делает ее праздником. Финал в Гааге-великолепен!

[TheTacktishion]

Whew...! I'm worn out... Great footage, and story. Well presented....!

[OutsiderIAm]

Thoughts for the families of that fisherman, and the racing sailor, John Fisher. Let us remember them, and remember that the sea gives a lot, but may take much more. Neptune rules over his kingdom with an iron fist.

[poly_hexamethyl]

0:35 I like your editing setup. Looks very comprehensive and convenient.

[mlight]

Fascinating competitive race! A deep field made good suspense. I was heartened to see a break where crews could rebuild their bodies.

[TechnikMeister]

I am staggered, no harness??? No one goes on the deck of my boat in the open ocean, specially a race, without a full harness with crutch straps and a 12 ton carbon/kevlar wrapped steel wire safety line. They carry ten red flares and a 100, 000 lumens strobe on a 20cm telescopic stick that extends to 4m, plus a personal EPIRB. This is all in the outer wet weather jacket. This is what we learned from the infamous 1998 Sydney to Hobart. All this has to be supplied by each crew member and is inspected and checked as often as possible.

The SOLAS compulsory man overboard protocol in 40+knots of wind requires that you trail 2-4, 50m fluro ropes out the back with large loops every 3m to put an arm through. They are each terminated on a winch. You put the helm hard over and broach the boat immediately. You bring the boom midships. You do the same with the jib. You lock the steering and you can stop completely, and then the boat will just do circles, even in big seas and big winds. Someone goes up the mast. These yachts only weigh 12 tons. They can stop really quickly. When you have the sailor beside the boat, sometimes its impossible to lift them out of the water. You run the boom out, drop the main 6', drop the boom into the water and scoop them out in the pocket of the main that is created above the boom.

To go in the Hobart you have to practice all this. Everyone of the crew has to feel what its like. In a 1m sea you lose sight of a head after 10m drifting. If you are travelling at 20 kts, you are out of sight in ten seconds. When this other guy was pulled back on board he only had skins on. Are they serious? Thats criminal. The IYRF would take away their accreditation.

[yvinddegard]

We cant wait for the next vor! Hope its alicante again. A nice ending of a scandinavian autumn with some nice southern spanish heat.
And i cant wait to see the team setup! Hope Bekking takes one more turn.

[ScopeyNZ]

It feels like the narration volume is a bit low. Otherwise great vid! Thanks for the awesome content & production quality.

[leotard]

What an amazing gambit from Dongfeng. Incredible!

[stigclemens]

Fantastic video. Thank you so much for posting. Great work. Highly appreciated 🤗. Sailor greetings from Copenhagen ❤️

[aleroxit]

Wow! Great story and well told. Thank you

[deansawich]

Thanks. After watching the teams via the stern camera, it seems to me that the twin helm system on Luna Ross has only 1 person crossing and he has a good look around and feeds that information back to the helms. They had good awareness because of this smooth system. The British have 3 people crossing each time. This seems a bit confusing as it breaks focus.

[bennieknape]

Look being in this race, is a win that you are able to race there areno losers.