- 02/07/2025
ALMA Class Globe 580 / 2025 - Un petit bateau navigue en solitaire autour du monde Interview d'Eric Marsh sur la Mini Globe Rac...
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03:07C'est très intéressant.
03:19Et bien sûr, ce dernier leg que nous avons déjà fait,
03:23de Tonga jusqu'à Fiji,
03:26même si c'était un short leg,
03:28je pense qu'on a tout ce qu'il a fait.
03:31Et nous sommes près de la finition du second leg.
03:36Et je pense qu'on allait que ça allait être l'ease,
03:39mais c'était probablement le plus le plus le plus le plus,
03:42même si c'était un short leg.
03:46Donc, c'est probablement comme ça.
03:49Donc, votre vision de la MGR,
03:53quand vous avez décidé de faire ça,
03:55quand vous avez trouvé un bateau,
03:57est-ce que vous pensez à cette vision ?
04:00Et est-ce que c'est comme ça ?
04:02Ou mieux ?
04:04Oh, c'est...
04:06C'est...
04:07C'est certaine lived up to my expectations.
04:09C'est a really great event,
04:10la façon dont c'est all laid out.
04:12The 15 boats,
04:14le people,
04:16c'est une grande mixe de skills.
04:19Um...
04:20Great bunch of guys,
04:22and girls,
04:23so...
04:24Um...
04:25Yeah, no,
04:26c'est...
04:27C'est certaine lived up to my expectations.
04:29I mean, c'est probablement...
04:31As we spoke yesterday,
04:32c'est probablement bits and pieces,
04:34c'est...
04:35you know,
04:36it may need chaining,
04:37if there's ever another one,
04:38but all in all,
04:39no,
04:40it's enjoyable, Don.
04:41Yeah.
04:42And so,
04:43your relationship with your boat,
04:44you didn't build your boat,
04:45you bought the boat.
04:46No.
04:47And uh...
04:48That possibly changes a few things,
04:49but can you describe that sort of...
04:50The type of relationship you're having with the boat,
04:52and...
04:53Howard,
04:54then you would describe your sailing experience with the boat.
04:57With the boat,
04:58yeah.
04:59Well the boats are...
05:00We all know Michael Moir built the boat,
05:03in the US,
05:04and I purchased it.
05:06Um...
05:07Great design.
05:08I'm blown away with its capabilities.
05:11So the Manu designer did a great job.
05:14They...
05:15They can certainly go through quite a bit.
05:18Saying that,
05:19we've...
05:20We haven't been through,
05:21you know,
05:22overseas yet.
05:23We've been pretty lucky.
05:24Um...
05:25So it'll be interesting to see how we go over the next half of the trip.
05:29But...
05:30Yeah.
05:31My relationship with the boat,
05:32I...
05:33I just love the thing.
05:34I...
05:35You know,
05:36really at home in it.
05:37It's very...
05:38They're very workable.
05:39Um...
05:40With,
05:41you know,
05:42your little jet-boiled stove.
05:43Cooking,
05:44I use freeze-dried food,
05:45like most of the guys.
05:46Um...
05:47They're quite...
05:48Quite easy to keep yourself in good order.
05:50Um...
05:51Yeah.
05:52So...
05:53It's...
05:54It's probably...
05:55Sums it up.
05:56They...
05:57They sail so well.
05:58And...
05:59Uh...
06:00Yeah.
06:01No, I really enjoy the little boat.
06:02I'd probably...
06:03If I built it myself,
06:04I would...
06:05Probably, um...
06:06Make a few changes here and there.
06:09Um...
06:10One...
06:11Is...
06:12The...
06:13Chart plotter is up on the forward bulkhead.
06:15Makes it...
06:16Very difficult to...
06:17You know,
06:18Navigate.
06:19And...
06:20You know,
06:21See where you're going when you're coming into close...
06:23Proximity of land and...
06:24Ports.
06:25So...
06:26I'm addressing that here and putting on a swing arm and...
06:29So the plotter's near the...
06:31The companion way.
06:32So I can see it from the cockpit.
06:34A couple of things like that.
06:36Um...
06:37Yeah.
06:38But apart from that, it's a very good build.
06:40Yeah.
06:41So you're a racing sailor.
06:42You've been at it for quite a while.
06:43You know, and I think we've talked about that in the previous interview.
06:45Yes.
06:46Um...
06:47So...
06:48But how would you, uh...
06:49You know...
06:50How would you describe your efforts and your journey so far?
06:54Like are you...
06:55You know, frantically racing, you know, 24 hours a day?
06:57Or are you enjoying the ride and things like that?
07:00Or give us a level.
07:01Yeah.
07:02I'm...
07:03Look, I'm...
07:04I am...
07:05I'm very competitive.
07:06Always have been.
07:07Um...
07:08So I'm trying hard all the time.
07:09Even though I'm running around the middle of the fleet.
07:12I'm still trying.
07:13Um...
07:14Probably my age is, uh...
07:17Is pulling me back a bit.
07:19Not quite as fit as I used to be.
07:21Um...
07:22But...
07:23But yeah, I...
07:25I...
07:26Every time I get in the boat, I...
07:28I sail as hard as I possibly can.
07:30Yeah.
07:31Yeah.
07:32And I'm always...
07:33Always looking at the numbers and...
07:34My competitors and trying to...
07:36Yeah, do the best I possibly can.
07:38Yeah.
07:39But there's some pretty good sailors out there.
07:41And...
07:42They're all doing the same thing.
07:44Uh...
07:45Okay.
07:46So you've got Starlink, right?
07:47Yes.
07:48Yeah, you've got Starlink.
07:49So can you describe a 24 hour sequence?
07:51So starting...
07:52The sun's coming up in the morning.
07:53Right?
07:54What's your day-to-day life and your day-to-day racing fitting in over a 24 hour period?
07:58Over 24 hour.
07:59Walk us through it.
08:00Yeah.
08:01Yeah.
08:02Well, I usually wake...
08:03Wake very early in the morning.
08:05Um...
08:06So...
08:07I'm up way...
08:08Like before daybreak.
08:09I generally...
08:11Because I...
08:12I tend to...
08:13Uh...
08:14Sail through the night a lot.
08:15I...
08:16Tend to have a sleep.
08:17So we'll go back a notch.
08:18I tend to have a...
08:19Couple of hours sleep just before daybreak.
08:22Um...
08:23Then I...
08:24I usually wake...
08:25Um...
08:26Check...
08:27Check the...
08:28The boat.
08:29You know...
08:30Sail trim.
08:31Make adjustments.
08:32Because generally at night...
08:33That last couple of hours...
08:34I've...
08:35Um...
08:36I'm having a sleep.
08:37I...
08:38I may not have all my sail up.
08:40You know, I might reduce it for a couple of hours.
08:42So then I'll go out and deck.
08:44And get the boat...
08:45Um...
08:46Back in order again.
08:47And...
08:48Perform as fast as I can get to go.
08:50Then I'll...
08:51Have...
08:52Come back down below.
08:53Um...
08:54Have a bit of breakfast.
08:55Um...
08:56And...
08:57Generally I will...
08:59Go on to...
09:01Uh...
09:02My laptop.
09:03And look at the weather then.
09:04If...
09:05If...
09:06If everything's going fine up...
09:07Up on deck.
09:08Um...
09:09I've got two...
09:10I have two weather sources.
09:12I've got...
09:13Um...
09:14Sale mail.
09:15Um...
09:16Or sale...
09:17Through sale docs.
09:18So I might get three days of GRIB files early.
09:19So I know what's going on over the next three days.
09:22And then...
09:23Later in the day I'll...
09:24I'll...
09:25I'll...
09:26I'll fire up this...
09:27The Starlink.
09:28And check windy and...
09:29The currents.
09:30So that's generally in the afternoon.
09:33And...
09:34Um...
09:35Um...
09:36Probably call my wife.
09:37And...
09:38Kids.
09:39And...
09:40Yeah...
09:41Just make touch bases for everybody.
09:43And then...
09:44Like through the day...
09:45Um...
09:46After breakfast...
09:47Well...
09:48I...
09:49I tend to helm a lot.
09:50Yeah...
09:51I...
09:52I...
09:53Even though I've got the...
09:54Um...
09:55I do use quite a bit.
09:57But...
09:58I enjoy helming.
09:59I find the day goes quicker.
10:01And the nights.
10:02And...
10:03The boat goes faster.
10:05So...
10:06So that's really the day.
10:08A lot of...
10:09There's a lot of...
10:10Um...
10:11Depending on the weather and the conditions.
10:12There's a lot of reefing going on.
10:13I...
10:14I'm up and down the reefing all the time.
10:16Changing...
10:17You know...
10:18A5...
10:19A3...
10:20Depending on what direction the wind's going.
10:22We...
10:23We're working all the time.
10:24We...
10:25We really are.
10:26We're busy.
10:27You're racing.
10:28Yeah.
10:29There's no dull moments.
10:30So...
10:31As soon as the...
10:32The speeds...
10:33Start dropping below 5 knots.
10:34I...
10:35I start looking at...
10:36What am I going to do to make this thing go faster?
10:38So...
10:39And that...
10:40That's how I focus.
10:41The whole time out there.
10:42Um...
10:43Including the night time.
10:44So...
10:45By mid-afternoon...
10:46As the sun's going down...
10:48I'll...
10:49I'll have a little nip of rum.
10:50Just to...
10:51I'll look forward to that.
10:52Just to...
10:53Keep me...
10:54Uh...
10:55Sane.
10:56Something to look forward to.
10:57And then I'll have a...
10:58Put a bit of a meal on.
11:00And...
11:01Have a...
11:02Have my dinner.
11:03And then...
11:04I'll...
11:05I'll get back up on deck and...
11:06And...
11:07Keep sailing.
11:08And I'll...
11:09I'll sail as long as I can till I get tired.
11:11And...
11:12I might have an hour...
11:13Hour nap through the night.
11:14Most nights.
11:15I rarely sleep...
11:16Like eight hours.
11:17Like a lot of the guys.
11:18And...
11:19Yeah.
11:20That's...
11:21That's pretty much how I go.
11:22Yeah.
11:23Yeah.
11:24So when we all started this whole crazy idea...
11:26Mm-hmm.
11:27Starlink was never on the agenda.
11:28Right?
11:29No.
11:30And it was going to be...
11:31You know...
11:32Iridium goes...
11:33Texting...
11:34Yes.
11:35And...
11:36Uh...
11:37Pretty much everyone's got Starlink now.
11:38Yes.
11:39Is that good, bad or indifferent?
11:40Tell us about your experience with Starlink.
11:42Um...
11:43Compared to what you were thinking in the beginning.
11:44Oh...
11:45Look, I think it's a great...
11:46Great device.
11:47I'm impressed with it.
11:48The...
11:49The downside of it is...
11:50For me...
11:51Um...
11:52That does use a lot of current.
11:53So it pulls a fair bit of...
11:55Amps when she's running.
11:57And...
11:58I...
11:59I struggle already...
12:00With AGM batteries...
12:02And my solar panels...
12:03Keeping my battery...
12:04Charge...
12:05You know...
12:06Supply up...
12:07As it is.
12:08So using the Starlink...
12:09It just accelerates the problem.
12:11So that...
12:12That's the downside of it.
12:13The...
12:14The upside of it is...
12:15It's...
12:16It's...
12:17Yeah...
12:18It's so good.
12:19It's...
12:20It's quick.
12:21Um...
12:22You know...
12:23You can use your WhatsApp...
12:24You can get...
12:25Get windy...
12:26Weather...
12:27Current...
12:28So that...
12:29That's...
12:30That's a no-brainer.
12:31That's been really good.
12:32Um...
12:33I must say though...
12:34Like the Iridium Go...
12:35I use that a bit.
12:36I...
12:37I do my...
12:38You know...
12:39To...
12:40To Brenda...
12:41My manager...
12:42Wife...
12:43And she sends it off to you...
12:44So...
12:45I like the Iridium Go...
12:46Um...
12:47And I...
12:48She's actually religious with that...
12:49You're the only one doing that...
12:50I get a text every day...
12:52Well...
12:53It's just fantastic...
12:54That's...
12:55Nah...
12:56Rough idea what's going on out there...
12:57Yep...
12:58So...
12:59And...
13:00Every now and then I'll use a sat phone...
13:01Because we get...
13:02In their plans...
13:03We get...
13:0420 minutes of...
13:05Like airtime...
13:06Free...
13:07So...
13:08Each month I'll...
13:09I'll try and use both of them to call Brenda...
13:11Or...
13:12Or my son...
13:13Or whatever...
13:14Yeah...
13:15The ease and the connectivity has changed the challenge...
13:18You know...
13:19Do you...
13:20Do you miss the solitude...
13:21Or...
13:22Wasn't that always part of what you're doing it for...
13:24You just want to do the race on the water...
13:26And...
13:27The adventure and all that sort of stuff...
13:28You know...
13:29It's mainly the adventure...
13:30And probably...
13:31You know...
13:32A lot of people say why you're doing this...
13:33And...
13:34And...
13:35They ask everyone...
13:36And I mean...
13:37Most of us say it's like it's been a dream...
13:39But...
13:40You know...
13:41I really think we're probably out there just...
13:42Proving that we can actually do it...
13:44Yeah...
13:45So...
13:46So ultimately that's why you're...
13:48On a personal level...
13:49Is...
13:50You're actually doing this because...
13:52To prove to yourself that you actually can do it...
13:54That's the essence...
13:55You've just nailed it right there...
13:56I think so...
13:57It took me 40 years to work that out...
13:58Yeah...
13:59I think so...
14:00And...
14:01And...
14:02If you...
14:03To be truthful...
14:04I think that's what it's all about...
14:05Yeah...
14:06So you don't think the Starlink makes it too easy...
14:07Or alters the...
14:08Some of the...
14:09Some of the previous perceived...
14:10You know...
14:11You talk about solo sailing...
14:12And around the world...
14:13It's the isolation...
14:14And the solitude...
14:15And that one with nature...
14:16And all of a sudden...
14:17Oh...
14:18That's the phone ringing...
14:19Yeah...
14:20It brings...
14:21Look...
14:22It brings...
14:23Yeah...
14:24Everything close to you...
14:25Yeah...
14:26It really does...
14:27It definitely goes out...
14:28It makes...
14:29It's making the job a lot easier...
14:30For sure...
14:31Yeah...
14:32And I can talk to you about this...
14:33Because you're one of the...
14:34Like one of the young fellas like me...
14:35Um...
14:36But the...
14:37You know...
14:38Can I ask you...
14:39Like...
14:40That our events are life defining...
14:41And life changing...
14:42They are...
14:43Yeah...
14:44You're a young fella...
14:45You will have done a lot of things in the past...
14:46Yeah...
14:47What...
14:48Up until now...
14:49Up until the MGR...
14:50What would you have considered to be...
14:51Your most life defining...
14:52Or...
14:53Or...
14:54You know...
14:55Strongest memory of...
14:56Something that you've done...
14:57That typifies you...
14:58That changes you...
14:59Or...
15:00No...
15:01The MGR...
15:02Can you think of something that you would say...
15:04Oh...
15:05This is me...
15:06And I did this...
15:07Some...
15:08Some activity that was your...
15:09Life defining moment previously...
15:10Or...
15:11Or...
15:12Something that you can hang your hat on...
15:13You know...
15:14You know what I mean?
15:15Yeah...
15:16I've...
15:17I've put...
15:18I've done a lot of...
15:19You know...
15:20A broad range of things...
15:21You know...
15:22I've...
15:23I've...
15:24Um...
15:25Swung on the side of...
15:26Outfits...
15:27You know...
15:28Motorbikes...
15:29Um...
15:31Yeah...
15:32Lot of things...
15:33Lot...
15:34Lots of different sports...
15:35Yeah...
15:36Um...
15:37I used to do diving as a...
15:38As a young bloke at school...
15:39Yeah...
15:40You know...
15:41Represent...
15:42Represent the school...
15:43So...
15:44I'm very...
15:45I love sport...
15:46All sport...
15:47So in the scheme of things now...
15:48Mm...
15:49With the MGR...
15:50Where does that fit?
15:51Oh...
15:52It's right up there...
15:53Without a doubt...
15:54Um...
15:55Previous...
15:56The...
15:57In...
15:582013...
15:59It was...
16:00Was definitely a...
16:01A...
16:02The pinnacle of my sailing career...
16:04Now this...
16:05It's changed now...
16:06The game's changed...
16:07Um...
16:08But I must say...
16:10After the...
16:11Melbourne Osaka...
16:12It was life changing for me...
16:14They...
16:15They all...
16:16Most people said...
16:17Oh...
16:18This will change you...
16:19And...
16:20I...
16:21And I'd...
16:22Spoken to people that...
16:23Um...
16:24Competed in previous...
16:25And...
16:26I know...
16:27It does change a lot of guys...
16:28For...
16:29Different ways...
16:30And some people don't sail again...
16:31Some continue...
16:33So...
16:34For me...
16:35Um...
16:36I've...
16:37I've found it...
16:38Quite an enduring race...
16:39And...
16:40I was very quiet...
16:41For six months...
16:42You know...
16:43After the event...
16:44Yeah...
16:45But then I slowly...
16:46You know...
16:47Came back to myself...
16:48Yeah...
16:49But this event's not...
16:50Having any effect...
16:51On me at the moment...
16:52Like that...
16:53So good...
16:54Yeah...
16:55Yeah...
16:56Touch wood...
16:57It'll all happen when you finish...
16:58Yeah...
16:59Exactly...
17:00It'll be hard to say...
17:01Yeah...
17:02Exactly...
17:03So you must have some stories...
17:04Because...
17:05Uh...
17:06When you threw your hat in the ring...
17:07And decided to do the MGR...
17:08Yes...
17:09You've obviously had some friends saying...
17:10You are crazy...
17:11You know...
17:12You are nuts...
17:13You know...
17:14Maybe some people might even get angry...
17:15You will have now...
17:16Obviously...
17:17Detected a change...
17:18Can you...
17:19Can you give us a story...
17:20Yeah...
17:21Most...
17:22Most of the people you'd speak to...
17:23When you...
17:24You say...
17:25Oh...
17:26You're doing the...
17:27You know...
17:28MGR around the world...
17:29In...
17:30Nineteen foot yachts...
17:31They'd say...
17:32Oh...
17:33Yeah...
17:34You are crazy...
17:35I don't think it's...
17:36We had that happen...
17:37All of us...
17:38Just so much...
17:39And...
17:40I used to say...
17:41Well...
17:42It is possible...
17:43So...
17:44And...
17:45And now...
17:46People...
17:47The same people...
17:48They're inspired by it...
17:50Absolutely inspired...
17:52And...
17:53We're finding that...
17:54Everywhere we go...
17:55People...
17:56You bump into...
17:57Whether it's your friends...
17:58Or...
17:59Just new...
18:00Contacts...
18:01They're just totally inspired...
18:03That...
18:04You know...
18:05You're actually...
18:06Attempting to do this...
18:07So...
18:08It's pretty incredible...
18:09Yeah...
18:10For sure...
18:11Yeah...
18:12Yeah...
18:13For sure...
18:14Tell us about the water...
18:15Your water experience...
18:16Fresh water...
18:17Drinking water...
18:18What did you leave...
18:19Panama with...
18:20Uh...
18:21Left Panama with...
18:22150...
18:23About 150 litres...
18:24I...
18:25I had 100 litres in...
18:26Me built in tanks...
18:27And...
18:2850 litres in...
18:29You know...
18:30Large containers...
18:31I did pretty well...
18:33Because I collected water...
18:34Along the way...
18:35In the storms...
18:36Early...
18:37So...
18:38I collected about...
18:3930 litres...
18:40Um...
18:41Because I drained...
18:42I drained the bottles...
18:43Uh...
18:44First...
18:45And as...
18:46As they were going down...
18:47If I had rain...
18:48I was lucky enough...
18:49To have a roof in...
18:50And...
18:51I just collected water...
18:52Off...
18:53Off the roof...
18:54Um...
18:55You know...
18:56The mainsail...
18:57Um...
18:58But...
18:59Yeah...
19:00Look...
19:01I had no problem...
19:02Keeping up the water...
19:03I had plenty...
19:04Plenty of water...
19:05Yeah...
19:06In the world...
19:07Don...
19:08Yeah...
19:09So how do you see the wear and tear on the boat...
19:10Sails...
19:11And so on...
19:12You know...
19:13You've got a long way to go...
19:14We were about...
19:15Yes...
19:16We...
19:17Uh...
19:18Well...
19:19Your boat's done...
19:20Uh...
19:21Still done...
19:22Twelve...
19:23Twelve and a half thousand miles...
19:24Or something...
19:25Yes...
19:26And it did...
19:27Five thousand miles...
19:28With...
19:29Michael...
19:30Yeah...
19:31Yeah...
19:32If you factor that...
19:33Um...
19:34The main...
19:35It's the original main...
19:36I...
19:37I didn't put any new ones on it...
19:38When I purchased the boat...
19:39So...
19:40I...
19:41I...
19:42Apart from...
19:43Spinnakers...
19:44I...
19:45I...
19:46Purchased a new...
19:47A3...
19:48Um...
19:49And an A7...
19:50So all the other sails...
19:51That came with the boat...
19:52The main...
19:53Because it's getting roofed...
19:54Up and down...
19:55So many times...
19:56It's getting a bit baggy...
19:57Around the reef points...
19:58Um...
19:59No...
20:00No major damage...
20:01I think it'll get around the world...
20:02Yeah...
20:03But it'll be looking pretty shabby...
20:04If we do any upwind work...
20:06I don't think it's going to perform very good...
20:08Um...
20:09The...
20:10The Spinnakers...
20:11The...
20:12The A5's getting a...
20:13Yeah...
20:14It's getting a bit...
20:15A bit tired looking...
20:16Yeah...
20:17But it'll probably make it...
20:18And...
20:19Of course the A3 will...
20:20That's...
20:21That's...
20:22We'll call it Big Bertha...
20:23That's...
20:24That's the weapon...
20:25Yeah...
20:26I've got the new one...
20:27There...
20:28If...
20:29We get any major damage...
20:30Yep...
20:31Um...
20:32And the head sails...
20:33Pretty much bulletproof...
20:34Yeah...
20:35And because I've got the roller furler...
20:36I find that really good...
20:38Yeah...
20:39A lot of the guys don't have...
20:41Roller furls on the headies...
20:42And...
20:43As you know...
20:44You get it much better shape...
20:45To the sail...
20:46Um...
20:47It's invaluable...
20:48For just...
20:49Haul...
20:50When you get a squaw...
20:51Come through...
20:52You can...
20:53Shoot it down...
20:54A little tiny handkerchief...
20:55Yeah...
20:56Makes it so quick...
20:57I think some of them...
20:58Don't know...
20:59They haven't sailed with a furler...
21:00Compared to...
21:01No furler...
21:02Anyway...
21:03But I've already decided...
21:04It's pretty good...
21:05Keeps off the bow a bit...
21:06Absolutely...
21:07And especially when you get that...
21:08That quick squaw comes through...
21:09Yeah...
21:10Yeah...
21:11Yeah...
21:12You can...
21:13Put another reef in...
21:14And furler in so quickly...
21:15Yeah...
21:16And you've got no problems...
21:17Yeah...
21:18Absolutely...
21:19Yeah...
21:20So what about you...
21:21Physically...
21:22Physically and psychologically...
21:23For...
21:24That far...
21:25You know...
21:26Have you dipped into the first aid kit a lot...
21:27And things like that...
21:28Um...
21:29No...
21:30I...
21:31Look...
21:32I get a few knocks and bumps...
21:33As I was talking about before...
21:35Going in and out of the companion way...
21:37You know...
21:38The aluminium...
21:39Like sills...
21:40And as you get tired...
21:42You don't lift...
21:43And old...
21:44You don't lift your legs as much...
21:45So...
21:46Things like that...
21:47My skin's very soft...
21:49Um...
21:50So I tend to bump...
21:51My elbows...
21:52You know...
21:53On things...
21:54And knock a bit of bark off...
21:55But I've...
21:56I haven't really dived into the major first aid kit...
21:59At this stage...
22:00I've...
22:01Um...
22:02All...
22:03Um...
22:04You know...
22:05Dressings and things that I've used...
22:07Have been...
22:08Come...
22:09Like...
22:10As it...
22:11My own...
22:12Provisional...
22:13That my wife Brenda...
22:14She put on the boat...
22:15She's a nurse...
22:16So she set that up...
22:17Um...
22:18Psychologically...
22:19Well...
22:20Yeah...
22:21You have your moments...
22:22Don't worry about that...
22:23We all know that...
22:24It's...
22:25I'm feeling good...
22:26Um...
22:27My moments out there...
22:28You get...
22:29You can get pretty lonely...
22:30At times...
22:31Are they frustrations or...
22:32Frustrations...
22:33Or...
22:34You know...
22:35Uncertainty...
22:36Fear...
22:37You know...
22:38Things like that...
22:39Um...
22:40You go through self-doubt...
22:41Sometimes...
22:42You think...
22:43You know...
22:44You're capable of actually doing this sometimes...
22:46But...
22:47You...
22:48It's just different things...
22:49You do...
22:50You have your downers...
22:51And...
22:52And you soon bounce out of it...
22:53You know...
22:54You'd be a liar to say you didn't...
22:55You know...
22:56So...
22:57I think we all go through...
22:58Ups and downs out there...
23:00Um...
23:01And back to my body...
23:03Um...
23:04The...
23:05You know...
23:06My joints...
23:07I'm quite surprised...
23:08My muscles and joints...
23:09I thought I'd have trouble...
23:10Because I've had a lot of shoulder problems...
23:12Over the years...
23:13You know...
23:14Torn shoulders...
23:15Knees...
23:16This sort of thing...
23:17From sport...
23:18I thought I'd have more trouble...
23:19Early in the early stages of the race...
23:21I had a bit of swelling in the legs and that...
23:23But I'm actually...
23:24I've come good...
23:25Yeah...
23:26So...
23:27I don't know whether it's the salty air...
23:28Or what Dom...
23:29But I'm...
23:30Feeling pretty good...
23:31I look at the fleet...
23:32I think everyone's had a sudden weight loss...
23:33But I think everyone's...
23:34Just changing...
23:35Different muscles...
23:36Yeah...
23:37Muscles that...
23:38Certain ones are going up...
23:39Certain ones are going down...
23:40For sure...
23:41Yeah...
23:42Yeah...
23:43So...
23:44Are you enjoying the food?
23:45Yes...
23:46What are your treats...
23:47To give us a quick rundown on...
23:48Food's good...
23:49We...
23:50We started off with Radix...
23:51Early in the races...
23:52But this last leg...
23:54Um...
23:55Brenda...
23:56My wife...
23:57She...
23:58Sourced some...
23:59Back...
24:00Backcountry...
24:01Um...
24:02Freeze-dried food...
24:03Which is...
24:04It's a change...
24:05You know...
24:06It's really good...
24:07So...
24:08I still use the Radix...
24:09Breakfast...
24:10Breakfast meals...
24:11And I still have a...
24:12A few of their mains...
24:13Um...
24:14Left...
24:15I try to mix it around...
24:16But...
24:17They're surprisingly good...
24:18Um...
24:19You know...
24:20They're quick...
24:21Used to add water...
24:22Um...
24:23But the backcountry ones...
24:25They're a larger quantity...
24:26They take...
24:27Use a bit more water...
24:28But...
24:29There's...
24:30A lot...
24:31Lot more variety in them...
24:32Yeah...
24:33Um...
24:34So...
24:35Yeah...
24:36That...
24:37That side of it's good...
24:38Yeah...
24:39It's always good...
24:40Things like that...
24:41So...
24:42Your...
24:43Um...
24:44What...
24:45What do you see...
24:46Or have you gone through...
24:47As your biggest challenge...
24:48To get...
24:49To Fiji...
24:50Now...
24:51In any...
24:52In any perspective...
24:53Either sailing...
24:54Or personal...
24:55Or financial...
24:56Or whatever...
24:57What's...
24:58What's been your biggest challenge...
24:59So far...
25:00The biggest challenge...
25:01With MGR...
25:02Yeah...
25:03Yeah...
25:04I've found it...
25:05I've found it really difficult...
25:06Um...
25:07You know...
25:08Coming into...
25:09Where the chart plot...
25:10Has been set up...
25:11And...
25:12Even though I've got...
25:13Navionics on my...
25:14iPhone...
25:15You know...
25:16During...
25:17If you...
25:18If you make landfall...
25:19Or you're close to some...
25:20You know...
25:21Reefs...
25:22Or whatever...
25:23It's very hard to see...
25:24The...
25:25The screen in...
25:26In sunlight...
25:27So...
25:28It's virtually useless to you...
25:29So...
25:30I've found that...
25:31Really challenging...
25:32Because...
25:33You're...
25:34You're...
25:35You're...
25:36You're...
25:37You're...
25:38You're...
25:39Coming into...
25:40You know...
25:41Ports and tight spots...
25:42But it still makes it difficult...
25:44When you can't see a plotter...
25:46Either at your helm...
25:47Or...
25:48Close by...
25:49So I've found that...
25:50A bit of a challenge...
25:51And hence on...
25:52Changing it...
25:53Now I'm...
25:54Yeah...
25:55So that...
25:56That's been...
25:57Probably the biggest challenge...
25:58Yeah...
25:59That...
26:00I've faced...
26:01I think...
26:02Yeah...
26:03And it makes you a little bit...
26:04Um...
26:05A lot of times...
26:06I...
26:07I've found...
26:08Because you...
26:09You know...
26:10You're not...
26:11You're not...
26:12You haven't got that certainty...
26:13Yeah...
26:14Which is...
26:15And you need it...
26:16I always try to tick three boxes...
26:17On every nav decision...
26:18When you're coming in...
26:19I need three...
26:20You know...
26:21You need some visual reference...
26:22You need something else...
26:23You know...
26:24So yeah...
26:25Yes...
26:26And of course...
26:27Coming into...
26:28Fiji...
26:29Um...
26:30You know...
26:31I made a couple of poor...
26:32Navigational...
26:33Um...
26:34Decisions...
26:35Down the...
26:36You know...
26:37Round in the bottom...
26:38Island...
26:39It turned out...
26:40Um...
26:41I...
26:42I went...
26:43You know...
26:4450...
26:4560 miles...
26:46Longer...
26:47Um...
26:48Than the...
26:49Other competitors...
26:50You know...
26:51Contributed to...
26:52To this issue...
26:53With the chart plotter...
26:54So...
26:55I played...
26:56On the safety side...
26:58So...
26:59It cost me dearly...
27:00Yeah...
27:01Yeah...
27:02So what about...
27:03In your mind now...
27:04The biggest standout...
27:05The biggest excitement...
27:06Or fun...
27:07Or...
27:08The best part...
27:09You know...
27:10What's something that's been a real highlight...
27:11You know...
27:12So far...
27:13From start to finish...
27:14In fact...
27:15Let's go two parts...
27:16From...
27:17Just getting to Antigua...
27:18So...
27:19Into your hits...
27:20Uh...
27:21And then you finally get to Antigua...
27:22What was the best...
27:23You know...
27:24What was the big highlight...
27:25Of that whole process...
27:26Oh...
27:27Just...
27:28Just...
27:29You know...
27:30Coming into Antigua...
27:31Blew me away...
27:32After being out there...
27:33Dashing into the...
27:34Into the sea...
27:35For...
27:36Twenty odd days...
27:37That...
27:38That was just so exciting...
27:39And...
27:40Seeing you guys...
27:41The reception...
27:42And...
27:43Uh...
27:44Yeah...
27:45And...
27:46Meeting up with all the MGR guys...
27:47Through the transit...
27:48And...
27:49It was...
27:50It was wonderful...
27:51To...
27:52To meet all these people...
27:53And...
27:54Even though I was only there...
27:55Two days...
27:56Um...
27:57Yeah...
27:58That was really awesome...
27:59And...
28:00And then going back a step...
28:01The video...
28:02That...
28:03That...
28:04Like...
28:05You guys...
28:06Had taken...
28:07Coming in...
28:08Going away with that video...
28:09And...
28:10Um...
28:11So...
28:12Yeah...
28:13Ten points to you guys...
28:14My grandson...
28:15My youngest grandson...
28:16He's continually...
28:17Asking to watch it...
28:18Uh...
28:19He's just...
28:20Because he loves boats...
28:21He's only a...
28:22Four year old...
28:23Yeah...
28:24You know...
28:25He wears a Sun Bear hat...
28:26To school...
28:27And he...
28:28Every time he sees...
28:29He's...
28:30He's Grand...
28:31He...
28:32Um...
28:33He says...
28:34Grand...
28:35Yeah...
28:36So that's...
28:37Uh...
28:38So that...
28:39Yeah...
28:40That was...
28:41That was good...
28:42That was a highlight...
28:43And then...
28:44Of course...
28:45Every time you make landfall...
28:46During the race...
28:47That...
28:48That's exciting...
28:49You know...
28:50Just to finish...
28:51Yeah...
28:52And...
28:53We're getting closer and closer...
28:54All the time...
28:55To...
28:56You know...
28:57To the end...
28:58We've still got a long way to go...
28:59But...
29:00It's...
29:01It's inspiring...
29:02You know...
29:03Yeah...
29:04The weather keeps being kind...
29:06Um...
29:07Have you focused...
29:08You know...
29:09What do you think about the next leg?
29:10You know...
29:11You're going down...
29:12Across the top...
29:13And then all of a sudden...
29:14You head south...
29:15Around Cape Town...
29:16Into the Southern Ocean...
29:17Effectively...
29:18Yes...
29:19Have you...
29:20Have you spent any time thinking about that?
29:21I have...
29:22Yeah...
29:23I...
29:24How do you feel about that?
29:25Yeah...
29:26No problem...
29:27I don't...
29:28That doesn't bother me...
29:29Um...
29:30I know...
29:31I know what to expect...
29:32We're...
29:33Attitudes to...
29:34Tasmania...
29:35Which I've...
29:36Sailed around...
29:37There enough...
29:38So...
29:39Yeah...
29:40It's tricky waters...
29:41Um...
29:42Never done it...
29:43So...
29:44But yeah...
29:45I'm very aware...
29:46That it's...
29:47It can be...
29:48It's going to be...
29:49Not an easy passage...
29:50And down through the Indian Ocean...
29:51Um...
29:52Going through the barrier reef...
29:53Would be...
29:54Probably the...
29:55Trickiest...
29:56Navigational...
29:57Um...
29:58Area...
29:59That we'll...
30:00We'll do...
30:01On this race...
30:02And...
30:03It's...
30:04The Torres Strait...
30:05Because of all the...
30:06You know...
30:07Reefs...
30:08And what have you...
30:09Um...
30:10So...
30:11But I've...
30:12I've done my homework...
30:13I've been around...
30:14Sailing for a long time...
30:15What...
30:16What would you perceive...
30:17To be your biggest...
30:18Personal risk...
30:19Going forward now...
30:20In the last part...
30:21In the...
30:22Next part of the race...
30:23Like...
30:24Where do you see the risks...
30:25And how do you feel about that?
30:26Yeah...
30:27Risk as in...
30:28High risk...
30:29Safety risk...
30:30You know...
30:31For the view and the boat...
30:32What do you think is the biggest risk...
30:33And...
30:34Oh...
30:35Look...
30:36Coming off the boat...
30:37Without a doubt...
30:38If...
30:39You know...
30:40It's so easy...
30:41If you're not clipped on...
30:42And...
30:43Clipped on...
30:44If I...
30:45Go forward...
30:46Regardless...
30:47Whether it's day or night...
30:48Um...
30:49So...
30:50That's a major issue...
30:51It doesn't...
30:52It doesn't take much...
30:53For a wave to hit the boat...
30:54And...
30:55You can overbalance...
30:56And...
30:57You're off in a flash...
30:58So...
30:59Yeah...
31:00That's probably the highest risk...
31:01Um...
31:02The next...
31:03The next thing will be...
31:04Sea state...
31:05Is...
31:06Is a major thing...
31:07Out there...
31:08These little boats...
31:09Um...
31:10You know...
31:11Six...
31:12Seven...
31:13Eight...
31:14Meter...
31:15Waves...
31:16To...
31:17To...
31:18To make these things go over...
31:19And...
31:20It really comes in...
31:21Which way the...
31:22Swell and the waves are coming...
31:23And...
31:24Same of the wind...
31:25It doesn't have to be...
31:26Really high...
31:27To...
31:28Knock the boat over...
31:29c'est là où la wave s'étit s'étit, c'est peut-être un 3m ou 4m et le boat s'est bang, et il n'y a pas beaucoup de wind.
31:39Donc c'est un problème, et c'est un risque factor.
31:44Et particulièrement quand on commence à aller vers le bottom de l'Afrique,
31:51c'est ce qui est un état difficile.
31:56Ok, et donc, c'est ce que vous êtes en train de voir,
32:01ce que vous êtes en train de voir la plus maintenant, dans le next leg?
32:04Je suis vraiment en train de voir à l'extérieur de l'Australie,
32:08de l'histoire de l'histoire.
32:10Je me suis en train de voir à Thursday Island,
32:14car je n'ai jamais été à Thursday Island.
32:17Je pense que si on est passé, on peut-être qu'on peut-être qu'en aller,
32:19on peut-être qu'en aller, on peut-être qu'en aller.
32:21Je ne sais pas de Darwin,
32:24je pense que c'est probablement unlikely,
32:27à ce moment-là, que je vais aller à Darwin.
32:29Donc je vais aller à Thursday Island,
32:32et puis à Cocos.
32:34Je suis en train de voir à Cocos-Qui-Nine,
32:36parce que c'est, c'est un magnifique place.
32:38Jealousie, jealousie, jealousie.
32:40Ha, ha, ha.
32:41C'est absolument beau.
32:43Donc je suis en train de voir à ça.
32:45Oui, c'est cool.
32:46Donc, si vous mettez avec quelqu'un qui est pensé de faire un 580,
32:50et pensé de la Transat ou le MGR,
32:54ce serait-ce que vous vous donnez,
32:56et ce serait-ce que vous vous donnez ?
32:58Je dirais, go for it.
33:00Et on n' holde back.
33:02En fait, j'ai un ami,
33:04un jeune gars,
33:06de l'âge de l'âge,
33:07j'ai fait beaucoup de sailing avec,
33:09et à nouveau sur une autre boat,
33:12sur Ocean Racing.
33:15Et il, je,
33:17je suis à l'âge de lui avant qu'on a voulu en Tonga,
33:21et il m'a dit,
33:22Marsha, vous avez dit,
33:23vous avez dit, vous avez dit,
33:24vous avez dit,
33:26vous avez dit,
33:27vous avez dit,
33:28je suis désolée,
33:29vous avez dit,
33:30je veux dire,
33:31je veux dire,
33:32vous allez dire,
33:33vous avez dit,
33:34vous êtes désolée,
33:36vous avez vu des plans,
33:38et build one, et de le faire.
33:40Absolument.
33:41C'est bon, Eric.
33:43C'est une bonne histoire, vous êtes un dingue-dise-dise,
33:45et vous avez eu l'impression d'avoir une whole roller-coaster
33:48et c'est fantastique à regarder.
33:50Donc, merci pour tout ça.
33:52Et nous allons voir une autre vidéo en Cape Town.
33:56Merci, Don.
33:58Merci.
33:59Merci.
34:00See ya.