#24 Rigging, sailing, and more - We almost ran out of Vertical Lap - The Vertical Hour
31 de maio de 2026 · 53 min · 2K visualizações · Océano Pacífico
Crew battles rough seas with damaged genaker aboard Vertical
O que este vídeo aborda
Paula and Pedro aboard Vuelta Vertical are sailing the Pacific Ocean on May 17, having just departed Valdivia, Chile, after an 11-day refit stop that nearly ended their circumnavigation.▶ 0:41 After roughly 17,000 miles through southern seas, the boat arrived in Valdivia severely damaged: three sails needed repair, two shrouds (obenques) had failed, and the autopilot required a stronger hydraulic ram.▶ 1:29 Sailmakers Angel and Pablo traveled 200 km from Osorno/Pucón to Valdivia and worked ten-hour days for a week repairing the sails; Náutica Cusmán (contact: Pato) supplied the infrastructure.▶ 3:18 Pacific Sailing is credited for the sail repairs.▶ 6:28 A new, heavier autopilot ram was sourced in Madrid.▶ 12:54 The boat now faces a 9,000-mile Chile-to-Alaska passage sailing a north-south S-curve across the Pacific, crossing major currents perpendicularly rather than running with them.▶ 15:09 Pedro and Paula discuss conserving diesel through the equatorial doldrums, deploying the spinnaker day and night, and using Predict Wind for routing strategy.▶ 19:32 Onboard internet costs run €1,000–2,000 per month; nine security cameras are installed for the live-broadcast circumnavigation.▶ 7:35 A full routing and weather strategy session is planned for the following Wednesday's live stream.▶ 15:38
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