ok. but portuguese pilot steering mir leaves the bay at two pm there was less than an hour to go before the race starts to motivate its former starting line none of the participants in the race is allowed to cross it until a certain moment the most difficult task is to make a careful assessment of the ship speed and direction so that she enters the stock car window exactly on time it takes some complicated arithmetic to add up speeds and subtract minutes. yet or they don't let you know still lingering on the top gallant sails good. little. use when she came in we need twelve knots ok that's what we've got right now sail setting aborted three minutes to go what's the distance. finally they need to shut off the engines to help the ship navigate out of port. always fail in these

competitions really otherwise they would be pointless that that's why all of the engines to shut down five minutes before the start that's the rules. so with us from central control sr mechanic it's the way the brain writes now ok. well the lights is about to go on that the engine is shut down the good man is now under sail we'll talk about blow for you. to say what would be great steering we sped away from the start. mig gets off to a good start and a fair wind helps the ship pick up a speed of ten knots and take the lead the polish sailboat. behind.

the four sails of the largest of all the lower one is as large as two hundred eight square metres foremast and some others bear a great number of sales themselves the same is true of the mainsail mast all the sails of them are interchangeable a total of two hundred fourteen square meters the only exception is the mainsail mast. nicholai abram off is not just the ship's boat but also a former sub-mariner abramoff a spend the last thirty years making sails. week with this utility room here is our workshop we have one hundred sales and store all of different shapes and sizes twenty six of them are meant for masts and races while the others are kept as replacements. nicholai

is the only person on board the can repair the damaged sail. the sails are torn fairly often specially by strong winds you might even say they're wounded in the battle against the elements i have especially vivid memories of one rather dramatic sail replacement that was last year when we were competing against the polish boat dharma. we were on our way across the baltic sea from finland to poland that's when the top most sail collapsed but it took the cadets some four hours to get a new one back up all that happened amid strong winds and torrential rain. don't touch that. again is the bosun's favorite student like all the other cadets he joined me as crew three months ago that remembers only too well the terror he felt when confronted with the prospect of climbing a fifty metre tall mainsail must. brilliant. my heart sank and i

shivered all over although we didn't go very far on the last occasion. and then we have that time the boat was more to house sites in petersburg we looked up at the top of the mosque and wondered whether it was possible to reach his soul but now it's quite a routine thing for me to do. i remember the ship being caught up in a vicious storm near here during a race. sail in the gym grip. the guys had to be sent to the far end of the bow each with safety equipment. was so big. under the water several times. but that some trainees are divided into shift teams each lasting four hours without keeping watch on the deck is the most grueling task the crew can't predict what might happen on shift sometimes they sit around for four hours bored but sometimes they have to. listen or watch.

for hours. it's feeling. field. who feels through each truth you. feel a. thank. you very quickly it's more like. spring for a while when you stop. this

is me oh. my. god he's. so you know set on. three hundred for. the first exchange of communications with race officials. today. an hour later. participants are informed of how they're dealing. with a belligerent form of mist up or the report we've got a science places in accordance with an updated coefficient of those handicaps and the like as expected the polish boat. is in the lead we are in the second place both of us have an equal chance at the moment and only.

the gap between the polish and russian sail boats is minuscule it all comes down to the second phase of the race then everything will depend on the wind the poles decide to seek strong winds by taking the risk of going further south into the open sea they disappear from is view but the crew sees another vessel in its place approaching on the horizon. but but make way for our. software. well fainter would abolish all the show must go on the. but. we did annoy people and. always will. break when i was sixteen ok back to work. politically it was also to stop the tourists want to take our picture just because. they don't see

that many sail boats. the cruise liner sails off followed by the sun sliding behind the horizon the first night of the race his second phase sets in the nervous tension from the start fades away life on board returns to normal cadet self shifts do what they can to vent all that pent. the energy ms current speed is twelve knots people in the captain's cabin a comforter at the sailboat is heading towards another victory. culture is that so much as i can wish of course he's right on it so here is the u.s. still number one in the world opinions differ sharply though there can be no doubt

american supremacy is being challenged by a number of. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. he. doesn't want to. be. nothing i am and you. can't. be on the second day of the race the crew in the morning shift hasn't got a single moment to spare the wind is stronger than expected the first attempt to

take down some of the sails is unsuccessful one of them is caught in the hurricane force wind the sail will be torn apart unless it's fixed without delay. just like when it's in the back to roll up the top sail we tried to tie it to the bow so that the wind couldn't record upon it but we couldn't the wind is too strong it's simply too strong the crew gets control of the sails them it picks up speed to fifty knots the ship is tilting heavily to port a difficult turn for the ship still lies ahead. some of the went past the turning point one and a half hours ago now we're heading for the finish line but there are about one hundred forty miles to go with the polish boat was slightly closer to that point and therefore made a turn a bit earlier than we did but now that we are on the right side of the wind we'll try to overtake it would think it was that literally.

the polish boat is only a short distance ahead all mans crew needs to do is keep a speed for the first few hours after the turning point everything's going smoothly . with little and shows where we all are when the ship began three hours or so ago the bearing angle of the polish ship was something like one hundred thirty degrees now it's one hundred seventy in other words we have one back a distance from the poles. but nature deals me a cruel blow the wind has died down and the ship speed instantly drops to five knots with a sails beginning to droop the bulky frigate almost comes to a halt like to pursue is trying to catch up with another exchange with race officials confirms that mir is now trailing behind the polish ship. as we've got a chance to remedy the situation but only if there's a fair wind to help us in that case we might overtake ships with

a small coefficient of follow ahead of them in the morning that the wind has driven them closer to us. the situation can't be remedy for the time being a strong wind is their only hope the crews whose job is taking care of the musts i will most know what to do they decide to hold a tug of war competition to try to reduce the stress brought on by the common condition. was that right and loosen up. was ready was ready. was. was

was it was the pool with the help of this instrument where enable to see the constellation of the stars in the sky hint of normally you see this from below but right now i am looking at it from above because what was you she was your own ship this is you who can because that's who are not lucky enough to be involved in the tug of war go to a room where they listen to lectures on astronomy they're not very popular but attendance has mandated. you know inside the age of g.p.s. satellites and internet communications these seamen to talk how to do six times determine a ship's coordinates by observing stars. if it was up is measuring how high the sun is over the horizon is easy enough for good issues according to what you learn to do it after two or three lessons but also about if you want to determine the ship's

location with you need to take three different measurements at a time as it was called to. the problem is that the ship will cover a large distance in the five to ten minutes it takes for the contents to do the measurements but all of that was was the foresail must team is victorious meanwhile reports of the overall race positions of the ship start coming in as for mere there is no wind in sight yet. listen for the information about the voyage first july twenty second monday lord nelson is nine think class and twelfth overall. and the mir is second class and second overall the pelican of london is eighth sing class and eleventh

overall. the ship's galley has its own race against time when it comes to feeding almost two hundred people four times a day speed is of the essence the cooks have to work almost around the clock so in such places. like detroit to make the first tasty during a race we normally cook food separately when you have a tilt he called me good health food would be burned to the other half wind up on the floor so taking in potions is much more convenient. on the second evening of the race that steam hardly has any work to do the wind is still quite weak changing the configuration of the sails is pointless cadet project

going takes time out to explain why people still like sail boats pushing to get back this is the only place where you can feel the thrill of the wind swaying you from side to side while you're up there hanging on to the mast also a sailboat promotes the spirit of comradeship it builds character and your ability to stand up to the elements true it's a tough job setting sail was especially hard work would end up worn out and dead tired but not for one moment to die regret it. down in the bowels of the ship away from the deck and the elements signs of normal life can be found there are two campaigns showers and lounges here. addition to courses for the cadets and cabins for the regular crew about one hundred fifty people spend several months together in these premises during the night when the fate of the years may mean race hangs in the balance the atmosphere here is just as calm as it always is. the crew on the bridge

follows the coordinates of mir in the polish ship its chief rival the russian sailboat is closer to shore its crew expects to cross the finish line ahead of the polish ship the results should be clear by next morning. the morning brings the long awaited wind that comes too late in the day the race is almost over. but there's one mile to go to the finish line the poles should dharma legendary came an hour ago mission hill and we should come second. they were closer to the line because they had been going a bit further south and benefited from southerly winds but they had a lead of several miles. cool on the deck is quest for the news of the defeat. or should we say three cheers for the winners will get. by.

you see yourselves. to meet you. but you should take both defeat and victory in your stride when you're. young i'm upset of course i really don't know about the others but we had a chance to win and we didn't the way that i see it today we just didn't go the right way i don't think it was the right way. we simply should have taken another route. out of it just it was a fair race after all it is foolishness the captain says. well well bound to win the next time. and they're disappointed no less fun. getting to this point i think will do better the next leg of the race. with good news for such as mayor and josie or cold wind jammers and it's no wonder our lives are in the wind if

there is no wind we go nowhere the poles were fortunate i don't know if it was a small stroke of luck or an educated guess they showed a slightly better performance than we did the wind is what matters. we've mears crew takes in the sails before entering the spanish port town of kid is. in accordance with tradition that parades in front of thousands of spectators on the russian and polish ships more side by side they're like two peas in a pod. the sail boats turn into floating exhibitions open to the public for a few days anyone is free to inspect them inside out i. mean

while off duty samus head into town. and. the crews of all race competitors get together at parties on lounge with snacks drinks and dancing their rivals or see shake hands secretly hoping they will emerge victorious next time and receive such congratulations on the victory. was. today's is the last stop for me she will later join thirty other sailboats returning to portugal and then the russian ship will follow a route of her own once again the wind and waves will be both her friends and foes on the way.

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hello and welcome to our t.v. this friday ending off the month of august on karen tara well our latest today russian billionaire and all modern abramovich has come out on top of a high profile court jewel with a london based compatriot and one of the most expensive cases in british legal history the judge dismissed the multibillion dollar challenge from controversial tycoon body speeches of ski in a trial which offered a rare glimpse into the lives of the super rich more on the case from artie's laura smith. the court decision found against. that means essentially that not a cent of the more than five billion dollars in retribution that he was asking for will be paid to him by our mortgage. arrived at the court earlier this morning

looking pretty upbeat himself was not there he said to reporters that he believed in the legal system that upbeat mood for him didn't last very long as the verdict was read he was holding his head in his hands obviously very disappointed by this but whatever the outcome really this case is been a huge amount of fun really for spectators this opened up this kind of seedy underworld of of formally of russia's mega rich talked about what went on in the dark days of ninety's russia in what we used to call the wild east so it was almost vost sums of money changing hands off shore bank accounts illicit payments made under the table. five star hotel ski resorts and deals enormous deals involving enormous sums of money done with just a handshake with no documentation whatsoever so it's very difficult for the judge to decide all along who's telling the truth and who's just making up the evidence

as he goes along and it's brought these two squabbling billionaires with all that that involves their own two rajahs their vastly expensive lawyers menacing looking bodyguards who stalk behind them constantly and with each. other more which each accusing the other of lying and corruption and greed now the details of this case have been that result is that she says that he lost billions of dollars when adam overage back in the day intimidated him into selling off stakes in oil and metals companies in russia for a fraction of what they were actually worth he says but our gram of it says that him but as of whenever partners in the trees that's the word he says that he took him on and. payments that he made to because of for political protection or creature. which means roof in russian as it's come to be called which is the word that is now as a result of this case really bandied about in legal circles here in the u.k.

. which admits that he made these regular undocumented payments too but as they were only for this political protection and often in huge cash sums up to five million dollars handed over in cash at times and totaling several hundred million dollars he says that he paid for but is also key to travel in a private jet he bought him a friend chateau and he also bought him jewelry for his girlfriend but is also wanted in excess of five billion dollars to make up for all that on top of the one point two billion that here originally received for what he says was the stake in these orders and metals companies so there are all of these cases going on in london that moment we think of better he had one there would have been a lot more of them but still it shows that the british legal system is willing to hear these cases and the bill for the lawyers has run into millions and it's been hundreds of hours in court time professor of law at westminster university john flood believes london courts will have to deal with more cases of this kind to the

future. well it's not normal it's the first of it's current but it's the first of a series of cases which are not going to be heard in the commercial court we've got to and they're going to start coming up next and you're going there is also he's going to be appearing again so i think this one's going to run it's going to become normal the trouble with partly with the russian case is is that there's no there's no move to a settlement there so deeply entrenched in the polar opposite positions that they just want to find out you can check out our two dot com for all the timeline and all the claims and counterclaims in the small time billion dollar wrangle and the details from right inside the courtroom they are lined up on our london bureau what are. the latest tweets say the verdict call it what he is but he's also he by surprise and he's considering an appeal it was described by the judge as deluded in some of his testimony and evidence this week artie's london bureau page to find out

more. here with our team and britain and france are warning they might pass the u.n. all together after turkey's push for a no fly zone over syria met strong criticism at the security council as demanding sweeping powers to protect refugees fleeing war in a move that would amount to military intervention but international reaction has been cool with strong reservations about militarizing a humanitarian effort. reports from new york but the security council remains very much divided over how to deal with the syrian crisis the high level meeting that was taking place in new york focused on.