for the start that's the rule. so with us from central control senior mechanic it's the way the brain writes ok. which of the lights is about to go on that the engine is shut down there. is now on this a we talk about blow for. her . to say what great steering we sped away from the start. gets off to a good start and a fair wind helps the ship pick up a speed of ten knots take the lead the polish sail boat. behind. the four sails of the largest of all the lower one is as large as two hundred eight square metres for mast 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 total of two hundred fourteen square metres the only exception is the main sail mast to the. nikolai abramoff 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. lucian bute music. nicholai is the only person on board the can repair damaged sail. sails are torn fairly often specially by strong winds you might even say. you know 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 george and we were on our way across the politics see from finland to poland that's when the top most sail collapsed it took the cadets some four hours to get a new one back up all that happened to mid 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 have got. my heart sank and i shivered all over although we didn't go very far on the last occasion. and when we

had that time the boat was more how sites in petersburg we looked up at the top of the mast and wondered whether it was possible to reach it so now it's quite a routine thing for me to do but. i remember the ship being caught up in a vicious storm near here during a race. sail and jim ripped. the guys had to be sent to the far end of the bow each with safety equipment. the way it was so big. and the guys dipped under the water several times. because some trainees are divided into shift teams each lost in four hours without doubt 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 board but sometimes they have to constantly run from one end to the other. or watch. for our. support.

team. because you feel six. feet. below. the truth field through to each student who will. thank. you. thank. you. just waiting and then when you actually did it very quickly it's more like just hang out and then you sprint for a while and you just drop you. this is me. and i don't want to. risk my.

goodies. you know said i. love. the first exchange of communications with race officials. today. an hour later. participants are informed of how they're doing. with mobility and for them what's the ball going to report we've got a science places in accordance with an updated coefficient of handicaps and the like as expected the polish boat dharma legislature 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 sailboats 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 make way for our. software the. phone cord it was sure all the show must go on the. we didn't know people are. always there we're. broke 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 sailboats.

the cruise liner sails off followed by the sun sliding behind the horizon the first night of the races 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. ms current speed is twelve knots people in the captain's cabin the comfort of the sailboat is heading towards another victory. me it is evening.

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of. the. yemen him. 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 a leg. just like the ones in the back to roll up the top sail we tried to tie it to the bow so that the wind couldn't repeat upon it but we couldn't the wind is too strong it's simply too strong and the crew gets control of the sails m it picks up speed to fifteen knots the ship is tilting heavily support a difficult turn for the ship still lies ahead. but are some of the past the

turning point one and a half hours ago now we're heading for the finish line there are about one hundred forty miles to go 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. but literally. the polish boat is only a short distance ahead only his 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 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 her another exchange with race officials confirms that mir is now trailing behind the polish ship. as we've got to shows to remedy the situation but only if there's a fair wind to help us in that case we might have a take ships with a small coefficient of fellow ahead of them in the morning but 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 in the trying to reduce the stress brought on by the calm condition. that.

if you look at that fighting loosen ready up. ready . was was you go with the help of this instrument where it will to see the constellation of the stars in the sky a little normally you see this from below but right now i am looking at it from above because what force you she was born with is you 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 mandates are up. you know inside the age of g.p.s. satellites and internet communications these seamen to talk how to do six times determine the ship's coordinates by observing stars. is 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. school 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 measurement. was 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 mirror is second in class and second overall the pelican of london is eighth same 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 during such races. detroit to make the first tasty during a race where normally cook food separately when you have a tilt economy good health food would be burned to the other half would end up on the floor so cooking in potions is much more convenient.

on the second evening of the race labs team 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 sailboats 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 of true it's a tough job setting sail was especially hard work will 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 in the elements signs of normal life can be found there were to come to showers and lounges here in addition to quarters for the cadets and cabins for the regular crew about one hundred fifty people spent several months together in these premises during the night when the fate of the years main 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 result 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 polish ship. came an hour ago mission hills and we should come second. there 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 would you. like. you see yourselves. to meet you. but you should take both defeat and victory in your stride better when you. yeah 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. less a good group such as mirren dharma joshi or cole. windjammers and it's no wonder our lives are in the wind if there is no wind we go no where 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. evening is crew takes in the sails before entering the spanish port town of kid is. out. in accordance with tradition

at 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 sailors get into town. and. the crews of all race competitors get together at parties on lounge with snacks drinks and dance and their rivals at sea 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 from their 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. download the official application to the cellphone choose your language stream

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a lot joe marvin in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture up to this point mitt romney has been running a content free campaign but after his r. and c. speech last night it looks like he'll continue to do so but what else can we expect with just a bit more than two months to go until the election and what affect my voter suppression idea laws avalon and all that and more and tonight's big picture rumble and later when mitt romney talks about bain he claims he built it on his own but at that i take i'll tell you what really happened to being on a romney and the dark side of bailouts and sellouts and united states of america.

it's friday are you ready joining me tonight for tonight's big picture rumble robinson deputy director of the paul revere project and contributor to human events the blaze the national review called williams attorney and progressive strategist and austin peterson director of production for freedom works great to have you all with us to see you all romney's big night of last night that the r. and c. and up to this point he's pretty much been very nonspecific about everything he's been talking in generalities and platitudes fairness may work but the center for american progress pointed out he made no mention of financial reform you made no mention of climate change you made no mention of immigration he made no mention of afghanistan or syria no mention of social security no mission of veterans which is kind of odd for a republican and of course no mention of romney care is he going to continue a content free campaign like this where he then goes why should we what's the point

of putting him in concert in their. and all you could do is alienate people say this is the time when all of the candidates have the big rush to the middle this is where you go for the moderate voters this is where you go and you talk about thanking everybody dupes and voters moderate voters the i wouldn't go into it with voters i mean i'm not running for office but i mean the sheeple is that what some people refer to them as but why in the world would romney ever want to give specifics because we saw what happened to his to his v.p. candidate when he gave specifics about how he would cut the budget romney probably plans to do something similar to cut the budget of the last thing you want to do is tell people you want to cut the budget because they'll freak out so it doesn't sound like a strategy that could be worth thinking when they go why would you even pick paul ryan as your v.p. candidate if you're not going to talk substantively about the issues and that's what he that's why he said he picked paul ryan because he want to have a real conversation about the real problems that are facing america so now here's your time to talk about the problems and you fail to do so you give all these wonderful flowery speeches and wonderful rhetoric but there's no fences there's no

plan he has no plan because he is it possible that paul ryan was actually shoved down their throat by the koch brothers and a couple of other billionaires he's there but that's that's not possible at all i think mitt romney is a leader i don't think anyone shoving anything down his throat what i think is that this is nowhere is it written down that the r. and c. speech is supposed to be. talk about your specific economic goals late ounce of principles laid out some top marginal tax rates so the aren't you speeches for and he was specific he was supposed specific about his faith he was specific about his family what matters to him and the reasons why he's going to be a better president barack obama there are studies that you have asked obama that while you think i'm not barack obama that's why i went back on every question i was asking is what are we going to see over the next two months until the election already are we going to start seeing i mean i think we will see some specifics but i lost in that there are so there's definite strength in not putting specifics out there because that he wasn't a target and back obama knew that better than anyone else he was the most mysterious and least the final reason that we have come to terms is that almost.

that he was going to vance he was going to close down guantanamo bay which he didn't do because the republicans refused to. release absolutely true because he couldn't find another place to keep all the very dangerous criminals one of those that was blocked in the house of representatives by paul ryan and that other kobol of fourteen guys who met the clock is true in the evening of the inauguration and swore a blot oath to each other that they would do everything they could to block the obama administration robert draper's written a book about it and i'm on the road obama has been the neo-cons best friend he's been assassinating american citizens absolutely rock obama is the ultimate neo con because he's been following the neo con platform he's assassinated american citizen without a doubt he's on very short order here out here with me is devoid of substance which is why he picked the one person i never how the party that has a little bit of that unfortunately has stepped into it like kill the poor i don't laugh and why the right because i'm happy with a bronco obama reelection i mean a basically a mitt romney presidency when take you know would sort of be the devil you don't

know why would we want to keep rock obama on hand if you want to keep the money flowing to wall street and if you want to keep the wars going overseas you could you've got everybody out here i don't think i was right all these the devil we don't know i think there's a lot we know about music very successful businessmen and he actually sort of acts in america his company actually became a huge america a lot of people you are going to believe in america that doesn't mean that i was a loser no one in the white house who believes that america that in time he did not have the right policy in ninety eight when this little by nine hundred eighty nine bean was was broke romney had made some really bad decisions the company was so broke he took the company was so broke they had to be bailed out by the f.b.i. see and they screwed the f.d.i.c our government they paid them thirty cents on the dollar and that's how banged got back on their feet with a government bailout. you're telling me this is the guy who's going to show us how to run the business bry there's tons of companies still around that he helped streamline that he helped. everyone everybody buy and school supplies are going to

be going to staples you want it all take risks with your they're going to tax dollars i mean we need to have risk the risk of or even taking the risk for taking the medicare and social security the risk we're taking when we leverage our future on these unsustainable entitlement programs that's the results are not as i want to i'm going to fix it those that are as best comedy thing that when we pay into those we get the money back out and i'm not going to get social says no i'm paying in because you think i'm going to play also just like you just like you don't need it if tomorrow you walked out here and god forbid got hit by a bus and were disabled for the rest of your life you would be on social security starting the day after tomorrow i've yes and i might add social security is there for the women that are so i still wouldn't vote for barack obama because i know that at the end of the day regardless of the check i'm getting from the government that the entire country is on an unsustainable path it's just mapi bad guys. ryan has said i think it's going to buy we're going to cry lobbyist anything any any serious around the public testimony he has laid it out.