steering mir leaves the bay at two pm there was less than an hour to go before the race starts tomorrow to butts form a 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's 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 your. little. one 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 otherwise they would be pointless. 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 plane right now u.k. . will show the lights is about to go on that the engine is shut down the good man is now under sail we'll talk about bottles and. just say what great steering wheel we sped away from the start. mig gets off to a good start a fair wind helps the ship pick up a speed of ten knots and take the lead the polish sailboat. pulls behind.

the four sales of the largest of all the lower one is as large as two hundred eight square meters foremast and with some other spare 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 main sail 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 sales. but 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. sails are

torn fairly often specially by strong winds you might even say they are 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 ga 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. my heart sank and i

shivered all over although we didn't go very far on the last occasion. and then we had 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 receive 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 and jim britt. 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 lasting 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. with what we're on or our.

team. feels six. feet below. the truth field through to each truth you. feel thank. you. thank. you. just when you actually did it very quickly it's more like just hang up when you sprint for a while when you just drop you. this

is me oh. my. god he's. you know seven. hundred feet over. the first exchange of communications with race officials. today. an hour later. participants are informed of how they're doing. in the boardroom for a month so that the mist up or the report we've got a science places in accordance with an updated coefficient of 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. sure you don't. faint or what it was all going to show must go on level. we didn't know people are. always there we're. broke when i was sixteen ok back to work. politically it was 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 is 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 a comforter at the sailboat is heading towards another victory.

in the music secret laboratory to mukherjee was able to build a new its most sophisticated robot which all unfortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tim's mission to teach the creation why it should care about humans and worry that this is why you should care only on the dot com. there will. be no yamin 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 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 repeat 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. support a difficult turn for the ship still lies ahead. of us all the one 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 man's 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 have a take ships with a small coefficient of fellow 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 me to try to reduce the stress brought on by. come condition was that like new so no i. was ready was ready. i was was

it was the people with the help of this instrument where evel to see the constellation of the stars in the sky a lot 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 vision this has happened to you 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 inside the age of g.p.s. satellites and internet communications these seamen to talk down to you six times determine the ship's coordinates by observing stars. in the surface measuring how high the sun is over the horizon is easy enough for good issues according to what you learned 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 who. scored 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. was was. the foresail marsh 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 nigh thing class and twelfth overall. and the mir is second 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. usually to make the first tasty during a race where normally cook food separately when you have a till she called me good health or would have been to the other half would end 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 sailboats pushing you but

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 truth 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 regrets. down in the bowels of the ship away from the deck in the elements signs of normal life can be found there are two campaigns showers and lounges here in 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 year is 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. there's one mile to go to the finish line the polish ship dharma led usury came an hour ago mission hill which 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. shall we say three cheers for the winners. like.

you see yourselves. to meet you. but you should take both defeats and victory in your stride when you. 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 to. be. should've taken another route. it was a fair race after all it is to watch as the captain says. well well bound to win the next time. and they're disappointed no less finally getting to this point i think will do better the next leg of the race so. the good news for such as mayor and donna josie are cold windjammers veterans 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. 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 samus head 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. last. today's is the last stop for mail 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.

quite. the week's top stories on our turkey stop the military intervention in syria gets that cold shoulder with the new u.n. peace envoy arguing any such interference would make a ceasefire impossible. chorus of support for iran's peaceful nuclear program has become true destroys any notion that it's been politically isolated by the u.s. with its hosting of a massive international summit. the republican freshman nominated presidential candidate mitt romney promises a hardline stance against russia but faces criticism for flip flopping on major issues. the war of the wealthy but i'll move it to

successfully beats back legal attempts by a london based tycoon buddies it is soft skin to cut off a slice of his multimillion dollar fortune. and welcome to our tees the weekly karen terror archie coming to you live from our studio in moscow where it is six o'clock well the most open yet for military intervention in syria came this week proposed by turkey with backing from both britain and france it proposed that you want to stop bush meant a refugee camps on syrian soil which would be guarded and protected by foreign forces via a no fly zone but the idea hit a dead end the security council prompting britain and france to hand they might sidestep the un altogether meanwhile the new international envoy to syria last but

i he me warned that any military intervention would be the death of peace efforts professor paul sheldon foote from california state university says that for some it's not about ending the violence. that's a pretext it's still another way to divide and take over the country using the united nations as your vehicle that playbook worked in libya they want to try the same playbook and do it doesn't work anymore well there is no desire. to have a negotiated settlement the old purpose of this exercise is to make sure that there is no competition in the middle east or in such as by way of syria iran and other places i think that people in the west to be very happy that ended up with a massive civil war and a breakup of their country is the lack of competition of life why they claim that they care one bit about humanitarian concerns as it is a gross or. two more bomb blasts have hit don't ask us going off almost

simultaneously and near the headquarters of the joint chiefs of staff state t.v. says four people were injured in the explosions a number of bomb attacks at least some of which happened claimed by al qaida have grown sharply in recent months they're said to be shot sewing panic among residents of the capital and across the country feeling further an exodus of refugees from the country but as our teams policy where reports what they find when they escape often makes them wish they had never left. exhausted and drained there's not much for these refugees to do besides swelter under the school ching desert sun children from the vine inspect home sooner they walked for days in the heat to get here and so they come in numbers and under the wire not one person here has gone through the official border as in-state depending on the level of violence in syria as many as

a thousand people each day off in a cross into jordan they're picked up from the border by the jordanian police and brought here to the scamp. and now a man doesn't know what to do with them the country is struggling with few natural resources little water and is in need of foreign aid they're growing number is putting pressure on in a way the refugee way republic we can close the border on the faces of the refugees we have to help syria is like a sister to jordan and king abdullah and president assad friends now king is in a very difficult situation goes on there has a direct impact on what has. relations between a man in damascus are already strained a number of defected soldiers and senior officers are being sheltered in the kingdom the most high profile refugee was the prime minister riyad hitch up who fled to turkey through jordan earlier this month and then that the tribes who fearing massive amounts of weapons ammunition and sniper rifles to syria from jordan saudi arabia is promising economic assistance in exchange for months

cooperation but it could backfire. if there is regime change in syria and the extremists come to power. problems for jordan where we have our own nests far more flexible. and so now jordan faces the backlash of a conflict which some in the country have helped escalate meanwhile more than one hundred fifty thousand refugees remain stuck on its borders and what's supposed to be a safe enclave but we food is hard to come by toilets case and not enough tends to go around leaving some to the mercy of harsh desert conditions this is. the atmosphere here is so. mysterious you die quickly but here we are dying a slow death i wish now i never left to come here. ordinarily escape the wave of uprising sets with the arab world it says it's getting reforms in place bash caught between both sides it might not be enough to stop the serious shockwave

however that conflict in policy r t tsar to the refugee camp on the jordanian syrian border. but the pressure on syria piling up france is increasingly being seen as a leader of the west's efforts against assad but director of the french center for intelligence studies eric the now says french policies on syria depend on a steady stream of one sided reporting i would say we don't truly foreign policy of all the time being i mean the mainstream in paris is emotion everything is about emotion we are absolutely under the disinformation of the movies of the. people who are reacting only with lotion we don't doubt the nice good reflection about geopolitics and the room we have. in the middle east even if the political leaders are change you know a few months ago most of the.