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 to the 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 what are they doing but. still lingering on the top gallant sails your. little. game 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 bit and 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 u.k. . shows the lights is about to go on that the engine is shut down the myth is now under sail we'll talk about blow for. another. bit to see 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. pulls behind. the four sails of the largest of a. all the lower one is as large as two hundred eight square metres the foremast

and some other spare a great number of sales themselves the same is true of the mainsail mast all the sails on 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 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 or patch up a 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 george and we were on our way across the baltic sea from finland to poland that's when the top most sail collapsed and it took the cadets some four hours to get a new one back up all that happened 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. my heart sank and i shivered all over. we didn't go very far on the last occasion. and when we had that

time to buy it was more to house sites in petersburg we looked up at the top of the mosque and wondered whether it was possible to reach it's old 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 jim britt. 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 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 board but sometimes they have to constantly run from one end to the other. looking. for our.

team. field six. field. who feels through each field. thank. you. thank. you very quickly it's more like. spring for a while when. this isn't me. and i don't want to. risk my.

god he's. as 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 doing. with the 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 that 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 you don't. think are what it was all going to show marked go on the. but. we did annoy people and they. always. 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 sailboats.

the cruise liner sails off followed by the sun sliding behind the horizon the first night of the race his second face sets in the nervous tension from the start fades away life onboard returns to normal cadet self shifts do what they can to vent all that pent. energy ms current speed is twelve knots people in the captain's cabin a comforter at the sailboat is heading towards another victory.

you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear sees some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. the. there will. be. no yeah me and 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 to let it. just blow 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 of the 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 look like it was but 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 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 to shells 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 will 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 it was like new so no i. was ready i was ready. was was

introduced to people with the help of this instrument where evel to see the constellation of the stars in the sky that 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 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 inside the age of g.p.s. satellite and internet communications these seamen and taught how to do six times determine a ship's coordinates by observing stands. in the service 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. 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. god the foresail mosque 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 for 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 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 can play goulash would be burned 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 mode. today i 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 canteens showers and lounges here in addition to quarters 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 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 legendary 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. or should we say three cheers for the winners. like. you see yourselves. to meet you. but you should take place to face and victory in

your stride when you look. 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. it was a fair race after all it is towards us 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. good news for such as mayor and donna josie are cold when jammers let them is 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. eat. 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 done so their rivals at sea shake hands secretly hoping they will emerge victorious next time and receive such congratulations on the victory. was. today 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.

the week's top stories here on our t.v. turkey's standard ministry intervention in syria gets the cold shoulder with a new u.n. peace envoy arguing any such interference would make a ceasefire impossible. a chorus of support what you want a peaceful nuclear program as the country destroys a new nation it's been politically isolated by the u.s. with its hosting of a massive international something. the republicans freshly nominated presidential candidate mitt romney promises a hard line stance against russia but faces criticism for flip flopping on major issues. and the war but the wealthy. just successfully beads of bad legal attempts by london based by doing boris berezovsky to cut off

a slice of his multi-billion dollar fortune. it's ten pm here in moscow are you watching r t is the weekly first the most open push yet for military intervention in syria came this week proposed by turkey with backing from both britain and france it would pose the u.n. establishment of refugee camps on syrian soil which would be guarded and protected by foreign forces by a no fly but the idea hit a dead end at the security council prompting britain and france to hint they might side step the view when all together meanwhile the new international envoy to syria the group you need to warn that any military intervention would be the death of peace efforts but first paul sheldon flood of from california thank you very 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 pipeline such as 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 and a lack of competition by floyd to claim that they care one bit about humanitarian concerns as it is a gross war. to melbourne blahs have had to mask was going off almost simultaneously near the headquarters of the joint chiefs of staff say t.v. says the four people were injured in the expansion of the number of bomb attacks at least some of which have been claimed by al qaida have kind of shot the recent

months is that to be slowing panic among residents of the capital and across the country killing further the exodus of refugees but as artie's policy every calls what they find with a scape often makes them wish they never left. exhausted and drained there's not much for these refugees to do besides swelter under the scorching desert sun sheltering from the vine and speck home in syria 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 board 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 that 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 their 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 i'm king abdullah and president assad with 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 extremists far more flexible. and so now jordan faces the backlash of a conflict which some in the country have helped to 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 are tea party refugee camp on the jordanian syrian border. but the pressure on syria piling up of france is increasingly being seen as the leader of the west's efforts against assad but director of the french center for intelligence studies arie denise says range of policies on syria depend on

a steady stream of one sided reporting but i would say we don't truly foreign policy for 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. here and then or. the people are reacting only with emotion we don't doubt the least reflection about geopolitics and the but the. glee in the middle east even if the political leaders are changing a few months ago most of the policy at the scene with most of the diplomatic teams are of the same looks like a frenzy is now the new luxury of the us flag that you get has always been this is where the operation is good between us and france because we are doing their policy . now selective reporting however isn't just limited to france earlier this week there was another glaring example.