Bobby, I was always taught just pre jibe, winch in the main to minimize the torque of the jibe, and to then let the sail back out and trim. Not saying this was the issue, but it did catch this old mans eye watching the video.

'No one got hurt', the best first statement you like to hear. People first will get you further than most realize.

Good to see everyone was safe and in goods spirits…

Bobby, please follow up with a vid explaining what happened to that mast! Please! Glad no one was hurt!

With all of the constant stress on the sails and the mast, I'm sure this must happen more than we see! It's good that it was in that environment, and not on a crossing with minimal crew. Very very lucky but the crew did an amazing job making the boat safe under pressure!!

Bobby, as always, taking charge of an emergent situation and bringing calm. Bobby, you are a true captain!

So glad no one was hurt. This is an extremely valuable video for education.

Things break, no body was broken. Clearly a win. Safe travels Doodles

Bobby the sailing community is a wonderful kind of people, every one is helping and gives there out most best to get things done. Cheers Cape Town.

Here's what happened to the mast: Usually when a rig collapses, the 9 out of 10 times, it's beacause of broken stays. The question we should be asking is: which shroud has snapped? We can immediately eliminate the backstay. When we are sailing upwind hard, the backstay is under very little load and besides, most modern rigs can stand even without a backstay. Next we can eliminate the sidestays. After the rig collapsed,we could see it was rocking left and right with the waves, but it did not fall overboard. This effectively means that the sidestays were in tact even after the disaster. You could make a point that the sidestays might have snapped at the top of the rig and the bottom sidestays were still in tact, but if that were the case the upper half of the mast would have fallen to leeward during the disaster. Based on the fact that the mast fell backwards, we can assume with near certainty that the forestay was the cause of the disaster. To back this claim up, in the very first camera shot from the bow camera, you can see the top of the mast laying on the stern of the boat, while the top of the genoa furler (the one that has the forestay running through it) is somewhere off in the distance about 20ish meters to leeward. Beacause of the fact that the bottom of the furling drum was still attached to the boat after the disaster, we can assume with near certainty that the top of the forestay had separated from the mast. This is the point where the whole break started. If the sidestays or the backstay had snapped, the top of the forestay would certainly still be attached to the mast even after the disaster. The question remains: who is to blame for this catastrophy? The boat is made by Beneteau, and the mast and shrouds are made by Z-Spars. Say what you like about that. One thing to noth though is the fact that beacause of the fact that there are so many beneteau boats around, statistically and mathematically it is only natural for this to happen to Beneteaus more often than it would happen to a Hallberg Rassy for example. Let me just remind you that Hallberg Rassy use the same mast and rigging supplyer as Bavaria (also a mass production yard). Again, say what you like about that. Some people will say that this couldn't have happened to a keel stepped mast. This is simply wrong. Keel stepped masts still rely on the stays, if one of the stays would snap, a keel stepped mast would still come down. If the mast on this Beneteau was keel stepped, the outcome would still be the same, if not slightly worse, as the mast tube itself would break in two points instead of one: at deck level, and half way up the rig. If you've made it this far into my comment, you might be interested in the Holcim-PRB dismasting that occoured during the 2023 edition of the ocean race (former Volvo ocean race). Just google "Holcim PRB dismasted" and you will find a really sweet video documentary of a very similar accident to the one in this video. It's presented by the official ocean race show host Niall Myant-Best.

The boat owners seemed to take it fairly well even though that is a lot of money in damages. Glad no one was hurt.

A "Mastaccre". Good one Stephanie! Yet, you all still have a blast. Keep Rocking!

Dinghy jibe (no centering) in that breeze and not enough boat speed to reduce the apparent wind and things break. Not saying I know but if the rig did fail during a jibe, that’s probably what happened. I once lost a boom that way. Glad nobody was hurt.

Any mast collapse that everyone can walk away from is a relatively good mast collapse.

Saw this on Patreon a few days ago. Anyone that’s not a Patron should definitely join. Bobby and the girls make being a member well worth it!

Wow...what a difference a day makes....Good work

Glad to see that no one got hurt and help arrived quickly…hope that the boat is repaired soon…

Congratulations Megan. Looking good. Really good.

I was racing on an Escow in Charleston SC harbor and had a the mast snap head high, I still can hear the snap and see it coming my direction!!!! Won’t ever forget that one!

Fortunate no one was injured, wow dangerous situation and thankfully a capable crew.. Steph looks pretty happy and Meg and Flo can sure shake up the dance floor in a great party afterwards :-)...great filming and a rare time when the action is caught first hand...thanks for sharing :-)

Wow that was epic! Way to take care of things with everyone getting to work during a major issue. Glad nobody was injured!

Dude...that's cinema level audio editing....nicely done. I was emotionally moved!

Well done, no injuries is a blessing

Looks like you all stayed calm and worked the problem methodically. Well done. Glad no one was hurt.

Loved how 'Motor Bobby' stepped aside just when 'Sail Bobby' needed to man the deck in that emergency. 👍👍

Sounds like a great had by all! Thanks for sharing!

Great to see a team to be quick and decisive in making the boat and rig stable. 🎉🎉🎉

Kudos to the navy boys showing up to help also. Everyone did a great job recovering!!

That really sucks the mast broke I feel bad for you guys and am glad no one got hurt. Good job guys very nice race.

Wow! So glad you got home safe and no injuries! On the other hand, the ‘stach reminds me of Bob from Bobs Burgers :D

Epic Bobby, great filming, praise God no one was hurt and you all had a great finish. 👍

Glad you all got back safe

Megan, you got it baby!!!

BOAT = Bust Out Another Thousand! Just when you guys had it in the bag! ...learned another limit on that boat.😧Nice job handling an emergency situation with cool confidence. I like that about Bobby. When I'm in similar conditions, though, I do wear a low profile, self inflating pfd. Helps the confidence level a bit. Thanks for sharing the video.

Great Job under pressure MEN!!!!!!! Great job SUKI CREW!!!!!!

Great job Bobby!

Good job Bobby!!

You’re the man Bobby!

Top Leistung Bobby and Crew. Sei froh das Du nicht der Besitzer des Bootes bist. Viel Spaß auf allen Euren Wegen.

Bobby, nice maneuver avoiding injuries and I love your handlebar mustache. French fashion at the beginning of the twentieth century ... a french sailor ,

So glad everyone was safe, but sad you didn't get to win the race. Guess you won in life though. Cheers to better and more success in the future!

Awesome content as always

that was unreal! Cool as a cucumber under pressure Bobby!

It's better that it happened at a near shore regatta than hundreds of miles at sea during a passage! Trying to secure the mast for the balance of a passage could have resulted in casualties among crew and boat... Keep up the great videos and above all STAY SAFE! ⛵❤️😁

Glad to hear nobody was injured

Girl's got moves!!! I see why she won!!! Sweet baby Jesus!

That was scary!!...though everyone made it to land safetly, that was good!!!

Glad everyone was safe

Yay.caught a live feed. On my way! From Greece to meet up on the floatilla

Cute Heineken girl with her braids up! Well done Bobby!

As an avid sailor, it is important, before a race to Tune your rig. From the looks of the boat, it looks like the rig wasn't tuned properly, with wind speeds 20 knts, the rig failed. Good work by the crew keeping everyone safe, it could have been worse!

Just awesome

And that's why you should wear a PFD. Especially when racing. It doesn't mather if you can swim if you get knocked out...

Well done Bobby helping that fast on stricken boat.

Bobby take command when disaster calls, he's been in so many, he's a disaster pro!!! + he gets all that attention back on the dock, he even dresses for the occasion.

Watching from high sierra in Nor Calif.

That was exciting!

Bummer about the mast and losing bragging rights for first place in the regatta. On the other hand, it’s great no injuries were incurred during the accident - and afterwards at the celebration par-tay! 😆🎊🍾

Crazy stuff happens. The Guy Dan Cundiff could be right. But things can happen. Back Stay Too Tight. Etc. I was on a 42' Peterson "Geronimo" Santa Barbara, Ca. in the 80's. Wet Wednesday Black Flag was raised. 35+ winds. We were the only Boat flying a Spinker that Day. Crazy Puff of a Wind knocked us over "BIG" Time. I was working fore Deck. Hit my mouth on the Spinker Pole Crank . Lucky to grab a hold of a Jib Sheet and Safety Lines was under water for 20 seconds. Mass was 10" from the water line. And we Broke the Spinker Pole in half. The Keel came out of the water. We were lucky not to sink the Boat. At least 15 People on Board. Keep posting Great videos!

Stephanie looks every bit at home as if she had been sailing all her life. She is flying home soon I hope its not permanent that she is not leaving Sailing Doodles that's its just to visit.

WAY TO GO MEGAN !!!!

Glad no one got hurt👍have fun Aloha from Hawaii 🤙🏽😎🌴

It's nice to know that Bobby wasn't the cause of the rig failure , or was he ? He knew when to turn the camera off eh !

Bobby I hope you do a post Mortem as to what exactly caused the failure

WOW, imagine this would happen in the middle of the ocean, carzy

Thanks for the reminder not to let that boom swing uncontrollably as it puts too much shock load on the stays causing them to fail.

I've done the Heineken Regatta a couple of times and we weren't demasted but we did a double broach and snapped gooseneck and folded the stanchion in front of the wheel making an impossible to move the traveler and snapped the chain controlling the quadrant so we had no steering at the wheel. We got out the emergency tiller which was extremely short and took two people to operate and despite the Carnage we managed to finish the race in Phillipsburg. We managed to get back through the bridge and brought the boat over to the Boatyard and a machine to new gooseneck fix the stanchion fixed the steering and all the money won at the casino the night before paid for the repairs. We were out racing the next day.

That sucks that you guys broke down and in a good position. But .. nobody got hurt, some of the crew probably learned something if not all of the crew learned something. So in reality, it's still a win

Great community.

I didn’t know Bobby was a gangsta 😅 Pumping good vibes 😎 through this vid G 💯

Congratulations 🎉 I'm so glad none of you were injured. I totally enjoyed the celebration. Especially the booty shakin contest 🍑 Hugs from Texas sweeties 😎

Great channel and content! Sorry about the disaster, but all are ok!

Reminds you of the stress and loads there are on boats rigging.

That is a bad break. So glad no one got keel hauled.

I hadn’t given it much thought before but the stress on the mast must be huge especially when you jibe, because you had already warned your audience about it it was quite noticeable how the mast shuddered when you took that final turn at the last marker, hope the mast was covered by insurance 🇬🇧

EXCELLENT !!! 😉

Wow , !!! Bobby , You'll be rethinking the "Dark Side "

thats what i call teamwork in an emergency congrats to all it was a win for you all as no one got hurt its not the winning that counts but the taking part (said no one ever ) {:-) PAV uk

Arrr....mighty adventurous time...

Adventure on the high seas!

That must have been an expensive repair money can always be figured out glad no one got hurt.

thats what i call team work in an emergency well done lasses and guys its not the winning its the taking part ( said no one ever ) {:-) PAV uk

I think we are missing that congratulations are in order for Megan winning the twerking contest.

Oh no!!!

Has the cause been determined? Interested to learn details.

thank goodness nobody was hurt!

Another Great vid! I'd love to be part of a crew.. glad everyone was safe!

Good video. It's not too often that anyone films the aftermath of a dismasting so it was interesting to see. I hope that it never happens to me, but in the event that it does I learned a few things that need to be dealt with in the aftermath that I would not have thought about before watching this video. It's too bad you didn't catch the moment of mast failure. I wonder what failed. The boat looked pretty new, and there were no running backstays involved, so not a great advertisement for US Spars, eh.

Wow, what a shame. Thank God, no one got hurt. The boat owner took it very well, until he gets the bill.

Pretty cool how they just get to fixing that mastacre right away.

The great Poseidon decided against taking that fine craft for himself. 😎

That sucks

Wow so lucky no one hurt.

Can't seem to get a message through, Great video at least no one was hurt. Pirate Bobby made Stephanie Laugh and smile, is it true she is leaving Sailing Doodles she mentioned going home.

Wow, totally unexpected...

Very stressful. Hoping that's not common. Seems like quite the disaster for a mast to break.

Damn I never realized how hot Megan was!

Scary ! Lucky no one was hurt. What caused that mast to break and who pays for it's replacement(and cost) ?

"But Captain, I don't think she can stand the strain."

Wow that was crazy well thank God for Captain Jack Sparrow