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00:00 This is CV30, otherwise known as the Washington DC Clipper 70 boat. It is one of 11.
00:08 We are going to sail this around the world. The way that we do so is in this big gap here,
00:14 we have a big mainsail, so that's our main bit of propulsion.
00:18 And then forward on our bow, we have two sails that sit in that area there.
00:23 Two different types of sails, so we have two different types, but there's actually nine different combos that you can make.
00:32 So we've got similar sails but different sizes, which changes on what the wind strength is,
00:38 and that's the decisions that we have to make.
00:41 All of the sails that we use are controlled by the lines, so all of these colourful lines that we've got in the cockpit here,
00:47 are all what controls our sails, and these big round things are called winches, and that's how we actually control the lines themselves.
00:55 So this is our sail locker, so these are all our new lines, so depending on which sails we've got up at the time.
01:04 We have our heavyweight spinnaker sheets, we've got our staysail sheets, we've got our lightweight spinnaker sheets,
01:11 and we've got our Yankee sheets, so depending on which one of these many sails we've got up at the time,
01:18 we want to have different sheets attached.
01:22 More often than not, the sail's going to come out of this sail locker hatch,
01:28 so you generally open it up, shut the hatch open, and then depending on what sail it is,
01:36 it can take two to sometimes five or six people to actually get the sail out.
01:43 So, yeah, they're really heavy things.
01:47 The Yankee one is our biggest Yankee, our biggest white sails headsail,
01:54 and that you're going to want a fair few people to actually help get out of here.
02:00 That's our lightest spinnaker, it's our Code 2. This is heavier than the Code 1,
02:07 but the cut's also different, which means it's better for downwind.
02:10 And then we've got the Code 3, which is for our heaviest wind conditions downwind,
02:15 and that's got a similar cut to the Code 1, which means you can actually go quite far upwind with it as well.
02:22 And then our windseeker, got a W on it, essentially the windseeker is up to eight knots,
02:28 and that's fairly good for about 60 degrees off the wind.
02:33 It's one of the lesser-used sails.
02:38 That's the engine and generator. It's highly exciting.
02:49 Again, I've no idea what I'm supposed to be showing you.
02:52 No, just go along to it.
02:54 And this is essentially half the bunks where people sleep, so you've got the fuel tanks underneath.
02:59 And then, just due to lack of space, it works out roughly as one of these little cubbies per person.
03:05 Roughly. Every boat will be slightly different, I'm sure, depending on how they choose to use this space.
03:10 How many crew members can be held on here at once?
03:12 I think 23 is the maximum that we have.
03:15 Is that a number of people going on the race itself?
03:18 I think so. Well, at least I'm UNICEF, so we've got 23.
03:24 I think that includes Skipper and me.
03:28 This is the first mate, AQP, with their bunk.
03:32 So this is the maintenance section now.
03:35 And that's all the tool storage.
03:38 Well, half the tool storage.
03:41 It all becomes a little bit...
03:44 And then this is the nav station.
03:46 So what goes on here?
03:50 Pretty much everything. So you've got navigation, you've got the weather, you've got all the communication stuff.
03:57 So you've got the radios, sat phone, everything.
04:00 Skipper's got a laptop.
04:02 The media team, the media coordinator, has a laptop, which is more for the crew.
04:08 But that's still communication just between Skipper and the boat.
04:12 So for media upload stuff.
04:15 You've got all the electrical stuff.
04:18 All the electrical stuff. Engines.
04:21 Anything you can think of to run the boat, essentially, comes through here.
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05:35 I have propulsion.
05:37 Have a little walk around, you can kind of see what it's like.
05:40 And you can sort of feel, like right now, it's kind of like...
05:42 It feels... It's quite easy to move around. It's quite flat. It's okay.
05:46 But to give you some idea of what, like, when these boats actually start sailing, they can lean over.
05:51 And, like, you know, all of this can be in the water.
05:54 So we've moved it right on here.
05:56 So these, like, parts of the boat here that you think are just a bit of an ankle hazard at the moment,
06:01 they're actually to keep you being able to stand up without falling.
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