As an aside to Ellen

Also Tilman.. might have been quite funny winding that ol' -... ..- --. --. .- up

But complete respect for his tenacity.. oh and I know he's not an actual sailor but would like to include Shakelton too..
 
It's curious to note the list doesn't include any women sailors other than Ellen.

Surely, amongst the members of the fairer sex that have made a long distance voyage or two, there should be some that would be much nicer company than some grizzled "old salt" with soup and spaghetti stuck in his beard.......

Clare Francis?
Naomi James?
Tracy Edwards?
Lisa Clayton?

Anymore????
 
It is not a real accolade, yer know, a bit of fun. You may even have noticed some of the nominees were dead too.
 
Re: dead nominees (WARNING - non-PC)

Is Rosie still alive?

She used to like sailing in the buff, which isn't much good for the Southern Ocean, but might have cheered things up in the doldrums.

If she is still around it might not be as attractive a sight as it used to be, of course.

- Nick
 
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With Bernard Moitessier I had to do a toss up between the chances of getting shipwrecked (he lost his first boat on Chagos) or the chances of getting morally wrecked on a Pacific island somewhere. In the end I took the safe option and put him well down the list - sad, obviously I have lost all sense of adventure /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif.
John

[/ QUOTE ]My choice would have been virtually identical to yours, but with Bernard Moitessier being the first choice, if only one could depend on him to get back to England, rather than somewhere much nicer ...
 
Rosie\'s still going strong...

... and is currently running round the world. She doesn't look too bad for 57 in this picture taken recently in Siberia.
rosie18.jpg


Dave
 
Re: Tilman

yeah but you're a man.. having read his books I have the impression (please correct if I'm wrong) that Tilman was a bit of a -- -.-- ... --- --. -.-- -. .. ... - at least as far as boats were in the equation...

Rosie looks the piccy of health
 
Re: Tilman

The verdict of popular history often has little to do with reality. I certainly found his style of writing absolutely charming, and it seemed that he was unlucky with his crews (you got a good write-up, though, I'm impressed!:)), possibly because he was out of necessity usually taking people on he didn't know for long trips.

His assessment of his crews seemed devastatingly, and sometimes almost disarmingly, honest. On the other hand, it would have been interesting also to read an account by a member of crew whom he didn't like to hear the other side of the story. I could sympathise with such a person: a small and uncomfortable boat over a long distance is no place to be locked up with a skipper of strong personality who has taken a dislike.
 
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