Mike Perham

I think part of the problem is of British expectation.

We do rather like the hero to suffer ( probably for no good reason) rather more than he appears to have done. i.e sold his house to do it, patched up a gigantic hole somewhere, injured himself, and perhaps sewing his arm up with the aid of a radio doctor without anaesthetic etc etc

Has the cad no idea no idea of the glorification of suffering as an ideal ?

Personally, his voyage would terrify the life out of me and I'm sure of many others.

Deep down we all wish him well and believe he has great courage whatever way he has managed to get there. We know this from our own humble attempts at sailing.

He is after all a sailor.
 
And a thirty year old cat, sailed by a middle aged charity worker who had taken leave of abscence (UNPAID) came in second! Personaly, I think that is a damm site more uplifting than an awful lot of other junk in the sailing world! /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
 
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