Becky
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what could have circumnavigated faster than Ellen on a sailing boat, will they tell me?
AND, would they e-mail the BBC so that they can tell us something else than that Ellen survived on ONLY 20 MINS SLEEP A DAY. Which has admittedly changed from the 15 mins they were saying this morning.
It has been obvious that the media know NOTHING about sailing, and they have been visibly struggling to fill the oceans of time allotted to them today. So, they have concentrated rather on the sleep deprivation, rather than the facts;-
1)the mainsail must weigh at least 1 metric ton
2) it has to be adjusted many times a day
3) tuning of the genoa/staysail/what-ever-the-third-furled-jib-is-called takes time and concentration
4)knowledge of all the boat systems is essential for her to maintain them throughout the circumnavigation
BUT, for me, what is there available with today's technology that could do the circumnavigation faster?
There will be somebody (likely many) out there who will know all these facts, come on guys, don't let me down!
AND, would they e-mail the BBC so that they can tell us something else than that Ellen survived on ONLY 20 MINS SLEEP A DAY. Which has admittedly changed from the 15 mins they were saying this morning.
It has been obvious that the media know NOTHING about sailing, and they have been visibly struggling to fill the oceans of time allotted to them today. So, they have concentrated rather on the sleep deprivation, rather than the facts;-
1)the mainsail must weigh at least 1 metric ton
2) it has to be adjusted many times a day
3) tuning of the genoa/staysail/what-ever-the-third-furled-jib-is-called takes time and concentration
4)knowledge of all the boat systems is essential for her to maintain them throughout the circumnavigation
BUT, for me, what is there available with today's technology that could do the circumnavigation faster?
There will be somebody (likely many) out there who will know all these facts, come on guys, don't let me down!