DanTribe
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Actually, I think you'll find that Joyon's boat is 22ft longer than Ellen's, not that Ellen's boat is shorter. [Not many people know that] /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Thanks to Dick Durham Yachting Monthly
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Koeketiene
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Trust the French to use such underhand tactics - just not cricket /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
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Trust the French to use such underhand tactics - just not cricket /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
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KINGFISHER 9
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Don't suppose anyone's still reading the above pompous outpourings but all I did was express an opinion in the first place. Obviously those who responded are the only ones allowed to! What I referred to when mentioning RKJ was his first RTW voyage and the way he went about it - not what he's done since .... he's certainly what inspired me ... became a friend then and still sends Christmas cards! Aren't people peculiar? Maybe this forum is the only excitement some of them get!
Don't bother to reply ... I won't be looking at this one again!
Don't bother to reply ... I won't be looking at this one again!
mono
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Re: Thanks to Dick Durham Yachting Monthly
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What has he done in sailing that is significantly different from the others
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I might be wrong but I doubt you would make that comment if you had read his early autobiography. His circumnavigation was an outstanding feat of seamanship in a boat that was tender, had weak floors, vulnerable coachroof that was cracked in the Southern Ocean, inadequate home made self steering and the most basic navigation equipment.
Many others set out in that race - RKJ was the only one to complete it. I think that sets him apart, don't you?
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I might be wrong but I doubt you would make that comment if you had read his early autobiography. His circumnavigation was an outstanding feat of seamanship in a boat that was tender, had weak floors, vulnerable coachroof that was cracked in the Southern Ocean, inadequate home made self steering and the most basic navigation equipment.
Many others set out in that race - RKJ was the only one to complete it. I think that sets him apart, don't you?
smth448
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Re: Thanks to Dick Durham Yachting Monthly
Couldn't agree more. I just get fed up with people saying that dashing round the world in record time is boring. No matter what technology you have at your disposal it is an amazing feat of seamanship and skill, not to mention stamina.
Anybody who is prepared to push the boundaries deserves our utmost respect and gratitude, not to be called boring.
Couldn't agree more. I just get fed up with people saying that dashing round the world in record time is boring. No matter what technology you have at your disposal it is an amazing feat of seamanship and skill, not to mention stamina.
Anybody who is prepared to push the boundaries deserves our utmost respect and gratitude, not to be called boring.
SailorFrank
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"Don't bother to reply ... I won't be looking at this one again!"
bet you do - talk about need to have the last word !!
and the award for the most blatant name dropping of 2008 goes to you for "he's certainly what inspired me ... became a friend then and still sends Christmas cards!" how very pompous!
bet you do - talk about need to have the last word !!
and the award for the most blatant name dropping of 2008 goes to you for "he's certainly what inspired me ... became a friend then and still sends Christmas cards!" how very pompous!
jimi
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"Labradors are not renowned for their climbing abilities!"
Apart from the one that accompanied us up the Parson's Nose route on Crib y Ddysgul in Snowdonia, and the one that climbed the Idwal Slabs /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
But not including the one that came to grief on Trevallen in Pembroke /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
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Remember McHaffie's dog in Borrowdale? He claimed it could follow him up VS!
"Labradors are not renowned for their climbing abilities!"
Apart from the one that accompanied us up the Parson's Nose route on Crib y Ddysgul in Snowdonia, and the one that climbed the Idwal Slabs /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
But not including the one that came to grief on Trevallen in Pembroke /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
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Remember McHaffie's dog in Borrowdale? He claimed it could follow him up VS!
Sgeir
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Ah, but the dog didn't do Little Chamonix in roller skates.
jimi
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or boxing gloves!
Rustyknight
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Amazingly, if you multiply 22ft by 3 you get the length of a cricket pitch.
Weird, huh?
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Amazingly, if you multiply 22ft by 3 you get the length of a cricket pitch.
Weird, huh?
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damo
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Re: Thanks to Dick Durham Yachting Monthly
I have read his books, followed the race avidly as a kid, heard him speak, and find him and his achievements inspiring. But in terms of "heroism" he has no more or less than others IMO - he was one of the boldest of his time, as are the others in their generation.
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I have read his books, followed the race avidly as a kid, heard him speak, and find him and his achievements inspiring. But in terms of "heroism" he has no more or less than others IMO - he was one of the boldest of his time, as are the others in their generation.
(My "hero" of the RTW was Moitessier - he probably could have won comfortably if he had wanted to /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif )
mono
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Re: Thanks to Dick Durham Yachting Monthly
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(My "hero" of the RTW was Moitessier - he probably could have won comfortably if he had wanted to
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Yes, but his boat was about 10ft longer....tee hee
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(My "hero" of the RTW was Moitessier - he probably could have won comfortably if he had wanted to
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Yes, but his boat was about 10ft longer....tee hee
damo
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Re: Thanks to Dick Durham Yachting Monthly
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...and it wasn't leaky wood, and he was faster, the demn foreign binder.
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...and it wasn't leaky wood, and he was faster, the demn foreign binder.
FullCircle
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Who was it that did the OSTAR in a 234 footer? That was almost a bridge across the Atlantic! Not quite what our Corinthian spirited heroes quite had in mind?
So, anyway, I have bought Club Mediterranee, and intend to sail it non stop untill the beer runs out.
Cant decide whether it will be to chase the furthest distance on the least beer consumed, or set a real How Many Beers Per Mile Without Stopping? record.
Wasnt Day Mellons boat conceived and built in France? I thort it was previously enjoyed before she slapped 2 coats of paint on it?
So, anyway, I have bought Club Mediterranee, and intend to sail it non stop untill the beer runs out.
Cant decide whether it will be to chase the furthest distance on the least beer consumed, or set a real How Many Beers Per Mile Without Stopping? record.
Wasnt Day Mellons boat conceived and built in France? I thort it was previously enjoyed before she slapped 2 coats of paint on it?
ShipsWoofy
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Wasnt Day Mellons boat conceived and built in France? I thort it was previously enjoyed before she slapped 2 coats of paint on it?
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Not B&Q, she was built in NZ with Ellen visiting the factory during completions.. There was a documentary about a year or so before the record.
You may be thinking of the big cat that she used which was demasted, she had been used for many attempts prior to Ellen sailing as skipper.
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Wasnt Day Mellons boat conceived and built in France? I thort it was previously enjoyed before she slapped 2 coats of paint on it?
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Not B&Q, she was built in NZ with Ellen visiting the factory during completions.. There was a documentary about a year or so before the record.
You may be thinking of the big cat that she used which was demasted, she had been used for many attempts prior to Ellen sailing as skipper.
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FullCircle
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<<<Don't bother to reply ... I won't be looking at this one again!>>>
Bit of a recurring theme with you kingsley /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
From another recent-ish post. Seems kingsley likes flouncing out in a huff.
<<<I'll totally ignore any contribution you make on any of the forums in future and I'd advise anyone else reading your nonsense to do the same ... I don't suppose you enjoy your sailing either .... don't bother replying ... I won't be reading any more of your drivel! >>>> In response to Twisterowner, so you are in good company.
But then he would appear to be a Cardinal Vertue.....
Bit of a recurring theme with you kingsley /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
From another recent-ish post. Seems kingsley likes flouncing out in a huff.
<<<I'll totally ignore any contribution you make on any of the forums in future and I'd advise anyone else reading your nonsense to do the same ... I don't suppose you enjoy your sailing either .... don't bother replying ... I won't be reading any more of your drivel! >>>> In response to Twisterowner, so you are in good company.
But then he would appear to be a Cardinal Vertue.....
ShipsWoofy
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I think we need a sense-of-humour bypass smiley to select for occasions like this /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
mono
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I think that was Alain Colas - who later lost his life aboard his tri 'Manureva' on a round the world attempt.
A good time to bring that up because at 235ft long, Club Med was the largest boat to take part in the OSTAR and yet she came second.
Size isn't everything!
A good time to bring that up because at 235ft long, Club Med was the largest boat to take part in the OSTAR and yet she came second.
Size isn't everything!
KINGFISHER 9
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On most forums they call it a troll ..... worked well I thought! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
SailorFrank
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I said you would be back - what happened to "Don't bother to reply ... I won't be looking at this one again!" any other famous sailing friends you want to share with us - or are you off to sulk again!