claymore
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Re: If I was 15 years youger
Norman
Perhaps an anchor thread now that you are seemingly without a project?
Norman
Perhaps an anchor thread now that you are seemingly without a project?
Vendée Globe 2016-2017
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NormanB
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Re: If I was 15 years youger
Mmmm let me think about that for a nano second... nope.
Back to VG 2016 - and from the VG website.
Seb giving a retrospectative on his adventure (not race):
Link to VG Webpage
Mmmm let me think about that for a nano second... nope.
Back to VG 2016 - and from the VG website.
Seb giving a retrospectative on his adventure (not race):
Link to VG Webpage
Tomahawk
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Re: If I was 15 years youger
On his FB page there was a vide of the arrival He looked very emotional as he approached the line. Part relief, part sadness.. How do you pick up the pieces of a normal life after that?
On his FB page there was a vide of the arrival He looked very emotional as he approached the line. Part relief, part sadness.. How do you pick up the pieces of a normal life after that?
claymore
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NormanB
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Re: If I was 15 years youger
Ha Ha.
Well it will take him a few months to restore his muscle mass particularly in his legs.
For the rest - he will never be the same man again (in common with the others).
While the business of racing single handed is all consuming it is not totally consuming all of the time and this self imposed solitude gives lots of time for reflection and the revaluation of what is really important in your life.
I have never sailed round the world single handed or otherwise. But I have had a life experience where solitude was imposed upon me for an extended period, which I will not discuss here but it was not prison.
My revaluation lead me to reject the excesses of materialism that hitherto been part of my lifestyle, to retire at age 60 ( with the big financial penalty that accompanies that decision) and to focus on what was really the important factor - my family. My one regret is that I did not re-evaluate 20 years ago - I was too busy, head down in my hamster wheel.
Ha Ha.
Well it will take him a few months to restore his muscle mass particularly in his legs.
For the rest - he will never be the same man again (in common with the others).
While the business of racing single handed is all consuming it is not totally consuming all of the time and this self imposed solitude gives lots of time for reflection and the revaluation of what is really important in your life.
I have never sailed round the world single handed or otherwise. But I have had a life experience where solitude was imposed upon me for an extended period, which I will not discuss here but it was not prison.
My revaluation lead me to reject the excesses of materialism that hitherto been part of my lifestyle, to retire at age 60 ( with the big financial penalty that accompanies that decision) and to focus on what was really the important factor - my family. My one regret is that I did not re-evaluate 20 years ago - I was too busy, head down in my hamster wheel.
Andrew E
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Re: If I was 15 years youger
Never seen before footage of Endas mast and rig in the water -https://www.facebook.com/teamirelandvendee/videos/898134153661696/
Terrifying stuff. Not sure what Endas / Team Irelands plan is now?
Never seen before footage of Endas mast and rig in the water -https://www.facebook.com/teamirelandvendee/videos/898134153661696/
Terrifying stuff. Not sure what Endas / Team Irelands plan is now?
NormanB
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Re: If I was 15 years youger
Last I heard he was getting a mast shipped out and was going to sail the boat back to Les Sables - not sure on the timing but probably back end of the year?
Last I heard he was getting a mast shipped out and was going to sail the boat back to Les Sables - not sure on the timing but probably back end of the year?
armchairsailor
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Re: If I was 15 years youger
It's a little confusing, in that I'd heard teh same - that he was taking a hiatus, getting a new mast shipped out and planning on continuing somewhere in 2018. But one of the posts on his FB page says the boat is being shipped home... So who knows?
Meanwhile, may I humbly offer the following reading material to the panel on Mr O'Coineen's previous adventures:
It's a little confusing, in that I'd heard teh same - that he was taking a hiatus, getting a new mast shipped out and planning on continuing somewhere in 2018. But one of the posts on his FB page says the boat is being shipped home... So who knows?
Meanwhile, may I humbly offer the following reading material to the panel on Mr O'Coineen's previous adventures:
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Andrew E
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Re: If I was 15 years youger
Good video from AT racing explaining the keel on Hugo Boss - https://www.facebook.com/AlexThomsonRacing/videos/1787594397921271/
Good video from AT racing explaining the keel on Hugo Boss - https://www.facebook.com/AlexThomsonRacing/videos/1787594397921271/
Andrew E
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Re: If I was 15 years youger
For those of us not interested in the Eurovision, the closing ceremony of the Vendée Globe 2016-17 is live now at https://www.facebook.com/VendeeGlobe/videos/10158694517765187/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED
For those of us not interested in the Eurovision, the closing ceremony of the Vendée Globe 2016-17 is live now at https://www.facebook.com/VendeeGlobe/videos/10158694517765187/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED
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