Too many round the world races?

   I have to agree there seems to be to many now. The last one I really followed closely was The Race, since then they all seem to be on TV in the middle of the night or on Sky and none of them have gripped my attention.

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Laser 173312 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 08 May 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 416	Post Options Post Reply Quote Laser 173312 Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Too many round the world races? Posted: 16 Oct 08 at 9:01am
	I have to agree there seems to be to many now. The last one I really followed closely was The Race, since then they all seem to be on TV in the middle of the night or on Sky and none of them have gripped my attention.

laser4000 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 02 Aug 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 589	Post Options Post Reply Quote laser4000 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 14 Oct 08 at 6:01pm
	ok so the volvo's just kicked off and I'll be following / cheering for Green Dragons featuring our very own Ian Walker and Ian Moore, and a number of other talented british/irish sailors... Shortly the Vendee single-handed race is off, not sure who to cheer for in that one.. probably Brian Thomson and Sam Davies who seems to be working hard to get all the skills together (being a bit of a fittie helps with my vote too.) Now I read that there's another RTW race - the portimao something or other in Class40's sailed either 1 or 2 up. Does anyone (other than sailors friends and family and the promoters) actually care about this last race? Will anyone actually be at all interested in the reports on Y&Y about a bunch of sailors who (with the greatest of respect for their efforts) the average armchair fan has probably never heard off...