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    Posted: 07 Nov 09 at 3:31pm
Accepting that the editing was there to tell the story the broadcasters wanted to tell (experts wrong, against all the odds etc.) there were some odd family dynamics going on there - at times the word creepy came into my head.

In sailing around the world sailing is only a bit of it - keeping the boat and yourself together is the bigger part of it. That takes guts and the kid had the right stuff.

I'd love to do something like that one day (some how it wasn' me that won the £45M) but if I don't get 7+ hours kip a night I turn into a psychopath after a few days.

I wonder what if anything he'll do next in sailing?
Like some other things - sailing is more enjoyable when you do it with someone else
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Agreed - say what you want about his dad or even his sailing skills but he had guts. Not sure if we'll see much of him again, what do you do to top that?
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Do it non-stop this time?
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Yep. +1 all the above! You nailed it I reckon TT.
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Originally posted by timeintheboat


I wonder what if anything he'll do next in sailing?


I'd not be surprised if it was a different adventure sport he did something in next.
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