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Isis 
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 Topic: Aviva ChallengePosted: 17 May 06 at 8:49pm |
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So... less than 24 hours left of possibly one of the most embarasingly untalked-about bits of sailing achivement ever....
Admit it: How many of you didnt even know what shes been trying to do? Y&Y news article Dee's website Think Ellen, but backwards. |
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jpbuzz591
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Posted: 17 May 06 at 8:51pm |
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fill me in. Didnt no anything about it. |
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Jp Indoe
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Isis
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Posted: 17 May 06 at 9:09pm |
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The website will do a far better job of explaining it than I, but shes
basicaly just sailed solo, non-stop around the globe AGAINST the
prevailing wind and current with far less than ellen levels of equipent
and support.
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tack'ho
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Posted: 18 May 06 at 8:16am |
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Wow.....So lets get this straight she's done something that someone else did a long time ago, in a bigger boat.....let me contain my obvious excitement.
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I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e!
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Rupert
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Posted: 18 May 06 at 12:08pm |
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She managed to get a column of print in one of the sunday papers, so there has been some publicity. I suppose this is news worthy if you believe that records should be set by gender. As far as sailing is concerned, I confess to being in 2 minds as to whether they need to be. Trips like this tend to appeal to men more, so they have a greater likelihood of holding the record - I think Ellen has proved that there is no reason why women should be any slower.
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Stefan Lloyd
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Posted: 18 May 06 at 4:57pm |
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On the contrary, it has had quite a lot of coverage in the sailing media. I can't say I'm personally interested. What she is doing doesn't seem very ground-breaking to me. People (i.e men) were doing this kind of thing 30+ years ago. The few two people to climb Everest got worldwide coverage. Does anyone other than their friends and family care who does it now that 2000+ people have summited? Same thing: old news.
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