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Aviva Challenge

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Topic: Aviva Challenge

Posted By: Isis
Subject: Aviva Challenge
Date Posted: 17 May 06 at 8:49pm

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?

http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/?article=21502 - Y&Y news article
http://www.avivachallenge.com/ - Dee's website

Think Ellen, but backwards.

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Posted By: jpbuzz591
Date Posted: 17 May 06 at 8:51pm

fill me in.

Didnt no anything about it.

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Jp Indoe
Contender 518
Buzz591
Chew Valley Sailing club
Bristol

Posted By: Isis
Date Posted: 17 May 06 at 9:09pm

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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Posted By: tack'ho
Date Posted: 18 May 06 at 8:16am

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!

Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 18 May 06 at 12:08pm

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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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686

Posted By: Stefan Lloyd
Date Posted: 18 May 06 at 4:57pm

Originally posted by Isis

Admit it: How many of you didnt even know what shes been trying to do?

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.