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Topic: Dream Teams

Posted By: cunning stunt
Subject: Dream Teams
Date Posted: 07 Jan 05 at 6:22pm

This forum needs some spicing up and debate, so here goes: who would you have on your UK born dream team on a boat? Thinking key positions:

Nav: Jules Salter

Tactics: Ado Stead

Driver: Tim Powell/Ben Ainslie

Trimmers: Gerry Mitchell, Andy Hemmings,

Bow: Matt Cornwell

Any thoughts?....

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Posted By: sailor.jon
Date Posted: 08 Jan 05 at 8:55pm

i know she's more into the singel handed stuff but surly Ellen mcarthur shoud be in a British sailing dream team

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Posted By: sailor girl
Date Posted: 09 Jan 05 at 3:43pm

She's in my dream team!

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Posted By: Chris Noble
Date Posted: 23 Feb 05 at 9:22pm

Rohan Vael would be in there somewhere aswell a trimmer perhaps, just in there to get the boat speed.

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Posted By: Blobby
Date Posted: 24 Feb 05 at 5:15am

British born?

Posted By: hydrographer20
Date Posted: 24 Feb 05 at 9:07am

ooh at the moment i think elln macvarthur would be enough for the whole team!! lol and still thrash everyone

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Posted By: Lucy
Date Posted: 24 Feb 05 at 10:20am

Yes she's done well but would Ellen get on well in a team? A think she's an amazing Solo sailor but it would be very interesting if you put her into a team with the likes of Ben Ainslie, Jules Salter, Ado Steed et al.

Posted By: hydrographer20
Date Posted: 24 Feb 05 at 10:34am

yes that would be interseting to see what happens. i think she would find it hard. but ur right about ben ainsle he would definatle have a place on ym team

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Posted By: C. Petrie
Date Posted: 24 Feb 05 at 11:51am

Not sure what he is up to these days but laurie smith would prob be in mine driving... esp. if it was close inshore racing as against offshore!

Posted By: sailor.jon
Date Posted: 24 Feb 05 at 11:54am

didn't he skipper slik cut in the 97-98 whitbread ocean race?

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Posted By: Phil eltringham
Date Posted: 24 Feb 05 at 5:32pm

he did indeed

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Posted By: redback
Date Posted: 24 Feb 05 at 10:49pm

I wouldn't want to take anything away from Ellen's great achievment but I suspect she'd be get well beaten in a dinghy. All that tactics, windshifts and rules stuff is not her thing. Lawrie Smith there's somebody with the drive of Ellen, experience in dinghies and a lot else, and he is one hell of a ruthless guy. Where is he?