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Ellen MacArthur.
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Mon Feb 07, 2005 5:41 pmby eno
For those of you who don't know the above name you should.
This is a 28 year old English woman who is smashing sailing records. The unusual thing is she was born and bred not 10 miles from where I live, in the most landlocked part of England.
HER LATEST RECORD. She crossed the finishline at 22.30 GMT.
Re: Ellen MacArthur.
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Mon Feb 07, 2005 5:58 pmby Woodlouse2002
And she's comming into port not ten miles from where I live. Falmouth. I intend to go and watch her arrival. When ever that may be... Dad's even suggested taking the boat out. If I go I'll try and get a few photo's.
Re: Ellen MacArthur.
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Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:01 pmby eno
Arrival at Falmouth ........sometime from 7am-10am tomorrow morning. ;D
Re: Ellen MacArthur.
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Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:03 pmby Woodlouse2002
Excellent. I can go to that. My lessons don't start till midday.
Re: Ellen MacArthur.
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Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:04 pmby eno
It'll be crowded ...... on land and on the water. So get there early to get a spot.
Re: Ellen MacArthur.
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Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:08 pmby Woodlouse2002
Don't worry. The sight of a 40ft gaffer bearing down on you is enough to get any boat to move out the way.
Re: Ellen MacArthur.
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Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:10 pmby eno
Well if you can get some pics then great ....... she's some woman.
Re: Ellen MacArthur.
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Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:12 pmby Woodlouse2002
Some looney too.
Re: Ellen MacArthur.
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Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:14 pmby eno
Re: Ellen MacArthur.
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Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:25 pmby beefhole
LOL...
No, wait a minute... I frequent these forums too...
Re: Ellen MacArthur.
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Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:39 amby ozzy72
Just read about this in the news. An AMAZING feat!
Re: Ellen MacArthur.
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Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:49 amby eno
The BBC are covering her arrival back in Falmouth .... they have a correspondant out on HMS Severn following the boat in. Ellen has insisted that she is steering the boat into Falmouth alone ... despite only having 5 hours sleep last night.
Re: Ellen MacArthur.
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Tue Feb 08, 2005 6:08 amby C
Dame Ellen to us all now.
She deserves it...
Re: Ellen MacArthur.
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Tue Feb 08, 2005 7:28 amby Dan
Aye fair play to her - Ive had some experiences sailing, but nowt at all like that!! She's just like... [glb]AWESOME!![/glb]
Dan ;D
Re: Ellen MacArthur.
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Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:32 pmby Woodlouse2002
Before you consider how amazing this is, consider this, Sir Robin Knox-Johnson, the first man to do this trip did it in a 40 foot mono hull. It took him 313 days. He had no GPS to navigate with and for most of the journey he had no autopilot. Now that is a feat.
