On Tuesday 28 December 2004 3:14 am in rec.boats.cruising Jack Dale wrote:

On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 01:48:04 +0000, Chris Newport
wrote:


Ellen MacArthur has just broken another solo record.

She is moving way faster than the Vendee Globe boats. I wonder if she
will see any as she goes by. She seems to be past two of them
already.

She has the advantage of a custom built multihull over the
standardised Vendee boats.

The Global Challenge boats are coming from the other direction.

Who said the Southern Ocean was lonely?

It is a very big place - the chances of ever seing another boat
are negligable, especially with the big seas and weather reducing
visibility.

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