"Goofball_star_dot_etal" wrote in message
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On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 11:21:30 -0500, "Ellen MacArthur"
wrote:


"Goofball_star_dot_etal" wrote:
http://www.tide28.com/


Oh my GAWD! Leave it to the Brits to figure out how to make a really
ugly Macgregor 26!
Maybe I shoulda gave the reporter more credit. He didn't mention it
because he didn't want
people barfing all over their computers. :-)

Cheers,
Ellen

It's a Big Mac. Nice keel though. Obviously a "stunt" to advertise
dad's design.

ah, confirming that my instincts are on target. I smelled bull**** and now I
see I was right.
I posted a comment to the newspaper and they have not published it. I can
only assume they are only interested in posts that support their point of
view. Shameless.
Looks like dad's design is a safe boat for a solo crossing only if done in a
convoy.
It's all well and good, except that they are hoping to top someone's genuine
and honorable record.
Scout

Scout wrote:

It's all well and good, except that they are hoping to top someone's genuine
and honorable record.
Scout

Mr. Scout;

Days of real sailors capable of self reliance are all but long gone.

Not only will Daddy be tagging along, they will have a dozen GPS's,
weather faxes, shore support, telephones, internet, automatic pumps,
radar, auto pilot, epirbs, medical monitoring, and so on.

Enough to make Captain Joshua Slocum vomit, and give Robin L. Graham
the screeming ****s.

A new class of record keeping is in order. With support, and without.

The whole stunt is sickening.

Capt. American

"Capt.American" wrote
A new class of record keeping is in order. With support, and without.

The whole stunt is sickening.

Did you notice how it says *to sail solo across the Atlantic*?
Well I just looked up solo in the dictionary and it said alone and without a companion.
Having another boat and your Daddy tagging along doesn't seem alone and without
a companion to me. I think the headline's cheesy. But, that's what passes for journalism
these days.

Cheers,
Ellen

"Capt.American" wrote in message
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Scout wrote:

It's all well and good, except that they are hoping to top someone's
genuine
and honorable record.
Scout

Mr. Scout;

Days of real sailors capable of self reliance are all but long gone.

Not only will Daddy be tagging along, they will have a dozen GPS's,
weather faxes, shore support, telephones, internet, automatic pumps,
radar, auto pilot, epirbs, medical monitoring, and so on.

Enough to make Captain Joshua Slocum vomit, and give Robin L. Graham
the screeming ****s.

A new class of record keeping is in order. With support, and without.

The whole stunt is sickening.

Capt. American

Not only is the stunt a disgusting attempt to mar a genuine record, the
Daily News is a disgraceful rag for publishing only those views that agree
with them. I wouldn't wipe my ass with their newspaper.
Scout

Scout wrote:
.... the
Daily News is a disgraceful rag for publishing only those views that agree
with them. I wouldn't wipe my ass with their newspaper.

Do you often get requests for that?

-IE-

wrote in message
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Scout wrote:
.... the
Daily News is a disgraceful rag for publishing only those views that
agree
with them. I wouldn't wipe my ass with their newspaper.

Do you often get requests for that?

You've never wiped your ass with a newspaper?
Scout

Scout wrote:
You've never wiped your ass with a newspaper?

On rare occasions with incorrect or misleading tech manuals, yes.

Newspaper, no.

-signed- Injun Ear (formerly known as Eagle Eye)