Ellen MacArthur has just broken another solo record.

She's done it, another record...after beating Francis Joyon's time to the
Equator, and then to Cape of Good Hope, Ellen has sailed B&Q to another
record by passing the longitude of Cape Leeuwin (SW Australia) at 2215gmt
and 45 seconds, knocking 15 hours off the record set by Joyon. 'I nearly
missed it, I was working down below, realised it was light, and suddenly
thought I must be near the line of Cape Leeuwin, dashed to the nav table
and saw I was just a minute a way!'...Ellen's sixth sense?

http://www.teamellen.com/ellen.asp?artid=100

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.

The Global Challenge boats are coming from the other direction.

Who said the Southern Ocean was lonely?

Jack

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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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I should have put a ;-) on my post.

I do know that chances of seeing another vessel are slim. The horizon
is only about 3 miles away if you are 6 feet above the water line.

I just found the convergence of the three races / events of interest.

Jack

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