Ellen has rounded Cape Horn and smashed another record.
http://www.teamellen.com/

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Goodness, I'm humble to think, what that girl achieves. Well done, Ms
Macarthur there are too few genuine heroes in the world.

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Ellen has rounded Cape Horn and smashed another record.
http://www.teamellen.com/

WOW, what an accomplishment! If this woman continues on the way she has,
she will set a record that should stand for a long time. She is simply
marvelous!

Jim Carter
"The Boat"
Bayfield

She only needs 250 miles per day to finish before February 9. If she
achieved over 300 VMG rounding Cape Horn, it would seem that her
chances from here on are favorable. Good thing it's summer down there.
:-)

On Wednesday 12 January 2005 5:15 pm in rec.boats wrote:

She only needs 250 miles per day to finish before February 9. If she
achieved over 300 VMG rounding Cape Horn, it would seem that her
chances from here on are favorable. Good thing it's summer down there.
:-)

Assuming that the boat holds together after the beating it
has taken, and assuming the the doldrums are kind to her.

Having once been becalmed in the doldrums for 15 days I can only
hope that she finds some good winds in the equatorial
convergence zone. Sitting in the middle of an ocean, stinking
hot in a dead calm on the equater is not fun.


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On 12 Jan 2005 09:15:14 -0800, wrote:
She only needs 250 miles per day to finish before February 9. If she
achieved over 300 VMG rounding Cape Horn, it would seem that her
chances from here on are favorable. Good thing it's summer down there.

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Averaging 250 miles a day in a sailboat is not impossible but it is
definitely a significant challenge, and it will need some luck with
the winds and other conditions.

Wayne.B wrote:
On 12 Jan 2005 09:15:14 -0800, wrote:

She only needs 250 miles per day to finish before February 9. If she
achieved over 300 VMG rounding Cape Horn, it would seem that her
chances from here on are favorable. Good thing it's summer down there.


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Averaging 250 miles a day in a sailboat is not impossible but it is
definitely a significant challenge, and it will need some luck with
the winds and other conditions.



Great stuff!!! with an average vmg over 10kts her boat speed much be
much higher as an average.

Probably should comment, as expected:-) it's an Aussie boat:-) being
sailed by a great person.

K

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 22:35:13 +1100, "K. Smith"
wrote:

it's an Aussie boat

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Upside down ??

Aren't they the ones that break in half when you tighten the backstay
a little too much?

Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 22:35:13 +1100, "K. Smith"
wrote:


it's an Aussie boat


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Upside down ??

Aren't they the ones that break in half when you tighten the backstay
a little too much?


Yep that's us:-) Sorry about that 86; you still haven't got the ol' mug
back yet & to everyones' chagrin the bloody landlocked Swiss now have it!!!!


K

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 18:52:40 +1100, "K. Smith"
wrote:

you still haven't got the ol' mug
back yet & to everyones' chagrin the bloody landlocked Swiss now have it!!!!

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Scuttlebut among the NYYC members that I know is that they were glad
to lose it to someone. It was costing them entirely too much money to
defend every 4 years. When they were racing in Newport, RI however it
was practically in our cruising backyard and we could take in the
racing once in awhile. Unfortunately the front stairway at the NYYC
looks a little empty without the cup there.