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In article ,
lid says...



Ellen MacArthur has smashed the world record for a solo
circumnavigation, finishing in under 71 days 13 hours.
The previous record holder Francis Joyon took 72 days 22 hours 54 mins.

Unless you get BBC News you would never know it. The Beeb gave about half
its evening news yesterday to this and it was very, very interesting.
That boat really moves! But so far as I know, there was not a word on any
other news program or channel. Haven't checked this morning's paper yet
but if there is more than a short paragraph I will be surprised.


The event had nothing to do with 9/11, or other issues which give Bush's
pecker a little twitch, so it obviously wasn't newsworthy in this country.
:-)

In article ,
lid says...



Ellen MacArthur has smashed the world record for a solo
circumnavigation, finishing in under 71 days 13 hours.
The previous record holder Francis Joyon took 72 days 22 hours 54 mins.

The BBC yesterday devoted half its time to this event. I doubt any US
news program mentioned it at all. Imoressive. That boat really moves.

On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 23:24:00 +0000, Chris Newport
wrote:


Ellen MacArthur has smashed the world record for a solo
circumnavigation, finishing in under 71 days 13 hours.
The previous record holder Francis Joyon took 72 days 22 hours 54 mins.

Aged 28, in a trimaran no less, and no boyfriend on hand to welcome
her back.

Brian W