On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 01:57:21 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 00:24:11 GMT, "Jim," wrote:

http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200502/s1298073.htm

Ellen MacArthur, already the youngest person and the fastest woman to
sail around the world alone, has become the fastest sailor to complete a
solo non-stop circumnavigation of the globe.

When Francis Joyon took 72 days, 22 hours, 54 minutes and 22 seconds to
sail around the world last year, he was the first to do it in a trimaran.

It was generally expected his record would stand for at least 10 years.

Now the 28-year-old MacArthur from the landlocked English county of
Derbyshire has re-written the record books with her mark of 71 days, 14
hours, 18 minutes and 35 seconds.

Damn good job then.

Three huzzahs for the lady.

I bet she still takes forever to put on her makeup. :-)

I'll bet she doesn't wear any.

And has a girlfriend named Petra.

From Sweden.

And....

Um....never mind...

Later,

Tom

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 01:57:21 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 00:24:11 GMT, "Jim," wrote:

http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200502/s1298073.htm

Ellen MacArthur, already the youngest person and the fastest woman to
sail around the world alone, has become the fastest sailor to complete a
solo non-stop circumnavigation of the globe.

When Francis Joyon took 72 days, 22 hours, 54 minutes and 22 seconds to
sail around the world last year, he was the first to do it in a
trimaran.

It was generally expected his record would stand for at least 10 years.

Now the 28-year-old MacArthur from the landlocked English county of
Derbyshire has re-written the record books with her mark of 71 days, 14
hours, 18 minutes and 35 seconds.

Damn good job then.

Three huzzahs for the lady.

I bet she still takes forever to put on her makeup. :-)

I'll bet she doesn't wear any.

And has a girlfriend named Petra.

From Sweden.

......who looks like she could deck your horse, backhand? :-)

On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 02:17:10 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 01:57:21 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 00:24:11 GMT, "Jim," wrote:

http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200502/s1298073.htm

Ellen MacArthur, already the youngest person and the fastest woman to
sail around the world alone, has become the fastest sailor to complete a
solo non-stop circumnavigation of the globe.

When Francis Joyon took 72 days, 22 hours, 54 minutes and 22 seconds to
sail around the world last year, he was the first to do it in a
trimaran.

It was generally expected his record would stand for at least 10 years.

Now the 28-year-old MacArthur from the landlocked English county of
Derbyshire has re-written the record books with her mark of 71 days, 14
hours, 18 minutes and 35 seconds.

Damn good job then.

Three huzzahs for the lady.

I bet she still takes forever to put on her makeup. :-)

I'll bet she doesn't wear any.

And has a girlfriend named Petra.

From Sweden.

.....who looks like she could deck your horse, backhand? :-)

Do Swedish carpenters look like tall, willowy, blond babes?

Later,

Tom

I bet she still takes forever to put on her makeup. :-)

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
I'll bet she doesn't wear any.

And has a girlfriend named Petra.


Not that there's anything wrong with that...

C'mon Tom, don't be like Dennis Conner, calling the women sailors
"dykes" just because they beat him.

DSK

On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 21:18:04 -0500, DSK wrote:

I bet she still takes forever to put on her makeup. :-)

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
I'll bet she doesn't wear any.

And has a girlfriend named Petra.

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

C'mon Tom, don't be like Dennis Conner, calling the women sailors
"dykes" just because they beat him.

I didn't say anything about dykes. Nothing at all. Or lesbians.

For all I know Petra could be very happily married to a guy named
Gunner or Thor. :)

It's all in the mind's eye don't cha know. :)

Later,

Tom

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
I didn't say anything about dykes. Nothing at all. Or lesbians.


Oh no, you just said that Ellen would have a girlfriend.

For all I know Petra could be very happily married to a guy named
Gunner or Thor. :)

It's all in the mind's eye don't cha know. :)


And it often looks so much better there than in the real world.

Actually, from what I've read and seen of Ellen MacArthur she is totally
and completely focused on sailing. She is so intensely competitive that
IMHO she'd be a very uncomfortable person to have a relationship with...
although I would like to sail with her as a learning experience.

DSK

On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 06:42:16 -0500, DSK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
I didn't say anything about dykes. Nothing at all. Or lesbians.

Oh no, you just said that Ellen would have a girlfriend.

Exactly. My wife has girlfriends. So do my daughters. And my boys.

For all I know Petra could be very happily married to a guy named
Gunner or Thor. :)

It's all in the mind's eye don't cha know. :)

And it often looks so much better there than in the real world.

Actually, from what I've read and seen of Ellen MacArthur she is totally
and completely focused on sailing. She is so intensely competitive that
IMHO she'd be a very uncomfortable person to have a relationship with...
although I would like to sail with her as a learning experience.

Most of these solo types are very focused and competitive. From what
I've read, Amelia Earhart was much the same way.

Good for her - I'm glad she accomplished something spectacular.

Later,

Tom

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Exactly. My wife has girlfriends. So do my daughters. And my boys.


Yeah, whatever.


Actually, from what I've read and seen of Ellen MacArthur she is totally
and completely focused on sailing. She is so intensely competitive that
IMHO she'd be a very uncomfortable person to have a relationship with...
although I would like to sail with her as a learning experience.


Most of these solo types are very focused and competitive. From what
I've read, Amelia Earhart was much the same way.


Agreed. A polite way of saying she's an asshole?

But Ellen and Amelia have made really outstanding accomplishments in
fields occupied by self-driven obsessives (assholes), so I think they'd
probably stand above most in that ranking. I don't know about Amelia
Earhart, but Ellen is at least polite and well-spoken (and very very
focussed)

Good for her - I'm glad she accomplished something spectacular.


Me too. She deserves the record.

DSK

On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 08:41:30 -0500, DSK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

~~ snippage ~~

Most of these solo types are very focused and competitive. From what
I've read, Amelia Earhart was much the same way.

Agreed. A polite way of saying she's an asshole?

No - not at all. We have some friends who are ultra marathoners and
one of my kids is a tri-athelete. Their whole perspective on what's
important changes while training and racing.

But Ellen and Amelia have made really outstanding accomplishments in
fields occupied by self-driven obsessives (assholes), so I think they'd
probably stand above most in that ranking. I don't know about Amelia
Earhart, but Ellen is at least polite and well-spoken (and very very
focussed)

Good - that's a plus then.

On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 08:41:30 -0500, DSK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Exactly. My wife has girlfriends. So do my daughters. And my boys.


Yeah, whatever.


Actually, from what I've read and seen of Ellen MacArthur she is totally
and completely focused on sailing. She is so intensely competitive that
IMHO she'd be a very uncomfortable person to have a relationship with...
although I would like to sail with her as a learning experience.


Most of these solo types are very focused and competitive. From what
I've read, Amelia Earhart was much the same way.


Agreed. A polite way of saying she's an asshole?

Why would you consider someone who drives themselves hard to be an
asshole?

That's a behavior that should be emulated, not denigrated.



But Ellen and Amelia have made really outstanding accomplishments in
fields occupied by self-driven obsessives (assholes), so I think they'd
probably stand above most in that ranking. I don't know about Amelia
Earhart, but Ellen is at least polite and well-spoken (and very very
focussed)

Good for her - I'm glad she accomplished something spectacular.


Me too. She deserves the record.

Those who work hard, get the rewards.


Dave