Come on Ellen!!! Anyone else following her voyage?

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yup

;) yup she has done well!.....ehhh shes not a lemon by chance is she? i get that impression??............i can just hear her..on her day of judgement.....god says....ellen....tell me what youve contributed to mankind in your lifetime? i sailed around the world god! says ellen........... 8O
 
I honestly don't care, I got really fed up of people going on about it yesterday...now I know what people feel like who hate football
 
N8 said:
Ah well what a shame for all you doubters and haters.... :lol:

She has achieved, experienced, endured, conqured and overcome more in the last 71 days than any of you ever have or will in your entire lives.

A BBC poll of over 43,000 people has shown that the majority think she is the greatest British sportswoman ever.
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Nonsense - there's no way you can make that statement.

I thought Kelly Holmes was the greatest sportswoman - ah no, that was last week.
 
MARKB said:
N8 said:
Ah well what a shame for all you doubters and haters.... :lol:

She has achieved, experienced, endured, conqured and overcome more in the last 71 days than any of you ever have or will in your entire lives.

A BBC poll of over 43,000 people has shown that the majority think she is the greatest British sportswoman ever.
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Nonsense - there's no way you can make that statement.

I thought Kelly Holmes was the greatest sportswoman - ah no, that was last week.
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Yes there is, and i did, and its true. Its now the majority of 60,000 people on the BBC poll who think she's Britians greatest ever sportswoman...
 
N8 said:
Yes there is, and i did, and its true. Its now the majority of 60,000 people on the BBC poll who think she's Britians greatest ever sportswoman...
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everyone i've spoke to about her is fed up of hearing about her already.

it's not a popular sport is it, so I'd imagine a large % of the 60,000 voters have an interest in sailing. people who don't care for the sport don't really care about her record IMO
 
Popular? ~3 million people regularly go sailing or yachting in the UK.....what would be popular then? :?
 
Sorry,i'm wrong, it's 2.5 million.

From the Royal Yachting association.
 
I think it is a great achievement, but I do find it difficult to get excited about.
I would say that spending 70 odd days by yourself on a boat and not being able to sleep for more than an hour at a time due to icebergs and whales is something that only a few people could do. The next record is going to be sailing round the world on a unmanned yacht :D
 
gfunk said:
I think it is a great achievement, but I do find it difficult to get excited about.
I would say that spending 70 odd days by yourself on a boat and not being able to sleep for more than an hour at a time due to icebergs and whales is something that only a few people could do. The next record is going to be sailing round the world on a unmanned yacht :D
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N8 loves her. He's bring ing her to the next So.. event as his burd...
 
I think a lot of the fuss is down to the British romantic perception of us being a nation of sailors, and it allows the public to wallow in ruling the waves again.

Never win the America's Cup though do we?
 
gingerfreak said:
I think a lot of the fuss is down to the British romantic perception of us being a nation of sailors, and it allows the public to wallow in ruling the waves again.

Never win the America's Cup though do we?
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Rule Brittania, for Brittania rules the waves ;)

What i dont't understand is why other than the people that do go yachting/sailing there are so few people who seem to be interested in the sport?

Especially considering that the UK is a small island that is surrounded by water, and has a fair few lakes/rivers etc, and the greatest maritime/sailing history of any country in the world... :?
 
Sailing is too inaccessible for the average Brit. How many people own a boat?

Plus it's boring.

Plus the weather is sht.

My Father in law owns a boat. Unless it's a nice day its an ordeal.
 
Sailing is far from boring! As Nitefly says, its a massive rush when you get things right and it all goes to plan :D

Its not too expensive to hire a boat/join a club/team.

BUT...........WEATHER :lol: :evil: Shit UK weather is definately the main drawback :(
 
N8 said:
its a massive rush when you get things right and it all goes to plan :D :(
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Who do you think you are? the A Team ?

;)

Okay okay, you've convinced me I'll going down the river with me two barrels lashed together with rope tonight. I better not catch a cold though.
 
Well, when one of your buddies won't go on no damn plane (fool) you have to look at alternative transport methods :lol: ;)
 
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