mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 29/1/05 at 09:51 PM |
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Anyone following Ellens progress?
MacArthur is now one day and 11 hours ahead of the pace set by Joyon.That some machine that she is sailing
http://www.teamellen.com/ and http://www.voyager2020.com/
[Edited on 29-1-05 by mangogrooveworkshop]
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 29/1/05 at 10:00 PM |
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Ellens speed machine
 
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zilspeed
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| posted on 29/1/05 at 10:11 PM |
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I wonder how the dead ringers team will handle it
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 29/1/05 at 11:20 PM |
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Ellen MacArthur (Jan Ravens) can be seen battling against the odds as she circumnavigates the spare room with the vacuum cleaner and copes with the
pain of a red t-shirt in the white wash in her challenge to bravely take on the housework.
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chris.russell
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| posted on 30/1/05 at 10:41 AM |
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Does Ellen acturally sail the boat? so much of it must be remotely operated and she has a team telling her where to sail and when to go to sleep... is
she real or is she a robot that can cry?
Any way good luck to her!
Mines a pint
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Russ-Turner
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| posted on 30/1/05 at 10:43 AM |
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What does it stand for...does anyone know?
Maybe it's Linda Barron and Pauline Quirk from the feather programme...no-body knows. B&Q, it's a mystery.
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JoelP
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| posted on 30/1/05 at 11:01 AM |
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ellen does it all, with just remote support. the sailing isnt the hard bit, provided the winches are light enough! that power sleep lark must drive
her mad though, imagine getting back home after many months of 20 minute kips! lasting damage methinks.
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Peteff
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| posted on 30/1/05 at 11:14 AM |
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Just think....
All that in a boat bought from a local DIY store. It must be popular because when I went for a look round B&Q the other day they didn't have
one single boat left.  Loads of MDF and timber though so I might make a locost version. I power nap all the time, sometimes for hours on end and
usually when there's something I wanted to watch on telly, no problemo.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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chunkielad
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| posted on 30/1/05 at 11:32 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by chris.russell
Does Ellen acturally sail the boat? so much of it must be remotely operated and she has a team telling her where to sail and when to go to sleep... is
she real or is she a robot that can cry?
I tell you what mate, if it's so easy, have a go yourself and beat the record!!
I know I would last 30 seconds and be puking over the side with sea sickness!!!
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white130d
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| posted on 30/1/05 at 02:56 PM |
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I think it is great
A young lady for central UK (whatstandwell) of all places can excel in such a hard a gruelling sport. I was at the start of the BOC around the world
in 1998. Only monohulls, average 60' in length. I think they lost several boats and 2 sailors that year.
I have done my share of crewing on board J24s and a little offshore sailing. I think I will stick with my feet on soild ground and 4 wheels.
David
"There's only 2 things that money can't buy, and that's true love and home grown tomatos" Guy Clark
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britishtrident
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| posted on 30/1/05 at 05:10 PM |
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Call me a cynic but ----
Great to see that a fit woman using mega expensive 21st century technology can do what pensioner could do in the 1960s.
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JoelP
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| posted on 30/1/05 at 05:13 PM |
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slightly quicker though, BT, thats the point!
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marcyboy
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| posted on 30/1/05 at 06:16 PM |
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and she's a might butcher...
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 30/1/05 at 09:30 PM |
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Wish her well , if she beats the present record then good on her. Besides anyone that can build a flat pack that big deserves some recognision
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 30/1/05 at 11:14 PM |
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I bet she had one screw left over and used all the glue up before she was 1/3 the way through!
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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NS Dev
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| posted on 30/1/05 at 11:33 PM |
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I can only ever admire her achievements, money's helping her now but it didn't at the start.
Let none of us criticise until we do better ourselves!
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Simon
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| posted on 1/2/05 at 09:02 PM |
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Was it just me, or did anyone else notice that the site seems primarily french.
I know they take it much more seriously - good yatchsmen are heroes to them, but thought that was slightly unnecessary.
Three day lead now.
Come on Ellen!!
ATB
Simon
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 4/2/05 at 04:44 PM |
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She has lost 11 hrs but is still ahead
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 7/2/05 at 05:16 PM |
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WHAT IS THE RECORD...
WHAT IS THE RECORD... SOLO, NON-STOP AROUND THE WORLD ON A MULTIHULL...
A record only attempted fives times before in sailing history - only one sailor made the distance non-stop.
It will be extreme, it will be on the edge, it will be dangerous...
Success will be monumental - failure will be her constant companion.
Racing against the clock, no one else, just the time of the previous record, the pace is unrelenting...you push as much as you dare...
Ellen MacArthur, Skipper, trimaran B&Q
TIME TO BEAT...
72 DAYS, 22 HOURS, 54 MINUTES + 22 SECONDS
Current record set by French sailor, Francis Joyon, on board 90-foot multihull IDEC in February 2004.
WHY IS THIS RECORD SO EXCEPTIONAL...
1800+ people have reached the summit of Everest...*
450+ people have been in space...**
12 astronauts have stepped on the moon...**
Only 5 solo sailors have attempted to race around the globe non-stop on multihulls (the fastest and most extreme boats on the oceans) in pursuit of
a new world record...
Only 1 sailor succeeded to go the distance non-stop...
Ellen MacArthur will become the next sailor to attempt this world record - the youngest in history to take on the challenge...
Ellen will push the boundaries of what is possible at sea and to push her own limits beyond those she has ever known before...
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 7/2/05 at 11:36 PM |
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THE ELLEN HAS LANDED!
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NS Dev
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| posted on 7/2/05 at 11:40 PM |
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What's that then, day and a half quicker???
Well done!!!!!!
Good on her, some achievement......................what have I done, built a few cars.........Doh!!!!! (suddenlt I feel a bit small!)
[Edited on 7/2/05 by NS Dev]
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Peteff
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| posted on 8/2/05 at 12:40 AM |
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She's from Derbyshire you know.
Heard on radio local. Presenter 1, "What a great achievement", presenter 2, "I bet she's ready for some company"
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 8/2/05 at 12:49 AM |
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andybod
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| posted on 8/2/05 at 08:27 AM |
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wasn,t it only last week when her lead dropped from 3 day,s to hour,s due to weather condition,s so well done to her
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