Posted by John Nichols on February 09, 2005 at 16:56:01 from 165.91.196.86 user Mcneacail.
In Reply to: Re: Ellen MacArthur - A contemporary Nancy Blackett? posted by Laurence Monkhouse on February 09, 2005 at 08:11:25:
There is an expression I heard once in Australia that goes something like this:
If you are lost in the Great Southern Ocean:
South of 40 degrees south, only the Navy might help you.
South of 50 degrees south, only God might help you.
South of 60 degrees south, there is no God.
I have been offshore in a big southerly blow at Easter in the Tasman Sea. The waves are huge and the boat is small. I was wet cold and frightened, but one still has to carry on, so I understand her crying at the camera. She has real guts. I would not want to do what she has done.
Well done and splice the main brace.
JMN