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John Cairns wrote:
Always thinking up these races that only they can win! Lucky we have Lance Armstrong! http://www.vendeeglobe.org/uk/classements It's not that "only they can win" but the French have much more popular interest in this. In the US sailing in general is barelya blip on the media radar, and this "round the world alone" stuff sounds like a hallucination. In France it's very popular and the skippers are like rock stars. Of course, they are also of the Gallic temperament that every man must argue violently with the skipper at every opportunity, so despite the high level of skill & technology, the French are disadvantaged at any non-singlehand sailing... Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
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Well they can't fight and no one speaks French anymore so it's something
for a passe' group to do I suppose. Probably build another monument in Paris. Short of the canal systems making transit N. to S. easy for boaters what use are they ? "DSK" wrote in message news ![]() John Cairns wrote: Always thinking up these races that only they can win! Lucky we have Lance Armstrong! http://www.vendeeglobe.org/uk/classements It's not that "only they can win" but the French have much more popular interest in this. In the US sailing in general is barelya blip on the media radar, and this "round the world alone" stuff sounds like a hallucination. In France it's very popular and the skippers are like rock stars. Of course, they are also of the Gallic temperament that every man must argue violently with the skipper at every opportunity, so despite the high level of skill & technology, the French are disadvantaged at any non-singlehand sailing... Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
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Well, if they'd bath and/or use deodorant once in a while they might
be able to get a non-French crew member. Scotty "DSK" wrote , the French are disadvantaged at any non-singlehand sailing... Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
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Scott Vernon wrote:
Well, if they'd bath and/or use deodorant once in a while they might be able to get a non-French crew member. Their theory is that smoking Galois makes bathing/deo unecessary DSK |
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