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    My mate Ian's round the world race with Clipper Ventures…...

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    • rocketR
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      cool, well done Ian

      rocketrocksrox 🤙🏼🤙🏾

      It's all humbug, like everywhere
      R.I.P. Geo

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      • GilesG
        Giles
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        And currently in second - COME ON IAN,,,,,,,,,

        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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        • jimmyJ
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          @Giles:

          And currently in second - COME ON IAN,,,,,,,,,

          keep that up they can really use the gate points.

          http://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/index.php/follow/race-viewer/

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          • GilesG
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            Good point Jimmy.  At least one of the teams bust spinnaker poles last night.  There is a 4 point deduction for that…..

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            • jimmyJ
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              why would you get point penalties for that? isn't the incident alone enough of a penalty?

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              • GilesG
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                The point penalty is a great idea.

                If you know you can get a "free" replacement sail/pole/halyard at the next port of call, you will tend to push the boat (and the crew) too hard.  The race is designed so that the all round best skipper/team win, someone who can race fast but safe…..I think that it is a great rule and encourages good behaviour, remember these crews have never really sailed before, and indeed in Ian's case, he had hardly sailed outside on British waters until 5 weeks ago....

                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                • jimmyJ
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                  makes perfect sense

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                  • GilesG
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                    Random pics of Ian's race so far

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                    • SeulS
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                      Just when I was glad that Finn wasn't posting dizzying crane-shorts anymore…  😞

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                      • GilesG
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                        Not great res. but how's about this one….....?

                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                        • rocketR
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                          😉 nice…

                          rocketrocksrox 🤙🏼🤙🏾

                          It's all humbug, like everywhere
                          R.I.P. Geo

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                          • SeulS
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                            DEAR  G O D  MAN!..  😠

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                            • GilesG
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                              And what he was up to last night…..

                              _Ian has also taken advantage of the conditions to attempt to sort out the team's wind instruments which involved a trip up the 89-foot mast.

                              He said he was not able to repair them in the sea state, so they are waiting for calmer conditions to try again._

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              • SeulS
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                                I very relunctantly looked up what 89 feet equals to in metres: 27…

                                I guess next time when my collegues ask me to climb on the op of the cooling cell (about 2.5 metres high), I'll think about Ian climbing a 30 fecking metres high mast WHILST SAILING ON A SEA and suck it up...

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                                • GilesG
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                                  Seul, check this out.  This is Dee Cafarri talking about her solo round the worlder…...When this happened, the closest human being to her was in the International Space Station...,..

                                  _It was here that Caffari had her worst moment. "I'd just come out of some really rough weather, lightning had hit the mast and I had to go up and replace a computer chipboard. There I was, up the mast and not making any progress.

                                  "The wind had died but there was still a big swell. I realised I'd bitten off more than I could chew, so I made the decision to come back down. But I couldn't change from ascending to descending on the climbing gear. I was stuck there for an hour and a half before I could get back down, and in that time I was flung around like a rag doll."

                                  In a calm moment on the Solent, I go up the mast to experience what it is like 100 feet high. The morning sun is breaking through and I have a great view of Cowes and the Red Funnel Ferry, but it is still a horrible experience.

                                  It's even worse when I look down and see how far the drop is to the deck of the boat, but at least I can see other people below me. What it felt like being stuck up the mast for 90 minutes in the Southern Ocean on your own is something I cannot comprehend.

                                  "My whole arm was black and blue," she recalls, when I come down again. "I was shattered and frustrated that I couldn't do the job I wanted to, and I cried as much with relief as anything else." I'd have cried too, knowing that I had to go back up the mast again to fix the problem. "It took a week to regain the full use of my arm, but that was the only time I was worried for my physical health."_

                                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                  • jimmyJ
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                                    Damn….

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                                    • O
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                                      damn the singapore team is in 5th!! Ian's ahead in 4th eh…

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                                      • GilesG
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                                        The next leg (Cape Town to Geraldton, Australia) has just started…......

                                        http://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/index.php/follow/race-viewer/

                                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                        • GilesG
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                                          Only a couple of days in to the leg with a mere 4,567 miles to go (as the crow flies, which it won't) but Ian is in second place.  Come on boy…......

                                          http://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/index.php/follow/race-viewer/

                                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                          • BeatleB
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                                            yeah, go, guys, go …

                                            We can do anything

                                            http://bybeatle.com

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