At least we can win the sailing !!

[NHyde]

This lady deserves all our support , absolutely staggered by her achievment even if she does not break the record

www.teamellen.com/ellen.asp?artid=100

[gopher]

she's still over 2 days ahead! - This is one very impressive lady.

[carsarecool]

Hope the northerly winds don't slow her down too much.

Can't even begin to imagine how difficult this is to do & what she's been through in the past couple of months.

Her video diary is hilarious as well btw.

[v8thunder]

Brittania rules the waves...

[Eric Mc]

she's probably Irish (with a name like McCarthy).

[NHyde]

Derbyshire , which is just about as far as you can get from the sea !!!!

[v8thunder]

Eric Mc said:

she's probably Irish (with a name like McCarthy).

Macarthur. More like Scottish or northumbrian in origin (although she is from Derbyshire)

[IOLAIRE]

I don't care where she was born, with a name like that and the guts and determination she displays, she's Scottish through and through!!
Utterly fantastic!

[Hugh1]

I completely agree, absolutely fantastic achievement, I have real admiration for her and the way she has got to where she is all on her own.

I will be out there in the Laser 4000 to see her back into Falmouth weather permitting. With any luck she will get in sometime on Tuesday afternoon then I only have to miss 1 hr of lectures

[Eric Mc]

OOOOPS!

Definitely Scottish then.

[Scooby_snax]

I was covering the ORMA60's at la Trinite last season. Here is a link www.sailshots.co.uk/ORMA60.html
These are 60 footers with a crew of about 10, how she manages to sail her 75 footer singlehanded beats me.
I certainly wouldnt want to detract her performance in the slightest but I wonder how much time the 2 weather routers she has used have saved her,a benefit that Joyon didnt have

[mybrainhurts]

Hoorah.....

What the hell are you all talking about....?

[bruciebabie]

Scooby_snax said:

I was covering the ORMA60's at la Trinite last season. Here is a link www.sailshots.co.uk/ORMA60.html These are 60 footers with a crew of about 10, how she manages to sail her 75 footer singlehanded beats me. I certainly wouldnt want to detract her performance in the slightest but I wonder how much time the 2 weather routers she has used have saved her,a benefit that Joyon didnt have

Ah, but Joyon had a longer/faster/more powerful boat.

[pwig]

She should have used a powerboat

[Scooby_snax]

pwig said:

She should have used a powerboat

No filling stations mid Atlantic

[clapham993]

Break the record or not this week, our national pride should know no bounds.

From sailing her 23' Coribee round the UK to sailing one of the most sophisticated multi-hulls ever built around the world, this woman has shown time and again what, with will and effort the human condition can achieve; to use her own catch phrase "A Donf!" Ellen!!

[Hilts]

v8thunder said:

Eric Mc said: she's probably Irish (with a name like McCarthy). Macarthur. More like Scottish or northumbrian in origin (although she is from Derbyshire)

Yes her roots are in The Highlands.

[NHyde]

BBC news now , she's just about to do it !!!!!!!!!

Absolutely incredible

[beano500]

They could make some nice gardens in Falmouth (or somewhere) dedicated to her..............








.....they'd call it MacArthur's Park.



:Illgetmysou'wester:



PS Well done that woman!

>> Edited by beano500 on Tuesday 8th February 07:16

[zaktoo]

Bravo, Ellen.