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    Our Mate Alex Thomson’s Races

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    • GilesG
      Giles
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      Alex starts a little practice race on Sunday…...

      https://www.transatjacquesvabre.org/en/skippers/imoca/59/hugo-boss

      "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
        Giles
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        Quote from Alex's co-skipper from Le Havre whilst they wait for the beginning of the Transat…

        "The best thing is, I heard somebody on the pontoon telling their friends, ‘you see these other boats, they are like a Renault, Alex? He’s brought a Rolls Royce.’ "

        "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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        • AetasA
          Aetas
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          Hope his new boat behaves more like a Koenigsegg.

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          • GilesG
            Giles
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            "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
              Giles
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              Damn…..

              "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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              • neph93N
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                Ouch  😞

                “Some of those that work forces
                Are the same that burn crosses”

                • Virginia Woolf
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                • goosehdG
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                  Thank god they are alright and I hope that they make it to port safely!

                  "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                  • ChrisC
                    Chris
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                    Damn that sucks. Coming to a dead stop from 25 knots, at night, out in deep ocean, must be a hell of an experience, and not in a good way.

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                    • goosehdG
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                      Any news on how they made out?

                      "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                      • goosehdG
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                        Just looked it up and see that they made it back to port yesterday.  Five days and 800 nautical miles with no keel.  That is insane and glad they made it safely.

                        "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                        • GilesG
                          Giles
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                          https://youtu.be/–7LGX6Kt8k

                          "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
                            Giles
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                            And he's off again.  Departed Gosport yesterday for the start in Les Sables-d’Olonne.

                            If he does not break anything, then this is time.  He thinks he could do the race in 67 days.  67 days! It was not that long ago that around the world in 80 days was a pipe-dream….

                            "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
                              Giles
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                              "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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                              • jordanscollectedJ
                                jordanscollected
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                                @Giles would still be trying to troll behind the boat for Mackerel

                                @Giles:

                                world tours:
                                888 Fat guy chocolate WT
                                Mad Red x2
                                Wabidashery

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                                • GilesG
                                  Giles
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                                  That would be one fast mackerel…...And if one did hit, all you'd land would be its lips.....

                                  "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
                                    Giles
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                                    Vendee Globe 2020 starts in approx 2 hours.  Come on Alex, bring it home this time (ffs)…..

                                    https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en

                                    "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
                                      Giles
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                                      40 minute delay to the start…..

                                      "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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                                      • hajdukH
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                                        Was reading few articles these last days about the Vendée. Race extremely popular in France.
                                        The latest generation Imoca monohulls display incredible potential. Full carbon. Flying over the waves, they could allow the Vendée Globe time to drop below the 70-day mark[emoji15]Amazing!!
                                        Now the skippers can check quasi everything from inside the boat. In the cabin totally hermetic/closed. Lot of electronics devices.

                                        Envoyé de mon iPhone en utilisant Tapatalk

                                        "Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have" James Baldwin.

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                                        • GilesG
                                          Giles
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                                          If you have any interest in sailing, the Vendee or Alex, you must watch this…

                                          "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
                                            Giles
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                                            https://www.alexthomsonracing.com/the-hub/2020/11/09/alex-thomsons-final-words-before-his-departure-in-the-vendee-globe/

                                            "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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