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O/T: Jessica Is Back Home
She did it.
Lew
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http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/37161350/ns/sports/
SYDNEY - After a seven-month journey that spanned the globe, an
Australian
teen sailor crossed the finish line of her round-the-world journey
Saturday,
becoming the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop and unassisted
around the
world.
Thousands of spectators erupted into cheers as 16-year-old Jessica
Watson
maneuvered her pink 34-foot (10-meter) yacht into Sydney Harbour, the
finale
to an epic adventure in which she battled 40-foot (12-meter) waves,
homesickness and critics who said she'd never make it home alive.
Watson's feat, however, will not be considered an official world
record,
because the World Speed Sailing Record Council discontinued its
"youngest"
category.
And though she sailed nearly 23,000 nautical miles, some sailing
enthusiasts
have also argued that Watson didn't travel far enough north of the
equator
for her journey to count as a true round-the-world sail as defined by
the
record council's rules. Watson's managers have dismissed those claims
and
argued she doesn't need to adhere to the council's rules anyway, since
they
won't be recognizing her voyage.
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Re: O/T: Jessica Is Back Home
On Fri, 14 May 2010 22:46:30 -0700, "Lew Hodgett"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>She did it.
Is there *any* way to avoid this crap?
Not even rfc is safe.
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Re: O/T: Jessica Is Back Home
"Jeßus" wrote:
> Is there *any* way to avoid this crap?
> Not even rfc is safe.
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Don't open "O/T" posts.
Lew
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Re: O/T: Jessica Is Back Home
On Sat, 15 May 2010 00:22:21 -0700, "Lew Hodgett"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Jeßus" wrote:
>
>> Is there *any* way to avoid this crap?
>> Not even rfc is safe.
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>
>Don't open "O/T" posts.
I didn't need to. I saw the damned subject header, unfortunately... 
Why don't we all post OT stuff that's already received maximum
possible coverage ad nauseam over every form of media there is...
I don't know if you're in Australia, but I don't even watch TV and I
can't escape all the meaningless hype.
At least it won't take long before she'll be forgotten and supplanted
by someone else.
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Re: O/T: Jessica Is Back Home
In article <4bee3536$0$14745$[email protected]>,
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> She did it.
>
> Lew
OK. Why post it here?
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http://web.me.com/barbschaller
Updated 4-24-2010 with food story and pictures
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Re: O/T: Jessica Is Back Home
On 5/15/2010 1:49 AM, Jeßus wrote:
> On Fri, 14 May 2010 22:46:30 -0700, "Lew Hodgett"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> She did it.
>
> Is there *any* way to avoid this crap?
> Not even rfc is safe.
So what _did_ she eat on her circumnavigation?
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Re: O/T: Jessica Is Back Home
On Sat, 15 May 2010 10:51:20 -0400, "J. Clarke"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On 5/15/2010 1:49 AM, Jeßus wrote:
>> On Fri, 14 May 2010 22:46:30 -0700, "Lew Hodgett"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> She did it.
>>
>> Is there *any* way to avoid this crap?
>> Not even rfc is safe.
>
>So what _did_ she eat on her circumnavigation?
Presumably no slow-roasted dishes or anything like that
I guess a lot of tinned and dehydrated stuff?
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Re: O/T: Jessica Is Back Home
In article <[email protected]>, "J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 5/15/2010 1:49 AM, Jeßus wrote:
>> On Fri, 14 May 2010 22:46:30 -0700, "Lew Hodgett"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> She did it.
>>
>> Is there *any* way to avoid this crap?
>> Not even rfc is safe.
>
>So what _did_ she eat on her circumnavigation?
When I had a quick squiz at her blog some months ago I was quite
impressed by the sorts of things she was managing to cook up -- was
going to post a link here at the time, but forgot about it. %-)
I gather that the only *fresh* thing she had during the voyage was a
squid which she caught somewhere in the Southern Ocean. (Sailors tend
to avoid reefs and shoals and islands where most fish hang out. :-)
Cheers, Phred.
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