Tuesday, February 8, 2005

QOTD  "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard. [Quotes of the Day] 8:16:02 PM    Questions? Comments? Flames? []

There's crazy, and then there are sailors A very special kind of insanity: Englishwoman Sets a Sailing Record. Ellen MacArthur endured stormy seas, 65-mile-an-hour winds, a broken sail, burns, bruises and exhaustion. The payoff was a solo around-the-world sailing record. By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. [NYT > Home Page] Don't get me wrong; I used to sail, and I used to race, long distance ocean racing. But I absolutely could not get interested in sailing alone around the world. MacArthur did it in 71 days: 10 weeks alone, wet and cold and sleep-deprived. Congratulations to her. 8:14:28 PM    Questions? Comments? Flames? []

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