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    Default Volvo Ocean Race

    If you are interested in the Volvo Ocean race, download this program, it's sensational.

    http://www.volvooceanrace.org/virtualspectator/

    (broadband only, it's not small)
    If at first you don't succeed, give something else a go. Life is far too short to waste time trying.

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    Thanks Gumby!!!!!

    In another life I used to do quite a bit of off shore racing in 1 toners (40'6") & pocket maxi's (up to 65')
    The Volvo race is a tough one
    Cheers

    Major Panic

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    Thanks Gumby me old shipmate!

    Have just emailed this to myself at work (looking uo and whistling...)

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    Quote Originally Posted by MajorPanic
    Thanks Gumby!!!!!

    In another life I used to do quite a bit of off shore racing in 1 toners (40'6") & pocket maxi's (up to 65')
    The Volvo race is a tough one
    G'day Major,

    Ever do one of the Vasco da Gama's (Durban to P.E.), or the Cape to Rio?

    I took part, in various roles ranging from navigator to "gofer" in six Vasco's - once in a 65' ketch rigged luxury cruiser. We weren't dead last - but satisfyingly close to it - but we did have a ball

    I also did one Beachcomber - Madagascar to Durban. Three weeks into to breeze... Whoever said the I.O was calm was an idiot

    Agree that the Volvo race would be a real B*breaker. Much too old for that stuff now (or, perhaps more realistically, much too unfit )

    Cheers!

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    I've sailed for 30 years, off the beach dinghys.

    But if I get on a trailer sailer or keel boat and have to put my head down to untie a rope, I turn green.

    Wait a sec, I AM green to begin with.......but you know what I mean.

    The Volvo race = seasick for 3 weeks
    If at first you don't succeed, give something else a go. Life is far too short to waste time trying.

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