tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034021522087099008.post5541969985649861083..comments2023-10-19T09:51:17.886+01:00Comments on The Skint Sailor: Golden Globe Reservations..Mark The Skint Sailorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892877003107509621noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034021522087099008.post-23776729426278524972018-12-27T15:15:11.275+00:002018-12-27T15:15:11.275+00:00I like the idea of a circumnavigation with small b...I like the idea of a circumnavigation with small boats like the mini TransAT ones. Mini Vendee?<br />Mark The Skint Sailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04892877003107509621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034021522087099008.post-28130867119222808912018-12-17T08:12:46.246+00:002018-12-17T08:12:46.246+00:00I'm with you both on this one, the original Go...I'm with you both on this one, the original Golden Globe was of it's time, pushing the boundaries of technology, design and the individual's achievement - it hadn't been done up to that point.<br /><br />You can argue that spirit is much more alive in the Vendee and Mini TransAT these days.<br /><br />The number of retirements is also telling, I see parallels with the increased number of climbers on Everest and the significant death toll which has resulted.Bursledon Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14020592383830135476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034021522087099008.post-75153416215077377982018-12-15T23:49:17.179+00:002018-12-15T23:49:17.179+00:00I can see the rose-tinted glasses brigade would sh...I can see the rose-tinted glasses brigade would shoot you down rather than face reality. Instead of the current rules of using exactly the same spec boat, rig and materials, I'd have thought a modern equivalent with limits on boat design but not materials (modern materials, design no later than 1970) would have been a better option. The current rules just show what we already knew before: 1960s materials are not really up to a safe circumnavigation.Mark The Skint Sailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04892877003107509621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034021522087099008.post-10713002704602248302018-12-07T14:54:11.655+00:002018-12-07T14:54:11.655+00:00Couldn't agree more and have been shot down in...Couldn't agree more and have been shot down in flames on a few FB conversations for saying it, and agreeing with other people who say it... apparently it makes me a snowflake who doesn't understand what the race is about.. bollocks... the adverse PR for the sport of sailing that the race has generated is immense.. all joe public sees is a load of well off sailors playing with boats and being rescued at great expense... very sad.. the sailors are brave, the rescuers to, but something was seriously wrong with the pre-race vetting for the race.. :o(Steve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.com