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Our Mate Alex Thompson’s Races
« on: July 27, 2012, 08:21:52 pm »
In preparation for the Vendee Globe single handed round the world race, our mate Alex does the Atlantic and creams the world record...



http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/around-the-world/11135/new-atlantic-crossing-record-for-alex-thomson.html

Just been for a few beers with him, and he is pumped.

Way to go Alex...

(We left our Alex at the bar with him, it could get messy)
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Re: Our Mate Alex Thompsons Vendee Globe challenge
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2012, 08:59:11 pm »
you also handed him a forum-t G.?...

should make some decent pics during the "race"...
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Re: Our Mate Alex Thompsons Vendee Globe challenge
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2012, 09:00:29 pm »
On a round the world single hander you have zero time for anything but existing, so unfortunately no......
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Re: Our Mate Alex Thompsons Vendee Globe challenge
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2012, 10:27:57 pm »
i must have missed that "single" part...sry  ;D
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Re: Our Mate Alex Thompsons Vendee Globe challenge
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2012, 09:47:13 pm »
Giles, please tell Alex that this isn't the right place to stand when sailing. ;D

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Re: Our Mate Alex Thompsons Vendee Globe challenge
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2012, 07:18:12 am »
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Re: Our Mate Alex Thompsons Vendee Globe challenge
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2012, 07:51:16 am »
After watching that video, all I can think is, "Does the boat have a sponsor?"
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Re: Our Mate Alex Thompsons Vendee Globe challenge
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2012, 08:37:09 am »
holly, have to say that I like that guy, even if I think that this is totally...
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Re: Our Mate Alex Thompsons Vendee Globe challenge
« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2012, 09:00:36 am »
He is as mad as feck....
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Re: Our Mate Alex Thompsons Vendee Globe challenge
« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2012, 12:04:57 pm »
That's brilliant  :D
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Re: Our Mate Alex Thompsons Vendee Globe challenge
« Reply #10 on: August 08, 2012, 04:30:53 pm »
The dive at the end makes it insanely cool to me.  That, and the attempt when the boat went down on top of him.

Mad as feck, indeed.
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Re: Our Mate Alex Thompson’s Vendee Globe Challenge
« Reply #11 on: August 08, 2012, 04:37:57 pm »
Notice that they do not have the rudders down (see rudders in water in first post).  That would have been too dangerous and had Alex been hit by one of them, it sure would have wiped the smile off his face,  so they are steering that boat on sail alone.   Amazing.....
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Re: Our Mate Alex Thompson’s Vendee Globe Challenge
« Reply #12 on: August 08, 2012, 04:43:57 pm »
Holy crap, I didn't even notice that.  That makes it so much more impressive.
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Re: Our Mate Alex Thompson’s Vendee Globe Challenge
« Reply #13 on: August 08, 2012, 04:45:07 pm »
damn, that vid is fekking amazing...looks like fun to me :)
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Re: Our Mate Alex Thompson’s Vendee Globe Challenge
« Reply #14 on: August 08, 2012, 04:55:56 pm »
And the reason that the Keel is all the way over to the port side is that it is a canting (moveable) keel, so they have canted it all the way to port, typically it would be canted the opposite way to have as much vertical keel in the water as possible.  So that boat is being sailed with no keel and no rudder....
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