Re: Britain still rules the waves
 

Exactly -give it a rest Wombat. Give a bit of respect where its due.

Re: Britain still rules the waves
 

Sorry but l don't understand what the great achievement is :confused:
Have'nt hundreds of people already sailed around the world. l guess with a lack of international sporting victories you need something, even a woman
sailing around the world in a little tub to maintain national pride. :D

Re: Britain still rules the waves
 

Well said! We love Ellen- what a woman. We should be able to celebrate her achievement without someone belittling it. People may have sailed around the world before but no woman has done it faster. :)

Re: Britain still rules the waves
 

what a wa£*er

Re: Britain still rules the waves
 

What great things have you ever achieved Wombat? ;)

Re: Britain still rules the waves
 

SADDO :cool:

Re: Britain still rules the waves
 

It says on news.com:

"MacArthur was virtually unknown in Britain but a household name in France, where great sailors are venerated, when she set off 71 days ago."

Re: Britain still rules the waves
 

Kay Cottee (nee McLaren) is probably not a household name, Robin Knox-Johnston is (first woman and man to circumnavigate the world in a boat):

http://www.dinkumaussies.com/..%2FSP...y%20Cottee.htm

OzTennis :)

Re: Britain still rules the waves
 

you tell him now I know I made the right decision not to go to Oz :D

Re: Britain still rules the waves
 

I'm not surprised it didn't make the news, the aussie media is so inward looking.BTW i'd rather be a pom than a LA (Little American)

Re: Britain still rules the waves
 

Hmmm ... wrong again knobhead. A very small selection of links to the story.

NY Times

Lebanon Daily Record !!

South African News

and ermmm ... Fox ... in Australia .... Fox

and ermmm .. ABC ... in Australia ....
ABC

and ermmm ... SMH ... in Australia
SMH

Re: Britain still rules the waves
 

Go on then :rolleyes:

Re: Britain still rules the waves
 

The only reason she was able to break the world record was thanks to Aussie technolgy as the boat was built in Australia. :p :p :p

Re: Britain still rules the waves
 

...and of course it had nothing to do with her stamina and mental strength!

Rob

Re: Britain still rules the waves
 

Thats because the Aussie media is insular and parochial, just like you WombatIQ4point2.

If she was an Aussie, or even 2% lost lost cousin Aussie, the lead stories on Channel 7, 10 etc and the papers would have been this acheivement.

Doubtless you would have also started another banal thread on here, yet again congratulating Australias latest "one up" on the Brits.

You are a tragic parody of an ignorant redneck Aussie, who has never travelled outside his own state, let alone used a passport (by the way you don't need one to visit Sydney, in case you ever want to.)

I have said it before and will say it again. If any prospective pom migrants wish to see what awaits them in Australia, then read some of Womtwats posts. The ignorant, self congratulating, parochial and downright hostity to anything forgein (IE not Straylian) rants should well be the warning you need not to uproot yourselves 12000 miles and spend thousands of pounds to end up in a backward, suburban isolated sandpit, surrounded by ignoramases whose national pastime is pom bashing.