Gidiup Little Horsey. Thomas Coville, Ride'm Cowboy !
"J'ai envie d'y aller, j'attends ça depuis des années!" déclarait Thomas Coville peu avant d'enjamber le ponton et d'embarquer sur le maxi-trimaran Sodeb'O. Ce mercredi, à 13h47, heure française, le solitaire a doublé le phare d'Ambrose, au large de New York.
Thomas Coville et Sodeb'O sont partis "tout schuss" pour une tentative de traversée de l'Atlantique à un tempo d'enfer. Un seul objectif: faire mieux que Francis Joyon, sur Idec, en 2005, soit 6 jours, 4 heures, 1 minute et 37 secondes pour rallier le Cap Lizard. Au moment du départ, le vent soufflait du Sud-Ouest et il devrait rapidement monter à une vingtaine de noeuds. Française | English
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The day I saw the Sodeb'O in the Gateway Marina was probably the day I was saddest that my camera isn't waterproof anymore.
Although I probably wouldn't have had it anyways because I was paddling my surfski.
But boy, was it a cool-looking boat. Dwarfed everything else in the marina & had this look of INSANE POWER even sitting moored to a dock with nobody on board.
Posted by: Bonnie | July 17, 2008 at 11:37 AM
The day I saw the Sodeb'O in the Gateway Marina was probably the day I was saddest that my camera isn't waterproof anymore.
Although I probably wouldn't have had it anyways because I was paddling my surfski on a totally standard run, nothing special.
But boy, was it a cool-looking boat. Dwarfed everything else in the marina & had this look of INSANE POWER even sitting moored to a dock with nobody on board.
Posted by: Bonnie | July 17, 2008 at 11:38 AM
wow, echo in here!
Posted by: bonnie | July 17, 2008 at 12:07 PM
I wish you had your camera.
I wish you had your camera.
I wish you had your camera.
I wish you had your camera.
It's a big cave in here and there tends to be an echo.
Posted by: Joe Rouse | July 18, 2008 at 07:22 AM
It may not be nice to make a horse cry, but I'm gonna do it anyways.
I'm going to link a post on the brand-spankin'-new blog being written by one of our co-Sailing Chairs.
Every year at the Sebago Canoe Club, our Sailing Committee introduces a new group of bright-eyed newbies to the joys of dinghy sailing, with their nefarious goal being to get more people into the Laser races that happen every Friday.
Here's where the horse needs to grab a Kleenex -
It wasn't always like that.
Posted by: Bonnie | July 18, 2008 at 09:13 AM