Rich
Roberts Reports - Cayard: the AC From the Outside
The Louis Vuitton Cup challenger
trials were over and his employer, Oracle BMW, was
eliminated, but the sun was rising bright and clear
for Paul Cayard half a world away.
In the dazzling dawn of Key West he said, "Once
you're up and out, you're way ahead of the world"---a
comment reminiscent of his eloquent e-mails from
the Whitbread Round the World Race a few years ago.
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Series by Rich Roberts
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By Guest Writer: Tim Zimmermann,
Author of "The Race"
Jules
Verne Showdown
If you’ve had your fill of America’s
Cup depravity—numbing and endless protests,
appendages which aren’t really appendages,
arcane protocols and even terrorist threats against
kids—and are desperate for real sailing drama,
say a prayer of thanks for Mon. Jules Verne. The
French author of “Around the World in 80 Days,”
who was more inventive than even Team New Zealand’s
Tom Schnackenberg, is long dead. But his bestselling
novel was the inspiration for one of the purest
challenges the sport of sailing can offer: the Jules
Verne Trophy, awarded to the fastest non-stop voyage
around the globe. ... Full
Story
Sad
News
Southern California Sailor Linda Elias 52, passed
away on January 3, 2003 after a nine year battle
with Ovarian Cancer.
