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Guybrush Threepwood · 14-02-2005, 03:19 PM

According to the French design team (and the Australian builders of the boat) the boat was designed to sail itself. Much like auto pilot on an aeroplane. Instant weather data was sent to the boat via satellites, wind speed and swell were detected onboard, inclination of the boat along with speed and direction of travel meant that using its motorised trimming system the boat could set its optimum sail configuration for any weather, wind, or speed. (All the sails could be operated, raised, lowered electrically)

The designers said they tried to make a boat that would leave harbour and come home again unmanned.(or un-womanned)

The things some people will do not to have to spend Christmas with their parents eh?

As for Captain Cook being responsible for giving us the Aussie Cricket team, BBQs and Fosters....I don't think that any of these are PLUS points.

By extention he also gave us "Neighbours", Kylie, Rolf, "Home and Away", Crocodile Dundee 3. 'XXXX' (presumably because the Australians can't spell 'beer') and a rising inflection at the end of every sentence spoken by children.

If the islanders hadn't killed him, we bloody well should have just as soon as he got back.

Threep.

deckard · 14-02-2005, 06:40 PM

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Originally posted by SteveCrook@Feb 14 2005, 02:25 AM
I bet even you would be glad of all the technological help you can get if you were in such a frail looking craft out in the Southern Ocean where the wind whips all the way around the bottom of the world with no land to slow it down and the waves can easily be as high as 3 storey buildings - and that's when there's not a big storm blowing! :cry:

One very impressive documentary that gives a good idea of what it's like is Maiden Voyage when Tracy Edwards led an all female crew in the 1990 Whitbread Round the World Race.

Steve
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Mmm, you're right Steve, with any amount of tecchy help going I wouldn't go out in the Solent on a boat alone! Erm... the only thing that worries me slightly is your term "even you" could you mean that I'm not terribly tecchy minded perchance? [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img] Regards, Decks.

Marky B · 16-02-2005, 01:08 PM

Captain Cook is a local hero - born in Marton,now a suburb of Middlesbrough,he worked with his father at Aireyholme Farm near Great Ayton. Nearby is a magnificent monument dedicated to him. He still buried in Hawaii,where he was murdered. I would like to transfer a picture from photo gallery of Cook's Monument,but I don't know how!
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Marky B · 13-03-2005, 06:05 PM

According to a Sunday mag,Keeping Mum also stars Rowan Atkinson as a vicar who is more concerned about his parish than his marriage,thus driving his wife (Kirten Scott Thomas) into the arms of an American golf instructor (Patrick Swayze). Maggie Smith plays a local busybody who notices the affair and decides to try and sort things out.
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16-02-2005, 01:08 PM	#33
Marky B is off line for a while,as I get my new computer sorted Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Billingham,Cleveland Posts: 4,000 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (0)	Captain Cook is a local hero - born in Marton,now a suburb of Middlesbrough,he worked with his father at Aireyholme Farm near Great Ayton. Nearby is a magnificent monument dedicated to him. He still buried in Hawaii,where he was murdered. I would like to transfer a picture from photo gallery of Cook's Monument,but I don't know how! Ta Ta Marky B :thumbs: __________________ I once shot an elephant in my pyjamas - how he got in my pyjamas,I'll never know

13-03-2005, 06:05 PM	#34
Marky B is off line for a while,as I get my new computer sorted Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Billingham,Cleveland Posts: 4,000 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (0)	According to a Sunday mag,Keeping Mum also stars Rowan Atkinson as a vicar who is more concerned about his parish than his marriage,thus driving his wife (Kirten Scott Thomas) into the arms of an American golf instructor (Patrick Swayze). Maggie Smith plays a local busybody who notices the affair and decides to try and sort things out. Ta Ta Marky B [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsup.gif[/img] __________________ I once shot an elephant in my pyjamas - how he got in my pyjamas,I'll never know

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14-02-2005, 03:19 PM	#31
Guybrush Threepwood has no status. Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: England Posts: 134 Country: iTrader: (0)	According to the French design team (and the Australian builders of the boat) the boat was designed to sail itself. Much like auto pilot on an aeroplane. Instant weather data was sent to the boat via satellites, wind speed and swell were detected onboard, inclination of the boat along with speed and direction of travel meant that using its motorised trimming system the boat could set its optimum sail configuration for any weather, wind, or speed. (All the sails could be operated, raised, lowered electrically) The designers said they tried to make a boat that would leave harbour and come home again unmanned.(or un-womanned) The things some people will do not to have to spend Christmas with their parents eh? As for Captain Cook being responsible for giving us the Aussie Cricket team, BBQs and Fosters....I don't think that any of these are PLUS points. By extention he also gave us "Neighbours", Kylie, Rolf, "Home and Away", Crocodile Dundee 3. 'XXXX' (presumably because the Australians can't spell 'beer') and a rising inflection at the end of every sentence spoken by children. If the islanders hadn't killed him, we bloody well should have just as soon as he got back. Threep.