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Old 20 January 2008, 10:05 AM
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Default Dame MacArthur's solo round-the-world record smashed by 14 days.
Don't think this has been mentioned yet. 14 days is quite an amazing amount to
strip off the record.

"Francis JOYON has completed his solo round the world voyage in 57 days, 13 hours and 34 minutes – smashing the existing record by 14 days."

ISAF : JOYON Smashes Solo Round The World Record By 14 Days

BBC SPORT | Olympics & Olympic sport | Sailing | Joyon shatters MacArthur's record

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Well corse - hes a bloke


Having said that - only just , over McArthur anyway ..!
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He didn't have to take a week off each time he was 'on'.
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He did well.

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He didn't have a boat from B&Q so he probably didn't have to wait as long for it.
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She reckoned he was a cheater, using a bigger boat an' all !
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She reckoned he was a cheater, using a bigger boat an' all !
But women are always saying that 'size doesn't matter' .....

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Apparently his boat was 20 feet longer. If that's all that matters it doesn't take a genius to work out what she needs to do next then.
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Apparently his boat was 20 feet longer. If that's all that matters it doesn't take a genius to work out what she needs to do next then.
Yup, take the QE2.
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Dunno what size her flaps are but they'd need to be enormous to take the QE2
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