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Hilary Lister Hade It To Dover.
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, Aug 31 2009 10:37 PM
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Posted 31 August 2009 - 11:22 PM
Glad she made it. I wonder what she will plan next.
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Posted 02 September 2009 - 06:00 PM
a very amazing lady hope shhe gets goverment reconition for wat she has achieved i name you queen of the disabled who can do what able bodies wouldnt attemt
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Posted 02 September 2009 - 09:19 PM
I know I'm gonna sound like a complete dick by saying this but...she didn't do it solo. She had 6 other people with her. It's awesome that she did it. it is an unbelievable achievement for her but it is a bit disingenuous to say that she did it solo.
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Posted 02 September 2009 - 09:41 PM
mjtpopus, on Sep 2 2009, 10:19 PM, said:
I know I'm gonna sound like a complete dick by saying this but...she didn't do it solo. She had 6 other people with her. It's awesome that she did it. it is an unbelievable achievement for her but it is a bit disingenuous to say that she did it solo.
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I could be wrong, but my understanding is that she controlled her modified boat single-handedly using sip and puff tubes. It would have been foolish in the extreme for anyone so paralysed to undertake any sea voyage - let alone this one - without some back-up in place. Her assistants were there for safety purposes, not to sail her boat. In my book, that makes her voyage single handed and worthy of applause.
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Posted 05 September 2009 - 06:29 PM
SA-WEET!!! 
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Posted 05 September 2009 - 08:11 PM
In a 20ft boat by herself, navigating via sip-n-puff straws, around the crazy cold waters of England...mind blowing, fantastic...I can only imagine her elation, pride, what a ride/sail that must have been.
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PS. mjtpopus, you use a chair to get around right, would that be with one hand or two, did you make your chair...give the lady a break, yea she had assistance getting into the boat, had emergency crews at the ready...she sailed solo.
AB expert/experienced sailors that cruse around the world also solo; with gps responders, radios, have crew members/helpers pack the boat up, I seriously doubt they sew their own sails, and they have the coast guard or navy for their backup...what gives...do any of us really solo...
btw, no apologies required for being a dick
party on 
Thanks GB
PS. mjtpopus, you use a chair to get around right, would that be with one hand or two, did you make your chair...give the lady a break, yea she had assistance getting into the boat, had emergency crews at the ready...she sailed solo.
AB expert/experienced sailors that cruse around the world also solo; with gps responders, radios, have crew members/helpers pack the boat up, I seriously doubt they sew their own sails, and they have the coast guard or navy for their backup...what gives...do any of us really solo...
btw, no apologies required for being a dick
party on
Edited by StillFingers, 05 September 2009 - 08:33 PM.
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Posted 06 September 2009 - 12:49 AM
I'm not criticizing her. I think what she has done is remarkable. She truly is an inspiration, not only to disabled folks but to everyone. I just question the use of the term "solo," that's all.
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Posted 06 September 2009 - 03:00 PM
Yes solo. in the boat by herself. back up in another boat. and in our waters, I think vfery brave. yes she did need help to get into boat etc. sailing was solo. Good for her, very brave. I did a little sailing in the past, and it can be very choppy on our waters.
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