http://www.yachtsponsorship.com/2009/05/120000-celebrate-vendee-6-7-to-start-october-2012/ The business of Yacht Racing, Sailing and Marketing Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:23:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.yachtsponsorship.com/2009/05/120000-celebrate-vendee-6-7-to-start-october-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-6562 Peta Stuart-Hunt Tue, 26 May 2009 16:39:14 +0000 http://www.yachtsponsorship.com/?p=2297#comment-6562 Fabulous to hear. Can you imagine witnessing that fantastic level of support and emotion in the UK to recognise sporting achievement, other than perhaps for footballers? The closest the sailing fraternity and its supporters came was when Ellen came home after coming 2nd in the Vendée Globe 2000/1 and the welcome in Les Sables then was from 200,000 + people (including a lot of English supporters I'm sure); then she sailed up the Solent to Southampton amongst a sizeable armada of vessels and was quite rightly honoured for her sailing achievements. Fabulous to hear. Can you imagine witnessing that fantastic level of support and emotion in the UK to recognise sporting achievement, other than perhaps for footballers? The closest the sailing fraternity and its supporters came was when Ellen came home after coming 2nd in the Vendée Globe 2000/1 and the welcome in Les Sables then was from 200,000 + people (including a lot of English supporters I'm sure); then she sailed up the Solent to Southampton amongst a sizeable armada of vessels and was quite rightly honoured for her sailing achievements.

]]> http://www.yachtsponsorship.com/2009/05/120000-celebrate-vendee-6-7-to-start-october-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-6126 Peta Stuart-Hunt Tue, 26 May 2009 10:39:14 +0000 http://www.yachtsponsorship.com/?p=2297#comment-6126 Fabulous to hear. Can you imagine witnessing that fantastic level of support and emotion in the UK to recognise sporting achievement, other than perhaps for footballers? The closest the sailing fraternity and its supporters came was when Ellen came home after coming 2nd in the Vendée Globe 2000/1 and the welcome in Les Sables then was from 200,000 + people (including a lot of English supporters I'm sure); then she sailed up the Solent to Southampton amongst a sizeable armada of vessels and was quite rightly honoured for her sailing achievements. Fabulous to hear. Can you imagine witnessing that fantastic level of support and emotion in the UK to recognise sporting achievement, other than perhaps for footballers? The closest the sailing fraternity and its supporters came was when Ellen came home after coming 2nd in the Vendée Globe 2000/1 and the welcome in Les Sables then was from 200,000 + people (including a lot of English supporters I'm sure); then she sailed up the Solent to Southampton amongst a sizeable armada of vessels and was quite rightly honoured for her sailing achievements.

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