scotty g
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| posted on 17/11/06 at 08:14 AM |
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Tony Bullimore missing again.
Yachting monthly article
It looks like Tony is causing stress and worry for his family and friends again by dissapearing on his latest yacht.
If you recall he was rescued by the Australian navy back in 96 after the keel broke off his 60 foot yacht "Exide Challenge" and capsized.
Things don't look so bleak this time round (yet!)
He is a very accomplished sailor and i expect and hope that all is ok for him and his crew.
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donut
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| posted on 17/11/06 at 04:55 PM |
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My 7 year old has just finished reading a book about his 1st attempt at loosing his life!! Weird eh!
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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scotty g
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| posted on 17/11/06 at 06:35 PM |
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i've got it too, isn't it a bit heavy reading for a 7 year old?
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Mr G
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| posted on 17/11/06 at 06:45 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scotty g
i've got it too, isn't it a bit heavy reading for a 7 year old?
Not if you buy the paperback... boom boom 
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wilkingj
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| posted on 17/11/06 at 07:22 PM |
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Nah!!!!
Tony is just playing Hide and Seek
Hope is OK though. One tough bugger, but knocking on nearly 70 years old.
If he dies (hopefully not) at least he will go doing what he enjoyed most in life.
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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steve m
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| posted on 17/11/06 at 09:28 PM |
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and we the tax paying public, have to finance all of the costs incurred to find the muppett
he took himself out there, let the twat find his way back as well
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JoelP
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| posted on 17/11/06 at 09:30 PM |
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ahem, actually the RNLI is a charity funded by donations. 
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steve m
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| posted on 17/11/06 at 09:42 PM |
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so the RNLI will venture out to the Maldives will they ??
think not, its a bit of a long venture for them
no it will be down to the RAF/NAVY to waste billions of pounds to look for a muppett, in an ocean
"In his latest attempt the 67-year-old was on his way to Australia with a four-man crew to start an around-the-world solo sailing record.
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he has managed to get lost with 4 others on board with him, so what chance has he got of going round the world
NONE what so ever
[Edited on 17/11/06 by steve m]
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scotty g
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| posted on 18/11/06 at 08:44 AM |
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To be fair it will be the Australian Navy that rescue him if he even needs it.
Plus most navy ships love the chance to go and do something other than practicing at war.
It doesn't much matter if they are on a routine patrol or rescuing someone, they get paid anyway.
"Captain to crew, sorry guys but we don't get paid this month as we didn't rescue anyone!" Never going to happen is it now!
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Peteff
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| posted on 18/11/06 at 09:45 AM |
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he took himself out there, let the twat find his way back as well
Killjoy, lets ban all the exciting things in life as it might inconvenience somebody if anything goes wrong. I'm sure he didn't set off
thinking something was going to go wrong and if someone has an accident you don't say let them make their own way to hospital do you? All I read
there was that his phone's broke and he's a bit late due to bad weather.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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scotty g
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| posted on 18/11/06 at 01:49 PM |
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I can just picture Alonso spinning and stuffing it into the crash barrier half way through a Grand Prix and busting his leg, the marshall goes up to
him and says "sorry mate but you'll have to make your own way to the hospital, you chose to race so its your problem"
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
People choose to put themselves in potentially life threatening situations every day, its not just Bullimore that has needed to be rescued in the
past.
Its staggering the amount of idiots i have seen put to sea in vessels i wouldn't let my kids play with in a pond!
Tony will have taken all the correct survival equipment for just about every circumstance you could imagine but at the end of the day accidents do
happen.
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 18/11/06 at 04:42 PM |
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Hes back! communications breakdown
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steve m
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| posted on 18/11/06 at 09:13 PM |
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I fully agree with the scenario of the following, with alonso spiinning off, yet every time a "UK" aircarft carrier moves out of port,
anywhere in the world, it costs us (uk tax payers) 10 million quid till it next berths, minimum !!
so playing about in the pacific and getting lost, costs the tax payer shed loads, he is still a f******* muppet
and should pay his debts, like the rest of us
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steve m
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| posted on 18/11/06 at 09:16 PM |
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and . dont forget, if any of us are unfortunate to be in a road accident and need an ambulance to ferry our remains to the hospital, we have to pay
for it
or our spouse does ha ha ha ha
[Edited on 18/11/06 by steve m]
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pjavon
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| posted on 18/11/06 at 09:31 PM |
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TBH i think he's the sort of bloke thats makes us brits british, slightly mad, slightly silly but very brave.
I know i was glad to hear about Elen Mcarthurs sucess in sailing, even though i don't know the first thing about it, and for every sucess there
will be failures as well
Always keep a big hammer and a condom in your toolbox, if you can't fix it with the hammer
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scotty g
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| posted on 19/11/06 at 09:19 AM |
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I agree that the navy, be it ours or the Australians is financed by the tax payer but the ship that rescued Tony back in 96 was already out on routine
duties anyway, they didn't scramble a navy ship just to go pick him up. I couldn't even begin to guess how many Spanish fishermans lives
have been saved by our navy over the years, we can't ban all fishing just because it carries certain risks.
Tony and others like him are adventurers, explorers and pioneers, they should be applauded not critisized when something goes wrong.
I had the great pleasure to work with Tony back in 92 and he is truly an amazing guy, these people are an inspiration to me whether they are sailing
round the world, rowing the Atlantic, setting land speed records, going to Mars, hell whatever they are doing i for one say we should all be more like
these people.
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 19/11/06 at 10:32 AM |
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Where would we be if not for people like him? America, Australia New Zealand etc would still be undiscovered. You wouldn't be going on holiday
by air without the pioneering work by the Wright brothers or even driving to work without some guys adventiorious achievements. People probably said
the same sort of things about them .
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