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Sailing, eh?
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Posted 9 months ago #
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Meh....
Posted 9 months ago # -
The commentator just said Bel Ainslie was pumping his boat. veins standing out and everything.
Adolescent mirth.
Posted 9 months ago # -
it's the same as swimming, really, but with artificial aids permitted.
Posted 9 months ago # -
Have you ever tried dinghy sailing, Wayland? There's a hairline difference between sailing at full pelt and complete disaster.
Posted 9 months ago # -
I think that if we were meant to go sailing we'd never been allowed to discover steam, & then diesel power.
Fair play to the lad though.
Posted 9 months ago # -
JohnA: yes, I have. Did it at school to get out of cross-country.
It was shit.
Posted 9 months ago # -
I loved the gritted teeth 'they didn't want to get me angry' interview.
For a non-contact sport at the whim of gusts and tickles of the breeze on the ocean wave, that was pretty badass.
Posted 9 months ago # -
Yes. Let's furl this mo-fo, I'll gybe yo' halyards or I'm a skipper's jetsam.
Posted 9 months ago # -
Come on Red, let's have the Hulk in a Finn boat crosing the winning line.......
Posted 9 months ago # -
What I like about Ben is that he takes modesty to the next level - he refuses to have any character or charisma. He makes Andy Murray look like he should be on chat Live At The Apollo.
Posted 9 months ago # -
You should have seen him when he was angry....fair chilled my Twinings, he did, and my cucumber sandwich curled at the sound
Posted 9 months ago # -
He made me chuckle by responding to Gary Linekar asking if he would be competing at Rio in 4 years time by asking Gary if he would be presenting Match of the Day in 4 years time.
Posted 9 months ago # -
The Chinese have been getting better and better at football presenting, so Gary may well be toppled by 2016.
Posted 9 months ago #
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