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Old 03-20-2007, 07:15 PM
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earth race

,yesterday ot today ,,march 19 or 20,,earth race was involved in a terrible wreck ,,,one missing ,,not jumping to conclusions ,,till all facts are in ,,,,,anyone know anything ? ,,,,what a drag,,,,,,my sympathys for the missing man and all others involved ,they were makin the dream happen ,,,,,longliner
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Old 03-20-2007, 07:43 PM
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Condolences to the Guatemalan family. Does not bode well.
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Old 03-20-2007, 08:50 PM
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once again the old addage,,belive nothing you hear and half of what you see ,,,,,,our local news reported that (earth race) was running with no lights , and the crew member was from earth race , ,,still dont point fingers untill we know ,,,,sad situation,as for govt officials ,,,,were is your civilitly? how dare they treat these men with anger ,Im asking where is are diplomates,,, where is our ambassitors ,,,,time for them to earn thier money,,,,,,,,,,,,sadly ......longliner
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Old 03-20-2007, 10:49 PM
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Old 03-22-2007, 06:38 PM
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They'll get hammered! Guatamalia was never known to be fair!, going to fast, not keeping a proper lookout etc. Unfortunately they've shown Guatamalia up in the eyes of the world (they don't give a flying fcuk for the fishermen)Should have gone very qu............. hit a log.............wrong I know but...........5h1t happens! but hell what do I know about it?
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Old 03-22-2007, 11:22 PM
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Regardless of the details, it's a terrible tragedy. It seems that the Earthrace crew did everything possible to get to the third fisherman, and they certainly pulled out all the stops to keep the badly injured man alive, hopefully saved his life, but having one person dead is horrible. The reports I've seen all appear consistent, but it's too soon to really know what happened.
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Old 05-07-2007, 09:19 PM
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"Earthrace skipper remains confident of nailing record"
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Man if they get that record, i reckon that's an achievement after all that's happened.
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