Category: GGR Thoughts

Glad to see the french interest has been good.

I guess I will have to watch for everyone in 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

Wow Tapio Lehtinen! Wow Finland!👏👏

Any chance it might work on tablets next time round...? I couldn’t use the tracker last time- would have loved to! :(

I will push up Spain for the next edition! 😉💪

Wow that's fascinating.

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I’m surprised there’s not a wedge for “French people in Australia”🥴

Finns in second place 🤣

Honestly Don, though I was (as a Plymouth inhabitant and Brit) gutted that LesSdO, had ‘stolen’ this event from Plymouth, I have to say that they earned it, they deserved it, and did a fantastic job! You’re going to have to make more of an effort speaking Français for the next iteration.....

Coconut for the win !

Excellent! 🤞👍

Great boat

Looking forward to chats from the Coconut command module in ‘22!

Yeah ...

you mean to say he will restart ggr18 in Chichester class and finish with ggr22?

What a message in a picture! Brilliant!

Don captured it very well in his responses.. The comparison with Laura Decker and Jessica Watson should give Greta’s intentions a much wider understanding. Thanks Don for the nice narrative ...

Looking forward to the picture of her flying home.

Never mind if she is wright or wrong for the future of the earth...she is courageous more than few of us... thank you Greta

Two green ladies! Happy.💑 sailing.💕

Nicely put Don and what a picture!

So far 448 reactions to this post, of which only 8 are negative. It gives me hope, maybe the message is getting through.

I fully agree with the "green" values, but not in the name of Greta who, to me, is a plastic hero. And I do not believe in the mantra "better than nothing" because maimed models can be more dangerous and misleading than nothing. That said, I don't fight against her, I just ignore her and try to look better into things. My very personal point of view, ça va sans dire.

Dear GGR , Dear Don. I have been an enthusiastic follower as you may or may not know. Unfortunately Greta is not an environmentalist. She is a political tool used very smartly by the extreme social liberal left dressed in the coat of an environmental warrior. There is a lot more to her than the environment activism. She is part of a propaganda machine that is indeed extremely political amd that is a fact. I am an environmentalist myself but I have to say that I deeply disturbed by the fact that GGR has decided to promote her therefore to promote her " sponsors" who actually created her. GGR should stay away from this kind of behaviour in my humble opinion if it doesnt want to alianate dedicated followers or if it has no intention of strong political statement. ( you only need to do basic research to realise who and what Greta represents. You wouldnt use and Osama Bin Laden Junior as a pinup boy if he was on the side promoting environmental issues) Greta is a product unfortunately. In my once again humble opinion she is also extremely wrong on most issues but that is just a personal opinion. Dear Don please rethink and revisit the decision of using her on GGR pages.

And when you know (inform yourself of) the crew's involvement in that position there's only one word: bravo!

Don - good to see you raising awareness of the issue, but would agree it is not a case of “believing in climate change or not”, climate change is happening, human activity is the cause - we all need to do everything we can to address it now; the fact that so many are arguing against Greta shows just how much of a challenge this issue is. Why not make GGR22 an event to raise awareness of the Climate Emergency?

Well done Don. Totally agree. Extraordinary reaction from many. She is doing her best to raise awareness no matter who is supporting her. She has certainly got the debate going. 😊

Absolutely agree with you Don. Well said.

Nice shot!

Fact is you are playing politics - Greta has arrived in NYC to save us all... in an elite carbon fiber sailing yacht bankrolled by the royal family of Monaco. Carbon fiber is principally made from oil and propane. Greta's yacht was pumped out of the ground.

Such horsesh*t. Whatever side you stand on concerning "climate change" (that's been occurring long before the use of fossil fuels or the industrial age, ) it is nothing but a political issue. Environmentalism is what you support when you're not being intentionally political.

She is 16yrs old, not a baby. Not all teenagers are mindless, waste of space vandals, we all remember the teacher who had an impact on us, she probably had a couple of them; surely, is it not incumbent on caring adults to impress upon young people (that are willing to listen) the importance of understanding the threat to all of our futures that the levels of Co2 & methane in our atmosphere present ??. Perhaps she is simply "well read" for her age.

Doesn’t matter where you stand, this is a great shot that promotes all the right stuff when it comes to sailing and it’s community

I can smell the cloying taint of virtue from here.

'whether you believe in Climate change or not'. It is not a political position to accept and promote an overwhelming scientific consensus that man-made climate change is real. Shame on you for sitting on the fence and according any credibility to the 'deniers'!! Deciding how to adapt to this reality is however political.

Great point of view Don...totally agree！⛵️😃

That boat Greta is sailing on - can anyone tell me the materials it is made from and whether any of them originate or owe their existence to fossil fuels?

No on chooses to believe in climate change, you either understand science or you really aren't entitled to an opinion.

.....not since Joan of Arc have we seen the likes of Gweta....!....🤪😜🤪

Support? Sure I’ll say ‘you go girl’ but stop short of signing unwise Climate Control Agreements or turning against the use of clean natural gas to reduce humankind’s suffering.

Suddenly my daughters and all their friends want to go sailing - good job Greta! Don’t mind if you save the planet, too. 👍

GGR thanks😊💪🏼⛵️

We know a lot better when we are 16 and most people lose it when they come to adulthood. She hasn't yet been assimilated, bravo! 😊

Well said. There is no doubt that she has the ability to change the world. Everyone should support her.

She is SO CUTE! Yes and awesome and smart and brave and effective but I can’t help but point out the OBVIOUS!

I applaud her for her zeal and desire to make a difference. At the same time I'm annoyed with all the idiots putting so much focus on the boat and claiming it was a "carbon free" trip while completely ignoring the boat and its construction. I would much rather them talk about her and her ideas, or what we can actually do to reduce emissions. Which would mean holding China and India accountable for their actions.

Yes, 1. Greta's doing great things in an effort to help the planet, when too many seem to just moan about her and it. 2. I did smile at 'a carbon free yacht' when surely that's exactly what sailing has always been, and 3. I hope everyone also knows about #LisaBlair and her two sailing world records (solo and unassisted around Antartica and Australia) on her 'Climate Action Now'. It being from Australia, maybe some missed it. Go Greta and go Lisa! And I'm sure there are others too. lisablairsailstheworld.com

Hooray for Greta! That there be more like her on the planet and we will all be better off, future generations also...

It's been suggested that a slight name change could be appropriate. Great Thunberg!

I don’t criticize the young lady. She’s 16, she’s ambitious. I criticized the media for hyping it all up. “16 year old crosses the Atlantic in Zero emission yacht” and all that jazz. She was invited to cross on a well crewed race boat. While a heck of an opportunity that any of us would jump at, it’s not exactly a news worthy achievement. Zero Emission yacht? It’s a sailboat...not quite “groundbreaking”. That and I still remember all the media criticism of Laura Dekker and her ambition.

"Soon it will be her world and she is worried". Surely this cannot be so difficult to understand?

I agree, you have done amazing but, it is just the start of your own journey. We all have to fight negativity, but you have already beat them all. You are the positive aura in this world, keep at it, you are a winner, an achiever, a leader, I would follow your lead, hugs 🤗

Ditto. She is trying to raise awareness. She did! A big thanks to Boris Herrmann racing. I will be cheering this team on in 2020!! WhooHooo!

did she do it solo? Mastered the yacht? Keept the watches at helm? Or rather got shipped to the other side of the pond? ..give such a chance for an expensive-as-hell adventure to 10 random teens and every second will jump in. Nevertheless I'd love to have her sponsor :p working hard to afford sailing, no chance to get additional (even unpaid) days off for a luxury of casually crossing Atlantic by yacht not a plane..

I don’t think anyone is criticising the voyage itself. I’m sure it was a lot fun and challenging along the way. The criticism is aimed at the notion that she’s saving carbon emissions by sailing to New York, rather than flying. When in actual fact this stunt has increased carbon emissions as the crew that is sailing the yacht with her to NY, will fly back to Europe. And the replacement crew who will sail the yacht back to Europe, will fly back to the US. Seriously, this trip would have emitted a lot less carbon if she simply flew to New York and back in the first place. But hey, don’t let the facts get in the way of a good virtue signal 😉

All those who criticise her should do a similar sailing voyage. At least the landlubbers will very quickly find out that she realy has to be passionate about this cause otherwise she would have not gone through the torture of this voyage. I with there where more Greta’s in this world....

It’s a meaningless, self-indulgent gesture which will do nothing for the environment. Facebook posts and Instagram likes are worthless. If she wants to make an impact on the environment, she should be in school and study to become an engineer or scientist. Then, her actions will have meaning.

Given the comments on here, I'm suddenly not sure why she is bothering to try and save such a miserable species as ours. Some of you ought to be thoroughly ashamed of yourselves. I'm so glad you are far away behind your keyboards and I will hopefully never meet you.

Here's one old person Greta that wishes you fair winds and a safe return.I am also as jealous as hell.⛵️🌞🌧⚡️🐟

She is an example for everyone... consciousness is more than age....

Let's name the next hurricane cat 5 greta.atleast she Wilbe remembered for what she stands for.and maybe people start too think about what's happening

....go home and clean up your bedroom....leave the saving of the planet to Republicans and God

AWESOME! at 17 I was in the forces in a war zone. You go, Greta!

l think the message is clear, don’t mix politics and sailing!!! We know she will be flying back home, but let the kid speak...it’s a new generation coming alone, they will see and live the future... Besides she’s a teenager, we have all been teenagers here and we did a lot of weird stuffs too ...✌️⛵️🌎

Young and dumb. Didn’t want to fly to “save the world” to sail on a boat that has 200 times the carbon footprint than the fuel that would have been burned on by the plane. If she had taken a wooden folkboat she would’ve gotten my attention.

These are quite familiar tools for me. I teach Celestial Navigation as a volunteer instructor with the United States Power Squadrons. The sextant you have is a David White MK2 Navy sextant. I have one just like it. It is a very accurate instrument, and easy to calibrate. Be careful not to over tighten the screws on the moving mirror, as this is a fragile part of the unit. Those mirrors can break, as well as the tabs on the frame around that mirror. It is hard to find some of the parts, so protect your instrument and handle it with reverence and care. :D

Printed in English maybe?

Riaan Smit

J'espere aussi en Finlande!

English?

Pierre

👍 a avoir dans le bateau avec la longue route 🔱