Fantastic

[Brian Ellis]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/sailing/4245577.stm

Fantastic great feat for a tiny slip of a girl. Bet she is given a Dame-hood at the next Honours list.

[Brian Ellis]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/have_your_say/4243809.stm

Some tributes

[KvHagedorn]

Indeed.. an outstanding achievement.

[Brian Ellis]

I was wrong: they didn't even wait for the next Honours List; she is already Dame Ellen MacArthur! Well deserved for a plucky gal!

[Marshmallowman]

hmmm...people who sail closer and closer to the antarctic and its horrific weather just to set world records, brave but when the feck up it cost millions to recue them...bahumbug