You be the judge. I find it hard to compare Dr. Laura to Bernard Montessier, perhaps the author is just trying to create controversy.<\/p>\n
NEARLY A MODERN DAY BERNARD MOITESSIER<\/a><\/p>\n Dr. Laura Schlessinger – who is based in Santa Barbra, CA – might be best<\/p>\n known as a nationally syndicated American talk radio host. However, she has<\/p>\n the sailing bug big time, and is finishing construction on a custom Tim<\/p>\n Kernan designed 46 footer that she plans to race in the March 2011 Newport<\/p>\n Beach, CA to Cabo San Lucas Race.<\/p>\n While having been largely committed to buoy racing, she first ventured<\/p>\n offshore nearly a year ago in a similar race to Cabo on her J-125 (Warrior),<\/p>\n winning overall in both ORR and PHRF. Here she comments on the experience:<\/p>\n ———————————————————————-<\/p>\n I did the Cabo race purely for the adventure. I had never been out on the<\/p>\n open ocean and simply wanted the experience. By the end of the first day and<\/p>\n one-half, I was cold, damp, exhausted and generally miserable. I clicked my<\/p>\n heels but couldn’t get back to Santa Barbara. Then, on the second and<\/p>\n one-half day I got with the rhythm of it and can’t tell you enough how much<\/p>\n I absolutely loved it: huge turtles, whales, dolphin, the horizon with no<\/p>\n land and no other boats – it was just amazing!<\/p>\n We followed the progress of all the boats on the computer and we were well<\/p>\n behind our competition for most of the race. Ultimately – I didn’t care that<\/p>\n much because we all were having such a fun time with each other and with the<\/p>\n elements. I would guess that if the amount of laughter aboard a boat won a<\/p>\n trophy – we’d get it. On the last day I woke up from my four hour down-time<\/p>\n to find zero wind. I did see a shark fin and wouldn’t let anyone swim! We’d<\/p>\n gone way out to sea and were totally becalmed. I decided I was the “wind<\/p>\n witch” and would bring wind any moment now. They all scoffed at me – until I<\/p>\n pointed to some tiny cat paws on the surface of the water growing larger in<\/p>\n diameter. Suddenly, we started to take off.<\/p>\n The best part of the entire experience was that night when we were coming<\/p>\n into Cabo. I was driving (that’s my job) through the moonshine on the water.<\/p>\n It was so beautiful I was crying. Believe it or not, I turned to my crew and<\/p>\n suggested we forget the finish line and just keep sailing. I meant it – as<\/p>\n strange as that may sound. I got voted down, so over the finish line we<\/p>\n came. From the day I suggested we do that Cabo race, I never considered the<\/p>\n possibility of winning. I just wanted the adventure. And this year, we are<\/p>\n doing the Cabo race to qualify for Transpac – talk about an adventure. —<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.nhyccaborace.com\/nhyccaborace\/Profiles.html<\/a><\/p>\n ——————————————————-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You be the judge. I find it hard to compare Dr. Laura to Bernard Montessier, perhaps the author is just trying to create controversy. NEARLY A MODERN DAY BERNARD MOITESSIER Dr. Laura Schlessinger – who is based in Santa Barbra, CA – might be best known as a nationally syndicated American talk radio host. However, … Continue reading OVER THE TOP HYPERBOLE?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[491],"tags":[583],"class_list":["post-1081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sailing","tag-round-the-world-sailing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1081"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1082,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081\/revisions\/1082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}