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Who is Llyn Brianne ? No, not a late addition to my list of sailors I'd like to have dinner with . The real question is " What kind of lunatic goes down a 1,000ft wall of raging water in a canoe - let alone on a bicycle? " Apparently, there are several "nutters" out there willing to give it a go.

I love sailing. I love working with computers and developing ( CAM ) software. The intersection of these two interests is a sweet spot for me. With all the sailing blogs , regatta websites , class websites , sailing videos , virtual racing and more ... the internet is clearly the best sailing invention of all time in my book. But I'm a little late for that project . Tillerman's latest group writing project invites people to share "which sailor or sailors, living or dead, real or fictional you would like to invite to a dinner party." There are some that quickly come to mind: Hans Horrevoets , John Newton , Alex Thomson , Steve Fossett , Lia Ditton and Zac Sunderland to name a few... Coming back to the intersection of wind and bytes , I think I might put Jim Gray at the top of my dinner party list. No, not that Jim Gray . I'd invite the Jim Gray that (most recently) worked for a giant computer industry monopoly in Redmond, WA who was lost at sea in January...

This is the motto of the Volvo Ocean Race and the banner you see when you play the Volvo Ocean Rave Game . Certainly, the expression applies to the sailors spending weeks at a time, far out at sea with only their crew mates, experience and ship underneath them. The VORG on the other hand... Well, we have it a little easier. But in some ways, the extreme nature of virtual ocean sailing can only be understood through the experience of those around us. The following was posted on the Support Forum of the VORG (not the type of "support" they had in mind); DEAR VOLVO OCEAN RACE GAME. Can you please help me my husband has deen acting most strange the past week.he works from home and has his one office he seems to de getting very depressed latelt. he's locked in there for hours at a time,we use to go to the pub four or five times a week.the other day he came screaming out off his office something about he had broken a sale?I thought it was something to do with his work. th...