CONRAD COLMAN (NZL)|
| | Nomination |
Every Vendée Globe
has its unlikely hero
– no disrespect, matey.
Others have invested
heavily in trying to complete the race
without fossil fuels but Colman was
first to succeed – his mission gaining
extra unplanned coverage when he
lost his mast with over 700nm to go
but plugged on to become this year’s
darling of the fans who flocked to Les
Sables to greet him. Not quite Yves
Parlier, building a mast in the deep
south, but a nice confluence of events
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| Why they won |
| ‘Conrad is the craziest god!’ – Reka Szilagyi; ‘Outstanding!’ – Paul
O’Riain; ‘Respect’ – Ariane Griffoni; ‘He spoke to our school and
inspired them all’ – Grant Crawford; ‘Legend, exactly why we love
the Vendée Globe’ – Alex Mills; ‘A Vendée without fossil fuel, I’ll be
having some of that’ – Randy Vogel; ‘Fighting the ultimate cause
for green oceans’ – Andrew Bellamy; ‘Awesome job, tackling every
setback with good grace’ – Elsa Pomar; ‘Amazing, zero budget but
still sets out to prove a point with zero emissions’ – Craig Smith. |
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