When you start you're trying to achieve staying alive and getting home. If you can do both of those, then you stand a chance of breaking the record.
Ellen MacArthurThere's a price to pay for the speed, and that is danger. And to push that hard on a boat - it does take a lot out of you and is incredibly stressful.
Ellen MacArthurWhen you sail on a boat you take with you the minimum of resources. You don't waste anything. You don't leave the light on; you don't leave a computer screen on... on land we take what we want
Ellen MacArthurIf we could build an economy that would use things rather than use them up, we could build a future.
Ellen MacArthur