Guest Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Can't find reference elsewhere though this would fit on a number of forums from Small talk to AC but check this out. He has now been thrown out for races 9 and 10 on a new one to me.... DGM! Disqualification for Gross Misconduct. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/others ... Perth.html Photos and article on front page of SA and in this day and age someone somewhere will have video. I'm off for the popcorn and beers. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 If he was a football player it would assaulting some girl in a bar. Time to go cruising. Link to post Share on other sites
Mothership 6 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 If he was a football player it would assaulting some girl in a bar. Time to go cruising. Disagree. Sure he got pissed off, but it was due to something directly affecting him, and not just because he's a big-headed sports prat. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 If he was a football player it would assaulting some girl in a bar. Time to go cruising. Disagree. Sure he got pissed off, but it was due to something directly affecting him, and not just because he's a big-headed sports prat. It is Ben though. He has been known to blow his top once and a while, especially if hes loosing to people who he thinks he shouldnt be. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 I think I found this line the most disturbing is well known for his colourful invective directed at opponents, Link to post Share on other sites
Mothership 6 Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Better send him away for conformance training so we have yet one more vanilla, production sports star. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 hes had a crack at waka racing several times on the wmrt which has been funny to watch especially as he has been in the wrong on both times Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 If he was a football player it would assaulting some girl in a bar. Time to go cruising. Disagree. Sure he got pissed off, but it was due to something directly affecting him, and not just because he's a big-headed sports prat. It is Ben though. He has been known to blow his top once and a while, especially if hes loosing to people who he thinks he shouldnt be. we've bred a world famous one of those here and his Dad is one of natures gentlemen Link to post Share on other sites
Atom Ant 0 Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Don't think Chris would see it that way! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 He got the first DGM over the altercation with the media boat. The second was ignoring a black flag and continuing in the race. Ignoring a black flag means that he is interfering with the other competitors every time he meets one. That DGM is surely justified. Judges comments please. Bet he wouldn't have blown his stack is he had ridden the wake (which appears to be what the other guy did). Both parties seem to be in the wrong with the RIB driver pissing him off. Doesn't mean he can drop his bundle and behave like that. Sure go up along side and mouth off. Lots of AC skippers have down that. Boarding the boat over steps the boundaries by a very large leap. He has effectively screwed up his regatta. Have read one report the he still intends to "compete" in the medal race. That surely would get him into even more trouble. Let him cool down and hopefully he may have learnt from it. Many blogs are likening him to Paul Elvstrom. The results on the water may make them similar but the men are about as diametrically opposed as possible. Still pissed that YNZ removed Paul's quote "That you haven't won the race until you have won the respect of your competitors" from the front of the rule book. Probably one of the most profound statements ever made about sports. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 how many points for the swan dive off the media boat ? Link to post Share on other sites
Battleship 100 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I reckon it awesome! about time things livened up a bit, love or hate what he did PC it isn't. Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 343 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I've wanted to that to a few powerboat drivers in my time. I generally resort to screaming at them Link to post Share on other sites
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