Talk:Vinny Lauwers

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A fact from Vinny Lauwers appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 February 2018 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Australian yachtsman Vinny Lauwers circumnavigated the globe solo with his "mistress"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2018/February. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vinny Lauwers.

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Calling TRM - Hi, seeing it was your work on Laureus that set the ball rolling for this article and seeing you'll probably check it once it's in prep/queue anyway, before I begin a template, any suggestions re DYK nom? I've got a few days up my sleeve if you're too busy at moment. I'm thinking:

... that... the Australian around-the-world yachtsman, Vinny Lauwers circumnavigated solo with his mistress?

Source: ref (reviewer, pls click on "Show" beneath the photo.) Hook is derived from Lauwers' Laureus Awards acceptance speech. He is referring to his yacht as his mistress: "... I’m probably the luckiest man in this room because she said I’m allowed one mistress, and she’s 48 foot long, 15 foot wide and has all the right curves."

Is "around-the-world" and "circumnavigated" too much? Any tweaks or other suggestions will be appreciated. JennyOz (talk) 13:13, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]