Steve Fosset is a rich guy who can apply himself to attain goals, Ellen Mc however is an astonnishing young competitor who gives all and more to win. While filming herself racing around the World (against the very best of solo men) she set the camera up in heavy seas and recorded herself going up to the top of the mast, alone and while being smashed against the mast very high up just kept on task and did the job. To suggest she was just in the right place at the right time is naive. IMHO She is a she is not just a winner but a WORLD beater and there is not a soul in this discussion who could stand against her at what she does..... If you can, let me know and I'll wave you off at the dock. As far as money is concerned what she does demands it but when the money is spent she has to get on the giant tri and manage it in every sense of the world through "hell and high water" and it is tallent and big balls that gets it done.
Remember, she has to attain the crazy speeds day and night and does not have the other 10 men around her to do their bit as the Volvo guys do.
On your tod, head down, bum up.
give it up for her, she earned it.