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Best word to describe Donald...[edit]

Presently (Aug 2023) we have the word "businessman" in the opening sentence of the lede to describe Donald at the time of his entry into the Golden Globe Race. I note that a previous effort to change this to "inventor" was reverted some years back, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Donald_Crowhurst/Archives/2017#Reverting_of_new_lede_29/10/15 . Clearly "businessman" is not incorrect (he did run a business after all, not too successful by all accounts) but I am not convinced this is necessarily the best word to describe him - after all, many people run businesses (could be import-export, anything that turns a profit) but few do what Donald did - in effect he *was* an inventor, of devices that he thought would make his fortune, and apparently spent many hours tinkering in his workshop devising new ones or whatever - not really the role of a conventional businessman. In reality his business venture was set up as a means to market and profit from his inventions, of which the Navicator was merely the first cab off the rank. (Others might include the self-righting system for trimarans, plus his onboard "computer").

I note that in the list of contestants for the race he was described as an electronics engineer (per Tomalin & Hall, "Prologue" p. xiv); another word that might suit could be "entrepeneur", defined here as "someone who starts their own business, especially when this involves seeing a new opportunity" which does more or less foot the bill, perhaps.

Thoughts, anyone? Tony 1212 (talk) 03:47, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed external link[edit]

I first heard about his story through https://wondery.com/shows/british-scandal/episode/8860-the-race-to-ruin-round-the-world/ would it be appropriate to add a link to this podcast series as an External Link?

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