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rogerd 
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 Topic: Transatlantic attempt with a differencePosted: 28 Nov 12 at 7:48am |
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alstorer
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Posted: 28 Nov 12 at 8:35am |
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I wish it luck, but it isn't exactly finessed is it? Looks a proper bodge job
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Dougal
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Posted: 28 Nov 12 at 8:38am |
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All credit for trying, but I agree with Al, doesn't look like it will make it.
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What could possibly go wrong?
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tgruitt
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Posted: 28 Nov 12 at 11:49am |
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Currently being smashed into rocks on the Isle of Wight. It didn't get that far did it.....
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Needs to sail more...
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Posted: 28 Nov 12 at 12:03pm |
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"No unmanned boat has ever crossed the Atlantic". What about all those messages in bottles?
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Rupert
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Posted: 28 Nov 12 at 12:05pm |
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I'm unmanned at the thought of crossing the Atlantic at this time of year...
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Kev M
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Posted: 28 Nov 12 at 1:29pm |
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Surely something that size has no chance of going against the tide.
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Successfully confusing ambition with ability since 1980.
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alstorer
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Posted: 28 Nov 12 at 3:01pm |
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got no chance now :)
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Rupert
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Posted: 28 Nov 12 at 3:41pm |
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I have a feeling that anyone wanting to get an unmanned boat across the Atlantic is going to have to take a look at the sailrocket project. Obviously not at the boat, but at the way they have single mindedly gone about working out what they need, thinking outside the box then actually created it, learning from any mistakes along the way.
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rogerd
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Posted: 28 Nov 12 at 3:50pm |
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Not sure why he chose Barton on Sea to launch I would have thought Portland in an ebb tide or the Lizard might have given poor old Snoopy a chance.
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