North Atlantic in a Bosun Dinghy

   Dom Mee, ex-Royal Marine and Maritime explorer is going to cross the Noth Atlantic in a specially modified Bosun Dinghy.
This in itself is quite extraordinary but he will also do the crossing with no rig but use 'kiteship' spinnakers for the crossing.
If you would like to pose any questions to Dom and his team feel free to post them here or email them to:
http://www.bangthecorner.com
Louay Habib

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coiler Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Newbie Joined: 25 Nov 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 15	Post Options Post Reply Quote coiler Report Post Quote Reply Topic: North Atlantic in a Bosun Dinghy Posted: 16 Jun 05 at 4:06pm
	Dom Mee, ex-Royal Marine and Maritime explorer is going to cross the Noth Atlantic in a specially modified Bosun Dinghy. This in itself is quite extraordinary but he will also do the crossing with no rig but use 'kiteship' spinnakers for the crossing. If you would like to pose any questions to Dom and his team feel free to post them here or email them to: http://www.bangthecorner.com Louay Habib
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Chris Noble Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 26 Nov 04 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 710	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chris Noble Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 16 Jun 05 at 9:31pm
	youll need to keep us posted on the developments
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coiler Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Newbie Joined: 25 Nov 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 15	Post Options Post Reply Quote coiler Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jun 05 at 9:11am
	Will do Chris, I will shortly get some proper pictures of the bosun and details on the trip. Louay
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hurricane Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 15 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1047	Post Options Post Reply Quote hurricane Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jun 05 at 10:46am
	that kite instead of spinny is soooo cool when will we see one of the development classes try one?
	lifes to short to sail slow boats! RIP Olympic Tornado 1976-2007

coiler Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Newbie Joined: 25 Nov 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 15	Post Options Post Reply Quote coiler Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jun 05 at 12:53pm
	update and picture now up. coiler http://www.bangthecorner.com
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Phil eltringham Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: England/Hitchin Online Status: Offline Posts: 1105	Post Options Post Reply Quote Phil eltringham Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jun 05 at 7:15pm
	Using kites on the race course would be really dangerous, could you image the tangles with lots of boats coming into the bottom mark with kites flying?! I wouldn't want to be the insurance company after a mix-up there. They may well be more efficient but for racing they are not feasable, apart from possibly match racing. Oracle looked into them for the last AC but both mothballed the project once they found out no-one else was going to use them.
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ssailor Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Far too distracted from work Joined: 11 Oct 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 430	Post Options Post Reply Quote ssailor Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jun 05 at 9:17pm
	They look cool, but not as cool as a 30 odd square metre assymetric kite on a 14 when its goin hell for leather downwind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - can they actually get a boat planing? for sum odd reason it seems to me they wud be pulling at some strange angles to get a bot really moving - like a kiteboarder Edited by ssailor
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Phil eltringham Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: England/Hitchin Online Status: Offline Posts: 1105	Post Options Post Reply Quote Phil eltringham Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 24 Jun 05 at 9:46am
	I read a report on these things, they are quite efficient and because they are higher up they get stonger, more steady wind. They will go to windward and the angles are comparable to current sloop rigs, and they difinately will get a boat on the plane! the final benefit is that they lift the bow of the boat when going downwind, instead of always trying to pull the mast over the bow and nosedive. For those interested the main company developing these is www.kiteship.com
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coiler Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Newbie Joined: 25 Nov 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 15	Post Options Post Reply Quote coiler Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 19 Aug 05 at 2:31pm
	Hi All, Just to let you know that Dom Mee has left St.Johns in his 14ft kite boat bound for Exmouth. Latest details are on my site http://www.bangthecorner.com You can also visit Dom's site http://www.dommee.co.uk However he will not be reporting in for a couple of days as he is concentrating all his efforts on clearing the Grand Banks, yes the place in "The Perfect Storm" Coiler
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HannahJ Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 23 Jul 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 861	Post Options Post Reply Quote HannahJ Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 19 Aug 05 at 8:12pm
	That is one weird way of sailing... looks veeeeeery peculiar.
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