North Atlantic in a Bosun Dinghy
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Topic: North Atlantic in a Bosun Dinghy
Posted By: coiler
Subject: North Atlantic in a Bosun Dinghy
Date Posted: 16 Jun 05 at 4:06pm
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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 - http://www.bangthecorner.com Louay Habib ------------- http://www.bangthecorner.com |
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Posted By: Chris Noble
Date Posted: 16 Jun 05 at 9:31pm
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youll need to keep us posted on the developments ------------- http://www.noblemarine.co.uk/home.php3?affid=561 - Competitive Boat Insurance From Noble Marine FOR SALE: I14 2 Masts 2 poles 3 Booms, Foils Kites/Mains/Jibs too many to list. |
Posted By: coiler
Date Posted: 17 Jun 05 at 9:11am
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Will do Chris, I will shortly get some proper pictures of the bosun and details on the trip. Louay ------------- http://www.bangthecorner.com |
Posted By: hurricane
Date Posted: 17 Jun 05 at 10:46am
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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 |
Posted By: coiler
Date Posted: 23 Jun 05 at 12:53pm
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update and picture now up.
coiler http://www.bangthecorner.com - http://www.bangthecorner.com
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Posted By: Phil eltringham
Date Posted: 23 Jun 05 at 7:15pm
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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. ------------- FLAT IS FAST! Shifts Happen |
Posted By: ssailor
Date 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 
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Posted By: Phil eltringham
Date Posted: 24 Jun 05 at 9:46am
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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 http://www.kiteship.com - www.kiteship.com ------------- FLAT IS FAST! Shifts Happen |
Posted By: coiler
Date Posted: 19 Aug 05 at 2:31pm
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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 - http://www.bangthecorner.com You can also visit Dom's site http://www.dommee.co.uk - 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 ------------- http://www.bangthecorner.com |
Posted By: HannahJ
Date Posted: 19 Aug 05 at 8:12pm
That is one weird way of sailing... looks veeeeeery peculiar.
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Posted By: jpbuzz591
Date Posted: 26 Sep 05 at 10:02pm
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Has anyone seen the news today? Dom had to stop his attempt after the boat capsizeed in strong winds. But appaerntly he hasnt given up! and will try again ------------- Jp Indoe Contender 518 Buzz591 Chew Valley Sailing club Bristol |
Posted By: CurlyBen
Date Posted: 26 Sep 05 at 10:49pm
| Yeah, the boat's meant to be self righting but strong point for the sea anchor snapped apparently, and it capsized 9 times and didn't right the ninth time. Doesn't sound like much fun! There's some stuff on his website about it. |