One tough guy having a very bad day...

[GBH]

heres some recovered footage of Dom Mee who tried to kite sail the Atlantic in a modified 14' dinghy..

http://www.filecabi.net/video/43b46f5e0b01.html

 

[Vgree]

I saw that a week or two ago, I just don't feel right watching it. They never found him correct?

 

[Midlife Crisis]

I saw that a week or two ago, I just don't feel right watching it. They never found him correct?

His web page looks like he's still with us.

http://www.dommee.co.uk/pgs/home/home.html

The Little Murka attempt was a couple of years ago, right?

Maybe I'm getting the dates mixed up.

 

[shaggybaxter]

Wow.

 

[Lono]

I think the Canadian Coast Guard picked him up, but I hadn't seen anything about him in ages.

Tough video to watch, relatively tough guy finally breaking down some...

 

[PhiloBeddoe]

I saw that a week or two ago, I just don't feel right watching it. They never found him correct?

I feel the same way. I Could never watch Bonanza after Hoss died.

 

[johnsmoke]

He's still alive and kicking.

 

[Vgree]

Well if he is still alive that changes my views, it shows just how mortal we all are seeing a tough guy break down.

 

[stevevyse]

Well if he is still alive that changes my views, it shows just how mortal we all are seeing a tough guy break down.

Here's the story from his website biog...

2005 - Attempted the first ever kite boat sail across the North Atlantic he endured hurricanes Irene, Katrina, Maria, Ophelia and finally Rita. On losing his sea anchor he was capsized 8 times before the vessel remained inverted. In mountainous seas and winds in excess of 70 knots waiting 30 hours for a rescue vessel in the perfect storm, he remarkably survived.

That is a very sobering video, and on that note I'm now going down the pub.

 

[tyler]

Kinda a strange video.

Got EPIRB?

 

[Mastadon]

Yeah, wow. I like a breeze, but that made my scrotum shrink. Not the shots of the conditions as much as his reaction.

 

[MR.CLEAN]

Dom got pretty ragged on here for that stunt, but he isn't the kind of guy to give a shit. He laughed about it when we had a drink in Key West this year. I forget what crazy shit he was up to next, but there's always something. He's a hell of a sailor and was sailing with the Greenhalghs down there.

 

[inappropriate]

Go to his site and click on expeditions and then the 2005 Kite link. If you're into that kind of thing, that's a possible outcome. Can't believe he lived.

 

[Jem]

Dom got pretty ragged on here for that stunt, but he isn't the kind of guy to give a shit. He laughed about it when we had a drink in Key West this year. I forget what crazy shit he was up to next, but there's always something. He's a hell of a sailor and was sailing with the Greenhalghs down there.

as in rob and pete?

J

 

[Jem]

2 of my boys are going for a world record next year rowing across the indian ocean from Aus to Mauritius

I've put them onto this as prep...

J

 

[NiceyNice]

Damn is that scary.

 

[inappropriate]

2 of my boys are going for a world record next year rowing across the indian ocean from Aus to Mauritius
I've put them onto this as prep...

J

when you say, 'my boys' do you mean your sons, or a couple of guys in a program you run? regardless, when the launch, let me know, i'll keep a good thought for them.