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		jobbig time:ing…Atlantic crossing attempt over for kite sailor 
 Last Updated Mon, 26 Sep 2005 06:28:55 EDT
 CBC News
 Dom Mee’s attempt to cross the Atlantic in a kite boat appears to be over.
 Adrift in stormy seas off Newfoundland’s Grand Banks, the British sailor
 sent out a distress signal on Sunday.Mee, 34, left St. John’s, N.L. in August aboard a kite-powered, four-metre 
 Little Murka with 60 days of supplies. He was hoping to cross the Atlantic
 to Exmouth, England.The effects of recent hurricanes have kept the sailor close to Canadian 
 waters.”Winds in the area are blowing at about 90 kilometres an hour and seas are 
 running about five metres,” said Capt. Marco Plasse of the Rescue
 Co-Ordination Centre in Halifax.A container ship and Canadian Coast Guard ship Cygnus are waiting for 
 mid-day before attempting a rescue. Earlier, a Hercules aircraft responded
 to Mee’s signal by dropping a life raft. Mee is in contact with the Coast
 Guard.”The Cygnus will likely put a fast rescue craft in the water to see if they 
 can get close,” said Plasse.
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