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Thursday 18 March 2004

Arctic Explorer Answers Maidens Call

Today 18th March 04 Dom Mee sets sail from Southampton to Doha Qatar aboard Tracey Edwards’s World Record Breaking yacht Maiden II

West country Explorer Dom Mee, International Yachtsman and Adventurer, who late last year returned from the Arctic has today boarded the World Record breaking yacht Maiden II, Formally known as Club Med.

Dom joined Tracey Edwards’s catamaran in Southampton as part of her crew to deliver the vessel to Gulf state of Qatar. The trip is expected to take just short of a month and will transit the Bay of Biscay, through the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal and onto the Gulf to Doha Qatar.

Maiden II is to arrive in Doha as part of a massive PR drive to promote a new Formula One of the sea race series.

This will mark the establishment of two new events in the sailing calendar; The Oryx Cup in 2005 and The Qatar Sports International Challenge in 2006. In January 2005, The Oryx Cup, a new non-stop global race for giant multihulls will start from the UK and end in the UK. The prize for first place in this race will be the biggest cash prize in sailing history - a massive US$1 million.

“Yet another chapter in what seems to be a roller coaster of a year, and a fantastic opportunity for me. I have raced on some of the fastest yacht’s in the world, but to be onboard this magnificent beast is a real treat” quoted Dom.

Adrian Wibrew

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For further information please contact:

Adrian Wibrew
07970 759 651 / 01823 461 602

Updated Tue, Aug 16, 2005