Press Photos
Photos on the Tour - October 2007
R-L: Lady Mayoress, Lord Mayor, Mukti Mitchell, Cllr Margaret Rogers, Cllr Vanessa Newcombe
Mukti (left) and William Tanner (right) set sail on the first leg of the tour.
Photo Credit: David Harding, Sailing Scenes
Mukti talks to the press and public before launch.
Photo Credit: David Harding, Sailing Scenes
Explorer Under Sail
Explorer running downwind in surf in the Bideford Estuary, North Devon
Photo Credit: David Harding, Practical Boat Owner
The Explorer Microyacht under full sail in the Bideford Estuary, North Devon
Photo Credit: David Harding, Practical Boat Owner
The Explorer Microyacht heads seawards from the Bideford Estuary in North Devon
Photo Credit: David Harding, Practical Boat Owner
Beating to windward in the Explorer microyacht off Braunton Burrows, North Devon
Photo Credit: David Harding, Practical Boat Owner
Mukti Mitchell makes a tack in the Explorer Microyacht, with Hartland Point in the background
Photo Credit: David Harding, Practical Boat Owner
Dance on Water: The Explorer in surf near the Bideford Bar, North Devon
Photo Credit: David Harding, Practical Boat Owner
Explorer heels with a gust near the Bideford Bar, North Devon, with Hartland Point in the Background
Photo Credit: David Harding, Practical Boat Owner
Running Home: Explorer near the Bideford Bar, with Lundy Island in the background
Photo Credit: David Harding, Practical Boat Owner
Mukti Mitchell attending to the sheets on the Explorer Microyacht as she runs downwind in surf in the Bideford Estuary, North Devon
Photo Credit: David Harding, Practical Boat Owner
Mukti Mitchell in the Explorer off Braunton Burrows, North Devon
Photo Credit: David Harding, Practical Boat Owner
Accommodation
Chart familiarisation in Explorers cabin
Photo Credit: David Harding, Practical Boat Owner
Mukti Mitchell demonstrating Explorers sleeping arrangements
Photo Credit: David Harding, Practical Boat Owner
Room to stretch when lying down, Mukti Mitchell in the cabin of the Explorer Microyacht
Photo Credit: David Harding, Practical Boat Owner
Can she be capsized?
Mukti Mitchell starts by shinning up the mast.
Photo Credit: David Harding, Practical Boat Owner
Explorer slowly comes over to 90 degrees
Photo Credit: David Harding, Practical Boat Owner
But with the weight of only one person on the mast, she stops well short of an inversion
Photo Credit: David Harding, Practical Boat Owner
Launch Day 2004
Mukti Mitchell & William Tanner (who fabricated the keel) returning to the home of the Explorer Micro-yacht at Clovelly, North Devon
Photo Credit: Clive Boursnell
The Explorer at sea off the North Devon Coast, with designer and builder, Mukti Mitchell (left) and his childhood friend William Tanner, who built the revolutionary Swing Bulb Keel
Photo Credit: Clive Boursnell
A day at the beach: The Explorer Microyacht on the Pembrokeshire coast
Photo Credit: Mukti Mitchell
Sunset cruise: From Tenby towards Milford Haven in the Explorer Microyacht
Photo Credit: Mukti Mitchell
Half way home: Explorer approaches Lundy Island after crossing the Bristol Channel from Milford Haven
Photo Credit: Mukti Mitchell
Taking the ground
Built for the Bristol Channel: The Explorer dries out on her ground legs at Instow, North Devon
Photo Credit: Mukti Mitchell
Keel Shots
The Swing Bulb Keel in the retracted position, on her trailer
Photo Credit: Mukti Mitchell
The Swing Bulb Keel in the extended position showing the two vertical shafts which make the fin, and the 100lb lead bulb at the bottom
Photo Credit: Mukti Mitchell
Construction
