Ski Skool

[Jon]

Came across some old pics today,

Ski Skool circa 1991. . . . . . .

[Jon]

And the Man himself . . . . . .

[Jon Fuller]

what is the boat you're all on in the first pic, is it a revenger? (burdens)

[Captain Chaos]

Plancraft seaflite 210 weekender?

[Jon]

The boat we are on is indeed john Burdens Revenger 24, the boat in front is "Hand relief" before it started its racing career and the boat at the back is a Crusader 16.

[Jon Fuller]

I nearly bought that Revenger 25 SC!

But on close inspection it had some gelcoat issues on the interface between colours (between the white/grey/yellow)

Always quite liked the old SC's though.

[Jon Fuller]

Originally posted by R-Don
the boat at the back is a Crusader 16. :wotzhapni

[Tony Davis]

Nick Kirby ending up buying it, and then a couple of years later added one of our Honda race boats to his collection!

[Captain Chaos]

you love that pic fuller.........................i think one referred to himself as a "racing snake"

puney nobba morelike!

[Jon Fuller]

Originally posted by Matt
Look at his nobbly knee!

Cheeky fkka! it's a trick of the light!

[Captain Chaos]

I 'spose that flame hair is due to the sunlight refracting amoungst your beautifull blonde locks!

[Jon]

That crusader was a nightmare,

If i remember rightly it had a 115hp blueband mercury on the back and chine-walked like Fred Astaire danced!

The revenger 25 Sc was a very nice boat, the styling might not have been to everyones taste but it was a very capable weekender. We had a lot of fun on that boat.

[Jon Fuller]

I always thought they were a good looking boat as cruisers go, especially when you think they came out about 25 years ago (much like TD)

[TheOrs]

Originally posted by R-Don
and chine-walked like Fred Astaire danced!


When I am running flat out, on dead calm water, with the engine trimmed out (up) as far as poss for top speed, eventually I will hit a ripple (literally), one side of the boat will touch, then the other, with increasing frequency so that the boat is rocking madly. I have to back off the throttle or it feels like the boat will flip.

Is this 'Chine-walking'?

[Jon Fuller]

Yup

[Carl]

i hate it,you could always take mike rings advice to me once ,and drive through it:bang:

[Captain Chaos]

Yeh some know-all gave me that advice once & about 20 minutes later my previous fletchers windscreen was flat to the waters surface and i had a warm smelly deposit in my cheap wetsuit!

[TheOrs]

Originally posted by carly baby
and drive through it

You know; I read stuff on here sometimes & I feel like I must just have such tiny, tiny gonads.

I get scared; my arm shuts the throttle.

[TheOrs]

Originally posted by Captain Chaos
windscreen was flat to the waters surface

Are you saying you actually turned it over?

[Captain Chaos]

no just very nearly 90 degrees onto its side......i.e the rubrail got very very wet....as did my Y-fronts

[Captain Chaos]

Originally posted by Matt
. I never ever tried just holding on hoping it would stop, didn't strike me as a good idea.

nah but in heinsight.....it was quite a laugh.......the slug has a had a few goes in an "add-lib" fashion....hence why i do all the driving now!:sick:

[simon johnston]

dont tell the MRS :D

[Captain Chaos]

3 tits on a page.......thats potential overload:)

[simon johnston]

Originally posted by Captain Chaos
3 tits on a page.......thats potential overload:) :well: