Some old vids

[Jon Fuller]

Here's a few old videos for the ancient nobbers to take a trip down memory lane.

Michelle Maynard's famous stuff in 'Fayva Shoes' (http://www.boatmadforum.co.uk/videos/Main event/fayva stuff.wmv)

John Clarke & Len Ferguson's famous race with Len steering from the engine well (http://www.boatmadforum.co.uk/videos/Main event/Clarke-Ferguson.wmv)

A nice bit of footage of Ted Toleman, and the late Harrold 'Smitty' Smith in their Cougar 'Toleman Group Racing' (http://www.boatmadforum.co.uk/videos/Main event/ted toleman.wmv)

I'll sort some more out when I get a chance.

[roofer]

how do you post video?ive got a great video from 1994 showing racing from dunoon that i borrowed off hutchy,it shows the northern boys wipping your southern asses,im sure you'd like to see it.

[Jon Fuller]

Unfotunately, the system won't support videos depicting the southern mob having a can of 'Woop-asss' opened on them. :D

[Jon Fuller]

Yup! :aaahhh: :speechles :bolt:

[Foolish]

steering with your feet is pretty impressive on it's own

but how the "feck" do you know where your going ?

nice VID's Jon :)

[simon johnston]

any video footage of leviathon mooving or are they just STILLS !!:D

[roofer]

nice video's jon but not as good as dunoon:laugh:

[Taz]

Cor thats fast how can they have the bottle to keep that throttle down?

:jaw:

[simon johnston]

number 3 reminded me of today............ 100mph :D

[Jon Fuller]

Originally posted by simon johnston
any video footage of leviathon mooving or are they just STILLS !!:D


Na, never had it actually running yet, hope to in 2006


How are the hand grenades?..do you think they'll still be running in 2006 to come cruising with me?

How about some footage of the mighty 'Active Thunder' running over the ton?

[Jon Fuller]

Originally posted by Matt
Cheesy music and all?

It was the 80's remember!

[Jon Fuller]

Charlie gets it wrong '96 ish (http://www.boatmadforum.co.uk/videos/burnett roll small.wmv)

'Rumble on the river', about '87-'88 (http://www.boatmadforum.co.uk/videos/P18small.wmv)

Class II, Victory Team, mid 90's (http://www.boatmadforum.co.uk/videos/Victory2.wmv)

[roofer]

nice rooster in second one.

[simon johnston]

is the nor tech here yet and hows mr 4 out boards ?

[Jon Fuller]

Originally posted by simon johnston
is the nor tech here yet and hows mr 4 out boards ?

Yeah, well, it was, it's in the south of France now. It's luuuuuvly!


Dunno about Mr Motion.

[simon johnston]

Originally posted by Johnson


How about some footage of the mighty 'Active Thunder' running over the ton? if you wanna hold the camera i'll do a fly by........ after roy fits a couple of head gaskets in his '' pension plan '' !!!!:D

[Jon Fuller]

You've not done more HG's?

[simon johnston]

is the nor tech commin back here

[Jon Fuller]

Don't think so, it's at his house in sunnyer climes

[simon johnston]

Originally posted by Johnson
You've not done more HG's? :D yep... port motor this time ..... its running at about a grand an hour !!!!

[Jon Fuller]

How long will you carry on with it like this?

500/525 EFI's or even 496HO's would be pretty quick, and more importantly, warranteed

[simon johnston]

Originally posted by Johnson
How long will you carry on with it like this?

500/525 EFI's or even 496HO's would be pretty quick, and waranteed if it keeps on im going to chop it in for a gladiator or a sunseeker 34 hawk ...... the boat i would really like is the nor tech but thats BIG bucks and a little out of my league runnin525s

[Jon Fuller]

Those Gladiators are truly beautiful looking boats, but watch the turns.

I like the Hawk 34's too

[Burty]

can only watch 2 of em it says source filter can not be loaded on the rest. whys that then?
what do i need to do?

[Jon Fuller]

Are you using AOL?

If yes, minimise AOL, and open Internet Explorer, it'll probably work then, after you've run it once with internet explorer, it'll run OK in AOL!:dizzy: (don't ask me why tho')

[Foolish]

Rumble on the river ....:eek:

that kinda looks familar...

Walton to Weybridge maybe ????

[Silversurfer]

Originally posted by Johnson
Charlie gets it wrong (http://www.boatmadforum.co.uk/videos/burnett roll small.wmv)

Rumble on the river, late 80's (http://www.boatmadforum.co.uk/videos/P18small.wmv)

Class II, Victory & Ugland (http://www.boatmadforum.co.uk/videos/Victory.wmv)

Rumble on the river reminds me of a last saturday down the river crouch! :D LOL - Oh how I love my Phantom.:lol:lol:

[Jon Fuller]

Originally posted by Foolish
Rumble on the river ....:eek:

that kinda looks familar...

Walton to Weybridge maybe ????

Could be! :D

Spanking new P18/200 Merc, testing before delivery:bolt:

[sinkunit0]

i know this is a mega long shot but, i don,t suppose anybody has any of the old footage of when they used to race phantoms and the like under the bridges at newcastle early to mid eighties .I used to watch this when i was very young.

[Jon Fuller]

I'd bet Hutchy would have footage of that.

So, Steve, if you have any footage, and could copy a bit on VHS and send it to me, I'd be happy to digitise it and post it here.

[simon johnston]

Originally posted by Matt
Would slowing the blowers down by changing the pulleys help keep things together? its a bit tough checking the gauges at 90 mph + but i dont think its making more than 5lbs of boost as it is ; i can run all day [here come the petrol jokes :yawn: ] at 70mph but whats the point of having a potential speed of 115 - 120 mph and running like a pussy ? . when the gaskets blu on the stb motor it appeared that the edge of the gasket was in the cylinder ..... so im hoping that this is the problem.

[simon johnston]

just ordered 3 sets of gaskets :aaahhh:

[Jon Fuller]

Originally posted by simon johnston
when the gaskets blu on the stb motor it appeared that the edge of the gasket was in the cylinder ..... so im hoping that this is the problem.

Cool! I hope it all turns out OK. ;)

You've clearly been looking at Gladiators, how much do they go for (used)?

[Ben]

Tony Dowley's Nor-Tech 'Thunderbird' has been here and gone. It was at Driver's Wharf for a month and a half or so.

Tony couldn't get the timekeepers for the 'Round the Island' record attempt so it didn't happen but a few memorable runs were made anyway. Perhaps an unofficial record was a pass in the western Solent at 130 (both GPS's ) with five people in the boat. To my mind it might be the fastest a boat has ever travelled there. The Class I boats from yesteryear were not that fast.

I've included a few photos that were done when Tony and I met at Driver's Wharf at the end of September and were supposed to take 'Thunderbird' out for a bit of a cruise. We didn't go out as it was discovered that the braided hoses to the drives and tabs had developed the most enormous bubbles and the thought of those bursting gave cause for reflection. Wouldn't really want to have a drive change position at 130 +.

[Ben]

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[Ben]

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[Ben]

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[Ben]

If you were spending that kind of money would you expect to be constricted to steering or throttling from one side only? ;)

[Ben]

You have only one steering wheel in your car?

[Jon Fuller]

Na, Vicki lets him have one of those kiddies ones that stick to the windscreen with a plunger

[Captain Chaos]

Originally posted by Johnson
Na, Vicki lets him have one of those kiddies ones that stick to the windscreen with a plunger

Beat me to it Jon,

who's having images of Maggie simpson:banana:

[The gArfish]

eym disapoyntid wiv dis thred. i ekspektid too sea pikks ov peepul lyke eynstine an moysher dayan an yitshak rabeene ect...........

gArf

[Jono]

...the title's "some old Vids".. ya nobba....:D

[Ben]

Originally posted by The gArfish
eym disapoyntid wiv dis thred. i ekspektid too sea pikks ov peepul lyke eynstine an moysher dayan an yitshak rabeene ect...........

gArf

OK?

[Ben]

Or

[simon johnston]

Originally posted by Matt
2 steering wheels? the idea is if your driving and throttling you sit on the left or if theres 2 people driving , the driver sits right and the thottle man sits left so the throttle is in his right hand ..... if your throttle man is left handed you fecked:D

[The gArfish]

Originally posted by Ned
OK?

shaalom Nid. ifn dat schmuk dat runns dis syte wud maik de thred titul leters biger i wud bee abul too sea beter wiv mi wan kowsher iye

gArf

[Tony Davis]

Originally posted by simon johnston
the idea is .........

That's the beauty of a forum, you learn something new every day!:D :D

[Foolish]

just putting the thread back on course

missed the boat (http://www.mybayliner.co.uk/boatmad/missed.WMV)

:well:

[Ben]

Originally posted by The gArfish
shaalom Nid. ifn dat schmuk dat runns dis syte wud maik de thred titul leters biger i wud bee abul too sea beter wiv mi wan kowsher iye

gArf

Oy veh, it must be a goyim thing. Thank god he's not a shvartze.

[simon johnston]

Originally posted by Foolish
just putting the thread back on course

missed the boat (http://www.mybayliner.co.uk/boatmad/missed.WMV)

:well: oooooooops :aaahhh:

[Jon]

Matt,

Thanks for hosting the Sexy Beast Movie but why is the movie so small?

Ill have to send you another larger version tomorrow.

[Ciao]

Originally posted by Johnson
Here's a few old videos for the ancient nobbers to take a trip down memory lane.

Michelle Maynard's famous stuff in 'Fayva Shoes' (http://www.boatmadforum.co.uk/videos/Main event/fayva stuff.wmv)

John Clarke & Len Ferguson's famous race with Len steering from the engine well (http://www.boatmadforum.co.uk/videos/Main event/Clarke-Ferguson.wmv)

A nice bit of footage of Ted Toleman, and the late 'Smitty Smith' in their Cougar 'Toleman Group Racing' (http://www.boatmadforum.co.uk/videos/Main event/ted toleman.wmv)

I'll sort some more out when I get a chance.

I really enjoyed seeing that Fayva Shoes video again, here is an account by Alan Brown US President of Cougar Marine at the time.

"As to the Li'l Fayva Shoes crash, that boat was built for Rocky Aoki, as was the larger Fayva Shoes 38'. Rocky had just effed himself up for the [insert number here] time. Both were treewood. It was built like a hydroplane, and weighed about the same. Clive (James had died of luekemia at this point) made Michel promise never to run the boat in the ocean before he approved the sale to Michel. We installed the very first set of Arneson drives on the little Fayva. In fact, during the installation, I took Howard Arneson for his very first catamaran ride in my Flight Marine fish boat. Anyway, the Li'l Fayva ran 126 mph, when the next fastest open boat was about a hundred. I think the race was still called the "Sam Griffith Memorial" (senior moment) at Fort Lauderdale and it was flatter than a pisspot. Michel decided to run the little boat. I launched it for him at Cougar on 188th, and rang up Clive in England, which swings like a pendulum do... Clive said, and I quote "If you let them run that boat in the lightest ocean swell, the boat will end up in the dumpster (not a shadow cat) and Michel and Bob will be dead!".

Michel said "Fook heem, I am the Champion of the World, and I will do whatever I want!. The mer is as smoooooth as a chambre pot". They had mechanical difficulties, and started dead (?) last. They caught and passed the entire fleet in minutes, and pulled up along side Arneson's Cougar treewood 38' which was leading at that point. In a terrific twist of fate, our cameraman, Brian Kreiske, was over them in a chopper. He was such a good photographer that, during the crash, he never let them out of the frame. Li'l Fayva magically transformed into an acre of orange plywood in 1 unbelievable second Thanks to our cameraman, about a hundred million people got a firsthand look at our engineering capability.

They were OK. Michel got pitched a couple of hundred yards. He was on the outside of the arc when the port side collapsed. Bobby Idoni was in the center of the spin, and was still sitting where the seat used to be!

Lots of the pieces were tethered together by wires and hoses and such, and I towed the whole mess a couple of miles to the beach. There was still one engine and drive intact. It was at that point that we decided to only build raceboats out of materials with a specific gravity of 1+, so that at least, it would have the courtesy to sink.
Bobby Idoni's quote after the wreck, when asked if he was frightened: "Yes, but never enough to pull the killswitch".

[glen76]

is ee in the olden days car were like boats and bikes and everyone sat bolt upright :)

is that rib that barrels the same one or design that did it in the solent??

[Ciao]

"We're up the right way fella!"

http://www.connexionpr.com.au/aopc/maritimo.wmv

Quality Aussie understatement!

[Jon Fuller]

Originally posted by glen76
is that rib that barrels the same one or design that did it in the solent??

Yeah, the exact same model, Buzzi RIB36 'race', except the one in the Solent had a slightly smaller Seatek motah. (summat like 800hp instead of the 1050hp that CB-III ran)