Will there ever be.............

[Ruby Murry]

any F3 Rib racing again?

Would be quite interetested personally.

Martin

[Jon Fuller]

Is F3 the equivalent to 1.3 litre, ie, 90hp?

[Ruby Murry]

Yep 2 stoke 90hp

Green 2 Stroke or 4 stroke 115hp

min length 5.6m

I think, but will stand corrected.

M

[Cookee]

Hi Martin,

I think it's just like class III 1.3 - it's not stopped officially, it's just that there isn't anyone entering the class. The only way of reviving it would be to get some others to join in - might be worth starting a little campaign on Ribnet and see what happens?

[Adam]

Got just the boat for that ..

Do get enquiries every now and again about F3 RIBs - but perhaps a case of no one wanting to commit and be the first to say they are going to do it!

[Numb Nuts]

would F3 now be F2 as now F2 is F1 :bang:

[Ruby Murry]

Thanks for the info.

Maybe its time to start a revolution from my Rib :D

M

[Matt]

We should talk.
:D

[Jon Fuller]

Originally posted by Matt
We should talk.
:D

You becoming a ribnobba? :speechles

[Matt]

Just thinking about the whole 1.3 thing.

[Ruby Murry]

Originally posted by Matt
We should talk.
:D

See you tomorrow evening :drink:

Martin

[glen76]

i think i could be interested in the 1.3 thing too.. sounds cheaper than f2 er f1

[Adam]

I think there could be some mileage in a combined 1.3L offshore / RIB class.

It maybe time to think about the rules and it maybe a case of changing the capacities to give a better engine choice. If it was a new National class then rules can be re-written if need be.

One of the things must be to keep costs down and also give a good range of boats competing. I think one of the main reasons that the class (offshore) eventually died was the cost side and the dominance of the last Mannerfelt boat that raced - as originally built for John Miller, expensive boat but too good for the class and the rest of the fleet.

Don't quite know how you would achieve this. It may take some lateral thinking and whislt never wishing to limit development the 1.3l class needs to be affordable and open as far as possible.

[BluFin]

Originally posted by Adam

Don't quite know how you would achieve this. .
Quite easy when you are re-writing the rule book, exclude what you dont want to run. Wont be the last time things get changed to exclude something. It's only paper, not tablets of stone brought down from mount Sinai. If there were people out there competing then 3 years notice but there ain't, So there is IMHO a blank sheet of paper from which to start .

[Ruby Murry]

I reckon that a joint 1.3L/Rib class would have some mileage.

M

[Adam]

Certainly as from my role as chairman of ORDA (Offshore Racing Drivers Association) I'm sure as a club we would love to see such a class forming and would be very supportive.

I would imagine we could work well with the RYA on this - but it does need firm support from likely competitors before we can really progress.

[Ciao]

For info these were the runners and riders for the 3B Worlds in Sweden.


B-4 Jonas Gustafsson / Fredrik Gustafsson, Finland
B-7 Ronny Sundsdahl / Evelyn Byvold, Norway
B-17 Andreas N Ugland / Terje Engesland, Norway
B-25 Morten Olaussen / Kristian Keller, Norway
B-29 Andersh Pettersen / Jonas Nelson, Norway
B-31 Martin N Twist / Erik Schjerpen, Norway
B-38 JanMorten Gustavsen / Kjersti Gravdal, Norway
B-51 Morgan Spro / Roar Nilsen, Norway
B-60 Micke & Marie Bengstssons
B-70 Frode Sørensen / Simen Andreassen, Norway
B-71 Peter Forsberg / Johan Standwerth, Sweden
B-83 Daniel Svenson / Joakim Kumlin, Sweden
B-92 Stig Yngve knutsen / Svend Aasvik, Norway
B-130 Peter Hellström / Anders Zettergren, Sweden
B-155 Niklas Sundberg / Robert Löfström, Sweden

[Johnny Rocket]

Originally posted by Ruby Murry
min length 5.6m Does a P18 fit?

[C-88]

Here is some pictures from that event.
http://www.pickla.se/vm2005.htm


Originally posted by Ciao
For info these were the runners and riders for the 3B Worlds in Sweden.


B-4 Jonas Gustafsson / Fredrik Gustafsson, Finland
B-7 Ronny Sundsdahl / Evelyn Byvold, Norway
B-17 Andreas N Ugland / Terje Engesland, Norway
B-25 Morten Olaussen / Kristian Keller, Norway
B-29 Andersh Pettersen / Jonas Nelson, Norway
B-31 Martin N Twist / Erik Schjerpen, Norway
B-38 JanMorten Gustavsen / Kjersti Gravdal, Norway
B-51 Morgan Spro / Roar Nilsen, Norway
B-60 Micke & Marie Bengstssons
B-70 Frode Sørensen / Simen Andreassen, Norway
B-71 Peter Forsberg / Johan Standwerth, Sweden
B-83 Daniel Svenson / Joakim Kumlin, Sweden
B-92 Stig Yngve knutsen / Svend Aasvik, Norway
B-130 Peter Hellström / Anders Zettergren, Sweden
B-155 Niklas Sundberg / Robert Löfström, Sweden

[Mark Wildey]

"B4" is an interesting design. You can't have too big a wing!

Mark

[C-88]

They are going very fast with that one 68 knots/78 miles!!! They are almost as fast as the Argocats!!!!
They are aiming for 70 knots/80 miles before the session is over.



[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mark Wildey
[B]"B4" is an interesting design. You can't have too big a wing!

[FrenchPhil]

C-88, lets see your ride.

A fellow Argoman.

[FrenchPhil]

Okay I saw the boat, sweet. Are you guys PVN racing ? There's some awesome felines for sale on svera.org . My next boat is there, why import from the US when you can get one from Scandinavia ?

[C-88]

No I’m not PVN-Racing that is a Norwegian team that is driving a Twister cat.
The boat is not ready yet but I will see if I can find some pictures of it.


Originally posted by FrenchPhil
Okay I saw the boat, sweet. Are you guys PVN racing ? There's some awesome felines for sale on svera.org . My next boat is there, why import from the US when you can get one from Scandinavia ?

[doug]

Originally posted by Ciao
For info these were the runners and riders for the 3B Worlds in Sweden.


B-4 Jonas Gustafsson / Fredrik Gustafsson, Finland
B-7 Ronny Sundsdahl / Evelyn Byvold, Norway
B-17 Andreas N Ugland / Terje Engesland, Norway
B-25 Morten Olaussen / Kristian Keller, Norway
B-29 Andersh Pettersen / Jonas Nelson, Norway
B-31 Martin N Twist / Erik Schjerpen, Norway
B-38 JanMorten Gustavsen / Kjersti Gravdal, Norway
B-51 Morgan Spro / Roar Nilsen, Norway
B-60 Micke & Marie Bengstssons
B-70 Frode Sørensen / Simen Andreassen, Norway
B-71 Peter Forsberg / Johan Standwerth, Sweden
B-83 Daniel Svenson / Joakim Kumlin, Sweden
B-92 Stig Yngve knutsen / Svend Aasvik, Norway
B-130 Peter Hellström / Anders Zettergren, Sweden
B-155 Niklas Sundberg / Robert Löfström, Sweden



And your seriously thinking someone is going to keep up with these boys in a rib !!!

Not that I have anything against ribs.

[Ciao]

It would appear that Norway, Finland and Sweden are the only countries still running 3B.
Having said that South Africa and the Uk (inc the CI) were the only other countries I remember competing at this level.
Were there any others?

[doug]

Italy

[Cookee]

Originally posted by doug
And your seriously thinking someone is going to keep up with these boys in a rib !!!

Not that I have anything against ribs.

Well we managed to beat ALL of the cats in race 2 at the 3C worlds in Norway, and it wasn't that rough because we came 3rd behind 2 batboats! :D :aaahhh: