My 28 build part 5

[Jon Fuller]

Cabin

[Jon Fuller]

Hanging from it's new lifting eyes

[Jon Fuller]

Cabin looking aft

[Jon Fuller]

Stern gear

[Jon Fuller]

another cabin shot

[Jon Fuller]

And again

[Jon Fuller]

Crappy old scan & more recently (second shot taken during the 'mid week meet' video shoot Aug 2005)

[Jon Fuller]

The original 28 Phantom 'BRUT' designed and built by Steve for Peter & Jan Armstrong for the '84 round britain race.

Crew:
Pete Armstrong
Jan Armstrong
Steve Baker
Neil Holmes

1st UIM Class II
1st Outboard powered boat
1st British entry
1st Female Competitor
3rd Overall

[BREN]

GREAT PICS

[Captain Chaos]

Excuse my ignorance, but what the feck did it need 4 crew for??

1984? is Mr Holmes older than i thought?

[jackeen's Missus]

Originally posted by Captain Chaos
Excuse my ignorance, but what the feck did it need 4 crew for??


2 at least to launder the underpants:laugh:

Missus (ONLY JOKIN)

[Jon Fuller]

Originally posted by Captain Chaos
Excuse my ignorance, but what the feck did it need 4 crew for??

1984? is Mr Holmes older than i thought?

The original crew were: Pete Armstrong and Steve Baker= drivers (alternately, obviously) Jan Armstrong = Navigator, and Neil Holmes= Engineer land based, meeting up at each stop, doing his thing with the spanners, sadly, Jan did some damage to her back whilst crossing the Bristol Channel in very large swells (which would also spell the demise of the 40 odd foot Cougar cat 'Carlsberg', which sank somewhere south of Ireland.
After Jan's injury, Neil made up the three crew, and took a share in driving I think too, Maybe he'll drop in and clear up some finer details some time.

[Captain Chaos]

Erm.....Mr Fuller, I've started to noitce that you are somewhat anti-cougars!

who won that race overall anyway?

[Jon Fuller]

No, not anti Cougar at all, In fact I love em, especially the old US1 range.

The winner of ther 84' round Britain, was the same guy who'll win Miami-New York this Year....Fabio Buzzi!... In 84' it was with 'White Iveco'

[Jon Fuller]

With respect to Cougars, you must remember this thread:

[Captain Chaos]

Sorry mate, dont actually...... but i can just make out the word 'Fuller' on the back!

I'll have 2 please!

[Jon Fuller]

Originally posted by Captain Chaos
Sorry mate, dont actually...... but i can just make out the word 'Fuller' on the back!

I'll have 2 please!

It says "Engines by Jon Fuller"

It was an ex Class 1 Cougar US1 46' diesel run by Dick Strutton back in 86'
I re-engined it in 90' when it was converted for pleasure use (triple Mercruiser HP465's on Mk 4 Speedmasters), and looked after it for 3 years or so, before it was sold in around 93' to a guy in LA. (not LittleAmpton,... Los Angeles)
These pics were posted on OSO last year, taken in LA quite recently, It has all new graphics etc. but I was amazed to see it still has the sticker on the transom that I put there in 91' after re building the motors (he poped one, so we freshened them all up whilst we were at it)

[Captain Chaos]

you see jon...worldwide reputation! I assume then, that marine engines are your mainstay of work?

rest assured, if they'd have been stickers by Capt Chaos, they wouldn't have lasted 14 years (or days for that matter!)

LOL

CK

[Jon Fuller]

I can only imagine the poor yank assumed jon fuller was some famous engine builder, instead of a dustman from scunthorpe! (no prejudice towards dustman, or Scunthorpe intended) or he would have removed the stickers long ago when he re-graphic'd the boat!:bang:

[Captain Chaos]

You said it Jon..... Anyway some of those northern dustman are reputed to be rather handy with a set of spanners.

some Yanks are more gullable than me!

[Petrol Head]

Hmmmm.. Cougar bare hull lying around in Littlehampton You know. Going to ruin, just past the old Cougar office.

Got "world champions" splattered down the side, I forget the year.


Sad.

[Jon Fuller]

I think that would be "Pussy" a US1 46 that had triple 575's in originaly, bit shabby now, sold recently for 3K! but needs 100K spending on it, and a grand a day minimum to run it....no contest.

PS. it was at Cunninghams yard a while ago, just by the arrun bridge.

[Captain Chaos]

Had the privelage of seeing some cougar moulds first hand, I think they where from late 80's and approx 35-40ft. To my nacked eye, they seemed top notch...and they where close enough to some real top notch moulds to be compared!

JF, did you not consider one of these then before the purchase of your Phantom? Or was your close association to the sittingbourne outfit / price too big a factor to ignore?

[Jon Fuller]

They didn't really do much smaller stuff, I think the smallest US1 is the 33, to do 70 in that you'd need monster power/money, and it wouldn't be trailerable, the P28 is a great boat (IMHO)

[Captain Chaos]

Never really thought of it in those terms. I forget your not a sarf coast lad. I assume trailerability was a big factor...it certainly is for me.

I've never thought of your 28 hurtling along @ 70....thats some speed! mind you, 600 and odd hp!

Those cougars may have been bigger, i saw just enough to make out the lines and could see thier general construction, I had other things on my mind.

Seemingly another set of redundent moulds

[Rogue Wave]

How heavy is leviathan?

[Scottb]

Beautiful boat Jon

[Jon Fuller]

Lawrence, The boat normaly lives (dry berthed) in Southampton, so trailering is only essential when bringing it home, or to windermere or summet. but it is useful to be able to move it that way.

It's not a great video, but you can see it 'hurtling along'
here (http://media.boatmad.com/gallery/v/readersrides/leviathan/vertigo_001.wmv.html)

and

Here (http://media.boatmad.com/gallery/v/multimedia/General-Videos/generalboating/final.wmv.html)

[Jon Fuller]

Stu, my 28 weighs 3.1 tons

[jackeen's Missus]

Jackso guessed 3 ('just look at the fekkin lumps of engines' I quote...)

He wants to know if that's metric or imperial cos he's being a pain in the you know what

Missus:laugh:

He's just asked if it goes up to 4 with you on board...

And 9 with TD (Imperial of course):bolt:

[Jon Fuller]

3100 KG

[Rogue Wave]

I wasn't asking the weight to take the piss , but on reflection I think it's a missed opportunity.

I have just got a newish 3.5 ton (imp) trailer and was wondering if you had one yourself.

[Jon Fuller]

Sadly no, I would like to find a perfect 2 or 3 axle American aluminium 'I' beam trailer, they are wonderful! (if a tad ilegal in the UK)

[jackeen's Missus]

There's no doubt..Leviathan is a beauty.

Is it Poker Running this year?

Missus:up:

[Captain Chaos]

Jon,

thats the video i already had......i've stopped watching it now as it gets me all pissed off that i wont be doing anything like that in the too distant future!

Whilst in Miami beach last year, saw a scarab 23 on an Ali trailer... it was shaped "I" beam and bolted together....superb!. I even got names & no's of Ali stockholders & welders earlier on this year, but thought building one may have been jumping the gun, not having anything to put on it!


ever seen http://www.aluminumboattrailer.com/ ?? gets to you a bit when you compare the $ price to the steel equivelant over here.

read that email yet?

[Sizer]

That the itchen bridge i can see in the background Jon??

[Jon Fuller]

Simon,
If you mean in picture No 6, yes it is, that was when it lived at Merlin Quay, Hazel Rd, Woolston, sadly that yard closed down so that NEG could make wind turbine blades!:angry: :angry: it was a bloody good yard. (even had a cafe on site :dizzy: )

[Jon Fuller]

I'd like to, but even when I get enthused (like today) I run into yet another feckin problem!
Today I offered up the new manifold on one motor, and it fouls the engine mount!:angry: :bang: :bang:

[Jon Fuller]

Double arse!...in fact quadruple arse, there's four of the feckers!

[jackeen's Missus]

Bejaysus I can hear you two going on and on and on tomoro...

Well have to alert the coastguard to rescue Angela and Vicki...

Missus:laugh: :no: :no:

[Rogue Wave]

Originally posted by Matt
As you know, in the flesh I'm quite quiet.

Me too

[jackeen's Missus]

Originally posted by Matt
As you know, in the flesh I'm quite quiet.

I don't THINK so!!!

Missus:no: