|
|
31-08-2005, 10:36 PM
|
#1
|
Large member
Country: England
Location: On the farm
Occupation: General Trouble Causer Salterns Boatyard
Interests: Official smartass
Boat name: Seahorse.org
Boat make: a V24 and a SLOW unstable ICE Bladerunner
Engines: 2x300 promax, 320 Volvo
Cruising area: England/France & Med
Join Date: May 2005
Location: On the farm
Posts: 2,681
|
RYA record news
http://www.rya.org.uk/?contentID=4176521
News of the arounf brittan record - unfortunately the picture is of my boat, not the actual 51 footer that set the record.
Round the iow- http://www.rya.org.uk/?contentID=4188824
__________________
|
|
|
31-08-2005, 10:42 PM
|
#2
|
numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
Posts: 15,959
|
Rather good the the RYA who did their best to block Chris Parsonage from running RTI, now wallow in the glory as if they were instrumental in it's attempt.
__________________
__________________
.
"I Agree with everything you say really!" - John Cooke to Jon Fuller - 26-01-2013
|
|
|
31-08-2005, 10:44 PM
|
#3
|
Registered User
Country: Job Centre
Location: In a box
Occupation: Chaos's gofer
Interests: Skiving
Boat make: Spectre 30
Engines: 2 x Promax 225
Cruising area: In the bath
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: In a box
Posts: 5,201
|
Hmm, made me chuckle. Until I realised who they'd be taking the record from!
|
|
|
31-08-2005, 10:45 PM
|
#4
|
numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
Posts: 15,959
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Tony Davis
Hmm, made me chuckle. Until I realised who they'd be taking the record from!
|
At which point you pissed yourself!
__________________
.
"I Agree with everything you say really!" - John Cooke to Jon Fuller - 26-01-2013
|
|
|
31-08-2005, 10:46 PM
|
#5
|
Registered User
Country: Job Centre
Location: In a box
Occupation: Chaos's gofer
Interests: Skiving
Boat make: Spectre 30
Engines: 2 x Promax 225
Cruising area: In the bath
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: In a box
Posts: 5,201
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Jon Fuller
At which point you pissed yourself!
|
The new pants have taken care of that problem!
|
|
|
31-08-2005, 10:51 PM
|
#6
|
Large member
Country: England
Location: On the farm
Occupation: General Trouble Causer Salterns Boatyard
Interests: Official smartass
Boat name: Seahorse.org
Boat make: a V24 and a SLOW unstable ICE Bladerunner
Engines: 2x300 promax, 320 Volvo
Cruising area: England/France & Med
Join Date: May 2005
Location: On the farm
Posts: 2,681
|
I was smiling myself.......
|
|
|
01-09-2005, 08:47 AM
|
#7
|
Registered User
Country: UK
Location: Weston Super Mare
Occupation: Electrical Engineer
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Weston Super Mare
Posts: 6,351
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Tony Davis
Hmm, made me chuckle. Until I realised who they'd be taking the record from!
|
Who was that then?
|
|
|
01-09-2005, 09:13 AM
|
#8
|
numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
Posts: 15,959
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Burty
Who was that then?
|
one of the people who tried to block 'Negotiator' running for the record.
John Pusseyfoot
__________________
.
"I Agree with everything you say really!" - John Cooke to Jon Fuller - 26-01-2013
|
|
|
01-09-2005, 09:05 PM
|
#9
|
hello
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 2,739
|
Whats his problem? He can have a go at getting it back next year!!!
|
|
|
01-09-2005, 09:46 PM
|
#10
|
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 472
|
who was driving?chris parsonage?
__________________
boat less
|
|
|
01-09-2005, 09:53 PM
|
#11
|
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 472
|
who was the throttle man?
__________________
boat less
|
|
|
02-09-2005, 09:36 AM
|
#12
|
Large member
Country: England
Location: On the farm
Occupation: General Trouble Causer Salterns Boatyard
Interests: Official smartass
Boat name: Seahorse.org
Boat make: a V24 and a SLOW unstable ICE Bladerunner
Engines: 2x300 promax, 320 Volvo
Cruising area: England/France & Med
Join Date: May 2005
Location: On the farm
Posts: 2,681
|
|
|
|
02-09-2005, 09:56 AM
|
#13
|
numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
Posts: 15,959
|
did you get launched ok Marc?
__________________
.
"I Agree with everything you say really!" - John Cooke to Jon Fuller - 26-01-2013
|
|
|
02-09-2005, 12:44 PM
|
#14
|
numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
Posts: 15,959
|
Whilst the RTI record is still a current topic, I have a question.
The record that Puddifoot held of 86mph-ish, was this record set in his revenger 29, 'Dragons Revenge'? (in it's previous life as an OB boat)
BTW, this is a VERY loaded question!
__________________
.
"I Agree with everything you say really!" - John Cooke to Jon Fuller - 26-01-2013
|
|
|
02-09-2005, 12:55 PM
|
#15
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 276
|
Yes, I believe it was!
|
|
|
02-09-2005, 01:11 PM
|
#16
|
numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
Posts: 15,959
|
Quote:
Originally posted by John G
Yes, I believe it was!
|
Right.
So a Mannerfelt B-28, with a pair of (I assume) 280 efi's, in near perfect conditions, manages less that 2mph higher average speed!
Puddlefoot was running a open cockpit, centre console Revenger 29 rib with twin 150's!
There are therefore two possibilities, one or both would account for his "unbelievable" average speed.
1st:
They weren't 150's surely not! (these were the max power allowed in his class of racing, but would the soon to be RYA powerboat manager cheat??)
2nd:
The timing wasn't accurate! I heard a rumour a few days ago, that he telephoned via mobile to let the timekeepers know when he was passing Lymington (start finish point for RTI records) and to 'start the clock'.
Either or both of these points would clearly enable a false average speed.
Does anyone know anything about his record?
And do we agree that an 86mph average (you'd need a max speed of at least low 90's the achieve this) is a little unbelievable from that setup?
__________________
.
"I Agree with everything you say really!" - John Cooke to Jon Fuller - 26-01-2013
|
|
|
02-09-2005, 01:56 PM
|
#17
|
Chief C*nt!
Country: United Kingdom
Location: Brighton
Occupation: Sparkler prefect
Interests: Boats
Boat make: Other people's mostly
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Brighton
Posts: 872
|
Perhaps John Puddifoot is just a supremely good driver? Ever considered that eh?
Eerr, no
__________________
What could possibly go wrong?
|
|
|
02-09-2005, 02:04 PM
|
#18
|
numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
Posts: 15,959
|
__________________
.
"I Agree with everything you say really!" - John Cooke to Jon Fuller - 26-01-2013
|
|
|
02-09-2005, 02:19 PM
|
#19
|
Chief C*nt!
Country: United Kingdom
Location: Brighton
Occupation: Sparkler prefect
Interests: Boats
Boat make: Other people's mostly
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Brighton
Posts: 872
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Jon Fuller
Oh bugger! I just edited your post instead of quoting
|
****.
What I said was something along these lines:
I don't believe that either of your scenarios are realsistic.
Surely no-one would want a meaningless trophy so badly that they'd massively cheat to get it. What's the point? Where's the satisfaction?
There's no way that the sport's official governing body would sanction such a cavalier approach to timing for a world record. They'd soon be a laughing stock.
So there must be another answer. Perhaps John Puddifoot is just a supremely good driver? Ever considered that eh?
__________________
What could possibly go wrong?
|
|
|
02-09-2005, 03:19 PM
|
#20
|
BananaShark Member
Country: UK
Location: Salcombe South Devon
Occupation: Racer and builder
Interests: Winning races
Boat name: BananaShark
Boat make: BananaShark 34' Race
Engines: Twin Yanmar BY 260's
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Salcombe South Devon
Posts: 4,638
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Jon Fuller
And do we agree that an 86mph average (you'd need a max speed of at least low 90's the achieve this) is a little unbelievable from that setup?
|
I doubt that any offshore RIB would do eighty anything with 2 X 150's on actually, let alone a top speed of over 90. I reckon Jackie and Mike with twin xs200's were only just doing 90 - 92 in thier 4 litre RIB, and they were later engines and hence better performers + that boat had 100 HP more!
__________________
__________________
Cookee
British Champions! RIB Formula 1 2005
National Speed Record Holder at 90.15 (still)
www.bananasharkracing.com
|
|
|
|
|
Thread Tools |
|
Display Modes |
Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
» Recent Threads |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|