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21-09-2007, 02:13 PM
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Country: US
Location: Virginia
Interests: Quiet desperation
Boat name: A Little Noisy
Boat make: Excalibur 24
Engines: Express Racing 525
Cruising area: Mobjack Bay (where?)
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Virginia
Posts: 1,974
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Well, it's not a Cigarette, it wasn't designed by Couger, it isn't 38 feet long and it is certainly not a 2006.
The boat was built I believe for Ray McEnhill by Malcolm Cole from a Peter Birkett design. I saw it race (unsuccessfully) in Guernsey in 1989 when it was called Private Entry
By the way, the main pic has been photoshopped. It was originally an advert for Cigarette.
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21-09-2007, 02:22 PM
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Registered User
Country: uk
Location: poole
Occupation: retail
Interests: sport and being lazy
Boat make: ring rib
Engines: merc xr2
Cruising area: bournemouth bay
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: poole
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JF gave me the history of it some years back when I asked what had happened to this boat from Poole, I had always hoped it may make an appearance in our offshore series. Did it not appear at cowes in 06 for a brief moment in the first P1 race before being withdrawn for it's sale to Germany... in the add it says 96mph thought this sounded fast for a 80's mono with around 1200hp but then I noticed it only weighed 3500kg is that correct for an alu boat, I had assumed all the old 80's class 1 alu monos like the famous CUV were around 4500kg would this not be so???
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21-09-2007, 02:36 PM
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Country: Germany
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cfun
... in the add it says 96mph thought this sounded fast for a 80's mono with around 1200hp
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I think too it will only do 96mph if you drop it off a high crane 
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21-09-2007, 02:36 PM
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Registered User
Country: US
Location: Virginia
Interests: Quiet desperation
Boat name: A Little Noisy
Boat make: Excalibur 24
Engines: Express Racing 525
Cruising area: Mobjack Bay (where?)
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Virginia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cfun
JF gave me the history of it some years back when I asked what had happened to this boat from Poole, I had always hoped it may make an appearance in our offshore series. Did it not appear at cowes in 06 for a brief moment in the first P1 race before being withdrawn for it's sale to Germany... in the add it says 96mph thought this sounded fast for a 80's mono with around 1200hp but then I noticed it only weighed 3500kg is that correct for an alu boat, I had assumed all the old 80's class 1 alu monos like the famous CUV were around 4500kg would this not be so???
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It entered both P1 Evolution races at Cowes 06 and I think it started both. It was sold to a German plastic surgeon over dinner afters Sunday's race.
To have raced in P1 Evolution it would have had to have weighed 4410kg minumum with 1260hp so I guess the weight in the advert is wrong too.
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21-09-2007, 02:56 PM
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Registered User
Country: engalnd
Location: south west
Interests: ski racing
Boat name: Jack'd up, hellraiser
Boat make: Bernico 19 ET, ring 16
Engines: merc 135, merc 175, yam 90
Cruising area: Plymouth
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: south west
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firstly the first pic must be a photo shop
secondly, excuse my ignorance, but how the hel do you see where your going
the front seat looks like its infront of about three foot high wall of guages
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21-09-2007, 03:31 PM
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Registered User
Country: uk
Location: Bristol area
Occupation: Electrician
Interests: mmm stella
Boat make: 16 reiver
Engines: mercury 125 optimax
Cruising area: Lyme Bay
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Bristol area
Posts: 344
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Originally Posted by freedom
firstly the first pic must be a photo shop
secondly, excuse my ignorance, but how the hel do you see where your going
the front seat looks like its infront of about three foot high wall of guages
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they aren't seats, they are bolsters and you stand up (i think)
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21-09-2007, 06:35 PM
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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
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Originally Posted by Ben
It entered both P1 Evolution races at Cowes 06 and I think it started both. It was sold to a German plastic surgeon over dinner afters Sunday's race.
To have raced in P1 Evolution it would have had to have weighed 4410kg minumum with 1260hp so I guess the weight in the advert is wrong too.
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I was the navigator and we didn't start on Sunday unfortunately - the rest I can verify!
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