RMYC 2012 Powerboat Race

[RMYC]

So sorry that Torquay had to be cancelled, but can understand the position, we are not in the black yet, but hopefully we will have a few lastmintue.com entries ??
Current entries are :-

Needles Marathon race

Cinzano A558 Markus Hendricks
GOINGLEAN A42 Dean Gibbs
Apache Warhorse B41 Tony Toll
MICROLINK PC B110 VAHID GANJAVIAN
PPG PRINT C99 Phil Payter
Grey Ghost D10 Paul Glenister
Mystic Dragon D9 Robert Turnball
My Pleasure E3 Gordon Compton

I'm hoping for a couple more boats, would be nice to see a C & E boat so we have a race in each class.

Camden trophy race for Class 3B

B65 3B Adrian Foulser
B92 3B Ashleigh Foulser
B52 3B Neil Ives

We are talking to 3/4 other boats, we were hoping to see 6.

British Club Championship

B28 Unlimited Matt Sydenham
38ZRC Unlimited James Sydenham
D2S Unlimited Martin Warren
888 F1 Adam Younger
V2 F1 Mark Brewster
926 F2 Neil Jackson
?? F2 Mark Cockman
77 F2 Graham Reeder
21 F2 Michael Spinks

A number of other boat are talking to us

If you are thinking of racing, please contact us soon - PLEASE

[Cookee]

What is the justification for charging so much for Marathon boats? £125 for national classes and £300 + £100 tracker fee for marathon boats? On the bright side it's £50 cheaper than the Torquay race!

[Tony Davis]

That's a pretty naive question considering how long you've been racing, so you must know how it works by now.

I'd be asking why a tracker is needed for such a short race? if you remove the 2 x A laps, then it's unlikely that the boats are ever going to be more than about 40 or so miles away from the start/finish line.

[Mrs Smillie]

Originally Posted by RMYC

So sorry that Torquay had to be cancelled, but can understand the position, we are not in the black yet, but hopefully we will have a few lastmintue.com entries ??
Current entries are :-

Needles Marathon race

Cinzano A558 Markus Hendricks
GOINGLEAN A42 Dean Gibbs
Apache Warhorse B41 Tony Toll
MICROLINK PC B110 VAHID GANJAVIAN
PPG PRINT C99 Phil Payter
Grey Ghost D10 Paul Glenister
Mystic Dragon D9 Robert Turnball
My Pleasure E3 Gordon Compton

I'm hoping for a couple more boats, would be nice to see a C & E boat so we have a race in each class.

Camden trophy race for Class 3B

B65 3B Adrian Foulser
B92 3B Ashleigh Foulser
B52 3B Neil Ives

We are talking to 3/4 other boats, we were hoping to see 6.

British Club Championship

B28 Unlimited Matt Sydenham
38ZRC Unlimited James Sydenham
D2S Unlimited Martin Warren
888 F1 Adam Younger
V2 F1 Mark Brewster
926 F2 Neil Jackson
?? F2 Mark Cockman
77 F2 Graham Reeder
21 F2 Michael Spinks

A number of other boat are talking to us

If you are thinking of racing, please contact us soon - PLEASE

Hi can i just say it is B558 not A thanks Claire x

[RHINO]

B13 will be there

[RMYC]

Sorry Mrs Smillie for the error, but you do get the prize for spotting the deliberate mistake.

Cookee, some might say that the owners of a Marathon boat would tend to have more money than the owners of a Class 3B boat, so organisers would tend to charge higher entry fees for the larger classes to help subsidise the smaller classes, but as we need to have a 55 ton crane to handle the required reach to lift a marathon boat in the water which will cost £1,350, this could go some way to explaining the reason for large differential in entry fees.

The Needles race is classes as a marathon race, and the RYA rules require tracker to be carried to help with safety

Thanks for the entry Brian, do we have any more ??

[Cookee]

Originally Posted by RMYC

Sorry Mrs Smillie for the error, but you do get the prize for spotting the deliberate mistake.

Cookee, some might say that the owners of a Marathon boat would tend to have more money than the owners of a Class 3B boat, so organisers would tend to charge higher entry fees for the larger classes to help subsidise the smaller classes, but as we need to have a 55 ton crane to handle the required reach to lift a marathon boat in the water which will cost £1,350, this could go some way to explaining the reason for large differential in entry fees.

The Needles race is classes as a marathon race, and the RYA rules require tracker to be carried to help with safety

Thanks for the entry Brian, do we have any more ??

Sorry to be pedantic here but what is the cost of the upgrade of the crane? I haven't been to an offshore event that didn't have a crane in use - ever?

I would favour the "subsidy/because they can afford it" explanation but I'm just cynical!

Thanks for taking the time to reply - I appreciate it!

[hunton69]

Originally Posted by RMYC

Sorry Mrs Smillie for the error, but you do get the prize for spotting the deliberate mistake.

Cookee, some might say that the owners of a Marathon boat would tend to have more money than the owners of a Class 3B boat, so organisers would tend to charge higher entry fees for the larger classes to help subsidise the smaller classes, but as we need to have a 55 ton crane to handle the required reach to lift a marathon boat in the water which will cost £1,350, this could go some way to explaining the reason for large differential in entry fees.

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On this occassion cookee I agree with you and been saying it for the last couple of years.
Apart from the entree fee being so high compared to the smaller boats the fuel consumption is so much more
Not all guys with class A and B boats have lots of money

Now I don't race at the moment I can afford some new toys

[snapper66]

One of the reason's that some of the Race Boats would not race at Torquay was there was only one race,so what is the differance between that Race and RMYC Race.
Just thought I would ask .

[OCRDA]

Probably dont mind one day events on their own door step !!

[RHINO]

i think its more about the way some people were treated last season!

[OCRDA]

Originally Posted by RHINO

i think its more about the way some people were treated last season!

I thought you had retired ?? Does this mean you are coming to Valras ??
Should be a good weekend !

[neal_skyline]

Originally Posted by snapper66

One of the reason's that some of the Race Boats would not race at Torquay was there was only one race,so what is the differance between that Race and RMYC Race.
Just thought I would ask .

cheaper,and 20min drive for me

[snapper66]

Ok ,so Torquay is a long way to go,so is it you need two races to make it worth while or is the distance.
If it is the distance then please INFORM the clubs as its good to have as much input as possible from everyone.
Would be nice to have Race's on your doorstep,cost me arm and a leg just to get of the Island.
Hopefully by next year we would have got over what happen at Torquay,I dont think people would go out of their to piss people of on purpose.
On a lighter note anybody got any info on Racing in France,Website etc.

[Jayrjay]

Originally Posted by RHINO

i think its more about the way some people were treated last season!

Brian,
Who was treated badly last year? And by whom?

If people feel aggrieved then they need to sit down, talk about it and sort out any issues so we can all go racing.....?

J

[Jayrjay]

Originally Posted by neal_skyline

cheaper,and 20min drive for me

Neal,

Your house to Torquay - 129 miles
Your house to Allhallows - 123 miles
How many races did you participate in at Allhallows?
Why exactly did you not want to race in Torquay?

Jay

[RHINO]

3b!

[OCRDA]

Originally Posted by snapper66

Ok ,so Torquay is a long way to go,so is it you need two races to make it worth while or is the distance.
If it is the distance then please INFORM the clubs as its good to have as much input as possible from everyone.
Would be nice to have Race's on your doorstep,cost me arm and a leg just to get of the Island.
Hopefully by next year we would have got over what happen at Torquay,I dont think people would go out of their to piss people of on purpose.
On a lighter note anybody got any info on Racing in France,Website etc.

www.offshorepassion.com but as with all web sites its a bit out of date !! I am keeping calendar dates as updated as I can on www.ocrda.org
On the other note we seem to have successfully split Offshore long lap (for Competitors) & Offshore short lap (for competitors & Spectators) racing despite having got them back together over the past few years.

[OCRDA]

Originally Posted by Jayrjay

Neal,

Your house to Torquay - 129 miles
Your house to Allhallows - 123 miles
How many races did you participate in at Allhallows?
Why exactly did you not want to race in Torquay?

Jay

Torquay, 1 long race no Campers till late Saturday £150 entry

Allhallows 1 long Race, 2 Short Races Campers welcome, £125 entry

My house to Allhallows 300 mls
My house to Torquay 25 mls

[Jayrjay]

Then it seems to me like everyone needs to man up (3b included) sit down and discuss any issues and get it sorted?
It's not a perfect world and not everybody can be pleased all the time, but the bickering has to stop and we have to get on for the sake of the sport?

J