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Originally posted by Ned
Isn't that 'SGL Jet' (Les and Judy Salvidge) also in the picture ?
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The bow of, yeah, the most expensive 4 litre boat in history!
John Baker was running on empty for some time toward the end, he borrowed drives from Dick Strutton coz he'd blown his, it took an age to get them back, and they came back shagged out.
I think he got sucked in big time, borrowed money against the boat (at an exagerated value) with ideas of winning the worlds in 90', the motors (Sabre 600's) were very tired, burned masses of oil, and in fact burned so much in his last race (worlds, Bournmouth 90') that one ran out of oil and grenaded....championship over!
Neil won that year in 'Fina', a 4 litre boat, running 2.4 efi's in class II, I wached from the pier.
He also ran 115 mph on Windermere that year with 'Fina', setting a new record for class II
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