|
|
01-02-2008, 03:56 PM
|
#1
|
Registered User
Country: UK
Occupation: dog breeder
Interests: boats, cars,film.f1 and anitques/paintings
Boat name: tba
Cruising area: south coast France and med
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,062
|
Stored ex racers
Geriatric I hear you have some hot pics of Achilli Motors and some monos in a shead, any chance you can post them for us to see................ Please
__________________
|
|
|
03-02-2008, 03:32 PM
|
#2
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 113
|
Achilli Motors in Malta
Regarding TB-C's comments regarding some pictures I took of Achilli Motors. The big cat is stored in a corner of a boatyard in Malta. She still has two Lambo's under the bonnet but the old rig looks very forlorn and the two pixs I took are aweful as the cat is stuck in a corner of this small enclosure surrounded by a high wall, a Class 2 Cougar cat and rubbish. Elswhere in the yard are two aluminium Cougar Class 1 cats which I believe are new but unfinished, together with several elderly raceboats. In their chaotic workshop there is a collection of old 2 valves Lambo's and 'big blocks' . This boat yard also produces a prolific range of Phantom lookalike's.
Incidently Achilli Motors won the 1993 Maltese GP which was a round of the UIM World Class 1 championship, Finnscrew' was second and in third place was the late Leonardo Polli and Steve Curtis.
__________________
|
|
|
03-02-2008, 03:35 PM
|
#3
|
Registered User
Country: UK
Occupation: dog breeder
Interests: boats, cars,film.f1 and anitques/paintings
Boat name: tba
Cruising area: south coast France and med
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,062
|
I was there!!
Thanks for that Mr S...............what is for sale tho?
|
|
|
03-02-2008, 04:06 PM
|
#4
|
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: 5,186
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by geriatric
This boat yard also produces a prolific range of Phantom lookalike's.
|
Here you go Jonni, this'd sort it!
__________________
Chaos for Moderator.
|
|
|
04-02-2008, 12:00 AM
|
#5
|
Registered User
Country: UK
Location: Bucks
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Bucks
Posts: 586
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by geriatric
Regarding TB-C's comments regarding some pictures I took of Achilli Motors. The big cat is stored in a corner of a boatyard in Malta. She still has two Lambo's under the bonnet but the old rig looks very forlorn and the two pixs I took are aweful as the cat is stuck in a corner of this small enclosure surrounded by a high wall, a Class 2 Cougar cat and rubbish. Elswhere in the yard are two aluminium Cougar Class 1 cats which I believe are new but unfinished, together with several elderly raceboats. In their chaotic workshop there is a collection of old 2 valves Lambo's and 'big blocks' . This boat yard also produces a prolific range of Phantom lookalike's.
Incidently Achilli Motors won the 1993 Maltese GP which was a round of the UIM World Class 1 championship, Finnscrew' was second and in third place was the late Leonardo Polli and Steve Curtis.
|
Was fun! Mr. Sewell, just like me you was buzzing to see those old race boats in the CXXXXX yard!
Having visited it, and having had a beer or two with Aarron Ciantar, I am now in the Jon Fuller camp!
Bring on the new Phantom!!
|
|
|
04-02-2008, 12:22 AM
|
#6
|
Registered User
Country: UK
Location: Bucks
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Bucks
Posts: 586
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony Davis
|
Stop being so amusing!
As I said a couple of weeks ago you are still the "Mitz Fitz".
|
|
|
04-02-2008, 07:53 AM
|
#7
|
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: 15,942
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by ciao!
I am now in the Jon Fuller camp!
|
THAT, is a horrible rumour!
I'm actually very butch!
__________________
.
"I Agree with everything you say really!" - John Cooke to Jon Fuller - 26-01-2013
|
|
|
04-02-2008, 09:32 AM
|
#8
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 113
|
Yes, It Is For Sale
We were told Achille Motors is for sale but never asked the price as the rig looks knackered. There was two 1950 ish Morris Minor's is the yard both very neglected but neither are for sale. What could you do with Achille apart from saying you own a bit of history as the boat is hardly a classic, although I do believe it still holds the record speed for Cowes-Torquay-Cowes. I think Mr M jnr was rummaging around the xxxxxx boatyard looking for a potential RB boat.
|
|
|
04-02-2008, 01:14 PM
|
#9
|
Registered User
Country: UK
Location: Bucks
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Bucks
Posts: 586
|
[QUOTE=geriatric;125843. I think Mr M jnr was rummaging around the xxxxxx boatyard looking for a potential RB boat.[/QUOTE]
Just my luck to get spotted by the editor of a powerboat mag!
|
|
|
05-02-2008, 05:40 PM
|
#10
|
Registered User
Country: Spain
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 1,726
|
So, no pics? Is the boat referred to this particular boat? Tim did I give you a copy of the footage of the boat from the overhead TVS chopper? Can't remember!
|
|
|
05-02-2008, 05:46 PM
|
#11
|
Registered User
Country: UK
Occupation: dog breeder
Interests: boats, cars,film.f1 and anitques/paintings
Boat name: tba
Cruising area: south coast France and med
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,062
|
No Nige you didn't but would love a copy!
That "Achilli" was the Stain and was to Giancarlo Corbelli and became "Power Marine" with a pair of Isotta's, The one in Malta I believe to be the final "Achilli" which ran under the Paul Picot sponsorship..
|
|
|
05-02-2008, 06:23 PM
|
#12
|
Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 1,041
|
Achilli Boats
As you were in harness with D.Achiili for a while the following is probably old hat Tim,but I cannot come to terms with Achilli Motors becoming Power Marine.This should have Inspector Marco running for his magnifying glass.
Achilli Motors (White ,then Schlax Group,then Green/White/Red)
Achilli Motors -Ottavani -Bibliko
Achilli Motors - Paul Picot - Lemonsoda
All 3 stain hulls
Ottavani /Bibliko(G.Leonetti)
N.B. That 1991 photo should read 1990 I think.
|
|
|
05-02-2008, 06:29 PM
|
#13
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 113
|
Not The Same Achilli
The photo littlenig has posted is not the same Achille I saw in Malta. The aluminium cat on the island has enclosed cockpits, Lamborghini's which we were told are started occasionally and there is a fin on the stern with a French flag on either side as we were told a French guy acquired it from Domenico Achilli. (How true that is, is anyones guess). I will download my photo from the disc later.
|
|
|
05-02-2008, 06:33 PM
|
#14
|
Registered User
Country: UK
Occupation: dog breeder
Interests: boats, cars,film.f1 and anitques/paintings
Boat name: tba
Cruising area: south coast France and med
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,062
|
Sorry Graham to disagree, 2nd pic is 91
1st pic was the boat built in '87 and we ran until the end of '90..then sold to G C.
Built in time for Key West was a bitch to drive/steer due to her be an exact replica of Taxi/Babycresci..both diesel/Isotta's so after Puerto Cervo I designed a tank to move the weight/centre of gravity further aft. The tank became an extension on the tunnel and was a fraction over a meter long......
After this we were running 113mph!!!!!! a difference of more than 20 mph and a beautiful boat to race and soft ride
|
|
|
05-02-2008, 06:36 PM
|
#15
|
Registered User
Country: UK
Occupation: dog breeder
Interests: boats, cars,film.f1 and anitques/paintings
Boat name: tba
Cruising area: south coast France and med
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,062
|
Ottavani was not Achilli it was Stefano's Gancia..
The Achilli you saw in Malta Geriatric is the the old Rocky(1988)a cougar, bouth by ?Villanova?
|
|
|
05-02-2008, 07:01 PM
|
#16
|
Registered User
Country: Germany
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 320
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by TimB-C
...is the the old Rocky(1988)a cougar, bouth by ?Villanova?
|
Became "Mr. Rogers"?
|
|
|
05-02-2008, 07:09 PM
|
#17
|
Registered User
Country: UK
Occupation: dog breeder
Interests: boats, cars,film.f1 and anitques/paintings
Boat name: tba
Cruising area: south coast France and med
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,062
|
Yes that's the one well done m8
|
|
|
05-02-2008, 07:28 PM
|
#18
|
Registered User
Country: UK
Location: Bucks
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Bucks
Posts: 586
|
It did have Mr Rogers down the side.
|
|
|
05-02-2008, 07:46 PM
|
#19
|
Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 1,041
|
Those damn Achilli
Blimey,what a mixture of different info.All this stuff I quote has been related to Italian books,mags etc.One minute it all falls into place and then all this throws it completely off track.I take it GC was in the 1990 Key West World Cup,in which case I`ve no record of him racing.The only reference to Casiraghi in a stain is 1988 when he came to Guernsey in Ellesse (ex-Outsider),and the boat went on to become Tre Gazelle.Ottavani looks exactly the same as the second Achilli Motors.I`d love to hear what Marco makes of all this.Time for some paracetamol methinks.
|
|
|
05-02-2008, 07:58 PM
|
#20
|
Registered User
Country: UK
Location: Bucks
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Bucks
Posts: 586
|
It cost me 2 pence plus tax return to go over there Graham, if you are not busy !!
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
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 On
|
|
|
|
» Recent Threads |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|