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23-08-2005, 10:17 PM
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Traveling
Country: UK
Location: Alderholt
Occupation: Aerospace
Boat name: T/T D2S
Boat make: Midas 27' Cat, Argo 16 Cat. Avon Rib Thingy
Engines: Merc 280-ROS -JSRE,65Xs, 75 Stinger, Yam 60
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Here is a better pic of it underway
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24-08-2005, 01:53 AM
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Country: England
Location: Great Horwood
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Still looks great today!
'Limit Up' if anyone is interested, is a term used in association with futures trading. Certain markets have price limits up or down. If the market trades up to the limit (limit up) or down (limit down) the market is closed for a while, to let the traders calm down and collect their thoughts.
After what happened to the owner of that boat I always thought 'Limit Down' would have been a more appropriate name!!
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24-08-2005, 07:47 AM
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#83
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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
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Quote:
Originally posted by Ciao
Still looks great today!
'Limit Up' if anyone is interested, is a term used in association with futures trading.
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I thought it was a term used in the shower of the prison you've been banged up in after spending your investors money on powerboat racing!
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24-08-2005, 10:05 AM
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#84
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The Doc
Join Date: Mar 2004
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no, thats slip it up
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22-01-2006, 01:16 PM
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#85
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Registered User
Country: United Kingdom
Location: London
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Location: London
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Limit Up
Fantastic pictures of Limit Up....
Limit Up belonged to my father Michael Doxford. I would be delighted to see any more images anyone has of the boat. I gather it is was last seen rather derelict in Ibiza. If anyone has any further details of its whereabouts I would be very grateful.
I have a pretty large collection of images from the race days if anyone's interested...including the original race shots from Beken.
Best wishes
Richard
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22-01-2006, 02:01 PM
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#86
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Registered User
Country: UK
Location: Portsmouth
Occupation: Marine Engineer
Interests: everything fast
Boat make: Phantom 28/phantom 18
Engines: 2x Mercury 3.0 225 optimax/yamaha 85
Cruising area: Solent
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Portsmouth
Posts: 1,355
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nice pics
nice pics does any one know what happened to avenger two from the 69
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22-01-2006, 02:25 PM
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#87
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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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Re: Limit Up
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Originally posted by Docky
Fantastic pictures of Limit Up....
Limit Up belonged to my father Michael Doxford. I would be delighted to see any more images anyone has of the boat. I gather it is was last seen rather derelict in Ibiza. If anyone has any further details of its whereabouts I would be very grateful.
I have a pretty large collection of images from the race days if anyone's interested...including the original race shots from Beken.
Best wishes
Richard
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I'm sure we would all be very interested in seeing your collection Docky.
Please post them.
Pretty sure Matt can set you up with a gallery as well.
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22-01-2006, 02:36 PM
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Registered User
Country: France
Location: France
Occupation: Boats
Interests: Powerboats/Superboats
Boat make: 35'
Engines: Merc
Cruising area: Med
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: France
Posts: 130
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Hey Docky
The book "Searace" a history of offshore powerboat racing.
Has some information about your late father.
1989 John o Crouse 1989.
This is a great book to have.
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22-01-2006, 06:48 PM
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Registered User
Country: England
Location: Kent
Occupation: Train Engineer
Interests: Refit/Re-engine Woody's P18 and helping with D2S.
Boat name: Fugazi II / D2S
Boat make: Phantom 18 / Planatec 41'
Engines: 1xMercury XR2 / 2x 8.1ltr Chevys
Cruising area: Kent/Hampshire/Dorset Coasts
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Hi Richard, Firstly welcome to Boatmad.
I know TP and Pete Downie very well.
Here's a question for you, I don't suppose you know what happened to your Uncle Bob's model of Robert Bruce? My father built it for him and I remember one Sunday morning running the models on the Round Pond in Kensington. My dad also did a model of the 35' Limit Up for Pete. His models of the 40' Limit Up and 37' Peter Stuyvesant are in the Basildon Powerboat Museum.
Is that you sitting next to Pete in the picture?
Picture courtesy of littlenige.
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23-01-2006, 10:09 AM
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Registered User
Country: United Kingdom
Location: London
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Location: London
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Many thanks, a great site and a real trip down memory lane! I'm not sure what happened to the Robert Bruce model, certainly remember it as a child, my cousins most likely still have it, I shall make some enquires for you.
I'm pretty sure that isn't me in the photo as I was only about 6 when he was racing the PS boat!
Willie Myers very kindly gave me the Searace book many years ago, it is indeed a great book.
I'll try to get some images scanned in this week.
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23-01-2006, 10:41 AM
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Registered User
Country: United Kingdom
Location: London
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Location: London
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Splitpin, thought you'd like to know, the Robert Bruce model is alive and well at my cousins house in Kent!
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23-01-2006, 10:47 AM
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Senior Member
Country: UK
Location: Christchurch, Dorset
Occupation: Marine Engineer-ish
Interests: Boats, Cars.
Boat name: Splash 4
Boat make: Hunton
Engines: Mercruiser 640
Cruising area: Poole, Solent
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Christchurch, Dorset
Posts: 599
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Docky,
I am an old friend of both TP, Willie Meyers and many of the Limit Up team, including your father. In the mid to late 70's, as a young wipper-snapper, I spent my summer holidays polishing Unowot and changing engines with the odd test, based out tof the race boat shead at Fairey Marine on the Hamble. Spent many happy times on board TP's "Breathless" watching races. I raced with Willie and Mike Mantle in the 1984 Round Briatain Race in "John Phillip Tubas" we had a terrific time even though we only completed two stages before we broke the boat in half. I saw Willie last year in Lauderdale and speak to him once in a while, unfortunately he has had a couple fo strokes but he has finally succumbed to walking with a stick. Still full of his sharp wit and great stories of his early days in racing with Arronow etc ...
Has a large vodka and tonic, or three, with TP at Excel last week and he was also on very good form.
Saw Pete Downie last week as well as he is doing some work locally building a replica Lancia Stratos to keep his hand in.
Welcome to the forum, the old stuff is the best !
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23-01-2006, 11:09 AM
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Registered User
Country: United Kingdom
Location: London
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: London
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Many thanks. I haven't seen Willie in many years, very sorry to hear about his stroke. please pass on my regards to him when you next speak.
I occasionally bump into TP, who does have that amazing knack of turning that one V and T into three!
I don't think I've seen Pete since I was about 6... but funnily enough I do remember him fixing a model car for me back then. Glad he's progressed!
also remember spending many hours marooned on Breathless somewhere off the Isle of White after we blew its engines!
Very glad to find so many memories of the the Old School still active. They were great days.
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23-01-2006, 11:47 AM
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Registered User
Country: United Kingdom
Location: London
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Location: London
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Breathless and Limit Up
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23-01-2006, 11:55 AM
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Country: Spain
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Somebody asked earlier in the thread about the boat in the foreground - I think it´s the Michel Meynard 39 bubble deck cigarette. Can´t remember if it raced in Cowes with Billy Martin running it as Bounty Hunter??
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23-01-2006, 11:58 AM
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Country: Spain
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Isn´t that the Willie Meyers 40´ Cigarette UFO II (with the headlights in the bow) tucked away behind Limit Up?
What fantastic photo´s - if you have more - whoever you are - post them pleeeeeeeeaase!!!!!!!
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23-01-2006, 12:57 PM
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Country: United Kingdom
Location: London
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Location: London
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UFO II became the original Limit Up. .after being bought from Norman Barclay, which is the one you can see in the original photo.
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23-01-2006, 02:45 PM
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#98
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Senior Member
Country: Finland
Boat name: Wildfire IV
Boat make: Sleekcraft 21 exec jr.
Engines: Chevy 454
Cruising area: Turku Archipelago/ Finnish Gulf
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 245
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Docky you don´t by anychance know a Squadron XII 39 named Shogun Star?
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23-01-2006, 02:58 PM
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Country: United Kingdom
Location: London
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I'm afraid not.
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23-01-2006, 05:19 PM
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#100
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Registered User
Country: France
Location: France
Occupation: Boats
Interests: Powerboats/Superboats
Boat make: 35'
Engines: Merc
Cruising area: Med
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: France
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This one !
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