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Cookee · 06-07-2010, 12:23 PM

http://www.facebook.com/video/video....20486467989103 interesting bit at 20 seconds in when four boats appear to become magnetised!

Captain Chaos · 06-07-2010, 01:20 PM

The thing is though, that aint funny!

Watching that boils my blood, as (I guess) every one of those drivers would qualify for a licence automatically, even after video evidence of them needlessly turning offshore into bumper cars. Whereas (I guess) Stewart and I have a less than a50/50 chance of getting one in time or the Cowes 50th celebrations, even though (as I read it) we meet the stated criteria.

Jon Fuller · 06-07-2010, 01:46 PM

I don't wanna restart the usual row, but that is truly shocking.

How there hasn't been some serious decapitation or death in that class I don't know. Shame on those who let it carry on.

DAREDEVIL · 06-07-2010, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Jon Fuller

I don't wanna restart the usual row, but that is truly shocking.

How there hasn't been some serious decapitation or death in that class I don't know. Shame on those who let it carry on.

I agree, very unsafe racing !!!!!!!

Mark Wildey · 06-07-2010, 01:55 PM

I blame the boat builder

Short of showing some dead bodies I think they went as far as they could!

motorvator · 06-07-2010, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Jon Fuller

I don't wanna restart the usual row, but that is truly shocking.

How there hasn't been some serious decapitation or death in that class I don't know. Shame on those who let it carry on.

Why not? The timing of this video doing the rounds stinks with a MAIB report about to come out.

I'm firmly in the camp of revoking licences but I doubt the incident will even be investigated. Puddifoot care to comment?

Jon Fuller · 06-07-2010, 01:59 PM

When you look at how much aggro (and changes) the Dover accident has brought on UK racing, and with it being no more than a tragic accident, imagine if the enquiry were shown hours of that stuff! It would be the end of racing here.

Utter stupitity.

motorvator · 06-07-2010, 02:05 PM

Perhaps if they put some tubes on the boats to make them into proper bumper boats it would solve the problem.

Oh

bigdog v2 · 06-07-2010, 02:35 PM

Nice obviously not running to RYA rules book of 2010

Jon Holmes · 06-07-2010, 02:45 PM

They dont look like racers to me!

That sort of shit needs to be stopped.

larby · 06-07-2010, 05:05 PM

Why are there not rules in place with the honda fleet regarding contact? If someone raced like that over here they'd be black flagged and DQ'd by us for sure, before the RYA got a look in.

Why do those organising this fleet not seem to care about the obvious dangers, the lives of those competing, or the effect it'll have on the sport when it does all go wrong and someone dies? It's one series I'd never even consider racing in after seeing that kinda video.

Madness, utter madness.

James

MrG · 06-07-2010, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by bigdog v2

Nice obviously not running to RYA rules book of 2010

I may be completely wrong, but wasn't the four boat incident from the Isle of Man in 2008, which would make it two years BEFORE the 2010 rules.....

EDIT: Indeed - if you watch the prize ceremonies at the end, ALL of that footage is from 2008....

DAVE · 06-07-2010, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by MrG

I may be completely wrong, but wasn't the four boat incident from the Isle of Man in 2008, which would make it two years BEFORE the 2010 rules.....

It would have been wrong 20 years before the 2010 rulebook, let alone 2.

Overtrimmed, out of control, badly discliplined and poorly administered driving is the same whatever the year is. Its amazing no-one was seriously hurt or worse in that one incident alone, and yet with the availabilty of clips like this to the whole universe (including MAIB), we continually shoot ourselves collectively in the foot by advertising them.

Beyond comprehension.

PKJB · 06-07-2010, 08:25 PM

MAIB report into the Dover accident will be publicly available on their website on 7th July

OCRDA · 06-07-2010, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by MrG

I may be completely wrong, but wasn't the four boat incident from the Isle of Man in 2008, which would make it two years BEFORE the 2010 rules.....

EDIT: Indeed - if you watch the prize ceremonies at the end, ALL of that footage is from 2008....

It would be more understandable under the 2010 rules !! But not the 08 ones !!
But then again at least the powers to be have taken action by giving them bigger engines !!

Carl · 06-07-2010, 09:55 PM

what about those poor boats,after all they havent done anything wrong

daze · 06-07-2010, 10:40 PM

Just remember,
That little white Honda boat shown in that film your all slaging there driving, Beat all the 2 litre boats by a long way in the Cowes Poole Cowes last year,

Jon Fuller · 06-07-2010, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by daze

Just remember,
That little white Honda boat shown in that film your all slaging there driving, Beat all the 2 litre boats by a long way in the Cowes Poole Cowes last year,

That's ok then.

I don't really get your point. Or more importantly, you don't seem to get ours.

motorvator · 06-07-2010, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by MrG

I may be completely wrong, but wasn't the four boat incident from the Isle of Man in 2008, which would make it two years BEFORE the 2010 rules.....

EDIT: Indeed - if you watch the prize ceremonies at the end, ALL of that footage is from 2008....

Mr G you are of course quite right, but what you fail to mention is that P1 in their wisdom 2 weeks ago posted this on the worlds leading video site.

http://www.youtube.com/user/P1SuperS.../1/gXvGqJEtFME

which clearly includes the said incident and a lot of other crap instances in the hope of promoting their series.

Just about everybody knows that we are due a report on a tragedy in single engined offshore circuit racing which every harbourmaster and the like will receive and here we have a promoter glamourising racing accidents.

Now call me old fashioned, but I think they need their ******* heads testing.

PerformanceDodge · 06-07-2010, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by OCRDA

It would be more understandable under the 2010 rules !! But not the 08 ones !!
But then again at least the powers to be have taken action by giving them bigger engines !!

Are you referring to the 225's power being increase to 300hp. A 33% increase in power making them now in excess of 80mph. Despite the reduction in engine weight of 40Kg not convinced that this is going to stop the rolling over, especially with an increase in top speed of 10mph.