Alan Baldwin

[snapper66]

Met this guy at Brands Hatch at the weekend and he said he used race with his brother Paul in Phantoms some time ago ,I think it was in 'Aquaglide'.
Ring any bells with anybody.
He also said he started up O.R.D.A as at the time he was frustrated with the RYA.

[OCRDA]

I remember Rod Baldwin !!

[Blue mist]

Originally Posted by snapper66

Met this guy at Brands Hatch at the weekend and he said he used race with his brother Paul in Phantoms some time ago ,I think it was in 'Aquaglide'.
Ring any bells with anybody.
He also said he started up O.R.D.A as at the time he was frustrated with the RYA.

Warlord

[Jon Fuller]

Originally Posted by Blue mist

Warlord

Correct.

It was by contacting Paul Baldwin that I tracked Warlord down, tucked away in a Hampshire barn.

[Captain Chaos]

When I spoke to Alan (around the time Ace was faffing with warlord), it was amazing how much detail he still remembered.

[still no worries]

You may be thinking of Alan and Paul butters, they raced a phantom with OCRDA

[Jon Fuller]

In 1981 Paul & Alan Baldwin, along with Alistair Kendon, contracted Steve Baker to design & build for them a 31' class II Mono, this project went on to become Warlord. It was not to be a Production Phantom, rather a one-off for the Kendon/Baldwin racing team, as they had paid Steve for the design / mould / build as their own bespoke project.

Kendon had raced various Phantoms before, including Steve's own Putney-Calais-Putney winning (1975) Phantom 23 (re-named Nixdorf Computers)

The Baldwins went on to race Bentleys and gave up with the power boating. It was a fellow Bentley racer who had bought Warlord and had it in a barn for 20 years.

Originally Posted by still no worries

You may be thinking of Alan and Paul butters, they raced a phantom with OCRDA

[Martin The Talker]

Originally Posted by Jon Fuller

Paul & Alan Baldwin, along with Alistair Kendon, contracted Steve Baker to design & build for them a 31' class II Mono, this project went on to be Warlord.

They had raced various Phantoms before, including Steve's own Putney-Calais-Putney winning (1975) Phantom 23

The Baldwins went on to race Bentleys and gave up with the power boating. It was a fellow Bentley racer who had bought Warlord and had it in a barn for 20 years.

So, what happened to "Warlord" then ?

[Jon Fuller]

Originally Posted by Martin The Talker

So, what happened to "Warlord" then ?

After we used it as a base for the plug of Swipewipes (stretched to 32', and running surface altered and with Steve Bakers help, brought up to date with his latter thinking) I sold it to Stuart Eyre, AKA 'Ace', and he put it back together with the intention of racing in Marathon D, or Historic (single big block), but I think his intended co-driver ('Captain Chaos' on here) bottled out, and so it hasn't actually seen active duty, and currently resides ashore on the IOW.

[Renegade]

is it back together? it would be a shame if not.

[Jon Fuller]

Originally Posted by Renegade

is it back together? it would be a shame if not.

I believe it's pretty much race ready and has been for some time, but the Captain's Testicles are famously quite minute, so hopes of a showing aren't looking too good.

[Captain Chaos]

I have to be honest, Jon is correct; Ive just not got the 'nads for it

I do feel incredibly guilty to the owner 'Ace' though. He graciously let me spend countless months of my life grafting with Big T @ Extreme Marine HQ, he let me run around organising & collecting all the parts, insisted I did the 300 mile round trip (sometimes 2 or 3 times a week)..... all whilst he was away earning a crust or at home procreating with the Mrs . Little did he know I was going to go down with a servere and incurable case of the homos

P.s I gather the boats likely to be up for grabs soon(ish)

[snapper66]

Were about's on the Island is it,I will go and take pics.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Captain Chaos

I have to be honest, Jon is correct; Ive just not got the 'nads for it

I do feel incredibly guilty to the owner 'Ace' though. He graciously let me spend countless months of my life grafting with Big T @ Extreme Marine HQ, he let me run around organising & collecting all the parts, insisted I did the 300 mile round trip (sometimes 2 or 3 times a week)..... all whilst he was away earning a crust or at home procreating with the Mrs . Little did he know I was going to go down with a servere and incurable case of the homos

P.s I gather the boats likely to be up for grabs soon(ish)

[Jon Fuller]

Originally Posted by Matt

But he's not bitter.

[Renegade]

im sure a navi would be available to race still? hope to see it running.

[Captain Chaos]

Originally Posted by Jon Fuller

But he's not bitter.

Not me guvnor

Nor can I explain the daily exploding shit parcels he keeps recieving in the mail

[Ace]

Originally Posted by Captain Chaos

I have to be honest, Jon is correct; Ive just not got the 'nads for it

I do feel incredibly guilty to the owner 'Ace' though. He graciously let me spend countless months of my life grafting with Big T @ Extreme Marine HQ, he let me run around organising & collecting all the parts, insisted I did the 300 mile round trip (sometimes 2 or 3 times a week)..... all whilst he was away earning a crust or at home procreating with the Mrs . Little did he know I was going to go down with a servere and incurable case of the homos

P.s I gather the boats likely to be up for grabs soon(ish)

He was such a cock back then

[Mike Lloyd]

Boatmad back to it's best. Good to hear from you again young fella (JF). Just for interest, what power unit is Warlord fitted with now?

ML.
.

[Paul E]

One of these I think Mike