CTC report - Simon Wood Power(from 558 website)

[woottonwillis153]

Just a quick post to tell you about our race at Cowes in Cinzano: Sunday morning was dry and not so windy, although I knew that the headlands would still be rough so we ran a fairly short pair of props.
Assembly and run down Solent was in my opinion almost more dangerous than racing with fast ribs etc trying to muscle in to the middle of the fleet. Start off North Head was all OK and we, as usual, were not quick off the mark. Markus takes a little time to warm to the conditions, so we were about 7th at the first mark; 2 buoys. ( Turn moved there from Needles Fairway to miss the expanded Shingles bank).Run across Poole Bay uneventful, short sharp confused seas, ran inshore from Anvil to Portland and ran very, very close to the Bill, picked us up 4 positions, turned the Bill, ran North for about 3 miles, hugging the coast to miss the race, then turned West.
Stayed a few miles North of the rumb line to find lesser seas which seemed to work as we got to Berry Head we only had Fury and Powerboat Asia in front. Water had calmed slightly so we sped up and saw 87-88 knots on the GPS, by the first Torquay mark we were leading. First 10 miles back across the Bay was a pretty flat following sea and fast, then built up a bit, so we kept Northerly and headed for the middle of the Portland landmass. About 1/2 mile from the bill we again hugged the land closely following the line of Lobster pots about 50 meters from the rocks.
Found a nice tranquil patch and sped off to Anvil. Anvil was fairly horrible whilst the photo chopper was following us we had a big stuff that tore off the screen top foam cover and soaked everything, pumps on !Ran very very close to the shore as the race was big, could see Powerboat Asia in the distance, further out having a pretty rough ride. Cut North into Poole bay up towards Hengistbury, coming to North Head almost from due West, Powerboat Asia lurking up, closer and closer. She's bigger than us, in the A class but actually no faster!
Turned into the Solent hoping for some calm, very close in the Hurst Castle, about 20-30 meters, off the groins, to try to miss the rough stuff. Trimmed her out and went for it, at one stage we were 2nd then 1st, then 2nd, a couple of really hairy moment on washes at nearly 90 knots, but we bit the bullet and won by 8 seconds, after over 3 hours of racing.
All a bit close but a terrific win. So all 3 of us are now multiple winners and the boat has won 5 or 6 times, (no one actually knows as Della Valle had a few hulls to play with).Great weekend of racing, organized by the BPRC with very little sponsorship budget, in a tough economic climate.
For the race to continue a new, ideally longer term, title sponsor is needed, it’s not a lot, so do enquire!
Very fortunate indeed to be part of a great team, in a classic boat.
Back at work now nursing the blisters and bruises, but so worth it!

[pain -tera 28]

Thanks for posting that ,, got right into it ,all most felt that i was in the boat with you ,

[Mike Lloyd]

Originally Posted by pain -tera 28

Thanks for posting that ,, got right into it ,all most felt that i was in the boat with you ,

Ditto that, so envious but such a great race. Congratulations to you all and to Martin and team in Powerboat Asia, they obviously put up one hell of a fight and must have driven their socks off!!
ML.
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[hunton69]

Why suck up to a man who talks so much crap and never delivers.

From

RB8 Class 2 champs who had a shit race and let down by so called experts.

No wonder offshore is shit in the uk cause other than Eric there ain't no one else capable of rigging a boat that don't break down.

PS if you think i talk shit then ask SWP what he promised to me at excel 2007.

PPS We will be back in 2012

[hunton69]

By the way I never talk crap.

[Burty]

you talk good shit dude!

[Jon Fuller]

Originally Posted by hunton69

By the way I never talk crap.

[wickedtopspeed]

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PPS We will be back in 2012[/QUOTE]

That is awesome news. THE BANDIT IS BACK.

I will get my supporters shirt ironed and ready.

Bring it on Barry.
James

[Mike Lloyd]

Originally Posted by wickedtopspeed

[
PPS We will be back in 2012

That is awesome news. THE BANDIT IS BACK.

I will get my supporters shirt ironed and ready.

Bring it on Barry.
James[/QUOTE]

It's about time you bought a boat, crash hat and life jacket and joined in the fun while you are still young James. Loads of great boats to take your pick from, do it while you can and grab some great memories for your old age, like the Bandit ('cause he IS old and looking it) and the rest of us.

Can't find my "Bandit" shirt, must have given it to a jumble sale!!
ML.
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[Pennpromo]

Originally Posted by hunton69

Why suck up to a man who talks so much crap and never delivers.

From

RB8 Class 2 champs who had a shit race and let down by so called experts.

No wonder offshore is shit in the uk cause other than Eric there ain't no one else capable of rigging a boat that don't break down.

PS if you think i talk shit then ask SWP what he promised to me at excel 2007.

PPS We will be back in 2012

What prompted that ?

[hunton69]

Originally Posted by Pennpromo

What prompted that ?

Fresh blood into offshore racing listening to old farts who have been there and done it then being pissed around by them.

Then they cling onto another newcommer who has more cash to spend and then taking some of the credit for there success.

Still let boatmad know how brilliant you are at building fuel tanks and consols.

[Captain Chaos]

you feeling alright Baz?

[hunton69]

Originally Posted by Captain Chaos

you feeling alright Baz?

Yep

But

Why make out how great you love a sport and then never deliver what you promise.

[Captain Chaos]

I'm just glad your talking of running again next year, about time that rib got some use, you've just about run the engines in now!

[hunton69]

Originally Posted by Mike Lloyd

That is awesome news. THE BANDIT IS BACK.

I will get my supporters shirt ironed and ready.

Bring it on Barry.
James

It's about time you bought a boat, crash hat and life jacket and joined in the fun while you are still young James. Loads of great boats to take your pick from, do it while you can and grab some great memories for your old age, like the Bandit ('cause he IS old and looking it) and the rest of us.

Can't find my "Bandit" shirt, must have given it to a jumble sale!!
ML.
.[/QUOTE]

Sold it on ebay you more like it's worth a fortune

[Jon Fuller]

Are we feeling hormonal or summink?

Jeez!

[biffer]

Originally Posted by hunton69

Why suck up to a man who talks so much crap and never delivers.

From

RB8 Class 2 champs who had a shit race and let down by so called experts.

No wonder offshore is shit in the uk cause other than Eric there ain't no one else capable of rigging a boat that don't break down.

PS if you think i talk shit then ask SWP what he promised to me at excel 2007.

PPS We will be back in 2012

tell it how you see it, refreshing, i rigged GEE and we never broke down and we are now in the south of france for the forseeable future

[alice]

so spill the beans bandit what ya doing next year same boat and power ?another boat racing is good news

[Tony Davis]

Originally Posted by hunton69

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No wonder offshore is shit in the uk cause other than Eric there ain't no one else capable of rigging a boat that don't break down.

I take it he had a few off days during the RB08 then!

[Jon Fuller]

To be fair, Barry's breakdowns were pretty much all his own doing, water cooled V8's need water, not mud, sand & silt....2 or 3 times.

Simon may have been slow, or let you down on delivery times, I dunno, but your unreliability wasn't his fault.