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Old 18-01-2008, 09:38 AM   #1
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Interesting Comment on H.225

Taken from the Sarah Donohue interview in the Independent ( Link here )

"Last year she had an unhappy experience in the British-based Honda 225 horsepower series for the Delmar team. "We found it both unsafe and unfair. Without exaggeration, there were around 30 racing accidents during the year"
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Old 18-01-2008, 09:54 AM   #2
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That'll go down well with Honda
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The RYA will have her.....


Stating facts is frowned down upon by the RYA. Lies and mistruth are held dear to those who wish to provide a united front to the media - provide an image that all is tickity boo in the racing world.



Actually, the 'united front' part is correct, and SHOULD (in the ideal world) be the way things run, but the united front is only one part of a two part process. The second part - the vital part - is that BEHIND the united front, the actual problems are resolved by the RYA.

Unfortunately the RYA forgets to 'do' the second part.

So the membership ( that is the drivers ) neglects to keep to their side of the bargan.


So what it needs is for the RYA to actually show that they are taking action and then the rank and file will start trusting them again, and things like Sarah's interview just will not happen.

( And by taking action I do not mean punishing the innocent and rewarding the guilty!!! Which is what they are doing at the moment. Providing the Guilty keep quiet, they will get rewarded, and the innocent banned if they talk! )
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Old 18-01-2008, 10:31 AM   #4
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Would they dare to censure such a high profile member in the sport?
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I dont know if it is the profile or the amount of trouble the person can cause that worries them.

Sometimes I see a whole lot of good things starting to happen in the RYA and other days I just want to get them an a room and go postal. It is frustrating. On the whole, I *think* things are going in the right direction, but slowly.

I also do not think that the RYA will actually take on Sarah for what she said, as she did not say anything much that peole dont already think. I mean we all here have debated the Honda group and their bumper car style of racing. In 2005 I got a yellow card for a near miss. Honda should give out 10 yellow cards a race by the same standard. Everyone, including the RYA is aware and as such I dont think anything would happen.
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Have I missed a point. I thought Honda was a contact sport
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Old 18-01-2008, 05:35 PM   #9
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[QUOTE=BluFin;124215]Have I missed a point. I thought Honda was a contact sport[/QUOTE

Aye, full contact John
I thought you got points for that i think i miss understood as well
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Taken from the Sarah Donohue interview in the Independent ( Link here )

"Last year she had an unhappy experience in the British-based Honda 225 horsepower series for the Delmar team. "We found it both unsafe and unfair. Without exaggeration, there were around 30 racing accidents during the year. Oh and we came last"

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Old 18-01-2008, 05:50 PM   #11
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http://www.boatmad.com/forum/showthr...ight=honda+225

Better watch,
As the arguing will start again if we all remember this one.
The Honda guys will be along to tell us how they dont roll over easy.
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I wish that all the other powerboat racing groups could pull together as much exciting film footage and sponsorship as the Honda Racing

Alltogether visually looks like a very well organised setup
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Old 18-01-2008, 06:21 PM   #13
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cant handle it

as a fan of the honda racing and enjoy both watching it live and on the tv i cannot see what sarah donahue is on about, apart from the first race at torquay i did not see her for the rest of the series is this all to do with the boat, for as soon as she did not show at liverpool and the boat was driven by the teamowner the boat managed 10th until steering faliure.......please all of you seasoned racers can you tell me the story on sarah donahue and what has she done.......drive or navigate oh by the way how can you knock close racing
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Maybe they could organise V24 as well
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Old 18-01-2008, 06:41 PM   #15
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i think honda have the right idea. does boat racing want to go the same way as f1 and turn into a follow my leader........dont see why they couldnt take on v24
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oh by the way how can you knock close racing
Nobody is knocking close racing at all far from it. There is a long standing point about the amount of contact between boats whilst racing thats all.
Its normal race instructions make a note of ColRegs prevention there of.

So conclusions could be drawn from any incident rightly or wrongly

a. Honda do not have ColRegs in the race instructions
b. it is in the race instructions but not enforced
c. It is fully enforced and forms part of the racing

a+b goes without saying that nobody could ever admit to it
so they would all answer c.

problem with that is the boat on the long lap has right of way over the boat on the short lap . short lapper should give way allowing long lapper to pass well clear ahead so all a bit of a joke really. Coz there is enough video footage to prove otherwise ( assumes LH circuit)
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Old 18-01-2008, 09:27 PM   #17
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[QUOTE=avidfan;124230][B]i think honda have the right idea. does boat racing want to go the same way as f1 and turn into a follow my leader

They do follow their leader, king of shaves Fountain worldwide.
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Would they dare to censure such a high profile member in the sport?
high profile or a 'HAS BEEN' sarah had disappeared until honda is this just a case of a bad workman blameing her tools
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According to the web site "Tools" look fine
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According to the web site "Tools" look fine
she said the boat was unreliable all season may be the delmar crew could clear this one up
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