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24-07-2010, 11:42 PM
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M - Class Boats
Does this class still race? Any info would be great.
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24-07-2010, 11:49 PM
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Country: gibraltar
Location: gibraltar
Occupation: Shop Proprietor
Interests: ocr,sleeping
Boat name: The Rock
Boat make: Phantom 19XL
Engines: Yamaha 130B
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: gibraltar
Posts: 331
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Originally Posted by DiamondPerformance
Does this class still race? Any info would be great.
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Hi Don`t know about Europe ,but not in the UAE like they used too with 3 outboards i think .i could be wrong .
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25-07-2010, 03:52 AM
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The boats look like single engine with shafts drives.
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25-07-2010, 06:16 AM
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Country: Australia
Location: Brisbane
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M was the designated letter for the former UIM class 2, the class below class 1. That class is now defunct.
The class tried to morph into the Pro Vee class but that died as well.
Interestingly, the boat in the photo is now located in a corner of the Maritimo (Bill Barry Cotter ) yard on the Gold Coast, in Qld. Why or how it got there I don't know!
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25-07-2010, 07:29 PM
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Location: West Coast of Norway
Occupation: naval architect
Interests: surface piercing props, stepped hulls, air entrapment hulls
Boat name: none
Boat make: PetterTintorera
Engines: Yamaha 90
Cruising area: West Coast of Norway
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West Coast of Norway
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is the the one that was designed by Geir Arnestad and rigged by Fabio Buzzi for Andreas Ugland?
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25-07-2010, 07:45 PM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
Posts: 15,959
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Originally Posted by Scand
is the the one that was designed by Geir Arnestad and rigged by Fabio Buzzi for Andreas Ugland?
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Yeah, later raced by Ken Thorne, rolled in torquay, and run over the infamous Portsmouth sub barrier at 100mph  That wasn't a pretty sight.
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25-07-2010, 07:54 PM
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Country: UK
Location: london
Occupation: Powerboat Skipper
Interests: Boats , bikes!
Boat name: Renegade
Boat make: GPV-RENEGADE
Engines: 150 HO etec
Cruising area: Thames, south coast, anywhere!
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Location: london
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I must admit I thought provee had a future, I really enjoyed watching them. I remember the yellow one that had the gas leakage in the canopy and narrowly missed a sail boat when the crew passed out. I think that was round the island race.
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25-07-2010, 08:05 PM
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Registered User
Location: West Coast of Norway
Occupation: naval architect
Interests: surface piercing props, stepped hulls, air entrapment hulls
Boat name: none
Boat make: PetterTintorera
Engines: Yamaha 90
Cruising area: West Coast of Norway
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Location: West Coast of Norway
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Originally Posted by Jon Fuller
Yeah, later raced by Ken Thorne, rolled in torquay, and run over the infamous Portsmouth sub barrier at 100mph That wasn't a pretty sight. |
I had some interesting projects with Ken Thorne in the days before yellowfin...  not suitable for posting here though...
Do you know if the SEARACERS made by Nicolini Offshore is also designed by Geir Arnestad? Looks very similar.
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25-07-2010, 09:09 PM
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Location: Bournemouth
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Renegade
I must admit I thought provee had a future, I really enjoyed watching them. I remember the yellow one that had the gas leakage in the canopy and narrowly missed a sail boat when the crew passed out. I think that was round the island race.
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If it's the one I'm thinking of it missed the boat by -5ft and took the front of the sail boat off, no bad thing. I was doing safety that weekend and was helping out on a sinking boat when the call came over the radio that a yacht had been hit.
Don't think the crew passed out rather a little high on the exhaust fumes!
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25-07-2010, 09:15 PM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
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Originally Posted by Mark Wildey
If it's the one I'm thinking of it missed the boat by -5ft and took the front of the sail boat off
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Correct. And the anchor on the front of the sail boat was less than friendly to the Cougar!
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25-07-2010, 09:48 PM
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Not sure ir's a jokey matter.
Was that not the start of a speed limit acoss Portsmouth
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25-07-2010, 10:10 PM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
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Originally Posted by hunton69
Not sure ir's a jokey matter.
Was that not the start of a speed limit acoss Portsmouth
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No, the speed limit stuff all started when Alan Priddy got in the way of the race boats in ' Spirit of Cardiff'. during a race out of Camber Dock (Portsmouth) in 2003
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25-07-2010, 10:25 PM
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How did the M class or Pro V boats handle? Single 850 hp, narrow beam, 30ft.
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25-07-2010, 11:05 PM
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Very well!
Taken the same weekend
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26-07-2010, 08:07 AM
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BananaShark Member
Country: UK
Location: Salcombe South Devon
Occupation: Racer and builder
Interests: Winning races
Boat name: BananaShark
Boat make: BananaShark 34' Race
Engines: Twin Yanmar BY 260's
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Salcombe South Devon
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon Fuller
No, the speed limit stuff all started when Alan Priddy got in the way of the race boats in 'Spirit of Cardiff'. during a race out of Camber Dock (Portsmouth) in 2003
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AP had nosed up to a racing mark to get his passengers a "better look" - there were all sorts of classes racing together that day and if one of them had hooked slightly and gone inside the buoy they would have got run over - I gesticulated what I thought of his antics quite clearly at the time!
The upside down boat rolled right over and back upright again!
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26-07-2010, 12:54 PM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
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Originally Posted by Mark Wildey
Very well!
Taken the same weekend
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Yeah, but that is a RIB, which as we know, is a fundmentally dangerous concept. Those narrow single engine buzzi's like to bounce from tube to tube. You wouldn't see all that crap in a proper hard mono. 
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26-07-2010, 01:23 PM
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How many different boat manufactures raced in this class, Buzzi, Cougar -
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26-07-2010, 01:47 PM
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Location: hayling island
Boat name: snow monkey
Boat make: extreme 24
Engines: mercruiser 6.2
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon Fuller
No, the speed limit stuff all started when Alan Priddy got in the way of the race boats in 'Spirit of Cardiff'. during a race out of Camber Dock (Portsmouth) in 2003
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think thats the year the pro vees got lost and all started to follow each other to france
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26-07-2010, 03:08 PM
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Aged Member
Country: UK
Location: HAMPSHIRE
Occupation: Safety Engineering
Boat name: Savannah
Boat make: Princess 415
Engines: Volvos
Cruising area: SOLENT
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: HAMPSHIRE
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Carl
think thats the year the pro vees got lost and all started to follow each other to france
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Yep thats the puppy......they got to the fort and ran out of knowledge.
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26-07-2010, 04:17 PM
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Country: uk
Location: liverpool
Interests: sailing ribing
Boat name: llyn raider
Boat make: 7m xs rib
Engines: 200 merc opti
Cruising area: n wales
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Location: liverpool
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isnt their one for sale on oso that looks v similar to the boats in question. buzzi designed fountain built i think.
found it http://www.offshoreonly.com/classifi...o34969-en.html
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