Round Britain 2008 - Page 6

OOD · 13-10-2006, 07:08 AM

Yes many thanks to Jon thank you

Mike Lloyd · 14-10-2006, 04:24 PM

With a bit of luck confirmed class rules, regs and safety details for the 2008 Round Britain Race will be posted on our web site by Tuesday evening. www.roundbritainrace.co.uk

This will allow those who intend taking part to work out in greater detail the specs for their boat entry re power, boat length and class. That's if you haven't done so already!

I have also laid out the entry fees!!

cider daze · 15-10-2006, 08:32 AM

Out of intrest is there a list of runners riders of who did it last time and where they finished, this event sounds great good luck with it hope to be runing myself not sure about doing it in our honda 225 you know what they corner like, lands end is a hard right

Mike Lloyd · 15-10-2006, 11:37 AM

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Originally posted by cider daze
Out of intrest is there a list of runners riders of who did it last time and where they finished, this event sounds great good luck with it hope to be runing myself not sure about doing it in our honda 225 you know what they corner like, lands end is a hard right

I have a list of the starters in the 1984 event but I don't have any info of how they finished. I will ask Tim Powell if he has any info from those days regardingt that.
Welcome aboard by the way. let me know when you can as to what boat you hope to run in.

caw blimey · 16-10-2006, 11:25 PM

I see on the web site the minimum speed has gone up to 35knts is that a mistake
Any way I am up for it,subject to sponsorship

Captain Chaos · 16-10-2006, 11:35 PM

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Originally posted by OldMan
I have a list of the starters in the 1984 event

you gotta post that

Mike Lloyd · 16-10-2006, 11:43 PM

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Originally posted by Captain Chaos
you gotta post that

Getting together with JF next week to do just that. Pictures of all the runners and riders. Great stuff.

Mike Lloyd · 16-10-2006, 11:50 PM

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Originally posted by caw blimey
I see on the web site the minimum speed has gone up to 35knts is that a mistake
Any way I am up for it,subject to sponsorship

I am afraid its now worse than that. because of having to cope with safety cover etc etc over such enormous stretches of water that speed has had to go up to 40 knots after discussions with the committee. But that is where it is going to stay I can assure you. Any boat today that can't do 40 knots shouldn't really be out there racing.
Hope you can make the race anyway. Let me know what boat and crew you intend running when you can. There's already a "Team Jersey" how about a "Team Guernsey"?

Rupert Munro · 16-10-2006, 11:57 PM

Ooo, you'll start a channel island war!

Captain Chaos · 16-10-2006, 11:59 PM

cool, you can persuade the rusty mincer to post my decent copy of the everest footage as well then.

I do love my existing DVD, but it gets tired keep hearing 'and heres the mercury mercruiser powered boat, utilising the realability, dependability and durability of its standard 5.7L mercruiser powerplants; exactly the same mercruiser engine you can buy from your local mercury dealer'

and breath!

Mike Lloyd · 17-10-2006, 08:30 AM

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Originally posted by Rupert Munro
Ooo, you'll start a channel island war!

That would be interesting and bring out the press. Team Jersey and Team Guernsey head to head Round Britain, err perhaps I should rephrase that, before Matt/Tony/Jon cuts me off.
The two teams could get excellent publicity and sponsorship from both Islands with that potential rivalry.
Not putting the pressure on you guy's of course!

Matt · 17-10-2006, 09:09 AM

Need a french team as well, then.

Mike Lloyd · 17-10-2006, 09:48 AM

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Originally posted by Matt
Need a french team as well, then.

Mike Lloyd · 17-10-2006, 12:03 PM

Have just received from Jeff Hunton of Hunton Powerboats all the stats of every leg from the 1984 Round Britain. Will be posting that onto Boatmad next week via JF. In the meantime for those who don't think this is a real serious race have a look at the times of some of the boats on the 2nd leg (round lands end and up to Fishguard. Even some of the the 40 footers (Double 2 Shirts) took over 5.5 hours with some of the back markers taking 11hrs - an average of no more than 22 knots!! It tells you a little about the sea state that day. Also the high attrition rate of the number of boats that dropped out or didn't start on that particular leg.
Interestingly 2 x 34ft Sunseekers handled that O.K. as did Stewart's 25ft Revenger, Jeff's 28ft Hunton Gazelle and the two Phantoms, Brut and OCL/Suzuki.

Matt · 17-10-2006, 12:06 PM

I would appreciate it if you could arrange good weather for end of June/early July 2008. Thanks.

FabFour · 17-10-2006, 12:24 PM

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Originally posted by Matt
Need a french team as well, then.

Someone slap that boy!

Matt · 17-10-2006, 12:26 PM

What?

Captain Chaos · 17-10-2006, 12:34 PM

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Originally posted by OldMan
...blah blah blah........ the high attrition rate of the number of boats that dropped out or didn't start on that particular leg.
Interestingly 2 x 34ft Sunseekers handled that O.K. as did Stewart's 25ft Revenger, Jeff's 28ft Hunton Gazelle and the two Phantoms, Brut and OCL/Suzuki.

does that say more about the types of people that owned the differing boats?

caw blimey · 17-10-2006, 01:46 PM

Who`s the Jersey team we may be able to sort a Channel island team ,pehaps some joint sponsors

John G · 17-10-2006, 02:03 PM

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Originally posted by caw blimey
Who`s the Jersey team we may be able to sort a Channel island team ,pehaps some joint sponsors

Have you gone mad!?

If that's the case I'll be teaming with Alderney!