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02-09-2009, 04:56 PM
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Country: Uk- Cambridge/Hertfordshire
Location: Hometown: Hertfordshire
Occupation: Retail Manager
Interests: Motorsport
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thanks for the video, at 2 minutes there is a black cougar cat in the background, this wouldnt be the one they were developing for the honda series a few years back would it?
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02-09-2009, 05:02 PM
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#362
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Moderator
Country: England
Location: Cornwall.
Occupation: Retired.
Interests: Golf & liquid lunches with friends.
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Cornwall.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 225
thanks for the video, at 2 minutes there is a black cougar cat in the background, this wouldnt be the one they were developing for the honda series a few years back would it?
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I’ve no idea but I saw it slip into the Marina and stay there most of the day. Thought it looked quite sexy, not that I am great fan of Cats!
ML.
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02-09-2009, 05:12 PM
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#363
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Country: Uk- Cambridge/Hertfordshire
Location: Hometown: Hertfordshire
Occupation: Retail Manager
Interests: Motorsport
Join Date: Feb 2008
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a small picture, all i could find but it has a honda 225hp engine on the back here
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02-09-2009, 05:15 PM
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#364
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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
Posts: 4,638
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 225
thanks for the video, at 2 minutes there is a black cougar cat in the background, this wouldnt be the one they were developing for the honda series a few years back would it?
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I suspect Will Nurse may have something to do with that?
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British Champions! RIB Formula 1 2005
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www.bananasharkracing.com
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02-09-2009, 06:35 PM
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#365
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 186
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I arrive in England with no definite plans, made my way over to Cougars, had a good chat with Pete Currington, he directed me over to Drivers. When I entered the yard I could see I was definitely in the right place, race boats all around and many teams scurrying away making final preparations, I recognized a few faces, one being Jon Fuller and I introduced myself, I am sure a few thought, who is this stranger at Drivers very inquisitively eying all the race boats. Well it wasn't long before I found myself in a bilge working on motors, two mercruiser 600 SCI's one with a bad cough, nicely install in Dean Gibbs 42 foot Fountain, beside me a very friendly and competent Dave Brown. We spent the next two days preparing Deans boat for Cowes and making numerous runs out of Drivers to test our work. It was my first time in a offshore race boat in 29 years which I neglected to tell Dean as me and Dave shot up and down the channel at 80 mph plus in his Going Lean fountain race boat. One might think that would be enough excitement for the week but pushy as only a desperate person can be and with the help of a couple of new found friends I was able to talk Dean into letting me race the boat with him. Next thing I know I'm in the drivers seat.
We did not have sufficient fuel to compete in the CTC so elected to compete in the CPC race, I completed all the paperwork and hastily borrowed safety equipment. As the green flag dropped at the rear of the red high speed ferry it was a little hectic, drives out a little, tabs level, 80 ish, sailing boats everywhere and we're off to the Needles and welcomed in by some pretty big holes and after a few of these we decided to knock it down a few clicks and let Apache flatten out some water. We had a great race with them and managed not to let them get away in the rough stuff. Over the last few miles we came along side and put the supercharged Mercruisers to work getting her up to about 93 mph and won the race. It was a fantastic week for me and there were definitely a few times I needed to pinch myself to make sure it was real. I want to thank everyone for being so friendly towards me and my wife Brigitte, I am not good with names but Dave Brown, Dean Gibbs, Jon Fuller, Scott ????, Denise at race control and many others that helped, I am very grateful.
Needless to say "I will be back" in 2010.
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02-09-2009, 07:18 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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Mike, it was a pleasure to meet Bridget and yourself.
The story as I heard it was a little more interesting:
A man with an American accent by the name of Mike Bontoft arrives at Drivers Wharf Southampton accompanied by his wife, not knowing anyone.
After introducing himself and chatting with me for a while, they wander along the pontoon to where Bounty Hunter and Deans Fountain are both being 'fettled'.
Dean & Co have a missfire with which they're struggling.
Mike Bontoft ponders for a while, then announces, "I know what's wrong with that motor and could fix it for you!" ..."If I fix it, will you let me race with you?"
"Well, ...yes, I suppose so", says the very accomodating and slightly desparate Dean Gibbs.
Mike Bontoft jumps into the engine bay, removes an Injector, tends to it, refits it, and is immediately transformed into a team member of the soon-to-be CPC winning boat.
THE END.
What a story!
Hope it's true, let me know if it's not.
Jon
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02-09-2009, 07:38 PM
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#367
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cfun
This could be a useful diesel engine for endurance racing if you damage anything a quick 8min rebuild and off you go again good as new going to be 700hp and 1500lb
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Hey all... My name is Tim Brownell and I work at Buck Marine Diesel. I'm the Tim from that video Sorry it took me a while to find this forum. I have posted a more thorough write-up on Buck Marine Diesel on the forum... here's a link:
New Diesel Engine - Buck Marine Diesel
Feel free to check out the post I made and ask any questions that you might have.
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02-09-2009, 08:42 PM
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#368
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 186
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Jon
Oh yes, that's exactly how it happened
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02-09-2009, 08:54 PM
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#369
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Bontoft
Jon
Oh yes, that's exactly how it happened
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Cool.
See you next year then.
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02-09-2009, 10:00 PM
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Lance
Country: England
Location: Poole
Occupation: marine engineer
Interests: most make boat go faster!
Boat name: have customer key board!!
Boat make: the most horse power
Engines: black is beautiful!! not fussy
Cruising area: if there's boats im there
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Poole
Posts: 107
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cookee
I suspect Will Nurse may have something to do with that?
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Yep will and ian gave it a run over from lymington. Unfortunatley didn't get chance to have a look. Reminded me today when I saw it in the background!
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03-09-2009, 10:24 AM
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Lance
Country: England
Location: Poole
Occupation: marine engineer
Interests: most make boat go faster!
Boat name: have customer key board!!
Boat make: the most horse power
Engines: black is beautiful!! not fussy
Cruising area: if there's boats im there
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Poole
Posts: 107
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More pics from a customer of mine at Hurst on CPC. http://www.extremevisuals.co.uk
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03-09-2009, 08:58 PM
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#372
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Registered User
Occupation: shelf stacker pm
Interests: Girls
Engines: small one
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 31
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OldMan
A good report on the race with interviews from Marcus, Mike Deacon and others.
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Shame they got the V24 result wrong in the video, all 4 seconds of it.
Well done to Cinzano though, that was a tough race to complete let alone win.
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03-09-2009, 09:28 PM
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#373
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Registered User
Country: UK
Location: West Sussex
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: West Sussex
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Mike
It was great to meet both you and your wife, and it will be a pleasure to see you both next year i hope.
D
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05-09-2009, 12:50 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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12-09-2009, 04:07 PM
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Registered User
Country: Spain
Join Date: Sep 2005
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That cat sure is pretty!
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12-09-2009, 06:14 PM
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Registered User
Occupation: Champion Pie Eater
Boat name: On The Rocks
Boat make: Ring 21 marshan 17 four winns horizon, hydro 3 pointer, f2 cat, backdraft 22
Cruising area: Way up norf and Sarf coast areas
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,619
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon Fuller
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Interesting
No mention on any of the reports of Team 25 even though they got the Royal Torbay Challenge Cup for first boat into Torquay.
Just a thought
gaZ
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12-09-2009, 07:34 PM
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#377
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Registered User
Country: Job Centre
Location: In a box
Occupation: Chaos's gofer
Interests: Skiving
Boat make: Spectre 30
Engines: 2 x Promax 225
Cruising area: In the bath
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: In a box
Posts: 5,201
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gazza
Interesting
No mention on any of the reports of Team 25 even though they got the Royal Torbay Challenge Cup for first boat into Torquay.
Just a thought
gaZ
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Never mind, everyone knows it's the taking part that counts!
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12-09-2009, 07:36 PM
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#378
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Registered User
Country: Job Centre
Location: In a box
Occupation: Chaos's gofer
Interests: Skiving
Boat make: Spectre 30
Engines: 2 x Promax 225
Cruising area: In the bath
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: In a box
Posts: 5,201
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 225
thanks for the video, at 2 minutes there is a black cougar cat in the background, this wouldnt be the one they were developing for the honda series a few years back would it?
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Yep
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12-09-2009, 07:57 PM
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#379
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Registered User
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!
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: london
Posts: 2,330
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Quote:
Originally Posted by littlenige
That cat sure is pretty!
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it is such a nice looking boat, looked good running too.
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12-09-2009, 08:03 PM
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#380
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Registered User
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[QUOTE=gazza;166808]Interesting
No mention on any of the reports of Team 25 even though they got the Royal Torbay Challenge Cup for first boat into Torquay.
Some went round britain and never get a mention
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