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verytricky · 01-01-2006, 11:09 PM

Ramsgate 2004 was rough. Some dashboards split and broke. Cardiff 2004 was bloody rough. Three of the v24's had the legs pulled out of the bodywork.

JBP · 01-01-2006, 11:12 PM

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Originally posted by verytricky
Ransgate 2004 was rough. Cardiff 2004 was bloody rough. Three of the v24's had the legs pulled out of the bodywork.

Thought it was ramsgate 04 I remeber some dash re-building over night being done, hate to think what the total damage was in Cardiff then

JamesM · 02-01-2006, 12:02 AM

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Originally posted by CB1
Yeah at ramsgate, Cracking drive by old beardy! Did you see the damage afterwards? Obviously not. He was lucky that he still had an engine attatched to the boat other than by the cables.

What did he brake?

scottyboy · 02-01-2006, 12:13 AM

(Mannerfelt, stepped, very little recovery)

Very little recovery??

Jon Fuller · 02-01-2006, 12:14 AM

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Originally posted by verytricky
Ramsgate 2004 was rough. Some dashboards split and broke. Cardiff 2004 was bloody rough. Three of the v24's had the legs pulled out of the bodywork.

To be fair, V-24's have had 'issues' with their integrity! (here we go

)

However, i'd rather not go down that road on this forum.

Jon Fuller · 02-01-2006, 12:41 AM

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Originally posted by scottyboy
(Mannerfelt, stepped, very little recovery)

Very little recovery??

Easy to stuff

verytricky · 02-01-2006, 02:35 AM

There were some 'issues' with delamination of the join between top and bottom. Hopefully we can get that re-inforced over winter.

As for the dash, a lot of drivers appear tpo be hanging on the wheel....

I have a 3mm ally plate re-inforcing my dash, and it is bolted through the deck now, rather than epoxied to the undrside...

Jon Fuller · 02-01-2006, 02:36 AM

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Originally posted by verytricky
There were some 'issues' with delamination of the join between top and bottom. Hopefully we can get that re-inforced over winter.

As for the dash, a lot of drivers appear tpo be hanging on the wheel....

I have a 3mm ally plate re-inforcing my dash, and it is bolted through the deck now, rather than epoxied to the undrside...

Yes, that's some of the problems.

Cookee · 02-01-2006, 10:16 AM

The last flat Ramsgate was 2000 - I should know because since then I've won 2 class III races there second to a big diesel boat and won the Formula 200 race there in the same race - Cowes Europeans in 2000 was allegedly a force 6+ in the first race - ask Adam! The Needles race was a real bitch this year as well with fairly nasty conditions out by the Needles (survival stuff).

One of the reasons I packed in racing class III was that every time it got rough the organisors and competitors got the race cancelled, so although we were one of the few boats built for rough conditions we couldn't take advantage of it! It was of course also a business decision, but I think we would probably have changed over to the RIB class anyway!

scottyboy · 02-01-2006, 11:31 AM

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Originally posted by Jon Fuller
Easy to stuff

Oh got ya! Yeah found that out already the hard way! The screen works!