BananaShark does Britain

[pugracer285]

Cookee,

If Portsmouth doesn't work I can probably put you up on the Hamble river at either Swanwick or Port Hamble.

James

[Cookee]

Motorvator - I think that must cover every option - brilliant information thank you.

Renegade - I'll definitely be in touch if we're coming your way!

James - Thanks very much - we have friends at The Royal Southern as well so that's the Hamble sorted! Still aiming for Portsmouth but thanks for the offer.

Took another step forward yesterday - it's looking good!

[Cookee]

Great stuff - E-Lites have formally approved the use of the returned entry fees of £3,500 to be distributed to Children's Hospices around the country and they are sponsoring the boat fuel costs for the trip. We aim to raise some extra cash on the way round for the charities as well.

The name of the event is now the 'E-Lites Round Britain Charity Challenge' and we are getting close to finalising the route - thank you very much for all of the help and advice offered by everyone on here, couldn't do it without you!

[Renegade]

Just thought of some info that may be of interest to you. there is a diesel barge near tower bridge and also one opposite parliament.

[Cookee]

E-Lites Round Britain Charity Challenge

When the Round Britain race for 2012 (RB12) was announced in 2009 the BananaShark team had already started planning an endurance boat, by the beginning of 2011 they had the Stirling 34 on the water and racing. In only two years the BananaShark team had designed and built from scratch a 38’ boat that is turning heads wherever it goes, and that’s before the engines are started! Powered by a pair of tiny diesels by many offshore boats standards the Yanmar BY260’s are only 3 litres each and incredibly economical. The idea was to make the impact on the environment as small as possible from the start and make the race team carbon neutral for the Cowes Torquay Cowes race in 2011 and the race around Britain. The boat will have onboard cameras for making a short film about the trip and for a daily video blog – internet access permitting! A daily blog will be found on both our Facebook and Twitter pages, we are also taking a Spot Satellite Messenger which will track our progress every step of the way.

Following an announcement by the organising team for RB12 in April and with less than three months to the start of the race that the event was to be postponed until 2014 the team was understandably incredibly disappointed but as they are never ones to let something like this get in their way the team formulated a plan, and that plan is, with the help of a great number of people going to happen. The BananaShark team will take the boat around Britain starting in their home port of Salcombe in South Devon and visit 10 ports where they will donate, with the help of the Rotary club of Great Britain the entry fees of £3,500 to Children’s Hospices, it is the aim of the trip to at least double this on the way round. It goes without saying that we are grateful to the RB12 organisers for returning the entry fee in full so that we can distribute this money to such a worthwhile cause.

Starting in Salcombe we will visit Swansea, Douglas IOM, Troon, then transit through the Caledonian Canal to Inverness, down to Edinburgh, then Hull, carry on down the East coast to London/Chatham and lastly Portsmouth before returning to Salcombe, the journey will see the team experience 2000 miles of Britain’s coastline. At each of the venues in addition to the Rotary Club we will be meeting up members of the local media and of course the children to give them a tour of the race boat. As the team have different distances to cover every day and the speed of the boat will be weather dependant it will be impossible to predict arrival times, so the intention is to do all of the meetings before departure every morning. Click here for the up to date route

A bit about BananaShark: Kevin and John have been building boats since 1999 and formed BananaShark Ltd in 2003, what has followed is nothing short of incredible with a total of 9 British Championships and two speed records to the factories name, performance has never been an issue. The current model, the Stirling 34, is built entirely at the company’s factory in Devon and with the help of Electronics sponsor Raymarine and engines by Yanmar is not only one of the most technically advanced in terms of technology but the hull design is cutting edge as well.


Statistics:
Length: 37’ overall (11.27m)
Beam: 7’6”
Powered by: two Yanmar BY 260 3 litres each using 110 litres per hour at 70mph Approximately 1.5 litres per mile
Drives: Arneson 1721 Surface drives
Top Speed: 70mph
Cruising Speed: 50 – 60mph depending on conditions
Electronics: two networked Raymarine E140 W multifunctional displays linked to a pair of ST70 displays. Two VHF radios. Full AIS system AIS650.
Seating: Four bucket seats all with 6 point harnesses and 3 litre pony bottles, intercom system and harness cutters.
Safety: Flare pack. Six man liferaft. Glow in the dark cockpit signage. Led inversion operated lighting. Buoyancy bags. Two manual and one automatic fire extinguishers.
Photos can be found at our Photobucket page http://photobucket.com/BananaSharkmedia


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[2-XS-IF]

Originally Posted by Cookee

Powered by: two Yanmar BY 260 3 litres each using 110 litres per hour at 70mph Approximately 1.5 litres per mile
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You mean each using 55 litres per hour at 70mph, I hope.

[Gerbil112]

Originally Posted by 2-XS-IF

You mean each using 55 litres per hour at 70mph, I hope.

I thin the missing comma comes between "each" and "using".

[Cookee]

Originally Posted by Gerbil112

I thin the missing comma comes between "each" and "using".

Guilty of poor punctuation! The Yanmars do indeed use 55 LPH each - 110 total!

[dowdy]

Originally Posted by Cookee

I have been reliably informed that we have no chance of getting that far up so close to the Olympics - on the bright side we have received a brilliant offer of help to go into Chatham where there is a marina and they appear to be keen to have us - I'll know more next week!

London was always going to be an issue and there are some more benefits to going there - looks promising!

Still need some ideas for Liverpool, Glasgow area and Hull - anyone?

Aye Aye Cookee,L/pool marina,£46 to come thro the lock and £3 per metre to moor up for a day,once thro the lock gates you can drive right up to the Albert dock itself and do some promo work,can contact the Liverpool Echo for you if you want and get you some exposure if you P.M. me with what youre up to,will cover above fees and £200 towards juice coss im a nice bloke,dont mention the other pair of brackets just yet,still havent fitted the first pair i got off you,divorce s**t stopped me in my tracks,up and running again nearly now,want a little blast in your boat if poss.

[dowdy]

Assuming youre going to hit Douglas I.O.M.after your refuel/stay at Liverpool,if you can give two of us a lift across one way will double that offer.Its 67 miles as the crow flies 240 litres should cover it and another 10 in the Wine Lodge.

[Cookee]

Originally Posted by dowdy

Aye Aye Cookee,L/pool marina,£46 to come thro the lock and £3 per metre to moor up for a day,once thro the lock gates you can drive right up to the Albert dock itself and do some promo work,can contact the Liverpool Echo for you if you want and get you some exposure if you P.M. me with what youre up to,will cover above fees and £200 towards juice coss im a nice bloke,dont mention the other pair of brackets just yet,still havent fitted the first pair i got off you,divorce s**t stopped me in my tracks,up and running again nearly now,want a little blast in your boat if poss.

Not going to Liverpool and as you haven't been exactly reliable on a business front I'll give it a miss thanks.

[Cookee]

Did a 300 mile trip yesterday - started V early from Salcombe and despite fog ended up in the Hamble for breakfast at 9.30, spent the day filming with Veho with their Muvi cameras with the help of Gordon Compton in My Pleasure, had lunch in Cowes and then brought everyone back to the Hamble and then back to Salcombe - a bit choppy on the way back and tied the boat up at just gone 9pm. Just Kevin and myself in the boat for the journey up and back - great fun and another good test for the Round Britain challenge!

[Cookee]

Come and say hi in Dartmouth this weekend if you're in the area with Heart Radio!

[Cookee]

Bit of an update - I have been keeping the Google Map up to date with venues and now the mileages between venues.

We are auctioning the spare seat for each leg of the trip on Ebay and I have already had bids on several legs. It's all for a good cause and 100% of the money will reach the Children's Hospices. Either type in BananaShark to Ebay to see all of the legs or go to the BananaShark Facebook page to see them all listed, I will be putting the items up on our website as well this morning. Here is probably the most spectacular leg through the Caledonian canal Ebay link but we already have one bid!

[mark.saunders]

love the idea... great way of raising charity funds.

[wickedtopspeed]

What a brilliant idea Cookee, Well done.
Will be making bids !
James

[Cookee]

I have to admit it was John Moore's idea - I hadn't realised most of the charities would be listed already making it easy!

Don't forget it might be a rough trip!

[Cookee]

Link to the full Ebay list

[Ciao]

"I have to admit it was John Moore's idea" - Never good.

However, wickedtopspeed, a 2k bid on one of the legs?

Cookee will look after you.

You know it makes sense.

[Cookee]

Great news - the Salcombe to Newly leg is now available on Ebay, it's just 88 miles so it won't be a very long day but the coastline is amazing and then there's a night in lovely Cornwall if you fancy it! Ebay link