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Old 04-10-2005, 05:30 PM   #1
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Electric boat record

For anyone who's interested - here's a British team attempting to win back a world powerboat record from the yanks!

www.electricrecordteam.com
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Old 04-10-2005, 07:48 PM   #2
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Yes, there's an association, the EBA, behind the challenge :

http://www.electric-boat-association...challenges.htm

If there are specialists out there, how can you reach such speeds ? Is this the futur ?
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Old 05-10-2005, 09:10 AM   #3
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Granny 'A' got it many years back in a Lorne designed boat, that's all i remember, 50 odd mph wonnit?
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Old 05-10-2005, 09:18 AM   #4
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Is this the futur ?
Not if the Oil companies have anything to do about it.
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Yes & in a cute "bio" looking feline.
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The female driver is a member of barrow powerboat club .
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The female driver is a member of barrow powerboat club .
Likely to be the fastest boat she has driven
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Well if she can do 80mph, she'll be faster than most of us...
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Well if she can do 80mph, she'll be faster than most of us...
I think you may have possibly missed the point, it wasn't directed at the electric boat record
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Likely to be the fastest boat she has driven
twice as fast as her 16 phantom.
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twice as fast as her 16 phantom.
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