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13-07-2005, 07:47 AM
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Registered User
Country: UK
Location: At home
Occupation: IT stuff
Interests: danger boat
Boat name: Blue Ice
Boat make: Scorpion RIB 7.5m
Engines: Just the one :-(
Cruising area: In the sea
Join Date: Mar 2004
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New "Round British Isles" record
At 04:45 this morning, Seahound 5 crossed the finishing line (Bournemouth Pier) to break the ROUND BRITISH ISLES (aka round Britain and Ireland) record by approximately 35 hours.
Congratulations to Seahound's crew, Chris Strickland, John Puddifoot, Gordon Compton and Jan Falkowski, all are members of BIBOA (The British Inflatable Boat Owners Association).
The record has been held by Alan Priddy since 2000 and was broken by John Aldiss earlier this Year in his RIB "Titan".
Seahound 5 is a 10m Scorpion sportcruiser powered by 2x Yanmar 300hp diesel engines with Bravo 1 outdrives. The official distance of the record is 1787 nautical miles, although it's likely that the actual distance covered will be greater once fuel stop deviations and navigational alowances are added.
Initial timings (to be confirmed) indicate that their new record is approximately 73 hours.
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13-07-2005, 09:38 AM
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Large member
Country: England
Location: On the farm
Occupation: General Trouble Causer Salterns Boatyard
Interests: Official smartass
Boat name: Seahorse.org
Boat make: a V24 and a SLOW unstable ICE Bladerunner
Engines: 2x300 promax, 320 Volvo
Cruising area: England/France & Med
Join Date: May 2005
Location: On the farm
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Chris Strickland is a man I have a lot of time for! I am really pleased for him!
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13-07-2005, 01:33 PM
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hello
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Quote:
Originally posted by Ice Kiddie
The official distance of the record is 1787 nautical miles, although it's likely that the actual distance covered will be greater once fuel stop deviations and navigational alowances are added.
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Actual distance will be also be longer due to the uppy and downyness of the waves when compared to a flat sea (see attached diagram)!!! 
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13-07-2005, 02:18 PM
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The Doc
Join Date: Mar 2004
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fookin hilarious
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13-07-2005, 03:11 PM
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Registered User
Country: Canada
Location: Newfoundland
Interests: Spreading the good word about boats with toobs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Newfoundland
Posts: 173
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Quote:
Originally posted by verytricky
Chris Strickland is a man I have a lot of time for! I am really pleased for him!
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Agreed. He puts an awful lot into BIBOA and is a thoroughly nice guy. Although he does have a dark powerboat secret - he owns a narrowboat! (I know, I've slept on it!)
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13-07-2005, 03:18 PM
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Traveling
Country: UK
Location: Alderholt
Occupation: Aerospace
Boat name: T/T D2S
Boat make: Midas 27' Cat, Argo 16 Cat. Avon Rib Thingy
Engines: Merc 280-ROS -JSRE,65Xs, 75 Stinger, Yam 60
Cruising area: Any Seedy Bar
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Alderholt
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Ah but he did have an "ELECTRIC" Marshan
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13-07-2005, 06:25 PM
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Registered User
Country: UK
Location: At home
Occupation: IT stuff
Interests: danger boat
Boat name: Blue Ice
Boat make: Scorpion RIB 7.5m
Engines: Just the one :-(
Cruising area: In the sea
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: At home
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Watch out for BBC South Today in 5 mins (18:30) - sorry, Southampton region only I think.
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13-07-2005, 06:36 PM
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Large member
Country: England
Location: On the farm
Occupation: General Trouble Causer Salterns Boatyard
Interests: Official smartass
Boat name: Seahorse.org
Boat make: a V24 and a SLOW unstable ICE Bladerunner
Engines: 2x300 promax, 320 Volvo
Cruising area: England/France & Med
Join Date: May 2005
Location: On the farm
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Quote:
Originally posted by Atlantic Xpat
Agreed. He puts an awful lot into BIBOA and is a thoroughly nice guy. Although he does have a dark powerboat secret - he owns a narrowboat! (I know, I've slept on it!)
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Auch nooo,
Now you've ruined the friendship! 
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13-07-2005, 07:41 PM
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Chief C*nt!
Country: United Kingdom
Location: Brighton
Occupation: Sparkler prefect
Interests: Boats
Boat make: Other people's mostly
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Brighton
Posts: 872
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Crew member Gordon Compton has been spotted on a narrow boat too! 
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13-07-2005, 09:39 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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Quote:
Originally posted by Johnny Rocket
Crew member Gordon Compton has been spotted on a narrow boat too!
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mmmmm, who spotted him, and from what?
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13-07-2005, 09:58 PM
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Chief C*nt!
Country: United Kingdom
Location: Brighton
Occupation: Sparkler prefect
Interests: Boats
Boat make: Other people's mostly
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Brighton
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13-07-2005, 10:03 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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That's a cool smilie innit
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14-07-2005, 09:03 AM
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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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Well done guys!
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14-07-2005, 09:13 PM
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Registered User
Country: UK
Location: Weston Super Mare
Occupation: Electrical Engineer
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Weston Super Mare
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JBD thats one cool drawing, shame me boat dont look like that no more now gav's taken over Cyco's job of spendin me money
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