Resurrect the Cowes - Torquay

[Matt]

Yeh, you could wear a wig.

Originally Posted by Adam

Otherwsie for CTC - just have to race in disguise!

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Matt

Yeh, you could wear a wig.

That would do the trick - give myself a foreign name and say I'm a long lost cousin from some other country!

[gazza]

Originally Posted by Adam

That would do the trick - give myself a foreign name and say I'm a long lost cousin from some other country!

Adam
Hear is a ginger wig and hat i can give you a shot of,
Everyone will think Mr Fullers driving the boat,

[verytricky]

Originally Posted by Jon Fuller

CTC-3 anything bigger & badder than the above (open rules inc canopies).

Change that to:

Anything that does not fit into the previous categories - Open rules including canopies.

Originally Posted by TonyToll

As for the motors I think 572ci is just over 9 litres but I could be wrong.

9373 cc

Originally Posted by Jono

Yeah....but at least we ain't Ginger.......

Well, he is trying to cure that by going bald.

Originally Posted by Adam

That would do the trick - give myself a foreign name and say I'm a long lost cousin from some other country!

Or run under an Alias. The BAPB does issue licences under aliases if requested...

[Jon Fuller]

Oi, this aint a 'final draft' ya lanky git! just some suggestions of what might work.

My calculation gave 9369cc, but we won't split hairs, because these are just suggestions, maybe CTC-2 could have a 20 litre, no forced induction limit (maybe allow the UIM 1.4:1 rules for forced induction, meaning the limit would be 14.28 litres for blown motors). but steering people away from ultra high perf engines would be I think, a good thing, this is endurance racing, not sprint racing.

I aint goin bald lanky, I choose to wear a pink shower cap all the time.

[Captain Chaos]

Originally Posted by Jon Fuller

I choose to wear a pink shower cap all the time.

with purple & brown 'blotches'

[Jon Fuller]

Carl
Jon / Nick
Scott Younger
Tony Toll
Roger Severy
Arse Bandit 1 ??
The Cookster
....who else?

[Cookee]

Got as far as the start 2 or 3 years ago before it was cancelled due to weather, so it would be great to have another crack at it!

[Mike Lloyd]

Originally Posted by Jon Fuller

Carl
Jon / Nick
Scott Younger
Tony Toll
Roger Severy
Arse Bandit 1 ??
The Cookster
....who else?

Things are afoot re this "challenge" which would just be a stroll in the park for the RB08 boy's. Give me a call or PM me soonest!
ML.

[hunton69]

[QUOTE]

Originally Posted by Jon Fuller

Carl
Jon / Nick
Scott Younger
Tony Toll
Roger Severy
Arse Bandit 1 ??
The Cookster
....who else?[/QUOTE

]

The bandits are up for anything so take the ?? out.

[Geriatric]

When I suggested a Cowes-Torquay revival, it seemed a good ideal at the time but already heated debates are rumbling i.e engine sizes, canopies or not etc. If it happened, let it take the Basic rule format which would ensure all entries are seaworthy and fast enough to get to Torquay and back within say eight hours. If someone wants to enter a 72 foot vintage MTB or a 16 foot RIB why not, there will not be a £500,000 prize at stake. Probably four seperate classes depending on length might be helpful as we wouldn't want to see the MTB run over the RIB on the start line but stop the bickering over rules, that's boring.

[hunton69]

As professional racers with 40 years experience i could not agree more....
Who wants to be on a podium any how. You have to make a speech.

[Chris Davies]

Instead of starting in Cowes, why can't the race start in Torquay, re-fuel in Cowes and finish back in Torquay. There would be plenty of space for a start shoot, that won't upset the QHM. Torquay has plenty of hotel rooms for the teams, plus a big enough harbour area for all the raceboats. Perhaps who ever resurrects this famous race should try it for a year to see whether it works.

[Carl]

that would be me out,because of transport issues,and being selfish only interested in ctc

[Cookee]

Originally Posted by Chris Davies

Instead of starting in Cowes, why can't the race start in Torquay, re-fuel in Cowes and finish back in Torquay. There would be plenty of space for a start shoot, that won't upset the QHM. Torquay has plenty of hotel rooms for the teams, plus a big enough harbour area for all the raceboats. Perhaps who ever resurrects this famous race should try it for a year to see whether it works.

Fantastic - wouldn't even need a trailer!

[chris]

me too sounds much better torquay to just of the isle of wight ish (so theres no horrible boat wash )then back to torquay!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[doug]

According to the P1 website the CTC is running this year at the end of august.

[cfun]

Guess as it's Friday your brain is feeling a little sluggish Doug posted 11:17am

http://boatmad.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10102