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26-12-2005, 11:28 AM
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Registered User
Country: England
Location: Birmingham
Occupation: Scratching
Interests: Big Dinners
Boat name: Never Enough
Boat make: Seaquel 600xs
Engines: 225hp Merc ProMax
Cruising area: Anywhere! I prefer Weymouth
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Birmingham
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26-12-2005, 11:31 AM
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Registered User
Country: uk
Location: brighton
Occupation: CABINET MAKER
Interests: SPEED BOATS,MOTO G.P
Boat name: MOTIVATION
Boat make: MARSHAN 21
Engines: AINT GOT ONE!!
Cruising area: sea
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Location: brighton
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f**k me,surely you cant just fly that from anywhere?
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26-12-2005, 11:33 AM
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Registered User
Country: England
Location: Birmingham
Occupation: Scratching
Interests: Big Dinners
Boat name: Never Enough
Boat make: Seaquel 600xs
Engines: 225hp Merc ProMax
Cruising area: Anywhere! I prefer Weymouth
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Birmingham
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Matts gonna need to fit a flight deck to his formula!
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26-12-2005, 12:06 PM
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Don't be silly.
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26-12-2005, 02:15 PM
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Registered User
Location: Scotland
Interests: Hole maker
Boat make: Humber Ocean Offshore
Engines: KAD 300/DPX
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Scotland
Posts: 958
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Quote:
Originally posted by Matt
Think I might bid on this instead..
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Nah, you'll cry when you crash it.
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26-12-2005, 03:15 PM
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thats fekkin rediculous!! you could fit yer kids in that!
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26-12-2005, 04:39 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
Posts: 15,959
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Quote:
Originally posted by Gav
thats fekkin rediculous!! you could fit yer kids in that!
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Now there's an idea 
How much was it?....
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26-12-2005, 05:04 PM
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Registered User
Country: England
Location: Kent
Occupation: Train Engineer
Interests: Refit/Re-engine Woody's P18 and helping with D2S.
Boat name: Fugazi II / D2S
Boat make: Phantom 18 / Planatec 41'
Engines: 1xMercury XR2 / 2x 8.1ltr Chevys
Cruising area: Kent/Hampshire/Dorset Coasts
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Kent
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gav
thats fekkin rediculous!! you could fit yer kids in that! [/Q
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Does anyone remember the Simon Mayo Confession along the same lines, but involving a hamster?
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01-01-2006, 02:05 PM
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Registered User
Country: GB
Location: Surrey
Occupation: Architectural Designer and Ski Racer
Boat name: True Colours
Boat make: Cyclone 21'
Engines: Mercury 300xs
Cruising area: Worldwide
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Surrey
Posts: 320
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Originally posted by Jon Fuller
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111 is Martin Davies' number.....,
but the boat isnt one of his
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01-01-2006, 03:44 PM
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Country: US
Location: Virginia
Interests: Quiet desperation
Boat name: A Little Noisy
Boat make: Excalibur 24
Engines: Express Racing 525
Cruising area: Mobjack Bay (where?)
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Location: Virginia
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If memory serves, 111 was also Roger Fletcher's no. on 'Shockwave'.
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01-01-2006, 05:10 PM
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Senior Member
Country: England
Location: Warsash
Occupation: Boat Designer
Interests: sport
Boat name: Santana
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Warsash
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Can anyone help with identifying this large mono, approx 40- 45 feet, sitting round the back of the museum.
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BP Explorer - or something like that - built as a very expensive experimental with gas turbine unit. Very narrow stern with a massive retracting plate (dynaplane).
She was none too stable by all accounts!
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03-01-2006, 06:00 PM
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#52
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Senior Member
Country: UK
Location: Christchurch, Dorset
Occupation: Marine Engineer-ish
Interests: Boats, Cars.
Boat name: Splash 4
Boat make: Hunton
Engines: Mercruiser 640
Cruising area: Poole, Solent
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Christchurch, Dorset
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BP Explorer
Yep, I agree with Adam, it sat in East Cowes for a very long time just next to the chain ferry. It was designed by some aeronautical engineer and as Adam says had a variable shaped hull that never worked. Turbine engine into surface drives. Probably a very large hole in the water into which you could poor a lot of money and never see any results ! Haven't been to Basildon for about ten years but it doesn't look like they have dusted since the last time I was there !
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04-01-2006, 01:49 AM
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Country: England
Location: Great Horwood
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Location: Great Horwood
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I put this link on another post, but as Pennpromo was the last post and he can be seen in first pic here it is again...
http://www.motorboatmuseum.org.uk/co...ns/gallery.php
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05-01-2006, 10:06 AM
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Registered User
Country: Job Centre
Location: In a box
Occupation: Chaos's gofer
Interests: Skiving
Boat make: Spectre 30
Engines: 2 x Promax 225
Cruising area: In the bath
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: In a box
Posts: 5,201
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Re: BP Explorer
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Originally posted by pennpromo
Yep, I agree with Adam, it sat in East Cowes for a very long time just next to the chain ferry. It was designed by some aeronautical engineer and as Adam says had a variable shaped hull that never worked. Turbine engine into surface drives. Probably a very large hole in the water into which you could poor a lot of money and never see any results ! Haven't been to Basildon for about ten years but it doesn't look like they have dusted since the last time I was there !
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Here's a post from the owner......
http://boatdesign.net/forums/showthread.php?t=7243
l am the fortunate....but poor owner of the dynaplane vessel 'pacesetter'.....genuine Eugene clemence/williamson design high speed monohull.....originally powered by rolls royce gnome gas turbine ....achieved 103mph from just 800 hp......this is a 42ft all welded aluminium vessel.....built by british hovercraft comp UK 1979
lm looking for a good home for her.....her restoration is beyond my means.......new turbine and refit required......make me a sensible offer for this unique vessel
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05-01-2006, 10:18 AM
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#55
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Senior Member
Country: England
Location: Warsash
Occupation: Boat Designer
Interests: sport
Boat name: Santana
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Warsash
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Got a feeling that she either turned over on tests or hooked and spat out the crew - which was then hushed up.
Looking at the narrow stern - not surprising
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05-01-2006, 10:40 AM
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#56
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Weren't you asked to look into doing some modifications to it?
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05-01-2006, 11:19 AM
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#57
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Senior Member
Country: England
Location: Warsash
Occupation: Boat Designer
Interests: sport
Boat name: Santana
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Warsash
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Must be some years ago now (10 ?) , but could well be the present owner, contacted me about re-designing the cockpit / deck area.
I seem to remember he knew about the good bits of it's history and was very enthusiastic - but had to raise a lot of money to get her back on the water.
Remember the boat sat in the Westlands (or BHC then) yard at East Cowes for many years before that - alongside the Black & White Whisky gas turbine cat of Iain Nurse.
Adam
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05-01-2006, 01:19 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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With those adjustable foils (?) on the transom, I assume it picks the arse up, runs on them & the fwd step, hence the low rudders/prop, hydrofoil stylee.
Looks like a recipe for getting very wet, very quickly and without any warning.
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