Bristol Docks 1986

[mike k]

i think my brother still holds the record for a 100+mph average lap around Bristol Docks in a F1 2ltr cat.

[JamesM]

Originally posted by scottyboy
You'd never get crowds like that at an event now!

If you brought it back tomorrow you'd have crowds like that again, it was a truely awesome spectacle. My only regret was that I was to young (10 in '86) to fully appreciate it.

[JamesM]

Originally posted by cfun
was there too sat at the top of the stand or in the pub, think I went from 84 to 89 ish, was spectacular racing with some violent crashes

I think '87 was the last year, could be wrong though.

[cfun]

Ye you could be right, all I can remember between uni, pubs and clubs is they did away with the fastest boats and then it just faded out, but as ever when it came to boats offshore was really my passion

[JBP]

Originally posted by Johnny Boat Dude
If you brought it back tomorrow you'd have crowds like that again, it was a truely awesome spectacle. My only regret was that I was to young (10 in '86) to fully appreciate it.

Probably right there, there would be plenty of crowds there again.
We had a couple of thousand over our 2 day events, that's just the passers by stopping to see what's going on without much media attention.

There was talk about using the dock outside Xcel in London too, great for the spectators.....