cowes Sunday

[FLYING FISH]

Originally Posted by lohring

Grahm
Thanks for all the great pictures, especially of our boat, Dry Martini. It was a pleasure to talk to you before the race for a perspective on the course. We were in survival mode after Mike broke his ribs 1/2 hour into the race. Even so, I believe we were 5th at the half way point. As you can see from our track, we took the long way around, looking for calm seas. There were none except in the lee of Lyme Bay's west shore.

Thanks also to all the wonderful people who helped us and who appreciate what an effort this race is. They don't make offshore like this anymore.

Lohring Miller

Hi Lohring,

How Mike could drive with broken ribs in that lot,beats me.Some guts.

Couldn`t see the helmet cam bolted to your crash hat.That would have had some interesting footage on playback.I don`t think you will ever sample a race like that again in your lifetime.Just shows, when the OOD has the bottle to run the full course,it can be a classic,although I bet there were a few gasps at the briefing.

[Cookee]

Originally Posted by FLYING FISH

Hi Lohring,

How Mike could drive with broken ribs in that lot,beats me.Some guts.

Couldn`t see the helmet cam bolted to your crash hat.That would have had some interesting footage on playback.I don`t think you will ever sample a race like that again in your lifetime.Just shows, when the OOD has the bottle to run the full course,it can be a classic,although I bet there were a few gasps at the briefing.

The weather briefing at 8am on Sunday was very matter of fact in a typical Rob Andrews sort of way - he said to expect up to force 6 maximum, but as it was quite windy at Portland it may be blowing though a bit early - no-one seemed unduly worried by the weather!

Yesterday I had a conversation with Tony Hamilton, and he told me that it was gusting up to an 8 - I would certainly say it peaked at a 7 during the trip down (we took the easy route down and the direct route back).

Does anyone know what it was actually blowing on Sunday?

[Luc@s]

Hi all,

some of our shots, for more You can check powerboatracing.be


It was very nice to meet You all again,
hope to see You @ the Belgian offshore challenge on september 25th in Zeebrugge (B)

















regards,
L.

[Semaj]

Originally Posted by FLYING FISH

Contact Tony Toll.I am about to `e` mail him the pics.He is away till next week.

Great... thanks, I`ll give him a ring.
Again... really good shots you got there, espeacially the "Who sayed only Helicopters can fly" - pic

[Cookee]

Nice to see you again Lucas - the 25th is the same weekend as the South Coast Marathon I'm afraid!

[Jon Fuller]

Originally Posted by Cookee

Does anyone know what it was actually blowing on Sunday?

A '3'

[Cookee]

Originally Posted by Jon Fuller

A '3'

'3' what?

[Martin The Talker]

Originally Posted by lohring

Grahm
Thanks for all the great pictures, especially of our boat, Dry Martini. It was a pleasure to talk to you before the race for a perspective on the course. We were in survival mode after Mike broke his ribs 1/2 hour into the race. Even so, I believe we were 5th at the half way point. As you can see from our track, we took the long way around, looking for calm seas. There were none except in the lee of Lyme Bay's west shore.

Thanks also to all the wonderful people who helped us and who appreciate what an effort this race is. They don't make offshore like this anymore.

Lohring Miller

It was great to see you all & the boat at Cowes (Thanks for opening up the hatches for me !) - your efforts in travelling to Cowes much appreciated & we `all hope to see you & the boat again (Next year ?)

[FLYING FISH]

Originally Posted by Cookee

Does anyone know what it was actually blowing on Sunday?

Can`t say for sure,but it seemed 5 to 6 at 11.00hrs with it increasing to 7 when the rain clouds started to gather in the bay at 13.00hrs.

Force 6 are large waves with spray.Portland Bill seems to get another 5 mph of wind compared to say Swanage area when looking at the computer forecasts.

Force 7 is mounting sea with foam,but can`t say it looked quite as evil as that,but then again you were in it.I expect it seemed like very high waves with heavy sea roll (force 10) to them in a 32ft Baker sub.

[Jon Holmes]

Great Photos Luc@s

Thanks for sharing them.

[Jon Fuller]

Originally Posted by FLYING FISH

I expect it seemed like very high waves with heavy sea roll (force 10) to them in a 32ft Baker sub.

Oi, steady!

You can hit us as hard as you like, we're not scared.

[Marc]

Great to meet you too Jon Holmes. It was great to be there and look forward to cowes torquay 2011. Cfun mentioned the waters off poole on monday were calm and I saw lyme bay on tuesday and it was flat.shame it wasn't like that on sunday.by the way great photos.

[Jon Holmes]

Thanks Marc, it was nice to meet you too. Roll on 2011 eh?

[lohring]

I found some video of boats rounding Portland Bill:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXD96uoMyDI

I also posted my helmet cam video from Tuesday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxmogffPmAI

Lohring Miller

[Marc]

Jon, Is cowes 2011 the 50th aniverssary? and im sure there will be other good races in the upcoming year?

[Luc@s]

Originally Posted by Cookee

Nice to see you again Lucas - the 25th is the same weekend as the South Coast Marathon I'm afraid!

hehe, You 2 Cookee, It was short, but I was hungry

Your profile pic still looks me very familiar

shame about the date, Belgian Offshore is a great event and we don't have that much back home in Belgium.

But since last year, Cowes make me feel like coming home again, so if it was for me, I'll be there next edition to

best regards
L.

[Cookee]

Originally Posted by Luc@s

Your profile pic still looks me very familiar


best regards
L.

It's a fantastic photo! I will admit changing course just to come over and say hi to you guys - it was a bonus you were there with your camera - it's a big place the Red Sea!

[littlenige]

Looks like a party atmosphere at Portland Bill! I was surprised to see such a gathering. Good to know a lot of folks make the effort to watch from there - sure looks like a great spot.

[FLYING FISH]

Originally Posted by littlenige

Looks like a party atmosphere at Portland Bill! I was surprised to see such a gathering. Good to know a lot of folks make the effort to watch from there - sure looks like a great spot.

It is.One of the good things about it ,is that a lot of boats make for the shelter of the east side of Portland ,then hit the Lyme Bay swell the moment they round the Bill,so they can be airborne while twisting mid flight.Problem can be on a sunny day when the sun is coming straight at you,that`s why Anvil can be good with more height so you don`t look directly at the sun so much.
I can always remember Mike Peters taking cracking shots of Delta 28,Ghost Rider etc passing the Bill in 1966,so that became a target.
What you really want is a chopper flying nice and low from which to snap with the sun behind you.£10,000 quid anyone!

[littlenige]

Oh yeah! A chopper ride would be the ultimate for shots!