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Old 21-01-2015, 06:20 PM   #1
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first sea trials since major refit....alls good.
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Old 21-01-2015, 06:38 PM   #3
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wouldn't mind a race deck hull myself to restore
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I know of a Phantom 21 race deck for sale if you're interested Won't be a lot of money
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Old 21-01-2015, 08:18 PM   #5
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I remember that Forgecraft when it was new !
Built in Alton, Hants, & raced in the 1980's, when we had multi-class offshore races, & class 3C (2 litre) was megga, with upto maybe 20 boats in that class alone.
Then that boat was blue, ('Absolute Beginners' ?), then green I think, before being painted white & raced by Tony Lewis of The RMYC for a season or so.
Being alloy she should be fine still, a good rough water boat !
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Old 23-01-2015, 06:59 PM   #7
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There were 2 or 3 the first was the blue one absolute begineers, not sure which was which but there was a yellow one Mr Men / black one Matt Gardener's Mercury Racing / green one Tuffnels I think .
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Old 24-01-2015, 12:52 AM   #10
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direct carphones dennis and howard. lost the whole engine off of cowes once.run at worlds guernsey 89? won 1 race. year tracy won? jonathon lucas brother built them, he lived in horndean, work shop at alton. brilliant in the rough.
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Old 28-01-2015, 09:33 AM   #11
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I remember that Forgecraft when it was new !
Built in Alton, Hants, & raced in the 1980's, when we had multi-class offshore races, & class 3C (2 litre) was megga, with upto maybe 20 boats in that class alone.
Then that boat was blue, ('Absolute Beginners' ?), then green I think, before being painted white & raced by Tony Lewis of The RMYC for a season or so.
Being alloy she should be fine still, a good rough water boat !
Yes Martin it is/was absolute beginners the first forgecraft built,it was blue originally and the only other colour it's been is white,I think the only green one was the later type sponsored by tuffnels ??
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