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22-06-2006, 01:50 PM
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Country: Spain
Join Date: Sep 2005
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More offshore history
Check out Flying Fish's fantastic Offshore library over in the multi-media section!!!!!!!!!!! Some wonderful shots from the (very) early days (sorry Graham!) Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing!! (Not stealing anyone elses thunder here - I got the go-ahead from Graham to announce on his behalf!).
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22-06-2006, 02:10 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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22-06-2006, 02:34 PM
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Registered User
Country: England
Location: Devon
Occupation: www.westcountrysupercarhire.co.uk
Interests: motorsport, boating and women
Boat make: none at the moment
Engines: na
Cruising area: Teignmouth/ Torquay
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Devon
Posts: 102
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Cool, there is a boat i recognise in those pics.
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22-06-2006, 03:38 PM
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Registered User
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?)
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Virginia
Posts: 1,974
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What a fabulous collection. Thanks Graham!
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22-06-2006, 06:04 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 6,891
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What a stange beast!!! Looks like a heavenly twins cat without the mast - an unlikely raceboat at the best of times.
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22-06-2006, 06:11 PM
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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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Quote:
Originally posted by Matt
What a stange beast!!! Looks like a heavenly twins cat without the mast - an unlikely raceboat at the best of times.
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Ere, you seem to be a bit knowledgable, your not a closet "wafi" are you?
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22-06-2006, 06:17 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 6,891
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23-06-2006, 08:29 AM
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Senior Member
Country: England
Location: Warsash
Occupation: Boat Designer
Interests: sport
Boat name: Santana
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Warsash
Posts: 1,838
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What a fantastic collection - straight back to my 'early days' - First National boat in 1980!
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23-06-2006, 09:24 AM
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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
Posts: 599
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Graham, what a terrific collection, seen about 10 of my old boats !
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23-06-2006, 12:45 PM
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Registered User
Country: united Kingdom
Location: kent
Occupation: Broker
Interests: Powerboat Racing and F1
Boat name: Fugazi II
Boat make: Phantom 18
Engines: Mercury 150
Cruising area: AYC
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: kent
Posts: 283
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Graham,
Great pics its nice to see such a varied collection of years and classes.
Would you hppen to have any pics of a white 16 Phantom which was originally B30 Le gopher (1989 season) then be came Fugazi B106(1991) then B53 (1992), if you have any pics of it would be great to see them.
Thanks
Paul
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23-06-2006, 12:53 PM
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Registered User
Country: Spain
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 1,726
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Top speed with a couple of Sterling V8´s??
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23-06-2006, 01:03 PM
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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
Posts: 599
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Found a pic of my first race boat in 1978/79/80 !
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25-06-2006, 04:43 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 6,891
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Probably about 25 knots.
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Originally posted by littlenige
Top speed with a couple of Sterling V8´s??
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