Brass monkey is approaching!

[ForTwo]

Good race all, we had fun despite not finished the race. super weather conditions 4 the rib... took some serious air marker 2 > 3. Hope to be there next year.... maybe pick some other UK races along. If sombody got pic's from FOR1 ( green "Ring") let me know. Was nice meeting some boatmad members in person.

special thx goes to the organisation - RMYC - RYA - NHYC

[scottyboy]

Originally Posted by floater

was ben in the back?

Nagh. Me mate paul jumped in for us! Just found out why i went skywards to! The trim pump is now in too pieces either side of the boat. The reservoir has come off.

[cider daze]

What a great days racing , our honda 225 was going really well, past all the 2lit boys and v24 ,got caught on the outward leg bit rough had to back off so we didnt break the mounts ,Chris caught us on that leg we finished 5th overall also our 150 won there class also beat a 2lit boat across the line. Thanks to all safety and organisers

[floater]

Originally Posted by scottyboy

Nagh. Me mate paul jumped in for us! Just found out why i went skywards to! The trim pump is now in too pieces either side of the boat. The reservoir has come off.

think of some new ones mate we use all of them last year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!

[scottyboy]

Originally Posted by floater

think of some new ones mate we use all of them last year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!

No excuse's here mate! Boat didnt go well at all i was dissapointed to say the least! It annoy's me just as much when you have a mechanical failure as when my driving is bad! You want ya boat to stay together for one hour for a race and it alway's seem's to break if its going to in that hour! Just chuffed to still get a decent position and finish.

[Carl]

good on you all,watched from the beach in the end,looked good to me,starting to miss racing,but not that much yet

[Matt]

How about a bit of navigating (in a red boat?)

[floater]

just be grateful you could all take part
mrs floater had me in pub at 1300 hrs good on yeh lads...

["Old beardy"]

Why did Ian not take part?[/QUOTE]

Things started to go bad for us just after we left the chain ferry. Got her up on the plane and headed off towards the muster, everything seemed fine, boat was handling the conditions nicely when the buzzer came on and our Optimax decided to go into Guardian mode. Plenty of water pressure, revs only about 5500. So we shut it off and then re-started it and off we went again, only for the same thing to happen. We got on the plane for the third time and gingerly headed for the muster area. It was at this time that we realised our participation in this race would be shortlived but we wanted to have a good thrash towards the first turn to see how the boat faired with the opposition. To let the engine settle down we decided to turn it off in the muster area until the last minute. That was the icing on the cake as far as our race was concerned because no matter what we did the damn thing would not fire back up. We sat there as everyone went howling off into the distance. We were still trying to get it started when the lead boat came through at the end of its first lap. We then gave up and were towed to buoy one where we tied up alongside the committee boat and watched the rest of the race. To cap off a very frustrating day, at the end of the race I decided to have one more try with the ignition key and felt gutted when the poxy thing started, so we made our own way back to the RMYC.
I know there are a lot of people on this forum that have had problems with the XR2, but in all my racing career we never had a major problem with them and found that no matter how much abuse you gave them invariably you got to finish the race. These Optimax`s just seem to have too many bells and whistles for me, I prefer to decide when to turn it off, not the engine decide for me. But we have to persevere with it and find out what the niggling problems are and hopefully get it sorted for Allhallows. It made it more frustrating for us because that was just the sort of conditions we wanted for our testing.
Great drives from Dave in Cider Daze, Stu in A30, Robbie Mould in the P16 and Bad Boy in the P21. CB1 looked good in conditions that were probably not what his cat would have preferred and Drew and Jan certainly showed how it should be done.

[Carl]

Originally Posted by Matt

How about a bit of navigating (in a red boat?)

now theres a thought

[racing fan]

Originally Posted by "Old beardy"

Why did Ian not take part?

Great drives from Dave in Cider Daze, Stu in A30, Robbie Mould in the P16 and Bad Boy in the P21. CB1 looked good in conditions that were probably not what his cat would have preferred and Drew and Jan certainly showed how it should be done. [/QUOTE]

ya very well done to cider daze, both honda boats, did'nt know that the honda 225 was faster than a 2litre bat boat, but do now.
well done

[scottyboy]

Originally Posted by racing fan

Great drives from Dave in Cider Daze, Stu in A30, Robbie Mould in the P16 and Bad Boy in the P21. CB1 looked good in conditions that were probably not what his cat would have preferred and Drew and Jan certainly showed how it should be done.

ya very well done to cider daze, both honda boats, did'nt know that the honda 225 was faster than a 2litre bat boat, but do now.
well done [/QUOTE]


A 2 litre bat boat that had no trim and engine problems yeah!

[racing fan]

if thats you c56 the orange bat boat,
how do you explain not even beeting the small honda boat, i believe they have a 150 hp engine, and were in front of you all the way

[scottyboy]

Originally Posted by racing fan

if thats you c56 the orange bat boat,
how do you explain not even beeting the small honda boat, i believe they have a 150 hp engine, and were in front of you all the way

If it wasnt me why would i have a picture of it as my avator and have it listed as my boat underneath it?
The honda boat wasnt in front of me all the way and as i said before i had an engine on that was doing allsorts on the back and thats when it wasnt cutting out and the trim pump was in two pieces so the engine was trimming in and out as it pleased! I should of stopped really but kept going at a slow pace prob no more than 50mph and still got third in class so think what ya like m8 got no need to explain myself to you !!
Are you another person on the forum that is to shy to let us know who you are and hide behind a nickname?

[floater]

Originally Posted by racing fan

if thats you c56 the orange bat boat,
how do you explain not even beeting the small honda boat, i believe they have a 150 hp engine, and were in front of you all the way

yet another anon boatmad t*sser giving racing a great name makes me wonder why anyone bothers
proud to be british eh?
well done to ALL racers regardless better to have mishaps now rather than in the race season

[JamesM]

So what were the actual results as it seems no one has posted them yet?

[Matt]

No one's anonymous - they just think they are.

Originally Posted by floater

yet another anon boatmad t*sser giving racing a great name makes me wonder why anyone bothers
proud to be british eh?
well done to ALL racers regardless better to have mishaps now rather than in the race season

[scottyboy]

Originally Posted by Matt

No one's anonymous - they just think they are.

Well its obviously someone who knows some of the other racers! Are they a racer him/herself? Asyou can prob tell they've done what they set out to achieve! P*ss me off!

[Matt]

Damn that Pete Berrow he takes it too far.

[Smith]

Brass Monkey Powerboat Race - 3rd February 2007

Pos Class Boat No. Boat Name Crew : Driver 1/ Driver 2 Laps "Total Elapsed Time
" Total nm Average Knots Average mph Average km/h
1 U/ltd 4 BUZZI BULLET Drew Langdon / Jan Falkowski 6 0 37 24 2244 0.6233 31.12 49.93 57.49 92.46
2 U/ltd R2 HOT LEMON Dave Deacon / Mike Deacon 6 0 38 0 2280 0.6333 31.12 49.14 56.58 91.00
3 U/ltd 9 MAREX Paul Howes / Graham Firmin 5 0 38 39 2319 0.6442 26.05 40.44 46.57 74.89
4 F1 C12 BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED Chris Bryan / Mark Brewster 5 0 40 2 2402 0.6672 26.05 39.04 44.96 72.31
5 U/ltd 29 CIDER DAZE Mark Cockman / Dave Cockman 5 0 41 1 2461 0.6836 26.05 38.11 43.88 70.57
6 U/ltd 717 BAD BOY Scott Gibbons/ Will Nurse 5 0 41 9 2469 0.6858 26.05 37.98 43.74 70.34
7 F1 A30 IT'S FUN Stuart Williams / Ben Sankey 5 0 43 15 2595 0.7208 26.05 36.14 41.61 66.93
8 F2 H44 DAC Jack Cockman / Andy Phipps 5 0 43 38 2618 0.7272 26.05 35.82 41.25 66.34
9 F1 C56 S B RACING Scott Collings / Paul Barham 5 0 46 8 2768 0.7689 26.05 33.88 39.01 62.75
10 F2 B15 EXTREME COMFORT Robert Mould / Dave Matthews 5 0 46 10 2770 0.7694 26.05 33.86 38.98 62.70
11 U/ltd HB71 SPIRIT OF FLIGHT Gary Manchester / Mike King 4 0 37 5 2225 0.6181 20.98 33.95 39.09 62.87
12 F2 A19 Y KNOT Jeremy Gibson / Ben Ward 4 0 49 57 2997 0.8325 20.98 25.20 29.02 46.67
RACE START TIME: 13.35.26 hrs
Non-starters: C11, V24

Retired: V2, 8 A7, H9, 33, H13, V69


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Annie Beakhust, Officer of the Day Time posted: 14.50 hrs