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20-11-2009, 07:27 PM
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Senior Member
Country: UK
Location: Devon
Occupation: Garage Proprietor
Interests: PowerBoat Racing
Boat name: If Only
Boat make: Bernico F3 OCR, Bernico Prototype Inboard, and some Ribs
Engines: Yamaha Pro V 115
Cruising area: UK, France
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Devon
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Just in case anyone is interested !! Some more footage. Ignore my interview it was a bit on the spot after the last run !!
http://www.cumbrialive.tv/LoadPlayer...ecordAt450.flv
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National Outboard Immersed Propeller Mono Record 103mph
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21-11-2009, 06:35 AM
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#122
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Registered User
Country: UK
Location: Plymouth
Occupation: Driving people mad
Boat name: The Rock - 66
Boat make: Doug Wright 32
Engines: Merc EFI 280s
Cruising area: Middle East
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Plymouth
Posts: 449
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Originally Posted by OCRDA
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Bob that is a serious lesson to any powerboat crew on how to set a boat in motion. Jeepers that boat just doesn't move, porpoise or anything; it looks sooooo smooth. Well done to whoever set it up (I guess it was you boys?) but also a real credit to the boat designers to be that stable at 103.
Fantastic bit of footage
Cheers
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22-11-2009, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Cyco
Go the E-etec's
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Congratulations from Australia Mate. The 250HO is a superb engine. I am a BIG fan
ken
PS: Is there any video footage of this years run.
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22-11-2009, 05:17 PM
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#124
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Senior Member
Country: UK
Location: Devon
Occupation: Garage Proprietor
Interests: PowerBoat Racing
Boat name: If Only
Boat make: Bernico F3 OCR, Bernico Prototype Inboard, and some Ribs
Engines: Yamaha Pro V 115
Cruising area: UK, France
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Devon
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National Outboard Immersed Propeller Mono Record 103mph
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25-11-2009, 07:18 PM
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#125
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Registered User
Country: England
Location: Crayford, Kent.
Occupation: Electrical gezza!
Interests: Petrolhead
Boat name: Wayne Kerr
Boat make: Phantom xl
Engines: Mercury 2.5, 200(ish)
Cruising area: Essex, Hampshire, Mediterranean
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Crayford, Kent.
Posts: 1,199
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Originally Posted by Jon Fuller
Maybe. It's about time, the doors at London Road Sittingbourne closed over 8 years ago after all.
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25-11-2009, 08:41 PM
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#126
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Registered User
Location: Essex
Boat make: Phantom 21
Engines: Merc 2.5efi
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Essex
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Well done Rob, awesome acheivement. Boat looked so stable
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07-12-2009, 01:05 PM
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Dock racer
Looking at http://malcolmsphoto.fotopic.net which shows the coniston snaps,also to be seen hurtling round Barrow Docks is the old Forgecraft,`Mercury Racing`after 10yrs absence from the CIII scene.It reminds me when Alf Bullen took his Avenger 19 `Wicked Alf` to race in the Paris 6hr back in the late sixties.
So all we need now is for some old Stapleys,Marshans,Rings and of course Phantoms to maintain the trend???
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07-12-2009, 01:37 PM
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#128
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Country: England
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Originally Posted by FLYING FISH
Looking at http://malcolmsphoto.fotopic.net which shows the coniston snaps,also to be seen hurtling round Barrow Docks is the old Forgecraft,`Mercury Racing`after 10yrs absence from the CIII scene.It reminds me when Alf Bullen took his Avenger 19 `Wicked Alf` to race in the Paris 6hr back in the late sixties.
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What livery did Mercury Racing start out in?
I bumped into Dennis Clemson down at Drivers on Saturday who is trying to track down his old Forgecraft (The original Lucas Brothers hull) - He had heard it is sitting in a barn somewhere.
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07-12-2009, 01:44 PM
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#129
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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
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Location: kent
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Originally Posted by Ciao
What livery did Mercury Racing start out in?
I bumped into Dennis Clemson down at Drivers on Saturday who is trying to track down his old Forgecraft (The original Lucas Brothers hull) - He had heard it is sitting in a barn somewhere.
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I think it was Crossley
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07-12-2009, 02:04 PM
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#130
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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
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Location: South
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Originally Posted by Woody
I think it was Crossley
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Wasn't his the ' Absolute Beginers' hull? different to the others (well, they were all 'different' but that first one was very different, wider, heavier, etc, etc)
That ended up in the hands of Tony Lewis's son I thought.
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07-12-2009, 04:30 PM
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#131
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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
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Originally Posted by Ciao
What livery did Mercury Racing start out in?
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'Another Le Gopher' ??
Dave Fromow from Hayling?
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07-12-2009, 04:36 PM
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#132
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Registered User
Country: England
Location: Great Horwood
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon Fuller
'Another Le Gopher' ??
Dave Fromow from Hayling?
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Yes - that was what I was thinking.
After 'Le Gopher' became Roy Smiths' first venture into class 3C.
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07-12-2009, 08:11 PM
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#133
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From the files
Absolute Beginners - Tender Touch - Direct Car Phones (D.Clemson) - Jupiter Stationers (D.Clemson/A.Lewis)
Le Gopher (D.Fromow) - Commodore Ferries (R.Smith) - Autovogue (T.Clayson)
Crossley - Multispark - Mercury Racing
Tuffnells - Brut 33 - Mr Redispace etc - Alexi - Penthouse - Loteria etc - Connellys
Heavy Metal - Commodore Ferries - Heavy Metal (IIIB Boat)
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07-12-2009, 08:46 PM
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#134
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Country: England
Location: Great Horwood
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FLYING FISH
Absolute Beginners - Tender Touch - Direct Car Phones (D.Clemson) - Jupiter Stationers (D.Clemson/A.Lewis)
Le Gopher (D.Fromow) - Commodore Ferries (R.Smith) - Autovogue (T.Clayson)
Crossley - Multispark - Mercury Racing
Tuffnells - Brut 33 - Mr Redispace etc - Alexi - Penthouse - Loteria etc - Connellys
Heavy Metal - Commodore Ferries - Heavy Metal (IIIB Boat)
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So only 4 3C Forgecraft were ever built? Interesting.
Do not even want to think about the Heavy Metal boat - my neck still hurts.
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07-12-2009, 09:26 PM
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#135
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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
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Heavy Metal ended up in Italy.
And didn't penthouse end up with tubes round it in the hands of John Lindsay snr? what a feckin waste!
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07-12-2009, 09:38 PM
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#136
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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
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FLYING FISH
Absolute Beginners - Tender Touch - Direct Car Phones (D.Clemson) - Jupiter Stationers (D.Clemson/A.Lewis)
Le Gopher (D.Fromow) - Commodore Ferries (R.Smith) - Autovogue (T.Clayson)
Crossley - Multispark - Mercury Racing
Tuffnells - Brut 33 - Mr Redispace etc - Alexi - Penthouse - Loteria etc - Connellys
Heavy Metal - Commodore Ferries - Heavy Metal (IIIB Boat)
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Crossley was Peter Listers i seem to remember then Dave Sheldon (Multispark) the Matt Gardiner Mercury
Tuffnells and Brut was Jonathon Lucas but we knew that anyway, Alexi was Jeremy Watts, i thought Penthouse was a Frode (Penpromo's old Frode Suzi's Frode) and not a Forgecraft but i could be wrong.
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07-12-2009, 09:41 PM
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#137
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon Fuller
'Another Le Gopher' ??
Dave Fromow from Hayling?
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No Dave was from Chandlers Ford and Adrian Carter his navigator was from Hayling Island.
Another Legopher was the last Forgecraft that Richard and Jonathon built and was 23Foot and slightly different bottom to the 3 previous Forgecrafts that we built before it.
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07-12-2009, 09:46 PM
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#138
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blind dog
Country: uk
Location: fast land
Occupation: going fast
Interests: fast
Boat name: drivers dry berthing
Boat make: buzzi
Cruising area: anywhere fast
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: fast land
Posts: 828
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forgecraft
the mercury one is i think at hutchys and dennis,s old boat is in a barn near lymington with the old xr2 still on it and about a foot of dust
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07-12-2009, 10:29 PM
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#139
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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
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Woody
Another Legopher was the last Forgecraft that Richard and Jonathon built and was 23Foot and slightly different bottom to the 3 previous Forgecrafts that we built before it.
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Didn't it have a vented pad?
Remember Richard talking about it.
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08-12-2009, 12:37 PM
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#140
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon Fuller
Didn't it have a vented pad?
Remember Richard talking about it.
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Something along those lines, but to be honest it's some 18 years ago Dave told me and i cant remember exactly what the difference was.
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