coniston

[Ciao]

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[timtap]

A couple of photo batches from Coniston Monday and Tuesday Morning.

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[robox]

Photos of Tuesday morning can be viewed at the link below

Regards

Rob C
http://rjc-photography.ifp3.com/2/bc...-records-week/

[Pennpromo]

Great Pictures, really good to see them, thank you. You know the funny thing is that when you look at them we all look to be really high in the cockpit, going down the kilo we all ducked down, Eric could hardly be seen, Marcus kept his head down and I only peeked over the dashtop to see where we were going. I called the distances to the run on the intercom.
No doubt Marcus will have something to say in his report soon, so I will leave it to him, but we did one run at over 104 MPH in quite choppy conditions.
With a tip off from Vee we managed to get the "Monohull immersed prop" speed record at 103.25MPH avearge from Howard Wretham who set it at about 96.
I am sure that Vee will lift that figure today if he gets some half decent weather.
Great few days, well worth a visit. Run on a shoestring by a really dedicated bunch of volunteers who made us all so welcome.

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[Pennpromo]

Originally Posted by Mike Lloyd

You could probably have found another 10mph Marcus if two certain "heavy crew members" were left on shore for a couple of runs!!
ML.
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I have ignored that one !!!

[robox]

Some images of the Wednesday record attempts can be viewed at the link below.A mainly dry day but little sun(where i was stood anyway) with the wind dropping in the afternoon saw a few more boats than yesterday making attempts.I hope you find them of interest.

Regards

Rob C
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[Catweazle]

Thanks to all the members for pics Cw

[chris]

anyone know what speed ian did in his x cat?

[CB1]

Saw last night on a site that he had averaged 108.?? on his run. Cant remember which site it was. There dosent seem to be any official results posted yet.

[robox]

There are some of the records set so far on the link below.Thursday conditions looking out of the cottage window are v windy and wet so not sure they will be beaten today, although the wind is forecast to drop later.

regards

Rob C
http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co....e_at_Coniston/

[Chris Davies]

Thank godness for The Westmorland Gazette, otherwise those powerboat racers breaking world records might as well have signed the official secrets act for all the information coming out of the Lakes.

Whilst I have no axe to grind with the RYA Powerboat Racing Manager having a few runs himself, why wasn't the RYA Press Officer up there as well, (Yes she does exist) or was she too busy writing about 'Young Sailors making a splash at Salford'?

This is the only time that racers from both offshore and circuit get together to compete, a perfect opportunity you would think to help promote the sport, especially in what has been a very quiet week for sports news stories.

Alison Whalley, Chair of Records Week, said 'We’re very proud to have been running for 40 years – it’s quite an achievement in this climate to still be breaking records.' Probably no thanks to the RYA.

[Downhilldai]

Does anyone know if Hutchy has had a run in 'old yellow'?

[Martin The Talker]

WHOOSE BOAT IS THE WHITE BERNICO, WITH AN INBOARD/OUTDRIVE (I ASSUME) & OTT EXHAUSTS ?
What is the power unit please ???

Originally Posted by robox

Some images of the Wednesday record attempts can be viewed at the link below.A mainly dry day but little sun(where i was stood anyway) with the wind dropping in the afternoon saw a few more boats than yesterday making attempts.I hope you find them of interest.

Regards

Rob C
http://rjc-photography.ifp3.com/2/bc...-records-week/

[Cookee]

Originally Posted by Martin The Talker

WHOOSE BOAT IS THE WHITE BERNICO, WITH AN INBOARD/OUTDRIVE (I ASSUME) & OTT EXHAUSTS ?
What is the power unit please ???

It's Rob Mcarthy's with a large outboard converted to run inboard with (I think) an Alpha drive - I think he was going for the inboard immersed prop record but that has gone up a bit now!

[robox]

Originally Posted by Cookee

It's Rob Mcarthy's with a large outboard converted to run inboard with (I think) an Alpha drive - I think he was going for the inboard immersed prop record but that has gone up a bit now!

Thanks Cookee,
saved me a trip to the pits, it is indoor weather up here today.The boat looks and sounds good on the water.Any chance of you coming back next year?

Rob C

[Captain Chaos]

Originally Posted by Cookee

It's Rob Mcarthy's with a large outboard converted to run inboard with (I think) an Alpha drive - I think he was going for the inboard immersed prop record but that has gone up a bit now!

I assume that if its got the L&S stern jack, bernico must have rigged it with the parts from a previous 19 that I think had an OMC 3.0L block running as an inboard

[Cookee]

Originally Posted by robox

Thanks Cookee,
saved me a trip to the pits, it is indoor weather up here today.The boat looks and sounds good on the water.Any chance of you coming back next year?

Rob C

Every chance of being back next year with the 34' marathon boat!

That's the one Chaos - a V8 I think - it's going nearly 100 now, just needs a new fuel pump if I have heard correctly!

[Captain Chaos]

it'd be a 4.0L if its a V8

[wickedtopspeed]

Just passed a Hendricks van in Bisley - looked very smart !

Originally Posted by Mrs Smillie

Well done to all of Cinzano crew especially my wonderful hubby Eric he may be a nutter but he sure knows what he is doing when it comes to engines and how to get the best out of them xxx

[Big V]

Any news on how the class 3 boats are going?