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Old 19-07-2005, 05:24 PM   #1
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Cowes Powerboat week

Just got this email regarding Cowes.

I figure the best thing to do is just post it's contents as all the info will be of use.

I've posted it here and in the PR & Cruises section

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Good afternoon Jon,

A provisional race programme for the forthcoming Cowes Powerboat Festival has now been announced, and we are obviously eager to communicate this to users of Boatmad.com.

Could you let us know how it will be possible to relay the contents of this email to your users. Obviously, we are not going to sign-up for a username and be seen to 'spam' your forum... unless of course, this is what you advise!

I look forward to hearing from you.

Best Regards,

Steven Pockett
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w. www.powerboatp1.com



- - - PRESS INFORMATION - - -

It's Cowes, It's Powerboats, And It's Bigger Than Ever!

Powerboat P1 Press Office, UK, 19th July 2005: The new Cowes Powerboat Festival race announcement brings a new era in UK powerboat racing. In keeping with tradition the Festival takes place over the August bank holiday weekend and will provide spectacular racing action with three National Championships, two invitational opens and a round of the UIM Powerboat P1 World Championship.

The centrepiece of the Festival is the Gillette MACH3 NITRO Gel Powerboat P1 British Grand Prix – with an international line up of teams, pilots and racing boats, this World Championship event is guaranteed to be one of the high points of the British boating and motorsport year and will be televised across 50 countries worldwide.

The ‘Basic Race’ has been reinstated by the organisers of the festival, KBL Powerboat Management Ltd’, and renamed the Gillette MACH3 NITRO Gel Isle of Wight Powerboat Challenge. The two event spectacle is open to anyone with a suitable craft and is made up of a periodic log for cruise vessels and a racing class event. Special prizes will be on offer for the winning teams of what is expected to become one of the year’s most widely anticipated boating extravaganzas.

Lucy Goaman, Gillette UK, Business Manager - Men's Skincare:
"The new Cowes Powerboat Festival, with its world and national championship races, draws from a long tradition in Cowes and Gillette MACH3 NITRO Gel is pleased to support this great event. The public participation aspect of the Isle of Wight Powerboat Challenge gives the Festival an added feature that will allow everyone to enjoy a great day out on the water."

Nathan Knight, CEO, KBL Powerboat Management Ltd:
"Powerboat racing in Cowes has 45 years of tradition and over those years it has attracted a "who’s who" of the boating world. The interest in the Festival from the boating community and the support of the UK national racing classes has been tremendous and it promises to be a spectacular show. If you like boats, Cowes is the only place to be on the August bank holiday weekend!"

For further information visit the official event website at www.CowesPowerboatFestival.com.

- ENDS -

Note: A provisional itinerary is attached. Background information relating to the feature event, the Gillette MACH3 NITRO Gel Powerboat P1 British Grand Prix, can be found on www.powerboatp1.com. For further information relating to Gillette visit www.mygillette.co.uk.

Further information:
For Powerboat P1: Martin Allerton, Press & Public Relations Manager, Powerboat P1 Press Office, telephone ----------------------------, email press@powerboatp1.com
For Gillette: Jo Atkinson/Ben Barker, Hill & Knowlton Ltd, telephone --------------------, email jatkinson@hillandknowlton.com / bbarker@hillandknowlton.com
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Old 19-07-2005, 05:30 PM   #2
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Old 19-07-2005, 05:31 PM   #3
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In return for posting it, I assume you negotiated a go in one of the boats?
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Old 19-07-2005, 05:52 PM   #5
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In return for posting that , I assume you negotiated a go in one of the boats?
It would be kinder to negotiate for YOU to get a ride in a boat, .....I've got my own


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Old 19-07-2005, 10:40 PM   #6
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OK, well can I have your seat in Wettpunkt then please?
I notice in the vid there is a spare one.
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Old 20-07-2005, 12:12 AM   #7
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I've been thinking!

You don't want a backdraft! You need an Argocat 17 or similar, this would satisfy your need for 'air entrapment', AND racing at a reasonable cost, AND getting III-B back on it's feet!

they run close to 80 as 1.3 boats

See, simple!
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Old 20-07-2005, 12:16 AM   #8
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OK, good idea. Finish the formula first, then I'll start looking in to it.
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Old 20-07-2005, 01:18 AM   #9
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you finished it yet then? well come on!
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Old 20-07-2005, 03:02 AM   #10
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Who is going to race the 'round the island dodging bloody rag and sticks?'
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Old 20-07-2005, 09:12 AM   #12
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Now, Mr Tricky, lets not start that one again, we'll only feel compelled to take the piss horribly...............again.

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Old 20-07-2005, 09:17 AM   #13
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Now, Mr Tricky, lets not start that one again, we'll only feel compelled to take the piss horribly...............again.

Well said Matt- I agree ! You might get me out Round The Island if I can get my act together, haven't sorted a motor yet !
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Old 20-07-2005, 09:38 AM   #14
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Go on, Go on (and get a good visor!)

Why don't you leave the observers seat as is, and get Matt to navigate for you

It wouldn't affect his navigating better still, he could run with a sack over his head ...mebbe his own


Just looked at the program....11 races
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Very funny wozza.
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You can download an 'easy reading' version of the instructions here:
http://www.mattyorke.co.uk/upload/Co...t_-_Lo-res.pdf
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Old 20-07-2005, 09:57 AM   #17
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I already have plenty of 'air entrapment' going on.

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Old 20-07-2005, 10:22 AM   #18
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You can download an 'easy reading' version of the instructions here:
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Already got it nobba, it was mailed to me with the other stuff, and it was that file I converted to jpg for the forum. (for those not well versed with Acrobat.
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Old 20-07-2005, 11:00 AM   #19
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Ah right. So people are computer savvy enough to find boatmad, register, and post, but not enough to click on a ickle wickle link?
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can i do the basic race with my 2.5efi engine ?
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