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06-08-2007, 03:23 PM
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Registered User
Country: England
Location: Cowes, Isle of Wight
Occupation: Marine engineer/electrician
Interests: Boat, Landy, and other toys :)
Boat name: Mad Max/Master Fiddler
Boat make: Phantom 18/Fletcher Bravo
Engines: Merc XR2
Cruising area: Solent/IOW
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Cowes, Isle of Wight
Posts: 935
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Scrap my last post, got a motor today 
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06-08-2007, 03:43 PM
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#42
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Senior Member
Country: UK
Location: Hampshire
Interests: Powerboats,Commentating, Bikes
Boat make: None at the moment
Cruising area: Wherever I can get a ride !
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Hampshire
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Re Cowes Powerboat Festival
Totally agree with "Tricky" about advising the RYA & P1 - if the 2 litre boats in sufficient numbers to run a meaningful race, do NOT intend to be there.
Obviously, any of them can run in the Round The Island event.
Perhaps, with Gary's news on a reduction to £250 entry fee, some may reconsider - How about it Guys ?
From £440 (?) to £250 is a major reduction, albeit now without the free ferry it seems. Racing in the UK, outside of Honda & those in P1, is in dire need of help, & this is a concession that ought to be accepted, says I.
If racers/the racing community appear divided, then no-one will be too keen to offer much in the future. All for one, & one for all I think was the saying !
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06-08-2007, 04:15 PM
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Registered User
Country: England
Location: Cowes, Isle of Wight
Occupation: Marine engineer/electrician
Interests: Boat, Landy, and other toys :)
Boat name: Mad Max/Master Fiddler
Boat make: Phantom 18/Fletcher Bravo
Engines: Merc XR2
Cruising area: Solent/IOW
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Cowes, Isle of Wight
Posts: 935
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If I race on the friday can I marshall for the rest of the weekend?
I imagine I'd have to put a cross through my number...?
It only seems fair to help others once I've finished racing,
Max
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06-08-2007, 04:30 PM
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Senior Member
Country: UK
Location: Hampshire
Interests: Powerboats,Commentating, Bikes
Boat make: None at the moment
Cruising area: Wherever I can get a ride !
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 690
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No reason at all Maxim.
Many have done the same over the years, & I'm sure your offer of assistance would be greatfully accepted - contact the RYA powerboating dept initally to offer your help.
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06-08-2007, 04:46 PM
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Large member
Country: England
Location: On the farm
Occupation: General Trouble Causer Salterns Boatyard
Interests: Official smartass
Boat name: Seahorse.org
Boat make: a V24 and a SLOW unstable ICE Bladerunner
Engines: 2x300 promax, 320 Volvo
Cruising area: England/France & Med
Join Date: May 2005
Location: On the farm
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I think, and this is only my thought, that offshore racing is undergoing a change right now, and probably a change for the better.
Short term things are going to hurt - smaller fields and drivers who cant be arsed to go to an event... This is due to many contributing factors, but I feel that this year will be our worst.
I do feel that 'the powers' are putting things right, and that we are going to turn things around.
I think 2008 will be a great year to go racing.
Having said that - My entry into Cowes around the island has been accepted. Nice of the organisers to send an email telling me they received my entry and I was now an entrant! Perhaps some other organisers could learn from that. I have turned up at one event to find I was not entered, and my entry form arrived a week later, postmarked a month previous!
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06-08-2007, 05:21 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 verytricky
I think, and this is only my thought, that offshore racing is undergoing a change right now, and probably a change for the better.
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I've been hearing that since the early 80"s
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06-08-2007, 06:06 PM
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#47
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Registered User
Country: England
Location: Cowes, Isle of Wight
Occupation: Marine engineer/electrician
Interests: Boat, Landy, and other toys :)
Boat name: Mad Max/Master Fiddler
Boat make: Phantom 18/Fletcher Bravo
Engines: Merc XR2
Cruising area: Solent/IOW
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Cowes, Isle of Wight
Posts: 935
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Will ring them tomorrow
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