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03-07-2008, 11:57 PM
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#1941
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Location: Bucks
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This is my favourite -
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04-07-2008, 12:06 AM
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#1942
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sit down shut up hold on
Country: wales
Occupation: anything
Interests: boats,cars anything with a motor
Boat make: just sold it
Engines: none
Join Date: Feb 2008
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04-07-2008, 12:30 AM
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#1943
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I stand very corrected on my comment regarding "wrong motors".  I never thought a pair of xr2's could last, but they certainly did (And I hear you ended up lending spares to other teams!). Very well done!
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04-07-2008, 01:08 AM
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#1944
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Country: UK
Location: Bucks
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Originally Posted by SCOTT671
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Buy Chris Davies a beer!
He has to hang out of that helicopter every day taking that stuff!
He also manages to send / receive text messages whilst doing it!
Great photographer and top bloke.
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04-07-2008, 01:21 AM
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#1945
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Country: UK
Location: Bucks
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Posts: 586
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Keith the RB Helicopter Pilot in his "Treasure Hunt" days!
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04-07-2008, 09:30 AM
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#1946
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Country: Channel Islands
Location: Jersey
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Jersey
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Originally Posted by TobyC
will just have to wait and see what happen when the next hand is dealt then!
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Yeah , it gonna be a good hand too Toby .......
Think Reg is upset with me , he got his first speeding tckt yday for wen i drove to inverness ... oops ! 
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04-07-2008, 09:46 AM
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#1947
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Country: Channel Islands
Location: Jersey
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Location: Jersey
Posts: 41
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt
I stand very corrected on my comment regarding "wrong motors". I never thought a pair of xr2's could last, but they certainly did (And I hear you ended up lending spares to other teams!). Very well done!
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The boys did well .... I wanted to lend my mid section to boat 96 but apparantly it wasnt the kind they wanted ... 
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04-07-2008, 02:27 PM
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#1948
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Country: Jersey
Location: Jersey
Cruising area: UK
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Jersey
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considering we blew 3 powerheads in testing in the couple weeks before the event we were rather pleased to get round on one pair too! A testament to Team engineer and driver Dave Myles who built them. We were considering blowing them on the way into port solent for a laugh but remembered that they are required for the worlds yet!
Sorry I dont know who built Julias midsection 
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04-07-2008, 04:26 PM
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#1949
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Registered User
Country: UK
Occupation: dog breeder
Interests: boats, cars,film.f1 and anitques/paintings
Boat name: tba
Cruising area: south coast France and med
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,062
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Just found some fabulous photos of the first day of the RB08 taken by Peter Mumford of "Beken of Cowes"
Great shots taken at Hurst
http://www.beken.co.uk/shoots/displa...werboat%20Race
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04-07-2008, 05:51 PM
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#1950
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Location: hayling island
Boat name: snow monkey
Boat make: extreme 24
Engines: mercruiser 6.2
Join Date: May 2004
Location: hayling island
Posts: 2,082
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i see on fabio buzzis website that they blame a mistake by the pace boat for them hitting the submarine barrier.......didnt think you needed a pace boat in the muster area,i guess hes still not a happy chappy
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04-07-2008, 06:14 PM
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#1951
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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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Unfortunately Red_FPT was stopped before the start by the collision with a submerged barrier, generated by a mistake of the pace boat. All possible repairs was useless and Fabio Buzzi was obliged to retire even before the start!
WTF is a pace boat? 
ciao: You have updated the website, but have not fixed the problem with the fastest RIB:
http://www.roundbritainrace.co.uk/trophies.htm
Cookies Bananashark Trophy for First RIB Venturer
As far as I know - no matter which way you count it, Venturer was not the first rib home or the fastest rib. Perhaps you should change the website till it gets sorted. That sort of thing is annoying.....
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06-07-2008, 12:51 PM
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#1952
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Registered User
Country: uk
Location: poole
Occupation: retail
Interests: sport and being lazy
Boat make: ring rib
Engines: merc xr2
Cruising area: bournemouth bay
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: poole
Posts: 1,681
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Perhaps one of these new to the market GM backed engines would be ideal for a re-power for some of those troublesome powerplants that some teams encountered around the Uk, the Banks engine company have been quite active in the USA with their GM based Diesel units think it may be the same block that powers JF 28 Phantom but with up to 550HP very nice
http://www.bankspower.com/miami-boat-show-2008.cfm
The 32 Phantom may go very well with these GM units new to the market and based possibly on the new Corvette ZR 1 engine light and packing a big punch would also give a V24 a big push towards the 100mph mark at 540HP 540 torque
http://www.gm.com/explore/technology...LSA_Marine.pdf
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06-07-2008, 01:07 PM
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#1953
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Location: West Coast of Norway
Occupation: naval architect
Interests: surface piercing props, stepped hulls, air entrapment hulls
Boat name: none
Boat make: PetterTintorera
Engines: Yamaha 90
Cruising area: West Coast of Norway
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West Coast of Norway
Posts: 888
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now thats a good looking engine....looks much better than the swedish version:
http://www.marinediesel.nu/downloads...pech_sheet.pdf
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06-07-2008, 04:28 PM
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#1954
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Registered User
Country: UK
Location: Pevensey Bay
Occupation: Teacher
Interests: photography
Cruising area: Pevensey Bay / Solent
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Pevensey Bay
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thats what was in garmin racing 
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06-07-2008, 04:53 PM
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#1955
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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
Posts: 2,681
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cfun
.... would also give a V24 a big push towards the 100mph mark at 540HP 540 torque
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I think would break the DPX drive in the sea.
Too much talk
But I would not mind a few extra horses...
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06-07-2008, 06:16 PM
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#1956
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Location: Bournemouth
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Bournemouth
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom Stone
thats what was in garmin racing |
A familiar site on RB!
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06-07-2008, 06:18 PM
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#1957
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Look at all that soot!
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06-07-2008, 10:18 PM
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#1958
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Registered User
Country: uk
Location: poole
Occupation: retail
Interests: sport and being lazy
Boat make: ring rib
Engines: merc xr2
Cruising area: bournemouth bay
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: poole
Posts: 1,681
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Dam the case of the vanishing engines...Should of got GM/Banks
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06-07-2008, 11:18 PM
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#1959
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Same motor, just different external bits. Who's to say Banks is any better.
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07-07-2008, 09:52 AM
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#1960
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Registered User
Country: UK
Location: Pevensey Bay
Occupation: Teacher
Interests: photography
Cruising area: Pevensey Bay / Solent
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Pevensey Bay
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt
Same motor, just different external bits. Who's to say Banks is any better.
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not exactly a difficult challenge laid down by the marine diesals though
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