Round Britain 2008

[Johnny Rocket]

Moi?

[Jon Fuller]

Originally Posted by Matt

I believe it's a sick rather than dead motor, so they managed to complete the leg with both motors, just at reduced speed.

Unsure what's up with it, but apparently both have oil leaks

The flexible portion of the harmonic ballancer disintegrated. Drive pulleys and crank trigger depend on the ballancer. We were able to run at about 38mph as it was. Very frustrating. We wouldn't have won the leg, as it was flatish (perfect for the fragile ribs of goldfish & pascoe) but at least we wouldn't have been an hour behind.

[Johnny Rocket]

At this stage of the race, the positions only tell a small part of the story. With four legs still to run, and only six hours between the top thirty boats, a lot can change.

Here are the current placings and the time differences:

1 22 Lionhead Goldfish RIB 00:00:00
2 333 Blue FPT Buzzi 00:13:09
3 33 Gutta Boyz Goldfish RIB 00:23:37
4 55 Braveheart III Scanner RIB 00:37:48
5 4 Hardleys Revenger 00:41:32
6 9 Vilda Dahl RIB 01:03:55
7 80 Seahound V Scorpion RIB 01:07:10
8 12 Birretta Buzzi RIB 01:21:17
9 77 Sealbay Goldfish RIB 01:24:34
10 2 Hot Lemon Scorpion RIB 01:32:39
11 7 Going Lean Sunseeker 01:33:22
12 471 Silverline Buzzi 01:38:37
13 43 Swipewipes.co.uk Phantom 01:57:42
14 96 Mr Mako Pascoe RIB 02:12:51
15 69 The Bandit Hunton RIB 02:22:58
16 343 Carbon Neutral Revenger RIB 02:25:01
17 8 Power Products Marine Phantom 02:26:43
18 5 Northern Spirit Flipper 02:45:43
19 47 Relentless Revenger RIB 03:09:26
20 110 Seafarer Scorpion RIB 03:11:39
21 111 Venturer Buzzi RIB 03:15:51
22 88 Tequila Scorpion RIB 03:26:59
23 16 Team Scorpion Dubois Scorpion RIB 03:41:06
24 3 My Pleasure II Osprey RIB 03:51:05
25 17 TFO Revenger 03:54:57
26 130 Fugitive Shakespeare 04:02:31
27 102 Team Pulsar - Vampire Ribcraft RIB 04:53:53
28 15 Buro Botnia Targa 04:56:24
29 185 GEE Souter 05:54:33
30 101 Team Pulsar - Wolf Humber RIB 05:59:35

[Permissiontocomeaboard]

Having a valid interest in Team Garmin I was wondering if they are still in the field (or should that be the water) for the race?

My friends and myself have a small wager on them finishing, I say they won't, my mates say they will.

Incidentally, is the long haired hippy on board still, or has he yet to join them?

[Matt]

Hello Murray Walker.

Originally Posted by Johnny Rocket

At this stage of the race, the positions only tell a small part of the story. With four legs still to run, and only six hours between the top thirty boats, a lot can change.

Here are the current placings and the time differences:

1 22 Lionhead Goldfish RIB 00:00:00
2 333 Blue FPT Buzzi 00:13:09
3 33 Gutta Boyz Goldfish RIB 00:23:37
4 55 Braveheart III Scanner RIB 00:37:48
5 4 Hardleys Revenger 00:41:32
6 9 Vilda Dahl RIB 01:03:55
7 80 Seahound V Scorpion RIB 01:07:10
8 12 Birretta Buzzi RIB 01:21:17
9 77 Sealbay Goldfish RIB 01:24:34
10 2 Hot Lemon Scorpion RIB 01:32:39
11 7 Going Lean Sunseeker 01:33:22
12 471 Silverline Buzzi 01:38:37
13 43 Swipewipes.co.uk Phantom 01:57:42
14 96 Mr Mako Pascoe RIB 02:12:51
15 69 The Bandit Hunton RIB 02:22:58
16 343 Carbon Neutral Revenger RIB 02:25:01
17 8 Power Products Marine Phantom 02:26:43
18 5 Northern Spirit Flipper 02:45:43
19 47 Relentless Revenger RIB 03:09:26
20 110 Seafarer Scorpion RIB 03:11:39
21 111 Venturer Buzzi RIB 03:15:51
22 88 Tequila Scorpion RIB 03:26:59
23 16 Team Scorpion Dubois Scorpion RIB 03:41:06
24 3 My Pleasure II Osprey RIB 03:51:05
25 17 TFO Revenger 03:54:57
26 130 Fugitive Shakespeare 04:02:31
27 102 Team Pulsar - Vampire Ribcraft RIB 04:53:53
28 15 Buro Botnia Targa 04:56:24
29 185 GEE Souter 05:54:33
30 101 Team Pulsar - Wolf Humber RIB 05:59:35

[Johnny Rocket]

Originally Posted by Matt

Hello Murray Walker.

I've got more!

Looking at the individual classes there are some real scraps coming up:

HC1
1 185 GEE Souter 00:00:00
2 747 Team 747 Fairey 00:19:58

MC1
1 333 Blue FPT Buzzi 00:00:00
2 55 Braveheart III Scanner RIB 00:24:39
3 80 Seahound V Scorpion RIB 00:54:01
4 12 Birretta Buzzi RIB 01:08:08
5 16 Team Scorpion Dubois Scorpion RIB 03:27:57
6 15 Buro Botnia Targa 04:43:15
7 6 Mystic Dragon Scorpion RIB 10:46:56

MC2
1 8 Power Products Marine Phantom 00:00:00
2 5 Northern Spirit Flipper 00:19:00
3 17 TFO Revenger 01:28:14
4 130 Fugitive Shakespeare 01:35:48

RB1
1 111 Venturer Buzzi RIB 00:00:00
2 81 Wettpunkt.com Buzzi 03:27:35

RB2
1 471 Silverline Buzzi 00:00:00
2 69 The Bandit Hunton RIB 00:44:21

RB3
1 22 Lionhead Goldfish RIB 00:00:00
2 33 Gutta Boyz Goldfish RIB 00:23:37
3 4 Hardleys Revenger 00:41:32
4 9 Vilda Dahl RIB 01:03:55
5 2 Hot Lemon Scorpion RIB 01:32:39
6 7 Going Lean Sunseeker 01:33:22
7 343 Carbon Neutral Revenger RIB 02:25:01
8 47 Relentless Revenger RIB 03:09:26
9 110 Seafarer Scorpion RIB 03:11:39
10 88 Tequila Scorpion RIB 03:26:59

RB4
1 77 Sealbay Goldfish RIB 00:00:00
2 43 Swipewipes.co.uk Phantom 00:33:08
3 96 Mr Mako Pascoe RIB 00:48:17
4 3 My Pleasure II Osprey RIB 02:26:31
5 102 Team Pulsar - Vampire Ribcraft RIB 03:29:19
6 101 Team Pulsar - Wolf Humber RIB 04:35:01
7 14 Mud Swell & Beers Picton RIB 04:43:53
8 45 Team Jersey Mannefelt 14:35:13
9 10 Black Gold Scorpion RIB 16:35:13

Check out the Bandit!

Updated spreadsheets with the results here: http://rib.net/forum/showthread.php?t=25258

[TimB-C]

Someone somewhere said that there is an 8 hour penalty if you fail to finish a leg.................. is this so?????

[Johnny Rocket]

It looks like they allocate a maximum time for retired, and a different (higher) maximum time for non-starters. Eg Milford to Bangor RTD got 13:03:00 and NS got 14:03:00

The rules are here: http://www.roundbritainrace.co.uk/rules.htm but they don't appear to give any maximum time allowance to qualify as a finisher on a leg.

[TimB-C]

Thank you so much for clarifying that for us !!

[Foolish]

Originally Posted by smillie

558 still has sick engine!!

If this is Clare posting... Jane Ash sends her love...

[BluFin]

Irrispective of positions what a great effort so far from TFO & My Pleasure II
Two teams that have done all the hard graft & good race prep. there are more but these are worth noting

come on Xanthus

[verytricky]

Originally Posted by Ice Kiddie

In my opinion, no. John is fanatical about powerboat racing, and what better qualification could you ask for?

In my very humble opinion we need someone with a backbone, and possibly a brain. The man appears to be missing a backbone most of the time and a brain quite often. And yes I may have confused the boats, and jumped at the oppertunity to slate him, but he brings out that reaction in me. My appologies.

I still think that the person who runs powerboat racing needs as a minimum requirement not to take part in racing, nor run a team that takes part in racing. And a backbone.


Any you and Louise need to change avatar! You already got Tim gender-changing the two of you.

Originally Posted by Matt

Don't know if anyone noticed the gps comment - someone intentionally cut the gps lead!!!!!

Did anyone see Cliff Smith around Jons boat?

[TimB-C]

Behave Mark...................let that one go m8...

[Scand]

Originally Posted by Johnny Rocket

It looks like they allocate a maximum time for retired, and a different (higher) maximum time for non-starters. Eg Milford to Bangor RTD got 13:03:00 and NS got 14:03:00

The rules are here: http://www.roundbritainrace.co.uk/rules.htm but they don't appear to give any maximum time allowance to qualify as a finisher on a leg.

I could not find anything in the rules boat the allocated time either…but no top of each results sheet:
Race Leg 1 - Portsmouth to Plymouth - Time allowance: 6 hrs 30 mins
Race Leg 3 - Milford Haven to Bangor - Time allowance: 10 hrs 03 mins
Race Leg 4 - Bangor to Oban - Time allowance: 5 hrs 39 mins
I am still not clear about the time implications if you go over this time.

[TimB-C]

Moi gender bending??????????? nah but what do you expect with people hiding behind deseptive names

[verytricky]

Originally Posted by verytricky

And you and Louise need to change avatar! You already got Tim gender-changing the two of you.

Originally Posted by TimB-C

Behave Marc...................let that one go m8...

OK....

You dont have to change your avatar. Tim has sorted out which one is the boy and which one is the girl....

[Scand]

The time penalty for not completing is different of each leg:
Leg 1: 13:03:00
Leg 3: 09:00:00
Leg 4: 09:39:00

So en assumed average speed of:
Leg 1: 15.4 knots
Leg 3: 13.7 knots
Leg 4: 11.7 knots
Can anyone clarify this?

[TimB-C]

Originally Posted by verytricky

OK....

You dont have to change your avatar. Tim has sorted out which one is the boy and which one is the girl....

You sure about that

[cfun]

Nice work Rocket your dead write about anything can change looking at your tables any breakdown or non starter would put you from a front runner in your class to a back runner so doing well over the next 4 legs is imperative hopefully team Swipewipes have fixed the damper problem

Is there no comeback on Ilmore for 558 engine problems or is it self inflicted, if you purchased a new Viper with engine problems you would want a replacement ASAP

[Louise]

Nothing deceptive about my name! I can show you my birth certificate if you like!

Ice Kiddie has a bit of history - at one point Richard was registered here as Dickie (can't remember why). Ice Kid is an anagram of Dickie and seemed quite apt as our boat is called Blue Ice. He then became Ice Kiddie. Just to prevent any future confusion, Ice Kiddie is also Richard B on RIBnet (but not RichardB!). I am just plain Louise on RIBnet.

So to summarise:

Ice Kiddie = Richard B
Louise = Louise

All clear now?

Anyway, back to the race. Is the engine fixed now Jon? All the best for the remaining legs and don't forget: Noli nothis permittere te terere!