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Old 12-02-2009, 12:50 AM   #1
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RYA Awards

Can someone who was there tell me what the award to Gee is all about? I see on the MBY site that they won it for the "RYA Round Britain spirit of powerboat racing award".

What exactly is the "spirit of powerboat racing"?

The ability to throw a shed load of money on an old tub possibly?
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Can someone who was there tell me what the award to Gee is all about? I see on the MBY site that they won it for the "RYA Round Britain spirit of powerboat racing award".

What exactly is the "spirit of powerboat racing"?

The ability to throw a shed load of money on an old tub possibly?
Because they were a happy friendly team.

We gate crashed the event Saturday as ( thought it was invitation only for those that had won something this year obviously RB8 race wasn't much of an event ) and ended up sitting at there table. They were only asked to go a week before so as to make up the numbers.

coming back to your question one of there crew went into the sea and untangled a prop and i believe they also spent many hours repairing one of there competitor boats.

Jolly nice chaps.
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Because they were a happy friendly team.
They may well have been, but I just feel there's some big PR machine involved with them.

Surely, for true spirit of powerboat racing, someone like the Cinzano team shoulda won, coz they certainly didn't stop trying.
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How many miles did cinzano do on the trailer? A huge amount, IIRC.
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They may well have been, but I just feel there's some big PR machine involved with them.

Surely, for true spirit of powerboat racing, someone like the Cinzano team shoulda won, coz they certainly didn't stop trying.
I think Brenni should of won the Brave heart team filled her full of scotch in Inverness
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or wat about some small rib builder that did win in every class
oh sorry there not built hear or from Italy
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[QUOTE=Tony Davis;149560]They may well have been, but I just feel there's some big PR machine involved with them. QUOTE] --( seem to have cocked up the quoting thing )

That can't be correct cus the Dubois boat would have won something even more important if PR/being connected was involved.
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[QUOTE=hunton69;149552]Because they were a happy friendly team.

They were only asked to go a week before so as to make up the numbers.

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That is true. Also just as well they did go and I for one thank them for doing so (and it wasn't cheap either) as otherwise the RB08 would never have had a mention
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Because they were a happy friendly team.

They were only asked to go a week before so as to make up the numbers.

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That is true. Also just as well they did go and I for one thank them for doing so (and it wasn't cheap either) as otherwise the RB08 would never have had a mention
I believed you had to be invited i thought the evening was for champions and record holder.

I'm sure a few from RB8 would of filled a couple of tables and it would of been a pleasure if you could of joined us.
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How many miles did cinzano do on the trailer? A huge amount, IIRC.
Our support car went back with 4000 more miles on it
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I think Brenni should of won the Brave heart team filled her full of scotch in Inverness
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