Forum: Historic
28-02-2017, 01:10 AM
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Thanks Ian
Are you referring to SBG?
I...
Thanks Ian
Are you referring to SBG?
I thought the shafts were off Miss Dunhill - but am sure you're right as memory fades ...
The Casal box was fair bullet proof ... lasted through 1975 until...
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Forum: Historic
24-02-2017, 05:05 PM
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Replies: 36
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Agree with John Renouf, above Firecracker was...
Agree with John Renouf, above Firecracker was one, if not the first, 32' bare hull 'skins', sold with transom on, by Chris T. Definitely was the first successful one. Even with a fairly steep shaft...
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Forum: Historic
12-11-2012, 07:08 PM
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Replies: 36
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Sandy bay Girl
Hi
See earlier in this thread for a bit more ...
Sandy Bay Girl built 1973/4 on the banks of the River Clyst. Definetly not the same boat as Jack Renouf's 'Firecracker'. The SBG hull was...
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Forum: Poker Runs & Cruises
29-12-2011, 03:22 PM
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Replies: 5
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Bob's Boat
Day off in lieu at your own convenience? Get to it at Exmouth.
See attached picky of Boxing Day Bob on the Slippery Slope ...
Salcombe Style.
New Years Day 11 am arrive for more. Rally...
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Forum: General Racing Topics
25-12-2011, 12:38 PM
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Replies: 6
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Forum: General Racing Topics
22-12-2011, 03:56 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,814
Boxing Day Rally
BOXING DAY RALLY
EXMOUTH
Exe Power Boat & Ski Club Single Seater Rally.
Have a blast next Monday
Due to an early spring tide (0730 hrs) the Boxing Day Rally is for small single seaters only....
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Forum: General Racing Topics
02-01-2011, 10:38 PM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: General Racing Topics
29-12-2010, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,890
New Years Day
EXE NEW YEAR FUN
EPBSC Fun Run will now include single engine monos of the Phantom and similar type upto 21 foot.
That means Honda racers other than the mega ones are OK.
Slipway (Low water neaps...
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Forum: General Racing Topics
26-12-2010, 04:44 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,569
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Forum: General Boating Discussion
19-12-2010, 11:00 AM
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Replies: 5
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I also doubt the triple digits; even if true it...
I also doubt the triple digits; even if true it ai'nt 'cos Segrave was the first.
Although involved with another boat (Sandy Bay Girl) I had a short run on Passing Cloud at Windermere Record Week,...
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Forum: General Racing Topics
29-11-2010, 05:55 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,569
Boxing Day Fun Run
Exe Power Boat & Ski Club Boxing Day Fun Run ....
All Sunday drivers of offshore boats welcome ....
Have boats all ready to run in time for ...
Clubhouse Briefing at 10:30 am.
(EPBSC is...
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Forum: Safety Concerns, Gear and Certifications
23-11-2010, 11:13 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,063
Am also a Garmin fan but ... have had problems...
Am also a Garmin fan but ... have had problems with the 5000 series plotter touchscreen. When rough, bangy and wet the screen goes stripy then all black and inoperable. When dries out a bit and...
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Forum: Historic
18-11-2010, 05:56 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 6,125
Winners
Hi Tremlett
Your list of Harmsworth winners a bit off the facts (US origin?)
things that jump out with a cursory look ...
1906 - winning speed was 24.5 knots (not that this is the case here but...
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Forum: Historic
17-11-2010, 05:33 PM
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Replies: 11
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Some jottings I wrote down a few years ago...
Some jottings I wrote down a few years ago regarding MLIV and the Harmsworth Cup races 1913.....
On Monday 8 September, RMYC Enchantress was towed, by tug from Netley to Osborne Bay, off the Isle...
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Forum: Historic
13-11-2010, 11:05 AM
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Replies: 14
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Praps your talking about different times or...
Praps your talking about different times or somebody else ...
I used to walk up the Solent room steps in the Royal Hotel and Alan's showroom was t'other side of the lane 20 ft from the Royal Hotel.
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Forum: Historic
12-11-2010, 06:30 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,694
Thanx for Betteridge article Fish.
Remember him...
Thanx for Betteridge article Fish.
Remember him well at ABC (Alan Betteridge Cars - hence race boat named "Alphabet") off Cumberland Place alongside the Royal Hotel not far from Fiona Pascoe's Dad's...
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Forum: General Racing Topics
07-09-2010, 02:44 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 14,841
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Forum: General Boating Discussion
01-09-2010, 02:00 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,772
Sussex Motor Yacht Club
A bit more ....
In 1909 had their second Dinner and were now called SUSSEX MOTOR YACHT CLUB and had a Club HQ at Middle Street in Brighton.
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Forum: General Boating Discussion
01-09-2010, 12:55 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,772
Sussex Motor-boat Club
I tried to do some research into the history of Sussex Motor-boat Club a few years ago and found the records fairly 'bleak'.
My boat stuff is currently stored in a container but some snippets as I...
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Forum: Safety Concerns, Gear and Certifications
19-07-2010, 03:10 PM
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Replies: 55
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T-bone?
Its easy for us to spend a minute looking at a video and jump to conclusions.
My limited view is ...
It wasn't a T-bone. The outside overlapped boat 'shut the door' (maybe without realising the...
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Forum: General Racing Topics
07-06-2010, 11:51 AM
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Replies: 258
Views: 38,806
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Forum: General Racing Topics
04-06-2010, 01:46 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,244
If that's a challenge ... I don't mind sending...
If that's a challenge ... I don't mind sending you some suggestions, by way of constructive criticism.
I would much rather do it via you as you're the (best) man for a difficult responsible job.
I...
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Forum: General Racing Topics
04-06-2010, 10:40 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,244
Andy Capp’s gained weight.
Andy Capp is the...
Andy Capp’s gained weight.
Andy Capp is the eponymous star of the long-running comic strip, which first appeared in Britain in 1957 and was then syndicated worldwide. He is, as the Toonopedia says,...
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Forum: General Racing Topics
04-06-2010, 10:28 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,244
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Forum: General Racing Topics
02-06-2010, 12:40 AM
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Replies: 258
Views: 38,806
Marathon rules
My tuppence .... regarding the Marathon Rules ....
Too many uncomprehensible classes ...
And the strange weight per metre rule does favour the cheque book racers with longer boats at the top...
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