Cowes 98 basic

[Ben]

First basic race at Cowes. Who won, boat, driver etc?

 

[Jon Fuller]

****, I don't remember, tony Hamilton, roger severy, tony Dowley they would be my first guess's.

sorry,
Hamilton= 38 Bertram
Severy= Phantom 28
Dowley velocity 32

Gotta be one of them

 

[Ben]

One of the friendliest people ever to come into racing, albeit for a short time.

Phil Middleton 'Bad to the Bone', Excalibur 27 built under licence in Italy. His navigator was his very young son Phil Jr.

 

[Jon Fuller]

Ah,of course! lonely of reigate!

His boat is still sitting at drivers wharf looking very sorry for itself.

But what was it called before it was 'bad to the bone'?

 

[Ben]

Now you are taxing my rapidly failing memory. There was some sort of what I believed to be Japanese writing which translated to spear (nope, that's Assagai) or ????

Don't remember which is really frustrating since I had the boat on brokerage and spoke with the original owner (whose name I also don't recall) on numerous occasions.

 

[Jon Fuller]

Oh bollocks! I've set a question assuming I can answer it, and now I can't feckin remember either!

Shadow-- something

shadow warrior, no

shadow----------oh bollocks

 

[Ben]

Yes, you're right. It's shadow something. Yeah I think it's Shadow Warrior (maybe).

 

[Jon Fuller]

As you say, the name was writen in jap, or chinc or summat.
But I don't think it's shadow warrior, but summat like that