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[Adam]

One of the first 25's

1978

 

[Adam]

Phantom with Marshan behind

 

[Jon Fuller]

I don't think 'Jus Gus' is a 25, not the '81 onwards 25 anyway, reckon it's a stretched 23. I think Steve stretched the 23 to 26, and also did a 31 I think (that bad boy must have been one long narrow fkkr)

'Aphrodisiac' (a name I nearly stole) doesn't look like a 25 either.

reckon thats a old 23, which I'm sure Pete & Jan had before the 25/28's

 

[BluFin]

Jus Gus was a streched 23 first outing was a Varn Boat Club 78 i fink coz the Old boy was there with the BluFin Cat for its first outing

The Armstrongs was a 23, That was reborn in various guises over the years, Think it was Ladysave at one point but was then a twin rig

 

[Captain Chaos]

Aphrodisiac is gorgious!!!!

love the colours, styling & that dirty great 3-stripe Jonny on its arse.

thats what you call COOL

 

[Matt]

First time ever, but I agree with you El Bow.

Aphrodisiac is gorgious!!!!

 

[Jon Fuller]

My boat came oh-so close to being 'Aphrodisiac', I've even got some line drawings of it with that name on it.

 

[Captain Chaos]

me too..................but thats coz you sent it to me as a suggestion & i quite liked it

 

[Ciao]

My favourite P26' Bentleys Oyster Bar

 

[Ciao]

Aphrodisiac P23, Bentleys P26, Fayanagin P26 at Costa D' Allhallows 1980

 

[Ciao]

Aphrodisiac now sporting Twin 175Hp Mercs unlike the single OMC on above post

 

[Ciao]

Bentleys being craned out at Allhallows after another glorious day of British weather.

 

[Jon Fuller]

Great photo's guys!!

Those stretched 23's were quite nice!..looked better than the std 23 I reckon.

 

[Matt]

Mmm. Some gorgeous lookin boats there.

 

[Ciao]

I dont know why the 25 became so popular....I just think everyone wanted to be Jon Clarke...see Jonson's vid!

 

[Matt]

I certainly wouldn't have wanted to be Len in that Vid though. (It is Len in the back, right?)

 

[Ciao]

Perhaps not but Clarke was f@~'#' awesome in the rough, must dig out the 'trip' sequence of photos where he digs it in front first, then cartwheels it , gets it repaired by SB and next week has to be lifted into boat to race because of multi cracked ribs!

 

[TheOrs]

Aphrodisiac.

Nice looking boat. Looks like it sits very high in the water. Is that Jonny a lightweight engine or summat?

 

[Jon Fuller]

I dont know why the 25 became so popular...

Steve stopped offering the 23 and it's derivitives, coz like a Frode, or B23 for that matter, if it wasn't driven with complete and absolute commitment (and of course some skill) it would bite your sorry arse, usually in the form of a proper, full on stuff!

He said to me, I never really had a problem with it myself, but some of the less commited drivers had problems keeping the bow above water, so I stopped making them.

The 25 has far more recovery fwd. Look at a 23 in profile, it has virtually no forefoot whatsoever, back off at an in-opertune moment, and you get 2 microseconds to watch the big blue (or green) wobbly thing comin up the deck at you at 70mph

P23 R.I.P.

 

[TheOrs]

...it has virtually no forefoot whatsoever...

What is 'forefoot'? (please)