Littlehampton Powerboat Racing Sunday 28th May 2006

[Andre]

Just a few snaps of some of the boats making their way to the sea. Among them is of course fellow member Cookee R-1

[Andre]

Well done John. What was the final result?

[Andre]

and a few more

[Andre]

I think that is what they had in mind

[Andre]

[Andre]

[Adam Younger]

Originally Posted by Andre

Well done John. What was the final result?

Results were as follows:

ClaSS:v-24
1ST. V69 Seahorse.org.Marc Lamont/Ana Banet. 11 laps, 65.30 nm., 53.86 knots average. 400 points. Total points 800.
Boats V2 Bat out of Hell & V24 Maverick, whilst retiring, gain "V24 championship points" under the V24 club rules.

Class: RIB- F1
1st. R7 Blaze Josh & Ian Brown. 8 laps, 49.70 nm., 39.80 knots average. 400 points, Total points 1124.
2nd.R1 Banana Shark John Cooke & Graham Lawton. 6 laps, 38.20 knots average. 360 points, total points 720.

Class: 3/c (2 litre).
1st C11 N Class Fabrication Ian Stirling & Alex Watson, 9 laps, 54.90 n.m., 43.12 knots average. 400 points. Total points 937.
2nd. C57 Willpower Marine. Bob Irwin & Dave Simpkins. 9 laps, 42.12 knots average. 360 points., Total points 1012
3rd. C54 Condor Ferries. Roy Smith & Peter Phillipson. 9 laps, 41.52 knots av., 324 points., Total 515.
4th. C12 Chris n Brew Chris Bryan & Mark Brewster. 8 laps, 49.70 n.m., 36.99 knots average. 292 points., Total 1012.
5th. C58 Tiny lives Racing. Charlie Sumner & Paul Heaysman. 7 laps, 43.40 n.m., 34.11 knots av., 262 points., Total 630

Retired: C13, C2, C56, C17, C80.
DNS: C24.

[Cookee]

Originally Posted by Andre

Well done John. What was the final result?

We had a great start and were in the lead of the RIB and Class III fleets after the first turn, by the end of the first lap we had a reasonable lead, so we backed off a bit and kept the lead as constant as we could, Unfortunately we broke a part of the saddle and had to limp round to get a finish for the championship points and the result is what you see above. Not the best result we could have hoped for but it shows that we are still the quickest boat in the rough so long as we don't break anything!

[Adam Younger]

Originally Posted by Cookee

We had a great start and were in the lead of the RIB and Class III fleets after the first turn, by the end of the first lap we had a reasonable lead, so we backed off a bit and kept the lead as constant as we could, Unfortunately we broke a part of the saddle and had to limp round to get a finish for the championship points and the result is what you see above. Not the best result we could have hoped for but it shows that we are still the quickest boat in the rough so long as we don't break anything!

Amazing how things / attitudes have changed - because it was not that rough. To be honest I would not have even called it a rough race, choppy sure, challenging probably.

[gtflash]

what are the 3/c regs and what boats are used most?

[Cookee]

The full regs are quite long winded - did you want to know anything in particular? Basically 200hp - ie XR2 or 200XS mercs on a Batboat or a cat (heavier weight limit) - Argentinian hotboat is the popular one at the moment - of course Campbell Wrights are always a good boat as well! Our RIB actually measures for class III C and is very quick in the rough and going faster than ever with an XS on the back - seems to still have a problem breaking the occasional sadle though! Not forgetting Ian Sterlings Phantom 21 which is also fantastic in the rough but needs more speed in the flat.