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Old 11 June 2011, 21:03   #221
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Those pictures are very, very good. You have created something very special, well done
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Old 12 June 2011, 07:47   #222
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Very impressive. Are the speed and handling all that you expected.
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Old 12 June 2011, 07:58   #223
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The handling in the rough conditions experienced was fantastic - need to see what the top speed in flat conditions is now! Might need to go up up prop size or two!

Here are a few of my favourite photos from Tim Tapping's shoot - he did a great job from a smallish RIB!

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Scary! As you can see from this head on shot, the visibility from a canopy boat can be very good - no problems at slow speed either, the boat runs flat at Salcombe Harbour speeds so you can see what's going on around you with a problem, the high speed visibility is also excellent and despite the conditions we had hardly any spray on the screen at all!



It's me in the middle and Kitten is on the left with Jeremy our other crew member on the right - Graham who I have been racing with for years will also be in the crew.

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Old 12 June 2011, 09:31   #224
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That last boat pic looks like darth vader

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Old 12 June 2011, 09:45   #225
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I'll second that

Superb boat by the way.
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Old 12 June 2011, 11:16   #226
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That last boat pic looks like darft vader
Howz that?
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Old 12 June 2011, 11:38   #228
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I see what you mean - the boat has been compared to a Ferrari quite a bit as well - I'm sure a few stickers and a racing stripe will sort all that out!
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Well done guys. Impression from the pics is it travels n flies nice and flat.
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Old 12 June 2011, 17:02   #230
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Spot on pics cookee.

Looks even better at speed.
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Old 16 June 2011, 08:06   #231
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Come and see us all on Poole Quay on Saturday and racing on Sunday this weekend!
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Old 16 June 2011, 09:50   #232
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Looking forward to seeing this stunning boat in the flesh. If I dont find you to say hello, please come along and see us on the Quay.
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Old 16 June 2011, 10:26   #233
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Well done looks great, can't believe I missed your maiden outing as I was out on the water all day & how the hell I missed you in your new toy!!
It's not exactly easy to miss!
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Old 16 June 2011, 10:52   #234
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Does it spend enough time IN the water to get cooling water to the engines?
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Old 16 June 2011, 11:00   #235
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With a onboard videocamera
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Old 20 June 2011, 08:43   #236
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First of all sorry about the whole Poole Quay thing - we were directed to Lake Boatyard and the marina entrance is narrow and not protected from the wind and tide, one boat had clattered the sides ont he way out so we decided to leave it on the trailer on Saturday. The gods that be wold only let us do the basic race rather than the Marathon race - that sage will run on for a while I think - more details as I know them.

As for the race itself - the boat behaved perfectly with only one issue with a trim ram to report. The team worked well together and we're looking forward to racing the boat lots more.

Unfortunately the GoPro camera remained on top of the boat charged up with a 32gig card in it but some numpty forgot to turn it on! Ooooooops!

Polwort - plenty of cooling! The trouble is everyone published photos of the thing flying!

http://www.raceboatinternational.com/index.php?id=306

https://picasaweb.google.com/timtapp...e19thJune2011#
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Old 20 June 2011, 09:39   #237
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What an awesome boat. Hope you get some good results and thanks for the thread. V interesting to follow. A lot I never knew.
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Old 20 June 2011, 13:03   #238
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Hi Cookee, saw you heading back in to the marina yesterday you passed within about 30ft of us by the condor terminal, she is looking good and awesome in the flesh!!!
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Old 20 June 2011, 16:21   #239
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good luck with that marathon bit, i may be difficult for you to know when they don't even know
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Old 20 June 2011, 16:37   #240
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That video looks fantastic. The boat is looking GOOD in motion. Thanks for taking the time to put the thread together - one of the best on here
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