New Rules for Lyrren ?

[Horsley-Anarak]

Yes it would be nice, not sure they plan ahead.

Perhaps they do not want the grockles in the race

That reminds me we must dust the trophies, and drink the "bottles" of Champagne that we won.

Might build another non planing boat this summer.
H-A

[Buzzook]

H-A
You might like to contact John Crighton in NZ and have a look at the Bermudan flea boat that a few Kiwis are building as a 20-footer for their events.

It is pretty fast, large-ish and DEFINITELY a displacement design. On race results (elapsed time / distance) they were doing about 9 knots with stock as a rock Silver Centurys on the back and two ADULTS aboard and gear to a minimum of 150kg.

Although, to be honest, your skiff was not 'planing', ergo it must have been in 'displacement' mode (or at least, semi-displacement) so I dunno what they were complaining about!

The boat Raoul lent me for the Waikato with one of Ross's motors on it (plus cav plate) was doing 12km/h (6 knots) and there is no way that boat was planing, so it would have come close to breaking the harbour 'speed limit' too.

If they want a 'race', or at least, a 'competitive event' and boat speed can't be the only deciding factor, then they need to come up with a different formula.

Like 4WD triallers do in some events, where you have to build a bridge over a gully and drive a vehicle over it; or remove a wheel, strip it to bare rim, re-assemble and drive on to finish.

Or the boating equivalent, if you see what I mean. Maybe remove motor from boat while afloat and change a prop, or a plug, or something.

Just ideas....suggestions.....

Or maybe just boycott their silly event altogether???

[Charles uk]

Let's be fair this is a village fate event, that the committee have managed to put on for many years with 20 ish boats in the middle of winter, & raise a lot of money for local worthy causes, they're doing a bloody good job!

If the petrol heads amongst us don't like their rules, do something positive like find a suitable venue & organise your own "race".

[The Tinker]

What about a drag racing event, or sprint type event Where to win you have to get as close as you can to a prenominated time. down to the closest second. If you go to fast you are out. If to slow you have another turn closes one to the time wins. Boats race side by side some people will struggle because they will find it hard not to speed

[blue]

two boys from the next village won the three legged race at our annual village sports day---don t know whether we disqualified them---ignored them or just pretended they didn t exist---we checked their legs and they seemed standard and race compliant--- but we didn t give them the cup------bloody foreigners