This is Ross Leger using a 102, taken during the Great Waikato Seagull race a couple of years ago.
This is how fast a good 102 will go!
Notice the fuel top up system from a tank in the front, & where the weight has to be.
No life jacket but a survival suit instead.
these young hot head thrill-seekers in their devil-may-care quest for unfettered velocity.... ignoring to their cost the natural beauty passing by as one just potters along <<sigh>>
Neal...errrr... an ON, OP, 2xSD, F, 3xSJP, LLS, 2xFV, FVP, FPC, CPC WPCL, WSC, and a few eggs hatching, hopefully
Is it my screen -
or why is Jeremy Clarkson's upper body half through the floor of a a boat? He appears strangely ensconced in immersion tank lagging.
His vast bum is creating a sizeable bow wash.
I notice it must be a displacement hull, the keel being well down in the water . . .
however with his feet sticking out through both sides of the boat this must be a patent Hydrofoil design to raise the boat on the plane . . .
from previous posting,... My AC will go to the race
This is obviously one of the 'Extra Light Grandads' currently being illicitly traded .....obviously a secret training run in preparation for the 20th in cornwall
one despairs...just despairs ....
Neal...errrr... an ON, OP, 2xSD, F, 3xSJP, LLS, 2xFV, FVP, FPC, CPC WPCL, WSC, and a few eggs hatching, hopefully
The Grandad thing has been stopped,
now all participants must wear a regulation lifejacket.
So half filling a 2 litre plastic coke bottle with his ashes is just outside the rules, even though he floated real well in my bath & salt water is more bouyant.
Modern materials (foam, epoxy, 4mm ply) should be quick to make and a bit of fun.
Also it would give them a major laugh on the jet-ski launching ramp.
9 days to race H.I.D. has chucked major spanner in the works, broken both the bones in her lower left leg. There goes my support vehicle driver.
Boat will now be a tad lighter as she will be watching from the Pub.
perhaps I missed something you all know about seagull racing ....first you aint going to get good speed unless you can get it on the plane ....are we saying not enough power or too much body weight for this ??? so why not use a 12 year old kid as the pilot???
whats this survival suit caper ..... if you are doing say 1 km each way on a calm river or lake ???? more details please
Why is the boat not long and thin like the ones at oxford v cambridge ??