Cowes-Torquay Race 2012

[Ratickle]

Well, it's over as of yesterday, and I've heard the winner is the 39' Phantom. But, I've seen nothing official yet.

Graham Stevens sent a few pics to share for now, enjoy...

One of my favorite boats of all time!



And another one that fits the exact same "favorites of all time" category for me...



Here is a picture of the 1961 winner, Thunderbolt (the first winner in 1961), which took part in the local rally the day before, did not enter the race.



And, I believe, the winningest boat of the event, which ran once again. I'll have to check how many wins it has. I know Cinzano has been the champion several times.

[Ratickle]

Link to BBC story about the start of the event.


BBC News - Isle of Wight hosts 2012 powerboat festival


More than 40 boats have competed in the Cowes Classic 2012 Powerboat Festival at the Isle of Wight.

Two traditional races, the 182-mile Cowes-Torquay-Cowes, and the 59-mile Cowes-Poole-Cowes, got under way earlier.

The horsepower of the boats ranged from 150hp up to 2,000hp, with some having a single engine, and others two or more.

The boats, which had a crew of at least two, are capable of speeds of more than 100km/h.

The event was organised by the British Powerboat Racing Club.

[Ratickle]

Their Website.


Cowes Classic 2012 - Offshore Powerboat Race

[Ratickle]

Article on Cinzano

‘Cinzano’ Returns In Battle of the Solent Isle of Wight News: Island Pulse:

[Ratickle]

I believe "Fury", the 37' Phantom, is the un-official winner at this time. I'm still waiting...

[Ratickle]

Think we should add a PWC Class to the offshore races??

Double Win For P1 AquaX Champion In Cowes Isle of Wight News: Island Pulse:


I'm trying to find out how long their course was. I believe the same as the P1 Panther boats at 34.24 miles, but I'm not positive.

[Ratickle]

Album of Photos from the race.

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?for...13460712290933

[Ratickle]

Un-official results.

1. Phantom, Fury/Microlink - Vee Ganjavian and Gareth Williams
2. CUV, Cinzano - Markus Hendriks, and Erick Smillie
3. Dragon, Smokin Aces - Chris and Nick Dodge
4.
5.
6. Cigarette, Dry Martini - Mike Bontoft, Chritian Toll and Richard Carlton


Interestingly, the first 3 boats all were Ilmor powered. Congrats Ian and gang!

[Ratickle]

Dry Martini before the race.

Lohring, did you go?

https://www.luvmyboat.com/gallery/dr...oat-com/14045/

[lohring]

I was not there. I'm too old for the really rough stuff. Congratulations to my good friend Mike Bontoft for his second historic class win and sixth place finish. This year he didn't suffer broken ribs like 2010 or a broken nose like 2011 when he crewed on the third place boat Pippa. There's a reason cats aren't run. You can still rerun the race here. The start was 10:00 Sunday. Move the cursor on the bottom right back to that time and then step it forward. The speeds may seem low, but look at the sea state in the pictures. The results:



Fury is shown on the tracker as Microlink PC

Lohring Miller

[Pete B]

cool to see some " Offshore Racing"

[FLYING FISH]

cool to see some " Offshore Racing"

A new angle on powerboat snapping.

One of the headlands on the course called St.Albans is a remote rocky ledge beneath towering cliffs.

Never seen anyone out there ever.

This year a guy made the effort to go there.Took his wife with him to snap from the top of the 300ft cliff,while he decended down the sheer cliff face complete with rucksack full of telephotos.

Results can be seen on [url]http://rjc-photography-ifp.3.com/gallery/co

Hope the link works,because it shows just how rough this race can be.

[FLYING FISH]

A new angle on powerboat snapping.

One of the headlands on the course called St.Albans is a remote rocky ledge beneath towering cliffs.

Never seen anyone out there ever.

This year a guy made the effort to go there.Took his wife with him to snap from the top of the 300ft cliff,while he decended down the sheer cliff face complete with rucksack full of telephotos.

Results can be seen on [url]http://rjc-photography-ifp.3.com/gallery/co

Hope the link works,because it shows just how rough this race can be.

If that link does not work,try googling `RJC Photography` and select the Cowes - Torquay 2012 in the Powerboat section of the Gallery.

[jetcruzr]

Try this link:

rjc photography - Sport images by Rob Clifford

[jetcruzr]

Nice to see some REAL offshore racing! Looks like a blast! Awesome to see the old school Apache and Ciggy out there eating it up!

[rschap1]

[Bobcat]

[will smith phantom]

Very Proud of Vee and Gareth Winning the C-T-C 2012 First Overall in the 38' PHANTOM, this is Real Offshore Racing, Man and Boat against the Sea... If you have a bad day-its real bad , 182 miles in 8' to 10' and high winds........ just Awesome, I was there to watch the start it was in 2010 and they were milling in 6' seas and that was the calm end of the course... You can google info about the race and history behind this Legendary Race also watch it on yellow brick trackers, [ gps trackers on the boats].... WS

[Anchored]

Very Proud of Vee and Gareth Winning the C-T-C 2012 First Overall in the 38' PHANTOM, this is Real Offshore Racing, Man and Boat against the Sea... If you have a bad day-its real bad , 182 miles in 8' to 10' and high winds........ just Awesome, I was there to watch the start it was in 2010 and they were milling in 6' seas and that was the calm end of the course... You can google info about the race and history behind this Legendary Race also watch it on yellow brick trackers, [ gps trackers on the boats].... WS

Microlink in some serious water!

Jeff

[Ratickle]

Microlink PC unleash Fury to win 2012 Cowes Torquay Cowes Powerboat Race

Forty strong fleet take to the water for the British Powerboat Festival...

Once again the Solent was a bustling hive of activity over the Bank Holiday weekend (24/26 August) as a forty strong fleet of powerboat racing competitors made their way to Cowes for the British Powerboat Festival to compete in the historic Cowes Torquay Cowes Powerboat Race and the smaller but just as gruelling Cowes Poole Cowes Race.

As well as 40 racers taking part in their respective classes at the festival, 21 AquaX Jet Skiers also took to the water to face the extreme elements in their continuing championship campaign off of the Isle of Wight’s Egypt Point.

Cowes Torquay Cowes
The Cowes Torquay Cowes Powerboat Race is not for the faint hearted and despite conditions being improved from the 2011 event the 160NM race still claimed several casualties throughout the duration of the race.

Eighteen boats lined up for the impressive start in the Western Solent behind the RedJet Ferry start boat. But as the Green Flag dropped to start the race A47 Silverline and A88 OSG Magnum Marine both suffered technical difficulties that saw them limp back up the Solent to Cowes Yacht Haven.

The Battle was on as the remaining 16 boats headed to the halfway point at Teignmouth. For the first part of the race there was little separating the boats as Microlink PC’s Fury, Cinzano, Pippa, Apache Warhorse and Going Lean all went head to head in battle.

As the boats headed to Lyme Bay the fleet began to split up and as Microlink PC’s “Fury” and Cinzano headed to more sheltered waters near to the coastline Going Lean opted to head straight across the bay taking a more direct route to the turning point.

Half way

Microlink PC “Fury” was the first boat to make the turn at the half way mark to head back to their home waters of the Solent but the 2011 race winners Cinzano continued to put on the pressure!

Going Lean were forced to retire to Exmouth with a Fuel Pump failure while 'Team E-Lites' driven by John Cooke, Graham Lawton and Jeremy Gibson lost a blade off one of their props, which embedded itself into the boats hull forcing to slow down.

Vee Ganjavian and Gareth Williams in Microlink PC’s 'Fury' held on to their lead in a very impressive drive, winning the race in two hours and forty two seconds at an average speed of 68mph.

'Cinzano' driven by Markus Hendricks, Simon Wood-Power and Eric Smillie were not far behind finishing in second place four minutes and five seconds behind the winners, with third place honours going to 'Smokin' Aces' driven by Chris and Nick Dodge in three hours four minutes and twenty five seconds.

Elated

On his team’s win an elated Vee Ganjavian had this to say: “We’re both really happy with that performance. Gareth and I had an amazing day, in a fantastic boat with and superb team behind us.

“But it wasn’t all plain sailing; our navigation systems went down on the first leg so when we reached Lyme Bay we headed inshore to find familiar way points as we were navigating the old fashioned way. But we got some better conditions so managed to keep up our speed and secure the win.”

Cowes Poole Cowes

For the Cowes Poole Cowes race the entries were split into two groups. The fleet of P1 SuperStock 150s and 250 boats would complete one lap of the 34.24NM race , while the British Club Championship fleet would complete the course twice covering 59.48NM in total.

P1 SuperStock 250 Team Pertemps were the first boat back to take the chequered flag completing the race in 38 minutes and 52 seconds with an average speed of 60.83mph and securing a first win of the season for John Wilson and Navigator Nigel Hindmarsh.

Meanwhile Rose Lores and John Donnelly in Team 73 took an impressive win in the P1 SuperStock 150 Class finishing the race in 51 minutes and 1 second averaging 46.34mph.

British Club Championship

First overall in the British Club Championship fleet was Carbon Neutral’s John Caulcutt, Stephen Hemsley and Jo Donohoo in the unlimited class, while Adam Younger and Mark Brownhall completed the race in 3rd overall and 1st in Class one, leaving Class two honours to brothers' Neil and Jason Jackson in NWJ Services who finished 5th overall in the race.

P1 AquaX Cowes Grand Prix
Kawasaki Ultra 300 rider Russell Marmon (Christchurch, Dorset) conquered incredibly challenging, rough conditions off Egypt Point on Saturday, 25th August, to take a pair of superb P1 AquaX championship victories.

Substantially increasing his lead at the top of the standings with just one event remaining at Weymouth in Dorset next month, the reigning P1 AquaX Champion came into his own in the wind, rain and choppy seas to really take a firm stranglehold on the outright championship.

The closest and most entertaining lead battle of all came in the 200 Class with a titanic scrap between Yamaha riders Duncan Johnstone (Fareham) and Khris Leach (Maidstone), with Leach taking the opening race, with positions reversed in race two.

In the 250 Class, Dave Huddleston (Milton Keynes) steered his Kawasaki Ultra 250 to victory over Mat Shipley (Seaford) and repeated the result in race two to move to the top of the class standings in the most closely contested title battle in AquaX.

Results

Cowes Torquay Cowes
1 - Microlink PC Fury
2 - Cinzano
3 - Smokin' Aces
4 - Hercules Sagemann
5 - Fugitive
6 - Dry Martini
7 - My Pleasure II
8 - Team E-Lites
DNS Silverline
DNS OSG Magnum Marine Wear
RET Pippa
RET Going Lean
RET Apache / Warhorse
RET Grey Ghost RET Swipewipes.co.uk
DNF Blastoff
DQ Biretta

Cowes Poole Cowes
1 - U-343 Carbon Neutral
2 - U-59 Amarylliss Racing
3 - 1-18 Tec care 4 - U-28 B Project
5 - 2-926 NWJ Services
6 - Prestidge Plumbing

P1 250 Cowes Poole Cowes
1 - Pertemps
2 - Pickfords
3 - Peters & May with Brookspeed
4 - Edox Swiss Watches
5 - Typhoo Racing
6 - IFX Racing
7 - Oval Insurance
8 - Palu

P1 150 Cowes Poole Cowes
1 - Team 73
2 - Macdonald Mermaid
3 - Pertemps Mission Motorsport
4 - Black Magic
RET - Team Powertech
DQ - Team Purple

P1 AquaX Championship Round 4/Rally
Race 1 results
300 Class: 1 Russell Marmon (Kawasaki 300 Ultra); 2 Tim Batte (Kawasaki Ultra 300); 3 Richard Cable (Kawasaki Ultra 300); 4 Paul Rivett (Sea-Doo RXP-X 260); 5 Steve Robinson (Sea-Doo RXP-X 260); 6 Lucas Kwiatkowski (Sea-Doo RXT-X 260); 7 Robert Higgs (Sea-Doo RXT-X 255); 8 Jim Goodchild (Kawasaki Ultra 300)

250 Class: 1 Dave Huddleston (Kawasaki Ultra 250); 2 Mat Shipley (Kawasaki Ultra 250); 3 Sean Marsh (Yamaha FZS); 4 Mark Shaw (Yamaha FZR); 5 Rob Sired (Sea-Doo RXP-X 255)

200 Class: 1 Khris Leach (Yamaha Ultra 150); 2 Duncan Johnstone (Yamaha FX 160); 3 Ron Burgoyne (Yamaha GP 1300) P1 AquaX Championship Round 4/Rally

Race 2 Results
300 Class: 1 Marmon; 2 Batte; 3 Rivett; 4 Robinson; 5 Kwiatkowski; 6 Higgs; 7 Cable 250 Class: 1 Huddleston; 2 Shipley; 3 Wilson; 4 Shaw; 5 Marsh; 6 Sired

200 Class: 1 Johnstone; 2 Leach; 3 Burgoyne

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