Towes Torquay 2011

[lohring]

Video of Rob Grey's A-21 Pippa, the third place boat. They were second for a while, but pushed too hard in the rough spots. The crew got too beat up to run flat out for the second half of the race. Mike Bontoft said the rib was a rougher ride in the conditions than his 35 foot Cigarette, Dry Martini.

Lohring Miller

 

[Ratickle]

Hi Bobcat,

Still building up `Powerboatarchive.co.uk`.Things are getting back to normal after major server problems.All credit to the webmaster John Hedges for sorting it out.
Have added the `Builders Listings`which are continualling being updated with new info.It`s an endless task.More films will be added,but this is no easy ride to do,but we will perserve or rather the webmaster will.He`s the one that deserves the credit for getting them up there.
Meanwhile,a few more Cowes-Torquay pics including B25 the new cougar rib with Steve Curtis on board,but retired about one third distance.The other rib A21 is the old Buzzi rib completely rebuilt,whilst B110 is the old Phantom which raced in the U.S. as `Fury`.

Some awesome shots......:hurray::hurray::hurray:

 

[Ratickle]

Video of Rob Grey's A-21 Pippa, the third place boat. They were second for a while, but pushed too hard in the rough spots. The crew got too beat up to run flat out for the second half of the race. Mike Bontoft said the rib was a rougher ride in the conditions than his 35 foot Cigarette, Dry Martini.

Lohring Miller

And some incredible shots in this video to go along with the Pippa video.......

http://vimeo.com/28408999

 

[FLYING FISH]

Glad you like the pics on`Powerboatarchive`Ratickle It`s what it`s all about.

Lohring: Good to see you surfacing.Very interesting comments re the Buzzi rib.You can see from the Pippa pic the holes that were out there.As bad as your little sojourn.Makes you wonder if they will use the rib for the Cowes - Montecarlo,with legs of 300nm day after day in open Atlantic rollers off Northern Spain.Doesn`t bear thinking about.

 

[lohring]

I just talked to Mike this weekend. He looks pretty good considering he got a broken nose when his head hit the dashboard. His shoulder is still pretty sore. Graham, thanks for all the great offshore pictures over the years. I loved last year's race, but I'm way to old to recover from much real offshore racing. I'm sticking to models and my little jet boat.

Lohring Miller