Flying Falcon

Falcon Boats · 29 September 2003, 12:08

Have a look at the attached - this pic is definately real!

Julian · 29 September 2003, 12:30

Now thats got to hurt on landing, Nice jump though

chrisallse · 29 September 2003, 12:41

Nice smile on its face too.

seahound · 29 September 2003, 14:27

What did this boat launch off ??. it looks a nice day. If it gets that much air on a calm day i would hate to be in one when things get choppy.

Steve

Falcon Boats · 29 September 2003, 16:01

Maybe this pic explains how it got so much air - previous picture was taken at the right moment to make it look calm. Wave jumping in shallow surf...

Charles · 30 September 2003, 09:19

Where is that Pieter?

Falcon Boats · 30 September 2003, 10:50

Hi Charles - pic taken at Club Mykanos, Langebaan, South Africa during a pre-race photoshoot.

Scotty · 30 September 2003, 18:57

Is that a little zap cat flying over the Falcon ?

The Jackeens · 30 September 2003, 20:41

Yah,
in the second pic there is something above the falcon ??

a blue thing that says "elf" ????

a UFO perhaps ??

Jackeen

chrisallse · 30 September 2003, 20:45

Its Manos's wallet, fell out of the boat in front

The Jackeens · 30 September 2003, 21:15

As a matter of interest where did you get your falcon from this country or imported and why the falcon, a little review perhaps.

chrisallse · 30 September 2003, 22:05

Hi Jackeen

got it in uk used, It had done about 35 hours. was imported by previous owner i think. Great boat, we just liked the boat when we saw it. despite what has been reported in this forum it is very well built (with the exception of the electrics which i intend to rewire). it has some good detailing and handles really well.

I had to replace the axle on the trailer for one with brakes as the regs in SA are different to ours.

THALASSOLYKOS · 01 October 2003, 12:25

Just saying hi and introducing my self as a new member of this forum.

Just to butt in on this one.

I have seen the FALCON in Greece. As a matter of fact I went on board Manos' 7 mtr RIB with Michael the Bat.

The boat looks very nice. The construction is very good and despite jumping over 2 and 3 meters waves for over an hour doing 30 and 40 knots nothing came lose (except Manos' radio/cassette).

As I understand it Manos is starting a new business building a few apartments to rent and also hiring RIBs on Santorini in Greece. He is in process of ordering a few 6.50 mtrs RIBs from FALCON (I think 6??).

It will be interesting to hear Manos' view (once he gets them) on those RIBs.

chrisallse · 01 October 2003, 12:59

Welcome to the Forum THALASSOLYKOS
tell Manos we are misssing him on the forum if you see him.

jwalker · 01 October 2003, 13:19

Are we?

The Jackeens · 02 October 2003, 17:55

yes

Cookee · 02 October 2003, 19:26

No!

But if you're missing him that much he can be found on boatmad.com making a nuisance of himself!

jwalker · 02 October 2003, 22:59

Falcon Boats · 31 December 2003, 10:43

For those interested, Falcon is currently leading overall the annual 1000km Trans Agulhas Challenge along the South African coast - today is day 4 of this gruelling 5 day event and the Falcon 700RSR (F2) is outperforming everything else on the water, even the F1 and open class RIBs. For more info on this race please let me know.

Cookee · 31 December 2003, 10:53

Would love to hear more, and see some pictures as well!

I would think that the setup for these boat would be a little more detuned for reliability than our short distance boats - we race for about 70 miles or about 1.5 hours in the UK, so it is more of a sprint race for us. What engine are you using on the F2 and what speeds are you getting? It would also be interesting to find out what the other boats are that you are beating and what engines they are running?

Good luck for the rest of the race,