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09 July 2005, 07:26
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Does anything ever happen like this on ribnet? is it possible to organise something where a group of ribbers go around the british isles
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No one's likely to go round quite as fast as this lot, but quite a few people have been round Britain.
A couple of years ago a Brian Elliott and Mike Garside both took their RIBs round Britain, supporting Keith Hart's epic SIB voyage on the way. http://www.rib.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1295
There is nothing to stop any group of ribnetters planning a round Britain cruise. You can read a bit about when we did it here: http://www.rib.net/forum/showthread.php?t=9581
Anyone up for it next year?
John
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09 July 2005, 07:36
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A couple of years ago a Brian Elliott and Mike Garside both took their RIBs round Britain
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I seem to remember Brian & Alan went round Britain supporting RB4 too - is Brian mad? Or just totally dedicated to the 'Ribsters Round Britain' cause?! 
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09 July 2005, 08:51
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Originally Posted by John Kennett
Anyone up for it next year?
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Yes!
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- you can guarantee ideal weather & sea conditions
- you can organise easy refuelling for our petrol monster
- we can do it at a leisurely pace - no starts before 9am!
- you can organise Richard's time off
Now that's not too much to ask, is it?! 
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09 July 2005, 09:14
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DJL and I are planning something exactly like that Louise!
Good luck to the teams trying this weekend, i'll be looking out for them at Ramsgate tommorow morning.
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09 July 2005, 09:16
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IF:
you can guarantee ideal weather & sea conditions
you can organise easy refuelling for our petrol monster
we can do it at a leisurely pace - no starts before 9am!
you can organise Richard's time off
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So that's a no, then. 
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09 July 2005, 09:20
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More like a 'maybe'. 
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09 July 2005, 09:21
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DJL and I are planning something exactly like that Louise!
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Will this be little boats or a big one ?
Pete
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09 July 2005, 09:25
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Don't be rude.
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09 July 2005, 09:34
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I don't like Evinrudes either
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09 July 2005, 11:07
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Originally Posted by Louise
Paul, Seahound (the Scorpion featured on the front page of the RYA site) is doing a circumnavigation of the British Isles, whereas Bradstone Challenger is doing a circumnavigation of Britain.
108 hrs 11 mins is the record Seahound has to beat (set by John Aldiss) whereas Bradstone Challenger must beat Bohinc Record's 30 hrs 51 mins.
Hope that clarifies things - or have I just confused everyone?! 
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OK, so what record is Mr Deacon going to attempt in the new Hot Lemon? "cos sure as hell he is preparing for something!
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09 July 2005, 11:15
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I seem to remember Brian & Alan went round Britain supporting RB4 too - is Brian mad? Or just totally dedicated to the 'Ribsters Round Britain' cause?! |
Certifiably Nah, he just enjoys a challenge. Dont forget on RB4 he broke his arm whilst we were at Wells next the Sea so unfortunately he had to complete the journey by road. So it was a natural thing to go to the Orkney SIB challnge by sea from Devon and once you've gone that far you might as well continue all the way around! 
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09 July 2005, 11:43
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Wow, they are off Lands End already (12:30) although i must say it's quite rough off Ramsgate.
DJL has done most of the planning for a RB attempt in a small petrol RIB, in no particular hurry - helped by Brian i beleive. He and I were discussing taking top-banana this summer which may or may not happen. It's never intended to be a group event in anyway but i guess a well matched boat would be welcome, but it really would need to be no slower and no faster and Petrol!
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09 July 2005, 16:14
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Someone is having some fun then, they are just off Belfast (1715 hrs) and doing 70
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09 July 2005, 18:41
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Passing Selsey
Anyone have a good guess at the ETA at Selsey Bill on Sunday ?Would love to see them blat past there at full throttle . We will be out there I hope .
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09 July 2005, 22:34
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I just went out to see them and missed them by 15 min or so... what a shame... I believe i could hear the engine in the distance though.. I clearly underestimated their journey, but looks like they cut a corner at isla which i was not expecting... that would have been those 15 min!
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10 July 2005, 07:46
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Latest News Not Good:
"Update Sun 10th July - Round Britain Attempt Halted
The attempt on the Round Britain Powerboat World Record halted at 01.03 hours today. The position of the boat was 50 miles south of Cape Wrath.
Early on Saturday afternoon the boat hit an unknown object in the water during the second leg in the Irish Sea.
The team made the first of a number of emergency repairs in Northern Ireland which enabled them to continue their progress around Britain. They made further efforts to repair the damage sustained during the fuel stop in the Kyle of Lochalsh.
At this stage the team were on schedule to beat the existing world record of 31 hours by five hours 43 minutes.
Unfortunately the damage proved more extensive than first thought and a reluctant decision was made to call off the attempt.
The crew are all safe and well. "
Regards
Ian
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10 July 2005, 09:54
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...Early on Saturday afternoon the boat hit an unknown object in the water during the second leg in the Irish Sea. ..
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That'll be gArfie havin' his annual bath. He needs a lot of clean water around him.
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