Running with just one operator and on one engine, there was no negative effect on Team CRC in Sunday’s racing on Lake Havasu.
CRC’s 39-foot MTI catamaran finished the Pacific Offshore Powerboat Racing Association’s 2nd Annual Lake Havasu Grand Prix two laps ahead of the nearest competition.
Just eight boats lined up for the 49-mile race that looped from Thompson Bay to Copper Canyon and back again. Each racer had to complete 10 laps of the 4.9-mile oval.
Only one incident occurred during the race, when a monohull boat failed to reduce speed in turn four, flipping the boat and ejecting both operators. Neither suffered serious injury…Â Details
The PWC is evolving rapidly with the new Sea-Doo RXT and RXP 255 iS models introducing the industry’s first suspension and braking and a new production-ready design which looks capable of defining a whole new class of PWC. The Samba X5 looks like a stingray and is ridden in a motorcycle-like, crouch. Evolved over five years and four prototypes, it is so small and light, an 80 bhp motor can offer the power-to-weight and the same 65 mph top speed of the fastest 250 bhp sit-downs, with extreme agility, control and acrobatic capabilities far beyond those of a stand-up. Above all, the Samba X5 is easy-to-ride, and extreme tricking is relatively easily attainable for even beginners, such is the degree of “body english†control offered to the rider by the design which puts the centre of gravity of the whole package between the rider’s wrists and shoulders.
There’s something to be said for the frugal approach to engineering. The standard way of doing things has been forged over centuries of bountiful resources and it made sense to build things big and robust so they would last…Â Details & Pictures
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Newstalk ZB’s Peter Montgomery interviewed Alinghi skipper, Brad Butterworth, this afternoon just after 1500hrs NZT, focussing mainly on the meeting held in Geneva on Thursday to discuss the upcoming Match between Alinghi and BMW Oracle Racing.
The following is a very rough transcription of the interview, or you can hear the full version by clicking here
PJ: We’re on target for giant multihulls sometime next year.
PJ: Was there any effort to get consensus among the parties? … Details & Pictures
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Lake Cumberland will be the site for the best in speed boat racing as the first ever Offshore Super Series Powerboat Racing Association makes its Kentucky debut with the Lake Cumberland Grand Prix , May 15-17, at Halcomb’s Landing at Wolf Creek Dam.
The fun lasts all weekend long with spectacular parties, great local entertainment, and autograph sessions with the drivers, not to mention the best in offshore racing with over 30 boats roaring by at speeds exceeding 150 miles per hour. “This will be a great opportunity to showcase Lake Cumberland,” said Gov. Steve Beshear. “We hope this becomes an annual event and will tell the country what a great asset we have in Lake Cumberland.”
Offshore Super Series (OSS) boat racing features custom Vee and Catamaran hulled boats flying through the air in choppy water and helicopters soaring overhead carrying camera crews and rescue teams…Â Details