The historic boat, Bluebird, used to break the world water speed record in 1937 has been restored to its former glory. It has taken two decades of painstaking work in a converted chicken shed but the iconic powerboat is ready to take to the water again.
After a remarkable restoration project the 130mph craft, driven into the history books by Sir Malcolm Campbell, has been faithfully rebuilt.
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The International Jet Sport Boating Association (IJSBA) European Championships this year took place in Austria where RYA British Jet ski champion Anya Colley, 20 from Long Eaton retained her European Title for another year.
Anya known as the pink lady raced in Belgium, Portugal and Austria in the IJSBA (International Jet Sport Boating Association) European Championships and says she has had a great season’s racing this year although could have managed without the added pressure at the last round.
The European Championships started in May in Belgium where Anya had the  … More
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Oracle Team USA today captured the two championships of AC World Series San Francisco.
The day began with Russell Coutts, the four-time America’s Cup winner, taking out teammate Jimmy Spithill in the Match Racing Championship. In a race that saw the lead change hands three times, Coutts eked out a one second victory with both boats screaming across the finish line overlapped at 20-plus knots.
Then, about 40 minutes later, Spithill found himself in  … More
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Oracle Team USA’s Jimmy Spithill had a great day on the racecourse at the America’s Cup World Series San Francisco on Saturday.
Spithill started his afternoon with a win over his arch-rival, Dean Barker’s Emirates Team New Zealand, to advance to the Match Racing Final. Two strong fleet racing performances follows and Oracle Team USA Spithill leads the field heading into Sunday’s grand finale.
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