New records!

[Cookee]

Been up to Coniston to set a record and came back with two!

RIB Sport Professional 90.418 89.873 = 90.15 average

Outboard Immersed Propeller Monohull 92.207 90.932 = 91.57 average

The second one is for any monohull, not just a RIB, and was set with just me in the boat. Engine was a Mercury 2.5 Offshore rated at 280 HP on our race boat which was weighed at 970kg - photos to follow soon - here's one of the rig on the way back yesterday.

By the way the RIB record is basically the old Formula 1 RIB class, but up to 300 HP to allow our European friends race against us. :D :D :D

[Rupert Munro]

Well done Cookee, look forward to seeing the pics :)

[Ben Mazur]

Congratulations Cookee.

I was going to post something about your new records yesterday but I really couldn't work out the classifications!

Thanks for clearing it up.

[ForTwo]

nice cookie

[Cookee]

One of the runs - it felt bloody quick!!!!! :D

[ciao]

I managed to do 81.2 mph with a Yamaha 90 (one way) down the Windermere run, and my thoughts were at the time - just how slow it felt!

Apart from the odd speed bump on the way!

Perhaps it had to do with the boat, put it in a chop in the sea and 50 mph would seem amazing!

Well done Cookie - a good record.

[Cookee]

Here's a link to some video and more photos:

http://www.artisan-food.com/Images/RecordsWeek%2D07/BananaShark/

[Ben Mazur]

Here http://blip.tv/file/482644

[Cookee]

Here http://blip.tv/file/482644


That's the final version - in the last run I'm on my own which was the first run on Tuesday and that was the quickest with an average of 91.5 mph - we then ran the RIB record at 90.15 mph straight afterwards. I think we could have got a bit more if the weather forecast had been better and we had done more - for instance the bow tank which can hold 150 litres was still installed in the nose of the boat - moving it back would have helped I'm sure! We also had another prop to try, but we blew a seal on the gearbox, so we had to pack up and go home anyway!