This was my first time racing this course with a faster craft and in practice i was pretty scared by the jumps going in and out of the water. After a few laps i got into it and the craft felt really stable when it was jumping.
The first race was jump started by me then [...]
The new hull is being moved to Bristol where it will be assembled. Many parts are yet to be designed and the team will be helped by Bristol University engineering department and the Motorsport club. Depending on the outcome of the rules and venue of the world champs event next summer we will be finalising [...]
In Southampton there was some great racing and i took my first meeting win. Every race was incredibly close with Rick and I taking 3 wins each and there was no decider until the last race. The craft performed faultlessly throughout the weekend apart from the endless repairs on the worn out skirt.
I had fun [...]
The new hull is being put together in a much different way compared to the 2008 craft. The hull itself may not be drastically lighter but it should be a lot stronger! After failing to find any other crazy bright gelcoats i decided to go with the bright orange they use for lifeboats. The next [...]
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first hovercraft a show was held at the museum, where i am storing the craft over the summer.
5 racing craft flew around a small circuit to show the crowd what it was all about, generating a lot of interest! Thanks to Nikki Turnbull for the pic and thanks [...]
Last year at Claydon house it was the craft’s first outing, this year we came away with our best result ever- 2nd overall and the first race win!
It was borderline whether or not i would be racing at this event due to my elbow so i was sitting on the grid of the first race [...]
Being the plonker that i am i managed to smash up my elbow so had to give this race a miss, very annoying since i was looking forward to the mostly water course, with long sweeping curves! Just the sort of thing my craft loves! In spite of the great racing i missed (watched live [...]
A return to this venue again with the wind direction changed made for a very different course.
This was to be another 3 day weekend but as it was right in the middle of uni exams i had to leave a day early (and still failed Tuesday’s exam but hey). This meant i could only [...]
This course is famed for its weather after being abandoned due to high winds last season and there was a fair breeze this year.
There is a straight going up the hill and coming back down which are both easy places to get the craft flying depending on the wind… Theres also a tight hairpin [...]
The craft was completely stripped down and checked over- as its the first hull from this mould i knew there would be some bits that needed reinforcement. The glass (most people use aluminium) angle around the edge and core foam i used in this hull was damaged in a number of places where there had [...]