Coniston Power Boat Records Week -Powerboat speed records fall quietly
by Scott Kirk, on 6 Nov 2010
Jim Noone - prop riding SW
Coniston Power Boats Records Week - perhaps signalling their lack of resources, organisers of the 2010 Coniston Speed Week advise on their website they will not read emails during Speed Week, nor post any provisional results.
Here is a report from Scott Kirk from the local newspaper the Westmorland Gazette
The world’s premier power-boaters are breaking records galore on Coniston this week
And with two days to go before the end of the 40th Coniston Power Boat Records Week, more times look set to tumble.
Newby Bridge boater Ted Walsh says he still has room for improvement despite his world-record breaking success on Monday.
He is aiming to break the 150mph target after seven years of trying in the 03000 Class. He hit 151mph on the outbound journey but after a gearbox problem his return fell to 143mph, dropping his average to 146mph, which still gave him a new world record.
Monday’s clear skies meant that 37 runs had taken place by the end of the day, which was the same number that had been reached by Wednesday in the 2009 event.
It provided the perfect record-breaking conditions and spectators were not disappointed when seven new top times were posted.
Tuesday’s torrential rain saw only a fraction of competitors complete, although James Tapp and Naomi Williams from Southampton were greeted with whoops of delight after breaking the world-record in the S750 Class, posting a time of 34.71mph.
Alison Whalley, Chair of Records Week, said: 'We’re very proud to have been running for 40 years – it’s quite an achievement in this climate to still be breaking records.
'This is the only place in the UK where you can do record-breaking.
'We have more powerboat speed records than any other country and that is something we as Records Week are very proud of.'
World bests broken so far
03000 Class: Ted Walsh, 146mph.
0250 Hydroplane: Julian Codling, 112.27mph.
Offshore III 6-litre: Ian Blacker, 108.63mph.
FR1000 Hydroplane: Jim Noone of the Windermere Motor Boat Racing Club, 103.87mph.
Thundercats P750: Modified: Roland Sjogren, 74.14mph.
Thundercats P750:Standard: Roland Sjogren, 62.28mph.
S750 Class: James Tapp and Naomi Williams of Team Vroom Vroom, 34.71mph.
Marathon B: V Ganjavian, 107.57mph.
www.conistonpowerboatrecords.co.uk
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