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The Cowes Torquay
Cowes & the Cowes Classic Powerboat Races 2009 |
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Following the
great success of these two races in August of 2008, the BPRC
fully intend to expand on this success in 2009 by inviting
other racing fleets including OCR, Honda and Class 3 to join
us in this great weekend of Powerboat Racing. |
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The Cowes –
Torquay – Cowes race will be run on the weekend of the 28th,
29th & 30th August 2009. This is a non
stop race and is for mono hulls only. It is hoped that we
can revert to the original format of all boats crossing Lyme
Bay direct and the same on the return after looping around
Torquay Bay. This is the more traditional format followed by
Tim Powell who organised this great race for some twenty odd
years. The Lyme Bay crossing can be formidable but adds to
the challenge of the Cowes-Torquay-Cowes for which it is
world renown. |
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The “Cowes
Classic” is for race boats that do not have the fuel range
for the CTC but who also wish to be part of this great
weekend and to face a challenge of their own. This will
include two laps of Poole Bay before returning to Cowes, a
total distance of some 75 miles. |
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These two
great races have been a proving ground for the last 50 years
for both boat designers and builders and there is no reason
for this not to continue besides being the supreme test for
all powerboat racers. |
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Long live the
Cowes-Torquay-Cowes and the Cowes Classic! |
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