Journalist Mike Taylor is producing some Classic boating articles for MBM…first up is the Christina…featuring Andrew Cooper’s La Garoupe…next will be Lady Emma a Levi Triana…..

Where have all the class 3 boats gone?……bar for the odd Scorcerer and a few Avengers known to exist there is little evidence of the old raceboats from the late 60’s….and there were a lot of AVENGER 21’S..Red Aliigator, Screwdriver, Shady Lady, Badger where is AVENGER alias SCAVENGER? The Levi designed Double M hulls…Vertigo… Towmotor

The fate of the class 3 craft seems to be more disasterous than the C1 and 2 boats…and from the early years the one off’s are even rarer, its a miracle Thunderflash survived…what happened to the Tremletts and Stapley’s…back in the early 80’s I had a chance to buy Volare from a guy in Boscombe I wonder what happened to her? no matter how many times you traul through Boats and Outboards or ebay very little appears. Most became firewood I suppose unless you know better!

Photos courtesey of Graham Stevens

Mike

NO 3 IS ROBIN WARD’S   THUNDERSTREAK

COUNTRY GB….MAKE BERTRAM….LENGTH 31 FT…

POWER TWIN FORD DEARBOURN INTERCEPTORS 800HP

RACE NO H 400 …….

As she was in 1965

NO 2 is Nick Wilkinsons HTS PERKINS….

COUNTRY GB….MAKE SOUTER / SHEAD…. LENGTH  33FT

POWER  TWIN PERKINS 660HP…..RACE NO H858

PHOTO COURTESY Graham Stevens (HTS off Portland Bill)

The Cowes Torquay and the Torquay Cowes are due to take place on the 31st of August and there are 3 entries in the Historic class.

NO 1 is Mike Bontoft’s  DRY MARTINI….

COUNTRY USA…MAKE CIGARETTE….LENGTH 35 FT …..POWER TWIN MERCRUISERS 1200 HP  RACE NO H9

PHOTO COURTESY TIM TAPPING / BPRC