Recent content by Jon Fuller

At the moment it's just 'june', still a lot of planning to do. I think the weather windows as far as sea state go are june, or september, so not much choice. Currently looking at 11 legs, with a two day stopover in Portugal (half way-ish) JF

Some Preliminary information on this event. Though in the early stage of planning, this Appears to Be a very popular idea. 3000 miles of 'real' offshore racing. As this develops, I'll post info on here, or you-can visit http://boatmad.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17254 and follow the...

I don't think it was particularly stupid. hugely reduced speed, just wanted to finish the race & collect his points in the championship. Very determined, but not stupid. If you watch this video from 1975, where a motor mount fails and the navigator ties a rope around the OB, then around...

You can see the whole of that race here: http://boatmad.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=21504 The bit with Clarke & Ferguson finishing without steering is about half way through the movie. That clip has found it's way to YouTube from a short edit on Boatmad a couple of years ago.

The Cowes race of '71: http://boatmad.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=21408 The gallery page containing the Cowes Torquay races: http://boatmad.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=9684 And the main gallery home page: http://boatmad.com/gallery/main.php Pretty much everything you see in the...