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[ballena]

Great powerboat programme on now!!!!!!!!

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[BrendanS]

Yes, been watching it. Superb!

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[Solitaire]

Sad I missed the first bit - learnt something in that I did'nt know that it was a Brit who introduced the MTB into the US Navy. Thanks for highlighting it.

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[Nick2]

Thanks for posting this - I only caught last 10 minutes but that in itself was worth watching.

Nick

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[longjohnsilver]

100 mph

That would be fast today, can't imagine how it seemed 70 years ago!

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[ballena]

Its a pity that there are not more programmes like this on TV. The amazing thing was that the press interest and the crowds that were there to watch.

What could we do today to get that level of interest??

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[BrendanS]

It's a different age. Persuading people to turn up and watch in Osborne Bay 35 deep won't happen these days. The races in the US that were shown had a million odd people on the shore spectating. It was unusual then. These days with television, we'd watch at home, with many other sports or distractions.

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[qsiv]

The Americas Cup Jubilee got pretty close - the beach between water and the buildings was solid with people, and the entire Needles headland seemed to be covered with people - and then there were thousands on boats as well.

Anyway - they wouldnt be allowed to get that close to the action these days - some might have got wet from the spray, or got tar on their clothes from the jetties, and sued the organisers.

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[lanason]

This programme is part of a series called "Speed Machines" - last week it was about trains ..... excellent.

Brave men werent they !!!

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[BrendanS]

Yes, I was out spectating at the Americas cup event,and it was well attended, but the crowds at the 1920's events were awesome.

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[Dave_Snelson]

Yes, I watched all of this and thoroughly enjoyed every second, as did my 12 year old son, who has inherited my love of powerboats.

BTW - for those that are interested, you can buy a book called "Speedboat Kings" which chronicles the feats of all the great racers of that era, including a certain Theo Rossi (Theobald Rossi) as in Martini - Rossi. Garfield Wood features heavily as you might expect.

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[Guest]

Yes I thought it was superb,

But what about health and safety ? The course seemed to be amongst the spectators.

And another thing, that guy who rolled at speed and was very lucky to survive, lost it 'cos the other team cheated and then didn't seem even slightly cross.

How times have changed.

Geoff

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