Waikato Easter maddness

[Niander101]

Those videos should scare the foreigners HeHe

Yes well scared !

[Paris H]

Lull them all into a false sense of security more like it...... Team Paris makes a multiple entry début in the sport class next year. looking forward to doing more than 12.5mph for a change!

[Adrian Dale]

There are some pretty impressive rigs on display in the videos, The increase in speed seems to be mainly about boat design and length, my heavy 14 foot clinker built dinghy could not compete, how ever well tuned the engine!!! still I could run all night like the tortoise and the hair!!

AJ

[Charles uk]

It's called evolution 30 years of it, Paris's record is more impressive than it appears, most entrants times were slower than last year's due to very low river flow!

I'm told times were up on average by 15 to 30 minutes, perhaps Chicken when he gets all the numbers will confirm the trend.

Though ploughing through sandbars due to no water in the river & having to follow the channels doesn't help shorten the distance in tea coloured water!

[Paris H]

Our speed was pretty much the same as last year except we were only stationary for 12 minutes instead of over an hour as we were the year before. I think the main contributor to the good times was the lack of a decent headwind. Aero drag plays such a huge part in low power boats, especially the 20' class. The river was tricky this time, James and I went aground twice this year as opposed to no times the previous year. Our prop did a bit of time in the sand, which didn't help either.

I also though it was a bit of a gift that no one had copied our boat concept, not even in ply. We also expected to have our props copied, which didn't happen.

Deciding what to put in front of the sport motor for next year is a bit of a trick. I don't have much experience with planing hulls or surface propping, so I don't know where we'll end up. But I want it to look cool and I need to be able to lift it on and off the roof racks by myself. At least the name and colour choice will be easy: Paris Mk3- in matt black!