We took the jersey speed skiff to Hampton, VA for the annual Hampton Cup Regatta. The race is held at Fort Monroe which is the last remaining fort actively used by the military but they are in the process of leaving. The fort is 6 sided with a moat completely surrounding it and is famous …
Category Archive: video
Aug
08
Jun
01
Long Sault 2011
GP-88 was 2nd fastest in time trials and finished 2nd in heat 1a at Long Sault on Saturday. Sunday did not go as well… the team discovered serious damage to the flywheel. The boat was started on the trailer but when it went in for the first heat on Sunday it would not start. GP-88 …
May
16
Mar
11
Lakeland 2011
Jersey Speed Skiff Heat 2 Saturday – Lakeland 2011 from Michael L Pakradooni on Vimeo. We took JS-7 down to Lakeland, Florida for the Orange Cup Regatta March 5-6. Nine skiffs made it out on Lake Hollingsworth with some excellent racing both days. Rolling Thunder finished first in the two heats on Saturday but jumped …
Jul
26
Jersey Speed Skiff Final – Cambridge
Roger Harris was driving JS-7 at the Cambridge Classic. The final was won by JS-62 Smoke on the Water after JS-7 was DSQ for leaving and entering the course illegally.
Jun
23
Eastern Divisional Champion
Great weekend of racing on Onondaga Lake. Rolling Thunder won the one off Eastern Divisional Championship race on Friday after some good testing. Saturday GP-88 ran second to GP-77 in the only set of heats. Sunday Tom won his heat against Ken Brodie Jr. and in the final had lane three for the start. Seven …
Jun
07
Banging in Brockville
GP-88 had a great start in Heat 1B at Brockville on Saturday. Tom hit the start perfect and took an early lead. Bert Henderson in the new GP-77 The Crush II came charging hard from lane 4 and at the completion of lap 2 was right with Tom. Henderson went into turn 1 on lap …
Jun
02
Long Sault 2010
It was an eventful first weekend of racing in Canada. There was a bad accident between Marty Wolfe (GP-93) and Ken Brodie (GP-50) but both came out largely unscathed. GP-88 had some solid showings in the qualification heats but problems with the barrel valve in the final kept the team out of contention. Bert Henderson …
May
15
GP Testing on the Bohemia River
Yesterday we took GP-88 to Two Rivers Yacht Basin for testing on the Bohemia River. The team worked out a few kinks and got to test some improvements to the boat and engine. Everyone is looking forward to the first GP race in Long Sault, Ontario May 29-30.