The big boats were being left behind in the smooth Solent waters and second time past Cowes saw a battle between Surfury and Delta for the lead, Merrick Lewis was out already with a lost prop.Īs the fleet led by Surfury and Delta left the Solent the first to feel the strain of the high speed was Delta who stopped with a loose ballast tank pipe resulting in her erratic, unstable porpoising and chine dancing due to the incredible power of her twin Daytona’s through her single prop. The start of the race saw Delta and Surfury storm off into the Solent hotly pursued by Thunderbird and Albert Figgins Thunderfish, following them came Ghost Rider with one engine firing on 7 cylinders only and the bow tank not filling properly so she was purposing quite noticeably but leading a group of fancied rough water boats, including Flying Fish ,Tramontana 2 and News of the World with Peter Twiss at the wheel. The Italian contingent failed to appear this included Delta Synthesis, Delta Blue and Agnelli’s ULTIMA VOLTA. The 1966 Cowes race turned out to be one of the meanest roughest races that decade but started off in reasonably good weather and had one of the top notch entries of the time including Surfury, Flying Fish, Delta 28, Merrick Lewis had brought over Thunderbolt from the States along with Thunderbird for Attillo Petroni to drive, in their search for World Championship points. This most prestigious of Races to add to his victories in the States.Jim Wynn, since the inception of the Cowes Torquay in 1961 had entered every race with mostly production based cruisers but the inventor of the Inboard Outboard and designer of the first “Formula” make of powerboats had yet to win this most prestigious of Races to add to his victories in the States.Ĭommissioned by sportsman Hugh Doyle to design an entry for the 1966 season, the Wynn/Walters partnership produced the designs for a 28 footer which went on to win the Miami Key West, The Hurricane Classic and the Miami Nassau and was then shipped to England for the Cowes Torquay. Jim Wynn, since the inception of the Cowes Torquay in 1961 had entered every race with mostly production basedĬruisers but the inventor of the Inboard Outboard and designer of the first “Formula” make of powerboats had yet to win
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LENGTH 27FT 11 INS BEAM 8FT DISPLACEMENT 4 TONS
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Ghost Rider DESIGNED by JIM WYNN and WALT WALTERS