2015 3 volt challenge

and illuminated sail

Saturday September 5th

Chris Monk sets out the course

The weed had been cleared but not the terrifying green-eyed sea monster!

Propelled by its swiming action, it was Mark Waller's 'scale' fish  

........and his submersible 'Jaws' chasing his radio controlled duck

Some of the 12 boats that competed that day

....including John Kerr's unusual catamaran

Driver breifing

Each boat's thrust was measured using this device

Chris Monk's overall winner - a Kiel Kraft Triton

Terry Lawrence's very racy looking design

Malcolm Place was cruising in style

Bob Morrison 'Let the force be with you'

Mark Waller's self propelled canoe

Second overall Chris Jenner's TID tug

Concours d'elegance voting and the trophies

As the sun went down the pond lit up 

 

3V CHALLENGE RESULTS

 

Overall winners : 1st Chris Monk (Triton), 2nd Chris Jenner (TID tug) (each receiving a wooden boat kit)

Timed run trophy winners: 1st Chris Monk, 2nd John Kerr, 3rd Terry Lawrence

Bollard Pull trophy winner: Chris Jenner

Concours d’elgance trophy winner: Chris Jenner

 

Overall winner calculated by the total of the points awarded.

Points (10 to 1) were awarded by position in Timed run and Bollard pull.

 

For Concours each competitor voted for a model other than their own.

10 points for 1st, 9 for 2nd, 8 for 3rd. 5 points were awarded to all those models with no votes

 

No.

Name

Timed

Pos

pts

Pull

pos

pts

Votes

pts

Total

1st

1

Chris Monk

01:36

1

10

45.7

4

7

2

9

26

2nd

11

Chris Jenner (tug)

02:06

6

5

76.0

1

10

4

10

25

3rd

2

Terry Lawrence

01:49

3

8

51.5

3

8

 

5

21

4th

12

Malcolm Place

01:57

5

6

53.7

2

9

 

5

20

5th

7

John Kerr

01:46

2

9

38.6

7

4

 

5

18

5th

9

Jean Kerr*

01:54

4

7

31.5

8

3

1

8

18

7th

5

Ian Pratt

02:07

7

4

45.5

5

6

 

5

15

8th

10

Chris Jenner

DNF

12

1

42.5

6

5

 

5

12

8th

17

Mark Waller

02:08

8

3

21.2

11

1

1

8

12

10th

15

Bob Morrison

02:46

11

1

20.8

12

1

1

8

10

11th

8

John Kerr (cat)

02:10

9

2

24.5

10

1

 

5

8

11th

14

Martin Pryor

02:37

10

1

29.8

9

2

 

5

8

*John Kerr ran Jean Kerr’s boat

 

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