Captions for these two boats?

[gizard]

[ecsrobin]

The blue one is brave challenger

[gizard]

Correct - although not called Brave Challenger I beleive when the video was taken! Aug 89

Both made by the same company and both appear in lists of worlds fastest Super yachts.... although the foreground one doesn't look quite the same anymore....

[Speculatore]

Based on the original 'Brave Class Patrol Boats' by Vospers

[gizard]

Can no one take a guess as to what the foreground boat is - or do I need to provide more clues - it's Owner was thrown into the Sea off the bow of it 2 days before in the Scilly Isles by a certain Airline Owner...….. and said owner pulled Airline owner with him and the both ended up in the harbour.

[ecsrobin]

I did think it looked like Atlantic challenger but I can only find photos of number 2 which it clearly isn’t.

[gizard]

you are getting very warm! Designed by the same bloke - Peter Birkett - which is why they look similar - but this was a little newer than Branson's number 2

[gizard]

Here she is almost going flat out somewhere off Devon on the way from Scillies to the Solent- I believe the stall speed of the aircraft my late father filmed it from was about 80mph (there is some commentary on the video by the pilot etc. to the affect that the boat is almost keeping up!)


I was lucky enough to be on board as a teenager

[gizard]

27 July 1989 - 62 Hours 7 minutes and 47 Seconds.... 18 Hours 23 minutes and 40 seconds less than VAC2

[Boatbuoy]

Gentry Eagle

[gizard]

Boatbuoy said:

Gentry Eagle

Correct !

[Krikkit]

Ad said:

Twin 3,480 horsepower MTU turbo diesels coupled with a 4,500 horsepower turbine combined to propel her to over 63 knots (70+ mph). Fuel capacity is 9,800 gallons with a cruising range of 1,500 nautical miles.

[ecsrobin]

Looks slightly different now http://www.boatersresources.com/bfs_detail.php?adi...

[FourWheelDrift]

ecsrobin said:

Looks slightly different now http://www.boatersresources.com/bfs_detail.php?adi...

The Aga Khan's Destriero that beat the Gentry Eagle by 4 hrs is looking different today but in a different way - http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=...

[gizard]

Oh well out of the 3/4 boats Gentry Eagle is looking okay. Although did VAC2 find a new home?

[Insurancejon]

You mean since vac2's restoration?