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The official Twitter feed for Coniston Powerboat Records Week. This years event will be held on Coniston Water between Monday 4th Nov and Friday 8th Nov 2024

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linkhttp://www.conistonpowerboatrecords.co.uk/ calendar_today12-08-2012 16:00:07

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Ted Walsh has made the final attempt of the week. Presentation will be in the Coniston Institute this evening at 9pm and a summary of the week will be published over the weekend. Thanks for following us this week.

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The updated World and British National Water Speed Record book is now available to download from the Record Week website here conistonpowerboatrecords.co.uk/this_years_tim…

The updated World and British National Water Speed Record book is now available to download from the Record Week website here

conistonpowerboatrecords.co.uk/this_years_tim…
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Competitor Notice: Pits open at midday on Sunday. Parking charges apply in the boating centre car park before this time. Boat parking is available for any early arrivals in the village. Please send us a direct message for details.

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Good Morning, there is going to be a delay to the start of Record Week 2025. Due to flooding and high winds, there will be no attempts and the office will be closed for signing in this morning. The situation will be reviewed at 1pm.

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This is the current situation on the foreshore at Coniston. The wind is barrelling up Coniston Water at the moment. No attempts this morning, we will review the situation at 1pm for the rest of the day.

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Due to the continuing high winds we are now standing down for the rest of the day. The forecast doesn't look great tomorrow but we will review the situation at 7am.

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The rain has stopped in Coniston and we have begun the process to ready the course for record attempts tomorrow morning. The forecast is looking good for record runs tomorrow with low wind.

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Good Morning, what a difference a day makes. Very still water this morning so it's all systems go to finalise the course for the start of the 53rd Records Week. 1st run should be in the next few hours once the course has been declared safe and systems have been commissioned.

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John Bunyan has set the 1st new speed record of the year with a new British National record in the OCRDA Formula 2 class at 62.12mph average. All records are published in good faith and are subject to ratification by the relevant governing body.

John Bunyan has set the 1st new speed record of the year with a new British National record in the OCRDA Formula 2 class at 62.12mph average. 
All records are published in good faith and are subject to ratification by the relevant governing body.
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Bob Wartinger has set a new World and USA National record in the Endurance Group B - Promotion 150 (P) class at 66.98mph. This makes his total water speed record tally to 148 over a 50 year period.

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Bob Wartinger has set a new World and USA National record in the Endurance Group B - Promotion 150 (P) class at 66.98mph. This makes his total water speed record tally to 148 over a 50 year period.

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Graham Leech has set a new World and British National record in the SKI DIVISION GP1 / F1 1000m distance class at 78.74mph. All records are published in good faith but are subject to ratification by the relevant governing bodies.

Graham Leech has set a new World and British National record in the SKI DIVISION GP1 / F1 1000m distance class at 78.74mph. 
All records are published in good faith but are subject to ratification by the relevant governing bodies.
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Good Morning, it's the final day of the 53rd Record Week. Another great morning for water speed record breaking. Course officials are getting ready to launch with attempts due to start at 8am.

Good Morning, it's the final day of the 53rd Record Week. Another great morning for water speed record breaking. Course officials are getting ready to launch with attempts due to start at 8am.
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Bob McCarthy has established a new British National record at 31.99mph in the FORMULA 3 Minimum Hull 18ft (5.48M) Max 150hp single outboard class. All records are published in good faith and are subject to ratification by the relevant governing body.

Bob McCarthy has established a new British National record at 31.99mph in the FORMULA 3 Minimum Hull 18ft (5.48M) Max 150hp single outboard class. 

All records are published in good faith and are subject to ratification by the relevant governing body.