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phillnjack

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SPIRIT OF THE SOLENT ????????????
« on: December 31, 2010, 01:50:28 pm »

Has anyone here had or still have a SPIRIT OF THE SOLENT ?

It was a very big catarmaran built by jeff harper back in the 90's
size was around 6ft if i remember rightly.

I wanted one at the time but just couldnt get enough dosh together.
I remember seeing one at beale park model show, and remember talking to the maker about the boat.
I know there was another hull under the last 3rd of the boat.

I would like any info on these boats, pics as well if possible.

There was mention at one time of a spirit owners club, but i lost the details



phill :-)
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bulldog1966

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Re: SPIRIT OF THE SOLENT ????????????
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2011, 01:43:30 pm »

yes i own the only one left in the country made by dc racing that was and its been in the model magazines. there were only five ever made
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bulldog1966

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Re: SPIRIT OF THE SOLENT ????????????
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2011, 01:59:05 pm »

yes there was a spirit owners club if i remember corectly the person that started the owners club come from new castle on tyne some wear i did join the club as i own the spirit of the solent and spirit of the south and my forteen year old son owns a spirit of the south to
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bulldog1966

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Re: SPIRIT OF THE SOLENT ????????????
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2011, 02:11:43 pm »

its also not just a cat. theres a third hull in senter of sponsons .so its a try cat .i have run mine at bristol pegasis club its in floresant colours powered by an irvine 120 pm me for any other questions
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phillnjack

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Re: SPIRIT OF THE SOLENT ????????????
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2011, 04:28:54 pm »

a few pics of the big cat/trimaran would be very nice




phill
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bulldog1966

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Re: SPIRIT OF THE SOLENT ????????????
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2011, 10:00:45 am »

trying to sort them phill hope fully this week end mate
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bulldog1966

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Re: SPIRIT OF THE SOLENT ????????????
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2011, 02:42:16 am »



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bulldog1966

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Re: SPIRIT OF THE SOLENT ????????????
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2011, 02:47:18 am »



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bulldog1966

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« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2011, 02:48:01 am »



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bulldog1966

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« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2011, 02:51:49 am »



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bulldog1966

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Re: SPIRIT OF THE SOLENT ????????????
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2011, 02:52:56 am »



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phillnjack

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Re: SPIRIT OF THE SOLENT ????????????
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2011, 07:29:24 pm »

come on bulldog1966
lets have a real nice front on pic of that big cat special.

got to have something nice to look at while the ponds are frozen up


we neeeeeeeed to see it :-))

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bulldog1966

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Re: SPIRIT OF THE SOLENT ????????????
« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2011, 08:00:08 pm »

ok mate np
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bulldog1966

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Re: SPIRIT OF THE SOLENT ????????????
« Reply #13 on: January 28, 2011, 12:09:08 am »

















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bulldog1966

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bulldog1966

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Re: SPIRIT OF THE SOLENT ????????????
« Reply #15 on: January 28, 2011, 12:29:58 am »

wing on front sponsons is so i can trim it when running in to wind other wise she goes virticale and it works good to on three channel
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bulldog1966

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Re: SPIRIT OF THE SOLENT ????????????
« Reply #16 on: January 28, 2011, 12:50:36 am »

photos dont do her justis taken with mobile phone and at night
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phillnjack

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Re: SPIRIT OF THE SOLENT ????????????
« Reply #17 on: January 28, 2011, 06:08:20 pm »

Very interesting to see your big trimaran.

This must be a mk2 or even a mk3.

The mk1 had a huge hatch that was almost full width of the boat.

This is the first one ive seen with the narrow hatch, and single cockpit.
Also the back end of the deck is very different from the ones i saw when they were first made.

But what a nice big beast to play with  :-))

I wonder just how many variations of this boat were made ?

I wonder what happened to jeff and also dereck owen who sold a few for him of d&c racing ?
or are they still designing and selling nice big boats ?


phill
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bulldog1966

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Re: SPIRIT OF THE SOLENT ????????????
« Reply #18 on: January 28, 2011, 08:33:49 pm »

this one come from dc racing based on the phinix cat that had the two single cockpits over each sponson they canged the top desine
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bulldog1966

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Re: SPIRIT OF THE SOLENT ????????????
« Reply #19 on: January 28, 2011, 08:40:58 pm »

dc folded up the one i have was the very first one dc made they only made five . one got smashed up in car acident .one got smashed up buy a blokes wife one sank never recoverd the other two were hit by big boat i found this out at a spirit owners meat as i said i got the last one and know deric very well
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phillnjack

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Re: SPIRIT OF THE SOLENT ????????????
« Reply #20 on: January 28, 2011, 10:49:03 pm »

Dereck never actually made the spirits
It was his friend jeff harper who made the boats for dc racing.

I met dereck and jeff when they were in the process of building the very first of the spirit boats.
It was then that i ordered a spirit of the south.
I met them a few weeks later when they came up near to where i live and i got my pride and joy
A nice big fully enclosed cockpit version of the Spirit of the south,it got called mk2 as the cockpit was
different to the first ones with pilots in them like the makara etc.
It was at this time that jeff was talking about making the big cat call spirit of the solent, and i got show a few pics of
what he inted to do.
Straight away i told him what the hull was that he was going to use for the centre hull of the solent, he chuckled as
he knew that i knew he was using a hull of someone elses design for the centre part of his new cat.
if i remember correctly its the fletcher arrowbolt hull, ?or could of been the fletcher arrowshaft?.
If i had known he was going to build a big cat before i ordered the spirit of the south, i would of waited and had one of
 those instead.
At the time i was after something realy big and impressive, and something that could take a large petrol engine with
enclosed cockpit for sea use.

Being as you have the last remaining one, you should get it moulded up and copied, not fair to be the only one in
existance incase you sink it  ha ha

pheonix models bought the rights to the big cat and the moulds from jeff and dereck, thats how they came to make one.
the one in their advert for the solent was infact one of jeffs very first boats in white with blue pinstripes.
It was the boat used for jeff and derecks promotions of the big cat, first time it was showed off i believe was at beale park.



phill
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