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Roslagsloppet Offshore Race 2015

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My short take on this classic famous boat race I have been part of for many times in the past.
It is pretty incredible that so many drivers pick Evinrude as their choice of power and doing extremely well.
You have to remember there is no support from the Evinrude factory run by BRP.
Regardless..the private drivers paying for there own Evinrude Outboards, parts and service won four very popular classes by beating the competition.
I am so happy for them and so disappointed I could not get the BRP management to at least show some interest for boat racers around the world.
As a former racer, dealer and Evinrude Ambassador I know how important it is the be number one.

Extra congratulations to the four class winners with Evinrude power below…and congrats to the other class winners also.

Storpublik fick se finsk totalsegrare

http://norrteljetidning.se/sport/1.3102212-storpublik-fick-se-finsk-totalsegrare

More result here:

http://roslagsloppet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Kopia-av-Ny-Resultat-Roslagsloppet-2015.pdf

FOTO: Pickla.se

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World Championship boat racing from Nottingham, UK 1980

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Today I received very nice racing pictures from Duncan Parnell a new FB friend of mine.
1980 was a very good year in racing for Sture Sjöberg and me.
Please read my short story and check the pictures out below.

After Sture Sjoberg and I finished third in the Paris Six Hours 1979 with the first F3 boat Sture built in Tullinge, Sweden we where ready for more.
Sture built his second F3 boat with some input from me.
I made sure we got the right power from Evinrude.
Lots of testing and I remember going to Norway to race the new boat in the Scandinavian F3 championship and ended up winning.
Back home for more testing and the next big race was the F3/OE Sprint World Championship race in Nottingham, UK.
The event was on the Bank Holiday early August 1980 at the Holmepierre Point row boat station.
A perfect place for sprint tunnel boat racing.
My #1 Sjoberg/AKAI/Evinrude CC was very fast but difficult to handle.
To much lift but I felt pretty good..and was thinking a top three is possible.
I do not remember exactly how I did in the four heat and three counts but remember I was as fast as Renato Molinari but could not keep up with John Hill.
John was very strong and won the race pretty easy.
I ended up sixth overall and was not very happy with the result.
Back home to boat builder Sture Sjoberg for more modifications on the brand new boat design.
The next big race was Paris Six Hours in early October 1980. We put all our effort in to modify the boat for victory in the most important race in the history of boat racing..

Click link below for 1981 World Championship boat racing from Nottingham

https://svera.se/blogg/the-winners-are-molinari-oz-seebold-on-strom-oe-nottingham-1981/

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Lasse Strom in his #1 Sjoberg/Evinrude CC

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John Hill in his #52 Burgess/Evinrude CC

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Renato Molinari in his #65 Molinari/Evinrude CC

Carlo Columbo

Carlo Columbo in his #46 Molinari/Evinrude CC

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New boat with Petestep design winning races.

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V-150 class racing in Smögen, Sweden.
Driver Ulf Brandstrom Co-Pilot Mikael Vesala

The brand new PV 150 racing boat is based upon a R&D vessel from Petestep. Racing gives an opportunity to stress test things and we are getting good feedback, but also wins!
Powered by Evinrude E-TEC 150H.O.
The Petestep technology will be launched later in 2015. Keep a special eye on the HOC 33P from HOC Yachts in September 2015, the first production boat with a Petestep hull.

The V-150 class  have a limitation for the engine height. I think the fastest V-150 boats are just under 70 knots.. (79 MPH)

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Smögen Offshore race 2015
V-150 class winner trophy´s

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Result Friday below

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Result Saturday below

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Overall result Friday and Saturday below.

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