[MHml] Re: Warp Speed 7.

[Terry Travers]

Despite the confidence of the owner and the outlandish claims of tehe
designer (he and I had some exchanges in the press) the Warp Speed 7 never
did achieve any notoriety and I haven't heard of it for years.

Last time I recall seeing it was during a  Bay to Bay race where I was
reporting. It was well back in the pack. Had trouble with breakages too if
my memory serves me correctly.

Actually Roy I believe Nick Parkyn emigrated to Canada, but I believe on the
other side of the country. That too was some time back.

Terry Travers

Message: 5
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:56:32 -0800
From: Roy Mills <rsirfj at shaw.ca>
Subject: [MHml] Warp Speed Cats?
To: multihulls at steamradio.com
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  I happened to be looking something up in a Multihulls issue of May/June
96 when my eye was caught by an article extolling the virtues on all points
of sail of a 7 metre /23 foot cat called the Wrap Speed 7 and one called
the Warp Peed 5.5/18 feet. designed by a Nick Parkyn. He comments on how
the 7.7 competed with Farrier F 24's in an Australian race etc etc, and it
seems that the boat relied on a mixture of planing hulls and underwater
foils for its performance.  Since then I do not recall seeing anything more
about it, and just idly wondered if any of the Australian members on the
list have additional info about it. I presume that perhaps it did not meet
the somewhat extravagent claims made for it in the article??.  Over the
last 8 years something definitive should have happened.

Roy Mills