Now in its 54th year, the Collins Stewart London Boat Show, will take place at ExCeL from 11-20 January 2008 and we have exclusive offers for Jet Skier & PW readers.
The show is offering a £3 discount on all tickets purchased by JS&PW readers (normal ticket price is £15). This offer is only available by calling the hotline number on 0870 060 0246 and quoting ‘Jet Skier’. Tickets are valid from 12 - 20 January, with two kids aged 15 and under getting in free with a paying adult.
What’s more the first five people to email spicer@jetskier.co.uk, with ‘ticket offer’ in the email subject box, will win a pair of tickets absolutely free.
www.londonboatshow.co.uk
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Special Treatment for JS&PW readers
Welsh Shows Announced
The third South Wales Boat Show in Margam Park will take place from 13 to 15 June 2008 with the first North Wales Boat Show following hot on the heels of its southern trailblazer with a show from 25 July to 27 July on Vaynol Estate.
The show in Margam Park this year saw over 187 companies and organizations attend and the plan for 2008 is once again to promote all types of water sports: surfing, jet skis, fishing craft, powerboats, canoes, dinghies, yachts and traditional sailing craft. One of the attractions is a “Get afloat and try a boat” event, with the opportunity to try out various types of water craft under the supervision of trained RYA instructors. Last year more than 1,500 people got to try out Jet Skis, dinghies, and RIBs on the lake.
Venues for both shows have lakes within the show grounds and are aiming to put Wales on the map for water sports. The organizers are expecting at least 10,000 people for the first North Wales show. Admission prices start from £6 for adults, £3 for children and £15 for families. Exhibitors spaces are still available.
www.southwalesboatshow.co.uk
www.northwalesboatshow.co.uk
Jet-Tec's new home
PW dealer Jet-Tec Performance has moved to a new location in Northern Ireland.
Open from Monday to Saturday with late night till 9.00pm on Thursdays, JTP supplies new and used parts for Sea-Doo, Yamaha, Kawasaki and Polaris with performance parts from Skat-Trak, UMI Racing, R&D and most other brands off the shelf.
Jet-Tec is also Ireland’s official Slippery clothing dealer.
The new address is: Unit 3, McKinney Ind Est, 58 Mallusk Road, Newtown Abbey, BT36 4PX, Northern Ireland.
www.jet-tecperformance.com
World Record Smashed
He set off from Miami on his Sea Doo GTX in early June of this year and only stopped riding late last month.
In 2000, John, 43, set the distance world record by riding 5,604 miles in 80 days. Since then, teams from Australia and South Africa bettered his mark and pushed the record to 10,500 miles. John was determined to hold on to the record this time: “I just want to be the best in the world at something, and this is it. This is my record!” he said.
His journey had already taken him up the Intercoastal Waterway from Miami, along the East Coast, through New York City, and as far north as Montreal. From there, he travelled past Ottawa, through Lakes Ontario and Erie to Chicago, down the Illinois River, up the Mississippi, further up the Missouri River, up and back along the Ohio River, and down the Tennessee River to the Gulf of Mexico. Once there, he hugged the west coast of Florida to Ft. Myers, crossed the state via Lake Okeechobee to Vero Beach, and headed north.
He broke the previous record of 10,500 miles just outside Half Moon Bay, Georgia, with severe weather and seven-foot waves.
He said: “I was so close to the record I just couldn’t take the day off.” He was so determined to remain the world record holder he carried on with his journey, in order to “pad the record and put it further out of reach.”
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