Quartet bid for Round Britain glory

Saturday 21st June 2008, 10:00AM BST.

TWO times world champion Roy Smith will launch his bid to win one of the world’s largest and most high-profile powerboating events from Portsmouth today.

The 1,600 mile Round Britain Powerboat Race has only been held twice before, in 1969 and 1984, and has been brought back by the Cowes Organising Committee for a third time.

Roy heads a four-strong crew that includes Jersey champion Toby Clayson, Jersey Powerboat Club member Dave Myles and Jean Rihou, who finished third in the 1997 European Championships.

Team Jersey will race in a 28 foot Ocke Mannefelt-designed Batboat, powered by a pair of 200hp Mercury Racing engines, with a 90mph+ top speed and a range of 250 miles.

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