Bermuda Powerboat Racing continued at Ferry Reach, with the large crowd on hand thrilled as the boats made their way out of the pillions to head up the North Shore.
With a bit of a chop on the North Shore drivers and co-pilots were tested both coming and going.
In the day’s first race Jermaine Butterfield and Kareem Johnson racing in the S Class came close to flipping over when trying to return into the Pillions, as they negotiated a left turn to line up for Ferry Reach the boat hit a wave and ended up on it’s side, luckily the Boat did manage to stay upright, however the pair then encountered another problem, they were heading straight for the rocks just on the outside of the Pillions.
The Boat with Butterfield and Johnson onboard was left helpless as they had no power, the boat did come into contact with the rocks, and with luck on their side again they bounced back off the rocks, after a brief inspection of the engines, the pair decided they could continue and they powered up and to the delight of the many onlookers they got back into the race.
In Bermuda Offshore Model Boat Association racing also at Ferry Reach, saw Mike Lee end the day on top of the Sport Class Leaderboard with 153 points, Derek Simons finished second with 120 points, third went to Kiaune basden who finished with 60 points, while Quintonio Ratteray came 4th with 15 points and Gavin Woolridge ended in 5th place with 10 points.
Derek Simons won the Open Class title for the day with 105 points, while Damon Simons finished 2nd with 65 points, Bryan Roach was third with 60 points and Leo Fox finished 4th with 5 points.
Powerboats Race 1
Jetski
1. Modified Stephen Smith
A- Class
1. Greg Focke and Sean Dickinson
FB- class
1. Tonka Simpson and Seth Chetty
Stock- D
1. Ryan Davidge and Andrew Osborne
D- class
1. Kevin Minors and Quince Dowling 2. Bobby Decosta and Chris Wells
C- class
1. Stuart Durham and Henry Trott 2. Shawn Butterfield and Woolridge
S- Class
1. Andy Stoneham and Anthony Stoneham 2. Jermaine Butterfield and Kareem Johnson
Race 2
Jetski
1. Modified Stephen Smith
A- Class
1. Greg Focke and Sean Dickinson
FB- class
1. Tonka Simpson and Seth Chetty
Stock- D
1. Ryan Davidge and Andrew Osborne
D- class
1. Bobby Decosta and Chris Wells
C- class
1. Stuart Durham and Henry Trott 2. Shawn Butterfield and Woolridge
