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Hi there, Thanks for watching! This was my dad driving and what u can see is all I can see unfortunately. What I can tell you is it is a 4 speed gearbox, fairly normal road tyres, as in not slicks, and once u leave the pits and have accelerated past 2nd gear u do most of the driving between 3rd and 4th gear. Hope that helps Are u doing the single seater race experience?

Only info I can give is from knockhills website They say it is a: "130bhp Formula Race Car"

Yeh pretty unique view, especially when it's in my back pack

Yeh only made it once but was a good work out 😂

Hi Ken, This might be a long one I'm afraid!!! We left from Bensons and headed up river as far as Oxford then turned around and made it as far down river as Henley. This was over a week and we felt was a pace for us getting the most of driving the boat without feeling we were running out of time. Day 1: pick up boat and motored up to above Day Lock and "wild moored" which was harrowing for my first time but take ur time and if u pick a good spot it's really cool Day 2: continued up river, lunch in abingdon, a lovely town with a nice vibe in the sun, then all the way to Oxford for the night. Day 3: back to Benson for the night Day 4: motor to down stream off Whitchurch and again can wild Moor here. We stopped off at the Tesco in Reading which can be accessed by mooring along the banks next to it Day 5: motor to Henley for the night. Only place we had to pay but its a good turning point with plenty off food options

If you have boated before you will be fine but if its ur first time 2 things to keep in mind. 1- don't go faster, when mooring especially, than ur willing to hit something 2- life jackets don't look cool, and I am guilty of not wearing them but if ur new u will hit something at some point, and that's okay, but u really don't want to go for a surprise swim in a lock or bank ect, fully clothed without it!!!

@@whitebaron1993 Good evening Iain, may I sincerely thank you for taking the time to compose such a thorough response! I was both surprised and very grateful that you did. Far from being seasoned sailers we have holidayed previously with Le Boat in France and on the Norfolk Broads too. Your advice and detailed comments are very well received and if I may draw comparison of when Jacqui and myself first “wild moored” (love the term!) we didn’t sleep very well (too many horror movies!) I feel I owe you something for taking the trouble to respond, what a good bloke! We were heading for the Caledonian/ Loch Ness area for peace and tranquillity (Scotland is our favourite place) however Le Boat only had a 50 year old rusty tub without power!! Anyway I am going to plot a route (away from the Smoke!) based on your advice. Sincere thanks Iain, Regards Jacqui & Ken

@@kencheckley285 glad I could help!! I find that the information on things like the Thames and I imagine ur previous boating really only gives this vibe of "easy living" but no real info (side note we got a book called "the river thames book" by Chris Cove Smith it is.... Information dense shall we say... Sometimes to its detriment but if u can figure out how to use it, it give great information on which side of Islands to go, sunken boats to avoid, aproches to locks all the stuff the frankly pitifully info we received from le boat didn't mention) As u might have seen from my other videos I too have a soft spot for the caledonian canal and use a company called Caley Cruisers based in Inverness which I thoroughly recommend! They have a good range of boats suited for Loch ness as some of the Le boats can be a tad..... Barge-esc for an open body of water such as the Lochs of the canal

@@whitebaron1993 Good morning Iain, Thanks for the further advice. I think we will try and head for the Benson end of the Thames if time permits, we prefer quiet places/uncrowded areas I gather much like yourself. Yes regarding Caley cruisers, I also looked them up and I agree the website and reviews all look very professional and I did approach them for a boat but unfortunately they were fully booked, I will be booking with them for next year. I’ll research the book you bought but probably not enough time other than Waterstones Books as we collect the Boat on Monday! I recall on your “speeded up video” (great music may I add) that you appeared at one point to turn off the main river and travel down a very quiet and somewhat narrow leafy stretch of river with locks, do you recall the location? Don’t worry if not just curious Iain. Enjoy your Bank Holiday. V.Best Ken & Jacqui

yeh, Tandem 200cc karts on track with the 200cc single seaters there is also the tandem 200cc as well as 120cc "Kadet karts" not a huge challenge overtaking but really good fun to navigate especially as you never know what the kadet karts will do next :D

@@whitebaron1993 Ah yes the moving chicanes. A real test would be to see who can get the fastest laptimes in the tandem karts with passenger swapping driver and passenger, might need more than 200cc though.

:D If I am honest I wasn't sure I had turned it on before we took off and I couldn't see the screen from the cockpit so was very pleased it was infact recording :p

Hey, They are sold under loads of different names on ebay and amazon I bought mine on Amazon UK and it was called "Torro U001" which is no longer available. A quick look on Amazon UK shows the same boat named "BeeXop RC boat H100" now It's a good laugh for not a huge amount of money, Deffo recommend getting more batteries though

godangerdad Hi there, thanks for checking out my video. For life jackets the official word is at all times when on deck and I shall say no more. The boat is not governed but it tops out (at 3500rpm) at 8 mph(6knts) which is plenty fast enough as they are cruisers not speed boats :L Speed limit on canal sections is 6mph (~2000rpm) and that is set by the Scottish canal network. Hope this helps ☺️

Iain White Thank you sir. I'm trying to talk the wife into going back to Scotland and cruising the locks.Your video was very informative and helpful, again thanks.

godangerdad your welcome and thank you I hope you can convince her. The scenery is stunning and Caley Cruisers boats are about as safe as you can get and it's an amazing adventure.

Glad you enjoyed it, it was an amazing experience and one we are going to return to soon in terms of it being cold, the lovely gent who runs it makes sure you are kitted out appropriately for the weather. Hope you have a great time when you go :P