Power boaters escape injury as craft flip on lake
Last updated 13:31, Friday, 07 November 2008
TWO men were lucky to escape injury when their powerboats spiralled into the air as they were pushing for a world speed record in South Lakeland.
ACTION: Mike Naylor flips his power boat doing in excess of 100mph (main picture), while inset, Jan Falkowski leaves the water Callum Stone (main picture); Sim Davis (inset)
They were touching speeds of 100mph at this week’s Coniston Powerboat Record Week when their vessels flipped.
Coniston Power Boat Records Week is the only event on the powerboat racing calendar to bring together all classes of boat, and is the finale to the racing season.
The annual event began in 1970.
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