'Qatar 96' again shows out in Offshore Superboat Championships

3:42 AM Thu 8 Jul 2010 GMT

'Rolled- The Good Guys - in Townsville - Offshore Powerboat Race 2010

Brendan and Christoper Frier aboard, came to grief heading into a corner. 'Too fast,' Brendan explained. Fortuately, neither sustained any injuries.'

The Maritimo-prepared 'Qatar 96', with Sheik Hassan bin Jabor Al-Thani (driver) and Steve Curtis (throttles) has followed up its impressive effort in round two with another victory in race two at Townsville, North Queensland. Repeating the successful two-race format introduced the week before at Mackay, the racing was fast and furious and not without drama. Nearly every crew contesting Class 1 struck mechanical problems, even 'Qatar 96' which failed to finish race one. 'We were following closely behind 'Maritimo' when we felt a vibration in the boat,' Sheikh Hassan explained. 'It proved to be a broken propeller shaft and that ...

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