Powerboat-World pix -Gold Coast action

12:34 AM Tue 4 Nov 2008 GMT

'’Simrad’, only its propellers finding water, as it pounds - Gold Coast offshore' Powerboat-World.com &copy Click Here to view large photo

Powerboat-world.com editor Bob Wonders was in the air over the weekend and this time not on his Harley-Davidson.

Here are some pix from the Gold Coast action.

’Blade’ leaps clear of the chop on its way to second place in the Supercat Outboard class off the Gold Coast. - Gold Coast offshore - Powerboat-World.com &copy Click Here to view large photo

Offhore Powerboat start - Powerboat-World.com &copy Click Here to view large photo

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