June 2013 - Velos

Jun 2013

James May left seasick in the new series of Top Gear

James May left seasick in £700k boat race with Jeremy Clarkson in new series of Top Gear – Presenters May and Clarkson go to New Zealand to race on land and water

James May is left SEASICK in the new series of Top Gear when he takes on Jeremy Clarkson in a race on the show involving a £700,000 boat.

James May, 50, and Jeremy Clarkson go to New Zealand to race on land and water.

While Clarkson takes a route on road in an expensive car, May joins an America’s Cup winning team on a AC45 race boat that costs almost a million pounds.

Conditions are so bad for James, who is alongside Olympian Sir Ben Ainslie on the boat, that his satellite phone gets thrown overboard and he is left retching.

At one point he moans: “This is purgatory. It is catastrophically uncomfortable as a way to travel. I’m the cabin boy, that would be alright if you had a cabin.”

Clarkson has to use dirt tracks and go off road in a bid to win and it doesn’t go according to plan and he has several crashes.

You can see who wins the race when the new series of Top Gear starts on Sunday night on BBC2 at 8pm.

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Jun 2013

New UK importer for Greenline boats

Inspiration Marine Group Ltd, based at Hamble and Windermere, has been appointed importer and dealer for the Greenline range of diesel hybrid cruisers.

Greenline has appointed Inspiration Marine Group Ltd, which has bases at Hamble and Windermere, as importer and dealer for its range of diesel hybrid cruisers.To mark this new venture, Inspiration will be bringing a Greenline 40into the UK for the first time. The boat will be based at its Hamble Point Marina base for viewings and demonstrations from August onwards.Since the launch of the Greenline brand in 2009, over 300 Greenline 33s have been sold, mainly into mainland Europe. The boat was also a winner at the 2011 Motor Boat of the Year Awards, picking up an incredible 21 international design and environmental awards in its lifetime.

Both the 40 and the 33 will be on display at the Southampton Boat Show in September.

Details on the new Greenline 48, due to be launched this autumn, will also be available.