by David Aldred | Mar 30, 2021
Welcome to my little March diary update for the venture and what a mixed bag of things this month has been. Kicking things off was the apprentices at our sponsor WEC Group in Darwen, who so skilfully fabricated the trailer for our jet hydroplane Longbow having to pull...
by David Aldred | Feb 26, 2021
We all know February is the shortest month of the year but for some reason it doesn’t seem two minutes since I wrote the last update. However during that time my wife and some friends of ours have now had their first jab as part of the vaccine rollout, as the...
by David Aldred | Jan 29, 2021
Welcome to the first Longbow update of 2021 and no I am sorry the boat didn’t get finished over Christmas so I am afraid you will have to put up with more of my odd sense of humour and appalling grammar over the coming year as the build continues. So as you pull...
by David Aldred | Dec 26, 2020
This month’s update should really be titled ‘no pressure’ as it begins with reference to an online discussion with a nice chap who has been following the building of our jet hydroplane Longbow and in particular our recent exchange regarding how her...
by David Aldred | Nov 28, 2020
We start off this month’s update with the brilliant news of Dave Warby and his Team undertaking successful development trials of his jet hydroplane Spirit of Australia II at Blowering Dam, New South Wales, Australia. It was great to see Dave back out on the...
by David Aldred | Oct 30, 2020
As it is trick or treat this month I am always a little guarded as we approach Halloween when one of my children asks me to close my eyes as they have got something for me. However on this occasion it turned out to be treats they had taken delivery of, signed as being...
