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		Chris Strickland - Skipper Chris is a consultant electrical engineer and boat builder, he is also managing director of an Electrical Wholesaling company in Windsor. In the past he has been Commodore and Chairman of BIBOA the Rib Club. He currently sits on the Offshore Racing Committee of the RYA, representing BIBOA. Chris started boating in 1958 and competed in 1st Division White Water Slalom in the UK and America under the auspices of the British Canoe Union. 1971 saw him join the 1st British team to descend the treacherous Colorado River through 260 miles of the Grand Canyon from Glen Canyon dam to Lake Mead. 1972 saw him back in America to represent Great Britain in the Arkansas White Water race. 26miles down river from Salida to Cotapaxi in the Rockies gaining a creditable 6th Place. 1975/6 he raced 2 litre Offshore and competed in the London Calais London 3 times finally managing a 3rd overall place. After some sedate family cruising in a twin diesel cruiser ‘Seahound of Hamble’ with his wife Helen, whilst their two girls grew up Chris bought a Scorpion Rib and was introduced to BIBOA the Rib Club. Chris is a member of The Royal Motor Yacht Club, The British Powerboat Racing Club and an RYA Commissioner. After the London Monte Carlo record Chris was accepted into the prestigious Club 2000, membership is open to those who complete a voyage of over 2000nm in a powerboat. Currently there are less than 30 members.
		From 1998 Team Seahound have dominated racing and record breaking:
	1998	First place open class Round Scotland
	1999	Completed Round Britain Rally and awarded ‘The Horn Trophy’ by Ribex
	2000	1st overall Round Scotland to be awarded the coveted Stockdale Trophy BIBOA Open Class National Champion
	2001	Saw Chris join Team ‘Hot Lemon’ to take a World Record for the fastest circumnavigation of Round Britain beating the previous longstanding record set by Drambuie over 10 years previously.
	2002	Mike Deacon invited Chris to team up for an assault on the Round Britain 30/50 ft Class World Record along with Dave Deacon and Jan Falkowski. They were triumphant beating the previous record set by Sunseeker.
	2003	Saw two 2nd places in the RYA National Championship and BIBOA National Championship close behind old adversary ‘Hot Lemon’ Dave and Mike Deacon
	2004	Saw a Long distance cruise in Seahound V with the sole purpose of setting the boat up for the following years assault on the Round Britain and Ireland Word Record. The team left Largs on the Clyde in Scotland and cruised to St Kilda and back via The Outer Hebrides around 600 nmiles.
	2005	Team Seahound V Chris Strickland skipper, John Puddifoot, Jan Falkowski and Gordon Compton took the World Record for Round Britain and Ireland including St Kilda and The Shetland Isles. The previous record was broken by over 36hrs.The team completed the 1900 nm in 72hrs 27min taking over 36hrs off the previous record set by Alan Priddy in his Spirit of Portsmouth.
	2006	Team Seahound were making preparations for the ‘Big One’ The London to Monte Carlo .The record was in the hands of an Austrian and an Italian. Fabio Buzzi had built an 80ft monohul powered by 6000 Hp for the multimillionaire Hannis Bohinc.They had covered the 2080nm in 63hrs. This was the goal. We set off from London and took the flag off Monte Carlo beating Bohinc’s time by over 2hrs setting the following World Records. London to Gibraltar 40hrs 3 min Gibraltar to Monte Carlo 21hrs 8 min London to Monte Carlo 61hrs 11min September saw Chris join Gordon Compton along with team member Jan Falkowski to race in Gordon’s Rib ‘My Pleasure’ in the first Red Sea Rib Rally. Having started as rank outsiders the team finished second 6 seconds behind the winning Belgium team. They were awarded the Stockdale Trophy for the gruelling 600-mile race.
	2007	1st Place Guernsey International Rib Race 1st Place Zeebrugge International Rib race.
		John Puddifoot - Team member John started offshore powerboat racing in 1986 and competed for three years in the Offshore Production Class. In 1990 he competed in the first Round Scotland RIB race and has then continued to race in different offshore classes ever since. John Puddifoot started racing in Circuit Classes in 2005. Notable recent racing achievements include the following: 2002 and 2004 RYA National Champion RIB F2 2002 RYA National Record RIB F2 86 mph Windermere2003 First UK driver to race in UIM Jetsprint Superboat Class in New Zealand 2005 UIM World Record round Isle of Wight 79mph 2005 RYA Performance record and K7 silver star F2 Circuit boat 120 mph Windermere 2005 UIM World Record for fastest circumnavigation of British Isles (current) 2006 UIM World Record for outright fastest all classes London to Monte Carlo (current) 2006 Competed in Rouen 24 hour circuit race 2007 Competed in Rouen 24 hour circuit race 2008 SL250 National Circuit Record 118mph (current) 2008 Awarded K7 Gold Star 2009 SL250 National Sprint Champion John's other hobbies include snow skiing, scuba diving and motorboat cruising and sailing.
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		John Adlard - Team member John Adlard is a 57 year old Quantity Surveyor . He started Ribbing at 21 when he was a keen sub aqua diver, using a 4metre Avon Searider and later graduating to the 5.40 metre model, a Tornado. A Humber followed those boats, and now John has Oceandevil. Oceandevil is a 8.10 metre Scorpion with a Yanmar inboard diesel motor which he totally rebuilt. In his early years John raced a Mini Cooper “S”, so when the opportunity arose to complete a RIB race he jumped at the chance and entered the Lymington Challenge RIB Race. A second place in class was the result, and John now has the racing bug. John had been looking at the 2010 Rib Rally with a wish to participate with a larger boat, and is very pleased to be invited to crew with Chris Strickland on “Seahound”.