RECORD-breaking Isle of Wight powerboat racer Frankie Rose will be aiming to smash three more when he heads to the Lake District for the Coniston Powerboat Records Week.

The 31-year-old marine engineer, who won the famous Cowes-Poole-Cowes powerboat race in August, will again be driving Vintage Torque when he attempts to break his own British record of 106.80mph in the single-engine monohull class during the course of a week, starting Sunday, October 28.

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Record-breaking Isle of Wight powerboat champion Frankie Rose after he clinched this year's Cowes-Poole-Cowes race.

To break the record again, Frankie will have two runs at it on a 1km course on the famous Coniston Water in Cumbria.

But that’s not all, Frankie, of Gurnard, will also be attempting to smash two other records.

They will be a world record in the Pro Vee class, currently 97mph, and the British record, 94.67mph, along with the more difficult unlimited class, a world record which currently stands at 111mph.

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Frankie Rose, right, with Cowes-Poole-Cowes crewman, Vee Ganjavian, aboard Vintage Torque.

“I haven’t been competing since the Cowes powerboating in August, but I am confident of beating at least two of the records I’m going for,” said Frankie.

“However, you never know what the conditions are going to be like in the Lake District at that time of year. If it is windy and choppy on the lake, breaking records will be difficult.

“But good preparation will be key. My father, Chris, and I are busy maintaining the boat in readiness for the event. I’m really looking forward to it.

“The event at Coniston is a bit different to other offshore events. Things went really well last year. It was a lot of fun.”

Coniston Powerboat Records Week is the finale to the racing season.

Frankie's powerboat, Vintage Torque, a 32ft FB design offshore monohull, was built in Italy in 1998 to race in A class world championships in the United States, and was a winner.

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Vintage Torque in race action on the Solent last year.

More than five years ago, Frankie bought it and has spent that time completely restoring it.

“I’m very happy with the way it performs,” adds Frankie.

Frankie is part of an elite group, the K7 Club, founded by Donald Campbell, to celebrate powerboat drivers who have reached more than 100mph on the water, as well as those crucially involved in powerboat racing.

Campbell, who broke eight world speed records on water and on land in the 1950s and 60s, died in his Bluebird K7 on Coniston Water in January 1967.