Doug Hele

I am told by someone who was at BSA while Doug Hele ran the Triumph experimental shop, his name is pronounced "Dug  Heel".

Another name in the motorcycle industry that seems to have a variety of pronunciations is Lionel Jofeh, the managing director of BSA's motorcycle division in the early 1970's(?).  The same guy who sorted the Hele pronunciation for me said the "factory" pronunciation of Jofeh  was "Joefay".

Pronounced Dug Heel

Andy Sochanik - pronounced So-HA-nick (accent on middle syllable)

I used to have evening meals with Doug when he worked at Seagull Outboard Motors in Poole and I'm sure he introduce himslef as Doug "Healey". But it was 40 years ago!

George

Long Range tanks by the look.  

Nice clinker built;  I used to row one around Swanage bay hired from the stone quay and be out all day in it at 12 years of age...

Cant imagine  that  being allowed  now...

Cheers

Jon

Should have swapped engines then it would have created a bow wave. :)

A bit more than causing a bow wave with this one - Attached image is of a class 3 offshore powerboat run by Lawrence Bellamy (an ex colleague) in the early '90s. From memory, he exploited the rules on engine size wirh the wankel motors and was running a pair of Norton rotaries in tandem. Achilles heel was the coupling between the motors.

Sorry for the thread hijack.

George