David Burgess I believe is still playing with boats. I think after a stint in the Middle East he is / was helping Jonathon Jones with his new Dragon F1 boats (driven by Andy Elliott in the UIM World Series, see www.f1boat.com ) but prior to that he was involved with the Bomba boat that Marc Rolls used successfully in the F2 World Series, see www.formula2000boat.com.

Don't know if he has now officially retired (the Burgess brand is no longer the force it once was) plus a lot of the later hulls completed were for the F3 World series (OMC 850cc motors) which has now been curtailed.