Wow...almost 12 boats race in Miami!

[Rik]

I really like this one....outboards.

Hey, you forgot the boats in KW that go to Dry Tortugas

[T2x]

FYI, ram pressure (the pressure in your old speedometer) at 178 mph is 465psi. Tear your d**k right off........

Speak for yourself...... I use mine to cut CF..... and it uses wave piercing technology

[audacity]

i just don't get it ??
Cosker's going to build jbs a new boat cause they knowing keep running a damaged boat for several laps until it starting sinking??? i feel for cosker, all this could have been avoided if some more common sense was used. jbs's desire to win every race has cost them plenty and finally it has gone to the point of actually loosing the boat. people need to check their EGO'S at the door. why do you think nascar drivers come in all the time when they feel a tire going down?? caus ethey don't like the taste of concrete barriers at 180 mph.

and if you read all the posts, somewhere in there it states the rigger (what's that guys name agian) cut holes to run wires???? in a boat thats built to the extreme edge of weight to strenght ratio, you gotta wonder sometimes when these riggers cut threw bulkheads just to have a straight run for their wire looms?

You do not know Jeff or myself.

""""

Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: DeLand FL
Posts: 14
Mystic
The problem with the JBS boat was not a structural failure by
any means. The outer layer of carbon that came off is a vail
layer to lessen print through and act as a barrier to the inner
structural layers of carbon. The laminate was left open to long in
this area of the boat and started to cure before the vacuum bag
went down so it didn't adhere well enough to the inner skins and
after running loosened up and sheeted off.
As Joe said Mystic Powerboats is standing behind this problem
100% and the repair is nearly complete. The boat will be up and
running again very soon for a long winter of testing and many
years of very competitive racing. My crew and myself take great
pride in what we build and work very hard at it, we are very
sorry for the inconvenience of this but I can personally assure
you that Jeff and Joe were NEVER in any danger because of the
delamination.
Seeing four of our boats running at Key West was very exciting
and rewarding we are looking forward to a great season next
year for all of our boats.
Best regards,
John Cosker
President
Mystic Powerboats Inc. """

[T2x]

Hey, you forgot the boats in KW that go to Dry Tortugas

This one?

[T2x]

Hey, you forgot the boats in KW that go to Dry Tortugas

Or this one?

[T2x]

You do not know Jeff or myself.

""""

Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: DeLand FL
Posts: 14
Mystic
The problem with the JBS boat was not a structural failure by
any means. The outer layer of carbon that came off is a vail
layer to lessen print through and act as a barrier to the inner
structural layers of carbon. The laminate was left open to long in
this area of the boat and started to cure before the vacuum bag
went down so it didn't adhere well enough to the inner skins and
after running loosened up and sheeted off.
As Joe said Mystic Powerboats is standing behind this problem
100% and the repair is nearly complete. The boat will be up and
running again very soon for a long winter of testing and many
years of very competitive racing. My crew and myself take great
pride in what we build and work very hard at it, we are very
sorry for the inconvenience of this but I can personally assure
you that Jeff and Joe were NEVER in any danger because of the
delamination.

Best regards,
John Cosker
President
Mystic Powerboats Inc. """

Ummm....Joey?

I'm not sure what point you are trying to make here....but I don't think this "letter of assurance" dated in January about your hull helps to make it for you.

Good luck with the new hull..........

T2x

[audacity]

Point is: We were not running a boat that was sinking from the 1st lap. There were MANY people involved in the decision to continue and at what speeds at this event; NOT one or two "ego's" inside the boat. No different from running the boat last year or in the future.

When it comes to safety...I am all ears! Team JBS is all ears!

[T2x]

Let me pose this question to the group.....

Should I go for the cheap and easy laugh here, or out of respect that some of us have had a very stressful week....leave this laying out there like a fat curve ball in the All Star game?

You choose.......

T2x

[audacity]

anyone providing useful information can call me on my cell 734 635 1697...or at mystic powerboat where i am at. thanks for all the great responses here...Steve D had some very useful info that i would like to incorporate into the next JBS boat.

[T2x]

While you are all pondering the above, I just received the following Press Release:

Dateline: Vienna 4/24/09

Team SchwartzCraft announces major Promotional Opportunity

According to Luvya Willingly, SchwartzCraft's recently appointed Press Secretary, a major publicity coup has been scored by the controversial World Record holding powerboat manufacturer and international crime syndicate. In a joint release with NY City Mayor Bloomberg, Miss Willingly, who has a very unusual accent, divulged that the World's Fastest Monohull, "Team Schwartz", will be covered with high intensity light bulbs and lowered from the NY Times Tower on New Years eve at midnite. This annual event is seen by millions World Wide on TV as well as hundreds of thousands huddled together in chilly Times Square.

When asked what exactly this has to do with Offshore Powerboat racing, Miss Willingly replied with just a hint of seductive huskiness:"Well, nothing actually but since actual racing events have almost ceased to exist in the U.S., we felt that we had to do something to promote the sport".

Following this announcement, a lavish lunch was served to the assembled, beedy eyed media who gobbled up tasty home made pasta in a wonderful Sea Urchin sauce washed down with exotic Tequila based cocktails. This repast was interrupted when someone in the crowd asked if Miss Willingly had undergone a recent sex change operation. Immediately a fist fight broke out and the room was cleared by the police.

Highlights at 10 PM on Action Biased News.

[phragle]

I was really hoping the great Baron had not drifted off into obscurity..

[Ratickle]

I was really hoping the great Baron had not drifted off into obscurity..

Be nice to have a whole new thread with his escapades....

[Sean Stinson]

Left coast speedometers always read a couple of miles high....................

Thats funny east coast boats always gain weight and slow down when they cross the Rockies......

[phragle]

this is all because the continental divide encompasses a rift in the time space continuim..

[Rik]

This one?

You found them! Thought we should show the American ones too

There is a large contingent of these things in the South Pacific countries as they are a "poor mans" econo box for fuel economy. Crazy as it sounds there are a lot of guys building these 15 knot cruisers that want fuel mileage. Imagine the nerve

[Brownie]

In the interest of completely diversifying this thread, I must correct the "great one", RL, with the news that the 'Schwartz' is a cat, not a vee. In fact, it is a standard Shadow (Dumpstercraft} on one side, and a wave piercing (not to be confused with Rich's gay ear stud) bow on the other. The side with the "stabber" is 11 mph slower, but it only burns half the fuel. May the Scwartz be with you..........

[skaterdave]

[QUOTE=audacity;200301]You do not know Jeff or myself.

this is true, but if i owned a million dollar race boat and someone said " hea it looks like you got some dalamination on the bottom of the boat". i think i would play it safe and head towards the closest place to get her out of the water.

also i would like to ask T2x to do a race report for all SBI races or get his own forum, cause that's some funny stuff.

[audacity]

[QUOTE=skaterdave;200603]

if i owned a million dollar race boat

i think i would play it safe and head towards the closest place to get her out of the water.

I do not own a million dollar boat...I cannot help you there!LOL
Play it safe?...Got me again on that one too!LOL
Come-on, 200mph.......
But, seriously...We just spent a lot of time and effort today all in the name of making the JBS Mystic safer than the last one.

[Sean Stinson]

I am trying to get Mr. Luhrs to come out off retirement!!!! He could do the OFC Offshore Report a weekly hourly insight to the follies and misconceptions of racing offshore boats on tunnel boat courses!!!!!


I know I will take my hits for that statement....

[ApachePete]

Let me pose this question to the group.....

Should I go for the cheap and easy laugh here, or out of respect that some of us have had a very stressful week....leave this laying out there like a fat curve ball in the All Star game?

You choose.......

T2x

WAY too easy!

Looks like some people get their common-sense from the same place they get their grammar. A place where the sun don't shine.