Ocean City Maryland 2012

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Just got off the phone with Typhoon. Sounds as if there are going to be about 30 boats in attendance for the race. Some won't be there until later today.

In SVL it looks as if there will be three. Typhoon, Tug It, and Wild Ride. Should be a blast with two boats out for the first time this year. I can't wait to hear how they do.

The weather today is supposed to be a Hi of 70 and a low of 56. West Winds at 5 to 10 MPH.

Tomorrow is supposed to be a Hi of 68 and a low of 62. Southwest winds at 10 to 15.


Water temp today is 60.8. Kind of cold if you get hosed....

Waves show 1.2 feet today and 2 foot forecast for tomorrow.

Ocean City, Maryland Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Here's a link to the surf camera.....

Ocean City, Maryland Surf Camera - Swellinfo.com

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will there be a radio broadcast we can catch on the computer ? ?

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It doesn't show anything.

OPA Racing | Ocean City Race Information

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A different surf cam

Ocean City, MD - Surf Report and HD Surf Cam | SURFLINE.COM

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One more surf cam link

OCsurfcam.com - Castle in the Sand Camera

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Event Review from the Baltimore Sun


Ocean City will hold powerboat races Sunday
Bull on the Beach Grand Prix first event of the season

By Don Markus, The Baltimore Sun

4:29 PM EDT, May 12, 2012

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Powerboat racing has been compared with NASCAR or Indy car racing.

It's not only wetter, but it can be wilder, according to Ed Smith, president of the New Jersey-based Offshore Powerboat Association.

"You're dealing with Mother Nature," Smith said. "Every event is different. It's chaos."

Local fans can get their thrills Sunday when OPA Racing will hold the first event of the 2012 season in Ocean City.

After a year's hiatus, the Bull on the Beach Grand Prix has returned. Two races will be held, beginning at noon and 2 p.m. The race will take place on a 5-mile course between 3rd Street and 34th Street. Smith said that he expects "between 30-40 boats" to test the waters on Saturday.

The Maryland Natural Resources Police announced last week that a section of the Atlantic Ocean off Ocean City will be closed between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Saturday. The closed area is between 3rd and 30th streets, extending one mile off-shore.

Phil Houck, the owner of Bull on the Beach and the race's sponsor, said that he is putting up "around $25,000" of the $45,000 needed to put on the event after the race was not held a year ago because of financial reasons.

"I want to promote Ocean City," Houck said.

Fans can watch from the shore for free or, for a fee, watch from a party boat close to the race course, Smith said.

Houck, whose boat has won two world and one U.S. championship in the past three years, said that boat races will have to undergo a "dunk" test on Saturday to insure they can extricate themselves from a capsized boat. Three races died during an event last year in Key West, Fla., Houck said.

The boats can get up to around 115 miles an hour on this course, Smith said.

Smith said that the Ocean City event, one of two in Maryland this season (the other off Solomons Island in September) "is like a vacation because there are so many other things to do."

don.markus@baltsun.com

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The water appears to be a bit rougher than yesterday. The Castle in the Sand camera should be really close to the North turn. We'll see. We'll probably slam it so hard it will go off line...



I still have not heard the final boat count. Testing yesterday had some decent water conditions for some air shots. I have confirmation of 17 boats running right now. But, there are more they said than that, I just don't have the names of the boats yet.


The cell reception there sucks....

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31 Total, 1 scratch from testing damage

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Thanks Trent.

Do you know who scratched? I have as for sures, maybe you ccan add to the list;

SUPER CAT LIGHT:
8 INFINITY
77 AMSOIL
388 PHOENIX PARTS, Is he for sure running Cat Lite? Or possibly Class 3?

CLASS 1:
129 CLEVELAND CONSTRUCTION

CLASS 3:
360 BULL ON THE BEACH
377 WANTED

CLASS 4:
411 CHIRO ONE - Is he for sure running Class 4, or possibly Class 3?
487 JERSEY OUTLAW

SUPER VEE LIGHT:
29 TYPHOON
66 TUG IT


CLASS 5:
531 WHOZ YOUR DADDY
540 PUMP IT
598 RACER X, FUEL YOUR JOURNEY

CLASS 6:
606 LOCKED UP
611 JOKER POWERBOATS
623 COUNTRY SERVICE
626 MAXED OUT
639 REPEAT OFFENDER, HULA BOAT CARE
667 HURRICANE FORCE

I know there are more, just not absolutely positive who so I won't speculate.

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Thanks Trent.

Do you know who scratched? I have as for sures, maybe you ccan add to the list;

SUPER CAT LIGHT:
8 INFINITY
77 AMSOIL
388 PHOENIX PARTS, Is he for sure running Cat Lite? Or possibly Class 3?

CLASS 1:
105 Lightning Jacks
129 CLEVELAND CONSTRUCTION

CLASS 3:
311 Chiro One
360 BULL ON THE BEACH
377 WANTED
3?? TKO

CLASS 4:
419 R&S Offshore (Formula 382)

SUPER VEE LIGHT:
29 TYPHOON
51 Former Wild Ride
66 TUG IT


CLASS 5:(7 total, not sure of all there)
510 Mitigator
517 Saris Racing
531 WHOZ YOUR DADDY
540 PUMP IT
568 Might Macs
598 RACER X, FUEL YOUR JOURNEY

CLASS 6: (10 total, not sure of all there)
606 LOCKED UP
611 JOKER POWERBOATS(scratch due to glass, according to team fb page, too much to fix to safely race)
623 COUNTRY SERVICE
626 MAXED OUT
633 Wazzup II
639 REPEAT OFFENDER, HULA BOAT CARE
667 HURRICANE FORCE
6?? pfe

I know there are more, just not absolutely positive who so I won't speculate.

R-Rated 38' Fountain in pits for sale, Strictly Business 35' Fountain in pits not racing(not counted in the boat count)

Like you I added what I know, 5 & 6 being the tough ones to remember exactly who is there, but was told the boat count for each class.

****rumor only**** SVL was instructed that they could run as a class with no purse or race in C4 for the purse. I DO NOT KNOW IF THAT IS TRUE AND IF SO WHAT THEY DECIDED. So I dont know where to place them so they can stand alone.

On a serious note, I dont care about past and strife, I hope Jim S is ok, cause I know 2 things about him, he works like a slave and something is wrong physically if he doesnt show to a race. Prayers and thoughts go out, I hope he is ok and is back soon so we can continue the strife

Dee just text "Race 1 complete, incident free" I do not know any unofficial results, but she is on turn 1

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I thought PFE stuffed and broke the boat but both are okay?

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I can not confirm nor deny.... knowing her she text me and stuffed the phone on vibrate back in her camera bag. I responded asking about unofficial winners to no response

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I do know that if they did stuff and break it was not during testing. Attached is a pic from pre-race this morning. PFE is the second boat from photographer (I believe Ron Polli) with the hatch up

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This pic was just posted, but it had the caption "Second place" Thats great and all, but I havent ever seen the second place boat go in to the start finish boat to get a checkered flag Photo courtesy of Terrie Mozingo

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Race 1 UNOFFICIAL winners

Class 4 R&S Offshore
Class 5 Mighty Macs
Class 6 Maxed Out
SVL Wild Ride

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I think you mean Wild Ride. Wild Card isn't there, that's Wil's.....

Congrats. I heard Randy had an injector problem or such in practice yesterday.

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Just talked to Rick, 2TR, and they did stuff the boat in the race. He and Gary are both a little sore, but fine. The boat is split down pretty good about 1/4 of the way back. Pulled the deck up off of the Starboard side, and broke most of the bulkheads. They were pushing to stay in 4th at the time. He said the water kicked up pretty big, possible 4 to 6's....


Teague just spun out in turn 1, is underway again....

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Tug It broke a drive. Typhoon backed off with engine troubles...

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Teague didnt spin, they trip stuffed

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A lot of carnage in race 2, just got off the phone and only 4 boats were currently out left on the course(dont know who is running or those that had issues)