Ambusher the story and the picture

[boatme]

Just came across this in my archives

Many people have asked about my avatar this is the story and the pictures

I hope this is readable

I was out in this snotty water that year in my brand new 21 foot scarab The race was wild and true OFFSHORE racing

Gotta love the old days

Charlie (Top Bannana)if you want this story emailed to you for the HOBRA archives i can send it to you

[boatme]

Another picture from the Grand Haven Races

[Ratickle]

Too bad it's that calm lake water close to shore.......

[boatme]

To me this set the men from the boys

No roundy round racing here

Grand Haven to Holland back past Grand Haven to Muskegon and back to Grand Haven

One lap was about 60 miles

[cigdaze]

Great read.
So, which is the guy hanging from the bow?

[TCEd]

Boatme/Mark,
I have a great article about the Northport 250 which I scanned and tried to post recently but the file is too large.
Any chance I could email it to you and you could manipulate it to get in the right size to post here ?

The article shows the course map and has some great stuff from the mid/late 80's. The article was in the Lealanau times.
ed

[Dude! Sweet!]

Its funny, I was just telling a California guy that the Great Lakes are effectively a fresh water ocean...

[Buoy]

Thanks for posting that, a little tough on the peepers to read, but well worth it.
Thanks!

[MarylandMark]

Read the article CigDaze...

Micheal Clarey- Driver

[Bobcat]

keep em coming , we all love this stuff!

[boatme]

Boatme/Mark,
I have a great article about the Northport 250 which I scanned and tried to post recently but the file is too large.
Any chance I could email it to you and you could manipulate it to get in the right size to post here ?

The article shows the course map and has some great stuff from the mid/late 80's. The article was in the Lealanau times.
ed

Absolutly

send it to marcreps@aol.com

[boatme]

TCed
These are what you sent me

First 2

[boatme]

Last Three

[lucky strike]

Its funny, I was just telling a California guy that the Great Lakes are effectively a fresh water ocean...

True, but the lake has what they call square waves. None of them on the left coast.

[boatme]

Nun of them long sissy swells here

Just pound your teeth out short towers

[Ratickle]

True, but the lake has what they call square waves. None of them on the left coast.

I'll disagree there. I grew up in Oregon and boated in the Pacific out of the Columbia River. It's just as bad there as anywhere I've ever seen.

You havn't seen anything till you've gone through 40 footers.....

There's a reason there's no races up in northern Oregon or off Washington.

[TCEd]

Thanks Marc. Thought the course map was neat. Going around Power Island must have been a trip.
ed

[Buoy]

I

There's a reason there's no races up in northern Oregon or off Washington.

I can think of a lot of reasons there aren't any races up there

[Top Banana]

Marc.....yes, great, send it to me for HORBA and I'll pass it on to the web people to add to the site.

banract@aol.com

[old377guy]

I'll disagree there. I grew up in Oregon and boated in the Pacific out of the Columbia River. It's just as bad there as anywhere I've ever seen.

You havn't seen anything till you've gone through 40 footers.....

There's a reason there's no races up in northern Oregon or off Washington.

true, very very true....