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11-20-2009 11:59 AMOffshore Racing wasn´t designed to be a spectator sport, it's for people or companies with's lots of money to push the envelope of endurance technology and hopefully put a trophy on a mantle. It's man vs the elements, not like boats with like engines running in circles.
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11-20-2009 12:05 PMRun until it sounds expensive
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11-20-2009 12:57 PM
Sorry Daredevil BBB Caught it for me. Bad Azz Drag Boat BTW Catch the Starts from the Barge. Impressive!!
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11-20-2009 01:12 PM
Ekranoplan wins!!!!!! worlds fatest boat.....Got to love what the russians had balls to build. Now back to the discussion.
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11-20-2009 01:14 PMIt's not prop-driven, though.
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11-20-2009 01:34 PMI've had enough of your bullsh!t Rich. You turned a simple non-hostile statement I made into a problem. WTF is the chip on your shoulder for?
I am not in any way a die hard Reggie fan. Actually, I going the other way very quickly. I expressed a thought that we could discuss and you decided to take it personally.
(sorry to the mods but I've had enough)
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11-20-2009 04:45 PM
There is no chip on my shoulder...........
The point of this thread is record attempts....not what Reggie and Ben "saw".
I got my hand slapped by the mods for the tone of my answer........ which I responded to with a little humor, and subsequently tried to get the discussion back on point
Then I got my head size questioned.
At that point I had enough of your B.S. as well.
Now we can agree that there has been enough B.S. to fertilize a farm and put this in the past.......... or not.
In other words I'll leave it up to you.
Now back to our regular programming.
Those drag boats are amazing and deserve more respect and attention than they have been getting (although I do think that something should be done about the start rope.......... maybe a hook from behind that releases a millisecond before the start???)
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11-20-2009 05:55 PM
Those drag boats are amazing and deserve more respect and attention than they have been getting (although I do think that something should be done about the start rope.......... maybe a hook from behind that releases a millisecond before the start???)
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I agree on the rope this is 2009 a Pneumatic hook or holding device and their safety has got to the point where I saw a rescue boat run over one of the capsules after a horrific crash and the driver was Ok. Talk about a double whammy.Slippery when wet. PODLESS TUNNEL www.cheetahcat.com ,Repairs, Modifications and Truing Cheap reliable speed.
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11-20-2009 05:59 PM
just think of where this sport would be without efforts like this ............garwoods and straight eights
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11-20-2009 06:01 PM
I always wondered if there wasnt a better way to do that as well. I always thought a pair of semi rigid or inflatable pontoons that would "kinda hold it snug" on the sides or something. You wouldnt have to worry about a release and it would have a pretty accurate "keep it pointed straight till green" effectLast edited by glassdave; 11-20-2009 at 06:07 PM.
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11-20-2009 10:36 PM
We have several record's Bonneville, dry lakes, drags, Street, for cars and trucks and motorcycles and in boats Class 1, Class 2 etc....diesel, gas, turbo, blown, hybrid.
My point is there are people around that want to set records.
Its easy to set up classes for people to run in just like at Bonneville.
vee single engine open cockpit normally aspirated... VSPA
Cat twin engine closed cockpit turbo..... CTRT
We have been looking at ways to change things at the races by bringing in Kilo runs like Class 1 used to run before the race on Sunday. It brings a bunch of boats out to spectate and gives people a chance to show how fast their pontoon boat is....
I think it is phenominal that there is a boat built just to try to break the prop driven record. Good luck to them on their effort!
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