OB this year was as good as what offshore racing gets for the true racer that thrives on ocean racing. The water was big but raceable. All the stores ran out of sand bags is what I was told. There will be storys told about this race for years to come. The cool part is we had Freeze Frame,Jamie Russel,Pete Boden and 5 TV camera men there shooting the race. In my opinion the best call OPA made was to have us do a storme race which was 20 miles per day or 3-4 laps depending on the class. That was key to let the guys push as hard as they could for a shorter distance. The flag went up and you had 3 laps to make it happen. As crazy as it sounds there were very few boats that broke or need a tow in. Day 2 it was all on the line and we all have all winter to fix parts. The racing was even faster in bigger water. In the end no was hurt, no one sank, no one fliped and some very good racers earned World Titles. It was a once in a 5 year race that you didnt want to miss. Im sure when the TV show comes out that race will be the iceing on the cake!!!!
MD
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10-10-2011 09:27 PM
And no one knows who won!!!!!!
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10-10-2011 09:33 PMWon which?
SVL was Time Bandit 1st, Buccaneer 2nd.Getting bad advice is unfortunate, taking bad advice is a Serious matter!!
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10-10-2011 09:41 PM
all the classes would be nice for those that didn't make it to the OPA World's!
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10-10-2011 10:22 PM
XTREME /TURBINE
Miss Geico
CAT LITE
AMSOIL
CLASS 100
1st Lightning Jack
2nd Miss Geico Caveman
SUPER VEE
1st Wassup
2nd Strictly Business
CLASS 100
1st TKO
2nd Bull on the Beach
3rd Cleveland Construction
SUPER VEE LITE
1st Time Bandit
2nd Buccaneer
3rd Pirate Racing
4th Octane
5th Typhoon
CLASS 400
1st Formula
2nd Jersey Outlaw
3rd Simmons
4th Peters & May
5th Typhoon
CLASS 500
1st Mighty Macs
2nd Typhoon
3rd Daredevil
4th Mitigator
CLASS 600
1st Tyler Crockett
2nd Riendl One Design
3rd Country Service
4th Maxed OutRyan Beckley
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10-10-2011 10:29 PMThanks Ryan
Getting bad advice is unfortunate, taking bad advice is a Serious matter!!
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10-12-2011 07:05 PMRandy, thank u for letting me pass u twice..LOL
OPA,Smitty thanks for the opertunity to be part of this HUGE WATER and great event..well u know what i mean !!!
C-YA !
PS...Randy....i kinda thought your birthday party was slow..but then it hit me ...you turned 50 ..so it was an old dudes party ...good enough, LMAO LUV YA BRO !!!
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10-12-2011 11:27 PMDD, I have to say your boat was hauling the mail on day 2. It was a very impressive run that I didnt think you had it in you. Keep running like that and you will rule the seas!!!! Hats off to that run.
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10-13-2011 06:39 AMRandy I caught some of the Friday race on U stream, very impressive run in the Krypto hanging with TKO!! That water made for some great shots!!
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10-14-2011 07:37 PMPaul, on Friday i was driving and throtteling myself...the boat ran so nice in to the big waves so i kept on going ...( in the moment ) and then relized im way off....seen the turn boye way behind me to the left and hauled ass to get back...LOL
True, u cant make this sh it up....
I had a blast in my old girl ! So did Kathryn the dead weight next to me...she almost flew out of the boat each time it was coming down....her feet could not reach my footrest and she held on for life !!! FUNNY
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10-15-2011 02:39 PM
DD I agree, that was the water your boat was made for. I thought you would have been the favorite in Class 5, but the Jersey Boyz ended up showing you the short way around the track. So I guess navigation is still part of offshore racing.
I don't know where everyone was going, but after rounding turn two, all boats seemed to run about a half mile out, when the course was 200 or 300 years closer in.
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10-15-2011 03:41 PMRon, im happy with the 3rd....and yes, could i have won..shure..but its the fun that made all this worth the trip ! not the trophy !!!
i mean hey.. i came in second on sunday !!! LOL
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