I'm tired about hearing how great Offshore use to be. What year was it great? Was it great when T2 was building cats to run against V's?? Was it the best when the open class went 70 MPH in a parade? Was it the best when it was full of drug dealers?? Was it the best when all the open class boats broke down and the last boat (mid 1970's Latortuga) won?? Please help me identify what year was the best
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06-12-2009 04:01 PM
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06-12-2009 08:52 PMThe greatest year in offshore was the one you enjoyed the most. It's different for everyone. But I'm guessing that the longer you've been around and the more you've seen, the less likely it is that you'd pick one of the recent years.
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06-12-2009 08:58 PM
1492... columbus, brownie and T2x first turned the bahama's and carribien into race and party central
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06-13-2009 12:56 AMIT IS GOING TO BE " NOW " and 2010 !!!!!!!!!!!
Just sitback and watch the show,,,stop bashing and runing around in circles ,,,,let past be past and look forward or don't look at all !!!!!!
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06-13-2009 01:07 AM
if you show up.. I inspected every boat in OC... I looked and looked but couldnt find yours anywhere.... I saved you a serious sticker... I will have it for you at harrison..
P-4077 "The Swamp" S.B.Y.C. and Michigan medboat mothership
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06-13-2009 11:52 AM
1996. Rules were still open class 1 boats racing over here. Key west was a zoo.
A,B,C, modified, open ,superboat, pretty cool racing.
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06-13-2009 02:25 PM
For me, the fan, the best two years were '94 & '95. All the orgs came together for over 100 boats in Key West. That is the way it should be.
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06-14-2009 05:10 PM
From a numbers and investment standpoint...you had two sets of "Golden Years". 1979-88...... 1997-2002. The first years were just prior to the "big split" with huge legal and illegal budgets, and the second period saw Gene and Mike almost pull the sport back together. If you are an Aronow fan..... the magic years would have to be 1961-75...when he actually raced.
By the way..... please don't confuse my boat building with any prejudice for any era...... We built Offshore boats from 79 to 89..... but in truth I was as interested in tunnel boats during that period as Offshore...... Tunnel boats are my first love and our Offshore cats had a number of tunnel boat influences. I really have no ego driven basis for my opinion of the sport by era. I was fortunate enough to cover Offshore Racing as a TV announcer for 20 years during the good times and some lean years so I had a great perch to make a judgement. In any event since my first Offshore race as a competitor in 1964 until today....I have never seen it as bad as it has been over the past 5 years. This is a simple fact...how you deal with it might say more about you than me.
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06-15-2009 10:55 AM
For me the 80's were my hayday! I used to go watch the Benihana Race every year! I loved the NYC boat show and bought stuff from Cigarette every year. While kids were wearing their varsity jackets in junior high and high school, I had my Cigarette World Champion jacket with the "Cigarette/Hawk" embroidered on the back.
I was lucky enough to race with a team from 90-94 in an "A" boat. You could see the fractioning of the sport then. We started in the APBA and then ran with US Offshore. We won the Point Pleasant race in '92 in big water. Good times.
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06-15-2009 11:27 AM
1985! It's the only year I won a world championship.
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06-17-2009 07:22 AM
I have to agree with T2x....but in my opinion 1986 was the pinnacle of the eighties era, although that was the year that Mark Lavin was killed, you still had a true World Championship with open boats from around the world racing in Key West...I don't remember the exact boat count that year but there were alot of boats and the place was a zoo, I mean a zoo!!! Then again 2000 St Pete and 2001 KW Worlds were both great venues 100+ boat counts and great heads up racing in all classes!!!!!
My personal favorite year was 1978 the year I got to watch 1977 World Champion Betty Cook test and meet her in Marathon I think that was the year she also won the National Championship!!!!!
Those were the best eras for myself anyway because if you didn't have at least a 100 boats it was a bad event!!!!God forgives.....The 1% doesn't!!!!!!
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06-17-2009 08:02 AM
1999 World's St Pete driver's meeting. We would sit there amazed at roll call. 20+ F1 Boats and 30+ F2 Boats........Turn 1 was fun!
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06-17-2009 08:24 AM
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