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    1985 Gentry Turbo Eagle Scarab Auction

    1985 Gentry Turbo Eagle Scarab — 1988 World Champion Offshore Powerboat — Heads to Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach AuctionApril 16–18, 2026 | Palm Beach, Florida | Selling at No ReserveBarrett-Jackson Palm Beach AuctionSouth Florida Fairgrounds SELLING AT NO RESERVE The legendary 1985 Gentry Turbo...
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    2026 Blue Water Resort & Casino Absolute Speed & Marine Spring Classic

    The Spring Classic is on! Take a peek at this weekend's line-up https://www.facebook.com/scscracing/
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    New Orleans Grand Prix Schedule

    New Orleans is Central Daylight Time Friday, April 10 PWC Closed Course Racing 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM Offshore Closed Course Testing 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM Offshore Qualifying – Pro Class 1 & Factory Stock 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Saturday, April 11 PWC Enduro Race 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Offshore Qualifying...
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    Comment by 'Serious News' in news 'Ethanol, An Expensive Mess :('

    Comments here: https://seriousoffshore.com/threads/article-11-in-2011-8-ethanol.23104/
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    Ethanol, what an Expensive Mess :(

    Busting Ethanol Fuel Myths Learn what you can do to prevent phase separation and limit other ethanol-related fuel problems. By Tom Burden, Problems with the transition to E10 fuel The most likely time for fuel problems occurs when you first begin using ethanol-blended fuel. When E10 is added to...
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    IHRA Safety and Rescue Overview

    Then, when others were researching IHRA, this came to light, causing more concern about safety standards possibly being lessened:
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    IHRA Safety and Rescue Overview

    So, after that was posted, the response from Michael Allweiss was: Entire Response, (Too long to post the entire response in a single post): https://speedonthewater.com/a-rebuttal-to-ihra-president-leah-martins-open-letter-to-racers/ A Rebuttal to IHRA President Leah Martin’s Open Letter to...
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    IHRA Safety and Rescue Overview

    How Offshore Safety Actually Works There has also been confusion—intentional or otherwise—about how safety, rescue, and medical care function at an offshore race. Let’s be clear: · Divers are divers. Their role is rescue, extraction, and in-water response. · Once a patient is removed from...
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    IHRA Safety and Rescue Overview

    Then Leah, IHRA President, sent out this letter, (In two parts due to size restrictions): An Open Letter from the President of IHRA Over the past several weeks, there has been a growing amount of speculation, rumor, and outright misinformation regarding how IHRA...
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    IHRA Safety and Rescue Overview

    While that was occurring, IHRA put up a post for rescue divers to fill their openings, deciding that when SSR refused to lower their standards, they would replace them. Their rulebook showed: . 2.2.2 Emergency Rescue Personnel — Sufficient recue divers will be required to staff the rescue...
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    IHRA Safety and Rescue Overview

    From what we have been told, the issue started with IHRA's insistence that SSR obtained their own insurance and name IHRA as additional insured. Up until this, the promoters paid APBA to make sure they were insured by APBA, and the promoters and APBA made sure that the location and all personnel...
  12. F-426 Skater, America’s Newest Stealth Fighter on Water?

    F-426 Skater, America’s Newest Stealth Fighter on Water?

    10 Comments As ranked in most military expert’s reviews, the F-4 Phantom, F-15 Strike Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-22 Raptor, and F-117 Nighthawk are 5 of the top U.S. Fighter Jets of all time. But, if the military had decided to build a high performance fighter catamaran, this latest Skater...
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    New Star Wars-Themed Skater 368 Is Out Of This World

    New Star Wars-Themed Skater 368 Is Out Of This World ByMatt TrulioOctober 20, 2022 Unless you’re a diehard Skater Powerboats fan in desperate need of another hobby, it may surprise you to learn the Douglas, Mich., company has its fifth Skater 368 model catamaran powered by twin Mercury Racing...
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    Comment by 'Serious News' in news 'Charlie "Top Banana" McCarthy, Part 1'

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