The Day SVL Died

[Whoz Your Daddy]

My 2 cents
The SVL class is one of the best classes to watch race when all you dopes are out there running together. I wish every one would get on the same page and just find a way to get back to having fun, I have raced 3 seasons in class 5 and have had less drama in 3 years then some of you have in 1 race. I have kicked around getting into an SVL for a couple years now but its crap like this that will keep me and other teams from joining what i think is the most exciting class to watch.
Please get together and all figure out a way to make it fair for all the older boats and get back to having fun. And just maybe SVL could be the best class out there.

Mike O

 

[SVL66]

My 2 cents
The SVL class is one of the best classes to watch race when all you dopes are out there running together. I wish every one would get on the same page and just find a way to get back to having fun, I have raced 3 seasons in class 5 and have had less drama in 3 years then some of you have in 1 race. I have kicked around getting into an SVL for a couple years now but its crap like this that will keep me and other teams from joining what i think is the most exciting class to watch.
Please get together and all figure out a way to make it fair for all the older boats and get back to having fun. And just maybe SVL could be the best class out there.

Mike O

I think im coming back to class 5 :hurray:

 

[Whoz Your Daddy]

I think im coming back to class 5 :hurray:

I have had a blast for the last 3 years with a great group of people. Would be a blast to have ya with us bruce.

 

[extras]

but its crap like this that will keep me and other teams from joining what i think is the most exciting class to watch.

:iagree:

 

[SVL66]

I have had a blast for the last 3 years with a great group of people. Would be a blast to have ya with us bruce.

i started racing in class 5. Back then, we were lucky to have 7 boats at a race. It has come a long way since then.

 

[XtremeRacing]

Bruce it was even fun in those day lol

 

[SVL66]

Bruce it was even fun in those day lol

one thing for sure...there was no drama

 

[mdkeywest]

:hurray:Randy got a win in .

:seeya:SVL

 

[imco offshore]

i AGREE BRUCE ,,

 

[XtremeRacing]

Maybe its time to get back to what we all love and thats racing, let the org. deal with the rest of the BS . I'm sure they can figure it out, I think we have to many cheifs and not enough Indians right now. Spliting classes and more org. is not the anwser! New boats,older boats,faster boats and slower boats its getting crazy.

 

[imco offshore]

Frank your right,,,,I have had my share of my hand in it ,i know,,,but i know big john does not take this sh1t ,at all ,, and I see smitty closeing the book on the free for all ,
One thing for sure ,,it,s going to get exspensive !! :USA:

 

[SVL66]

Correction

As of my previous posting, I was led to believe that Friday's race results would count, even though it was an exhibition.

I stand corrected that Friday did not count toward final results.

However, my feeling on the matter has not changed.

Lets leave it at that. No need to drag this out. GEORGE,,,,,''''''''/////

 

[imco offshore]

Bruce ,it,s all good ,,what is ,,is ,,,whats done ,,is done ,,no hard feelings ,,on my side ,,their is 5 months to try to rebuild , start over ,,( svl,s chapter 11 )

 

[Ratickle]

Well, I've chatted with Smitty, Wil, Teague, a couple teams thinking about moving up into SVL, and all of the SVL owners here. I'll try to be in contact with all of you soon. Smitty has some good ideas I think.

Bruce and George, thanks for cleaning this up and getting things back in order. I really appreciate it.

 

[smokeybandit]

The solution is simple. Race offshore. The only reason all of these rules are in place is because you are racing around in circles in flat water. The only equalizer you can have is placing all types of restrictions on these boats. All these restrictions do is prevent the boats from doing what they were designed to do. Race offshore and then you won't have to worry about speed limits. Also, yank those GPS's out of the boats and let a navigator do some navigating.

 

[Gordo]

"racing around in circles in flat water" ? you're joking, right?

My question is- What does the rule book say?
Does the boat fit the printed rules of this class?

And what exactly IS a 525 these days?
Even some of the OSS guys admit the 525 is more like 540+ horsepower

 

[Mike A.]

"racing around in circles in flat water" ? you're joking, right?

My question is- What does the rule book say?
Does the boat fit the printed rules of this class?

And what exactly IS a 525 these days?
Even some of the OSS guys admit the 525 is more like 540+ horsepower

Gordo - don't bother. The whole thing is a joke and major waste of time. Steve and I are going car racing.

 

[Fast Shafts]

Did you have to "navigate" when Rocky Aoki brought the course in closer to shore for the benefit of the spectators?

 

[Ratickle]

"racing around in circles in flat water" ? you're joking, right?

My question is- What does the rule book say?
Does the boat fit the printed rules of this class?

And what exactly IS a 525 these days?
Even some of the OSS guys admit the 525 is more like 540+ horsepower

The 525 runs about 540 to 560 HP at the crank. The 525 rating is at the propshaft.

There are issues with teching the 525 due to the possibilities of modification and people being able to reseal with Merc duplicates

 

[smokeybandit]

Did you have to "navigate" when Rocky Aoki brought the course in closer to shore for the benefit of the spectators?

Yes we did. Every race had at least 1 long offshore leg. Navigation was an integral part of offshore racing. It still should be. This class that everyone is arguing about should be a great thing. These are exactly the types of boats that should be providing the most competitive racing. I would bet you that if you just let all of these guys race on a long course, they would be ultra-competitive with each other. No GPS, no breakouts. Just man and machinge against the elements. That would make for one hell of a race.