Recent content by lucky devil

Where are you getting the 150 lbs for the OL 29? I thought the OPA rule was: Triple Step Hulls Weight Minimum, Bravo. Imco drive 5250 lbs at first race- adjusted for parity by OPA. instead of 4750 lbs.Did OPA change this?

"While the individual RFPs for each bidder have not been released, Race World Offshore predicted it would be profitable in its first year producing the races and included revenue sharing with the city as part of its proposal, according to Cox." Revenue sharing with Key West always existed...

Yeah,what's a little conflict of interest amongst friends anyhow?

Annette, can you go to the stern of the boat and see if it has a Hull Identification Number (HIN) visible? https://nationalband.com/boat-hull-identification-tags/ Copy the info and post it so the yr,make and model can be confirmed.

How about scheduling the Mentor,Ohio race and the Dunkirk,NY race a month apart when the sites are 2 hrs apart running down I-90? The teams are going to make two trips for that?

I believe Larry works/worked for the Spottswood Companies Inc (SCI) as a general contractor through their Keystar subsidiary.Previously he worked through CROPRA in securing the town council permit for races and the county for TDC money.CROPRA existed for the primary benefit of SCI and their...

...or discussions with insurance companies convinced them the premiums were too high to cover open cockpit boats.

Merchandising isn't going to generate enough income to pay the Key West bar bill for most teams. http://jeffgluck.com/nascar-merchandise-sales-t-shirt-2017/

A lot of this was discussed 9 yrs ago in this thread... http://seriousoffshore.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1191&page=4&p=20475&highlight=#post20475

I was skiing in Wyoming when this story hit the news... http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/jackson_hole_daily/local/skier-loses-handgun-in-crash-gets-it-back/article_4ca20761-202a-5fe2-8f0e-1ee62e01e418.html?mode=print

one option http://www.cityofkeywest-fl.gov/egov/apps/services/index.egov?view=detail;id=147

I wouldn't defend the poker run group under any circumstance but this smacks of an arbitrary and capricious position by these Feds. Sure would like to have a Federal judge review this to decide if it's an abuse of discretion.

Remember, the southernmost property, and the piers, in Ft Zachary Taylor Park are owned and maintained by the Navy. The Keys Overnight Temporary Shelter (KOTS) looks like its about to be relocated to Stock Island.

thought there was a deal in place thru '18 ?

"...attempted to overtake a boat" "The last recorded speed on the boat’s recovered GPS unit was 148 mph..." Sounds like a race to me. BTW, the Superboat class in SBI (mostly Skaters too) doesn't run 148mph and that's with a full canopy,helmets & harnesses.