Cat Can Do Crash

[boatme]

This was quite a few years ago but great footage

Nice Shot of Rich Luhrs as well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W_MslE5ntE

 

[THEJOKER]

I was there and remember that day well. We all brought in our share of crab pots! I miss Rich and the Speed Channel TV Shows!

 

[stainless]

I was there and remember that day well. I miss Rich and the Speed Channel TV Shows!

Us too, we blew a connecting rod out the side of the block on a 2.5 merc ! :driving: Hated seeing pieces of cat can do coming back to the dock! Glad they were ok though!:cheers2:

 

[THEJOKER]

Us too, we blew a connecting rod out the side of the block on a 2.5 merc ! :driving: Hated seeing pieces of cat can do coming back to the dock! Glad they were ok though!:cheers2:

We partied and crashed in the cabin of Reggie's new 65 cruiser - haha. Those were good times!

 

[Ratickle]

I remember Barry talking about going back out to run the next time. It was good to see them in St Clair this past year and running well.

 

[Offshore Ginger]

Mark you dawggggg sure brings back alot of memories and all the years i crewed with them and working for Baker Eng doing the repairs and salvage on the old Jelly Belly Gone Again and Carlos N Charlies X-TREAME . Mark ,great stuff and do you remember this ........... Midget racer ? :bump:

 

[Offshore Ginger]

Mark you must be really cleaning house !:seeya::rofl::rofl::rofl:

 

[Matt Trulio]

I watched it from the shore, too. At the time, it was one of the gnarliest wrecks I'd seen. I couldn't believe they walked away from it.

What I remember most is the noise. Boats that big make a big noise when they hit the water that hard.

 

[boatme]

Mark you dawggggg sure brings back alot of memories and all the years i crewed with them and working for Baker Eng doing the repairs and salvage on the old Jelly Belly Gone Again and Carlos N Charlies X-TREAME . Mark ,great stuff and do you remember this ........... Midget racer ? :bump:

If you rremeber i used to stop by and see you guys working on the Jelly Belly boat

Yea i remeber the day I gave Keith the Nic Name "Midget Racer" he was not to fond of it but it seemd to fit and it is funny how many people now refer to him that way

Yea been cleaning out some drawers and posting stuff i havent looked at in years

I have the vidieo of the little cat can do going over in Canada as well i just cant find it righ now

I showed it to Mark Polker last summer It was the first time he had seen it. he couldnt believe how bad he and Dave flew when they went out of the boat

 

[MOBILEMERCMAN]

No body mentioned they won the race the following day.

 

[T2x]

I was there and remember that day well. We all brought in our share of crab pots! I miss Rich and the Speed Channel TV Shows!

Thanks

I miss the crab pots...........


P.S. In spite of the quote about "backing out of the throttles"...... the rooster tails never dropped. When the video piece starts....the hull is already well past the point of no return.....and the engines are still at full song.

 

[boostbros]

i remember keith holmes in the early 90s running ahsta la vista in the powerboat canada poker runs we were running a 4 engine 30 shadow cat named fore play

 

[cowisl]

Thanks

I miss the crab pots...........


P.S. In spite of the quote about "backing out of the throttles"...... the rooster tails never dropped. When the video piece starts....the hull is already well past the point of no return.....and the engines are still at full song.

Looks like they got real lucky to me. I remember you showing us that vid at Skaterfest.

 

[Mike A.]

Thanks

I miss the crab pots...........


P.S. In spite of the quote about "backing out of the throttles"...... the rooster tails never dropped. When the video piece starts....the hull is already well past the point of no return.....and the engines are still at full song.

Exactly...Bottomline Rich is that we did produce some damn good TV! That whole feature was one of my favorite segments of all time.

 

[boatme]

No body mentioned they won the race the following day.

Yes they did but they also won from attrition the two other boats they were racing against did not finish so Cat Can Do won the race as the only one left underway Still a win though

 

[boatme]

Rich your efforts over the years are missed

you could always recognize your voice and speedvision always had great coverage

ahh the good old days

 

[Offshore Ginger]

Mark i do remember you dropping by when we were working on Jelly Belly and i also remember seeing you quite often later in the afternoons at Skater when i was there. Mark , just curious when was the last time you've seen Keith ?

 

[T2x]

Exactly...Bottomline Rich is that we did produce some damn good TV! That whole feature was one of my favorite segments of all time.

I guess that was before I became obsolete.......

In truth, the funniest moments were in the recording booth when (unbelievably!!!!!) Reggie couldn't think of anything to say!!!!!!. Somehow Dick and I had to become spontaneous script writers for the most verbose guy in the boating world.

 

[boatme]

I guess that was before I became obsolete.......

Rich more like ICONIC LOL :willy_nilly:

Rich if asked to comentate again, would you ???

 

[boatme]

Mark i do remember you dropping by when we were working on Jelly Belly and i also remember seeing you quite often later in the afternoons at Skater when i was there. Mark , just curious when was the last time you've seen Keith ?

The Midget racer actualy lives with his girlfriend 3 blocks away from me I see them go by once in a while but i have not been on speaking terms with him in years