Havana Thunder Posponed

[Bobcat]

Havana Thunder Challenge postponed
BY TIMOTHY O'HARA Citizen Staff
tohara@keysnews.com
The organizers of a powerboat regatta between Key West and Havana set to leave port today have postponed their departure because of high winds and strong seas that are not expected to die down until at least Saturday.

www.keysnews.com

 

[Bobcat]

Organizers of the Havana
Thunder Challenge, sister event to
the May sailing race, the Havana
Challenge, planned to take roughly
15 boats and more than 100 people
to Cuba for the five-day event.
However, winds are expected
to be about 23 mph today and
the waves are expected to be six
to nine feet in the Florida Straits,
National Weather Service meteorologist
Adam Futterman said.
The winds are expected to diminish
to between 11 to 17 mph on
Thursday and Friday and down to
11 mph on Saturday, Futterman
said. The weather is typical for this
time of year, Futterman said.
Capt. Joe Weatherby, an organizer
of the event, planned to check the
weather today and decide if the
winds are weak enough to make
the 90-mile crossing on Wednesday,
he said.

 

[Ratickle]

They cancelled it, and yet some guy stole a 13' Whaler with a 40HP engine and made it?

 

[Bobcat]

It was only 5 or 6 when He went.

 

[Bobcat]

Weather limits Havana Challenge event
BY
Three powerboats in the Havana Thunder Challenge made it to Cuba on Tuesday and three more may make the trek from Key West to Cuba on Thursday, event organizer Joe Weatherby said.

The remaining nine boat owners decided to cancel, Weatherby said. About 20 to 30 people flew over and will take part in the scheduled events.

"The weather hurt us," Weatherby said.

The remaining nine
boat owners decided to
cancel, Weatherby said.
About 20 to 30 people flew
over and will take part in
the scheduled events.
The winds are
expected to diminish to
between 11 to 17 mph
on Thursday and Friday
and down to 11 mph on
Saturday, according to
the National Weather
Service. The winds have
generated 9-plus-foot
seas in the Florida
Straits.

 

[Ratickle]

Maybe next year we could borrow a 13 whaler and do the run?

 

[Wrinkleface]

Maybe next year we could borrow a 13 whaler and do the run?

Or maybe U could just use 1 of Ur 15 boats!!!!

 

[Ratickle]

Use the 10' just to make a point?