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MOBILEMERCMAN
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I am right there with you. I raced F2 in the best days till the end. SuperV for a season. Looking to try Cat Ob next. P class is not my thing either. Good for some, but not for me.
MOBILEMERCMAN
Founding Member / Competitor
We can meet again in Key West.
You were at w palm '99. That was so fun running on those mountain swells.
In "99 I crewed Tivoli B7 for APBA and drove F2-71 Fountain in SBI. That was a fun year.
You were at w palm '99. That was so fun running on those mountain swells.
In "99 I crewed Tivoli B7 for APBA and drove F2-71 Fountain in SBI. That was a fun year.
THEJOKER
New member
Huge mountains 20 ft?....Miklos put bicycle flags on his boat. I thought he was nuts until the parade lap - HOLY CHIT!
MOBILEMERCMAN
Founding Member / Competitor
We broke a drive and idled back. That was frightening wondering who was going to come from behind and land on us.
Sanborn and I witnessed V-76 with Lilly throttling for Jeff Harris carrying across the tops of some of those mountains. OMG I will never forget it.
Sanborn and I witnessed V-76 with Lilly throttling for Jeff Harris carrying across the tops of some of those mountains. OMG I will never forget it.
THEJOKER
New member
You are right on the money about somebody landing on each other. That was all that was on my mind. Are we going to land on somebody or vice versa. Man.... Lance Henrichsen - Warlock and Jo w/ Pantera duked it out. If F1 Came back w/ a 500 efi or carb I would have to build a new race boat and get back at it.
MOBILEMERCMAN
Founding Member / Competitor
Well SVL in OSS is pretty close. There are some nice used ready boats available.
I got lucky Drive the IMCO boat a few times. Its one of the well attended classes. LOTO had 7 or 8.
Randy was faster than we were by 1 or 2 so I made him work to get around me. I pushed him around some the best I could. It took him 3/4 of a lap to get by. This was the last moment we were ahead of him. Had a good time.
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I got lucky Drive the IMCO boat a few times. Its one of the well attended classes. LOTO had 7 or 8.
Randy was faster than we were by 1 or 2 so I made him work to get around me. I pushed him around some the best I could. It took him 3/4 of a lap to get by. This was the last moment we were ahead of him. Had a good time.
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THEJOKER
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Yes you are right - The SVL are deck to deck. We had the 700 hp when I raced SVL the last year before spec. I used to love to push em out and dive at the turn. I may be helping RonP with some shipping. Tell sticker boy hello in KW.
Phantom1
Charter Member
Ahhh, the good ol' days.
Lee
Charter Member
I owned and throttled F1-32 and also raced F2-16, They were my all time favorite classes, That is until it turned into checkbook racing and we didn't have the cake to be competitive. Anyway, it was a very exciting time in offshore, especially going into the first turn in St.Clair with 26 F-1's 
THEJOKER
New member
I owned and throttled F1-32 and also raced F2-16, They were my all time favorite classes, That is until it turned into checkbook racing and we didn't have the cake to be competitive. Anyway, it was a very exciting time in offshore, especially going into the first turn in St.Clair with 26 F-1's
I drove F2-69 in St Clair and will never forget going into turn 1. We got pushed out so far we were almost in the spectator fleet and people were jumping out of their boat as we hosed them down! Crazy stuff!
boatme
Charter Member
ahhhh the good ole days
Wife and I went to look at buying a f-2 boat to race in 2003
Cherie was risk manager for the APBA Silver cup series and we wanted to race and not just officiate
We were just about to pull the trigger on the boat when we started to see things falling apart
We decided to wait a year and that is when the wheels fell off of the class and the sport
This was the best decision we never made to buy the boat
I would still love to race but i am no longer in the financial position I was in then, and the factory classes would have to come back for me to get interested in competing
I envy you guys who raced and who are racing
I have been involved in many facets of offshore for years
I have owned many offshore boats, and we have put on great events (Smoke On The Water Poker Run and Grand Haven off shore races)
We can not go back, but we can go forward using lessons from the past I hope we learn and re apply some of the winning thought processes when it comes to racing
Wife and I went to look at buying a f-2 boat to race in 2003
Cherie was risk manager for the APBA Silver cup series and we wanted to race and not just officiate
We were just about to pull the trigger on the boat when we started to see things falling apart
We decided to wait a year and that is when the wheels fell off of the class and the sport
This was the best decision we never made to buy the boat
I would still love to race but i am no longer in the financial position I was in then, and the factory classes would have to come back for me to get interested in competing
I envy you guys who raced and who are racing
I have been involved in many facets of offshore for years
I have owned many offshore boats, and we have put on great events (Smoke On The Water Poker Run and Grand Haven off shore races)
We can not go back, but we can go forward using lessons from the past I hope we learn and re apply some of the winning thought processes when it comes to racing
Pop
Charter Member
I'll never forget them either guys, when we deployed we had to time our jumps so that we were on top, if we missed, it was a long way down.
Pop
Pop
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MOBILEMERCMAN
Founding Member / Competitor
Yea, You guys I remember like it was yesterday. Pops I miss you too. I hope our paths cross again soon.
THEJOKER
New member
Old APBA Racers Hug! HAHA:boxing_smiley:
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