Miss GEICO Mystic Speed Run from Miami to West Palm Beach Tomorrow AM

[JupiterSunsation]

They cheated. They ran "with" the Gulfstream current, running north. lol:driving:

Gulfstream is a few miles offshore....if they ran along the beach there would be no advantage

 

[Bertram38]

Ditto:iagree:

Gulfstream is a few miles offshore....if they ran along the beach there would be no advantage

 

[glh]

Gulfstream is a few miles offshore....if they ran along the beach there would be no advantage

Actually depending on the distance between shore and the Gulfstream, it might of even been a disadvantage, considering how the flow is on the edge of a current.

I doubt it would represent a whole lot in a 45 minute trip (my guess is less than 0.5 mph which on 45 minutes means a little more than a 1/4 mile), but if your in a trawler or a sailbot it does. This is why you alwasys see those rag boats on the edges of rivers when they are going up current at their blistering a 4 knots...

 

[MarylandMark]

Gov't cut has soiled many a pair of shorts in it's day

The "Government Cut" soils my shorts every payday.

 

[Slandrew]

Great run basic boat whould be 3-4 hour ride correct?

 

[imco offshore]

no 1.1/2 to 2 hours.. in a speeder ,,,it must have been pretty rough,,,

 

[BOJOE2]

i am assuming that if they hit something taking out haggin's back, he is not going to be jumping boat to boat, swimming or leaping onto a helicopter, he is going to be moving very gingerly...... From the few times i have spoken with him, he strikes me as the kind of guy that would say "**** it guys, it hurts but go!!!!" so if he bailed it was probably hurtin pretty good.

thats what im thinking

 

[Scotty B]

Originally Posted by phragle
i am assuming that if they hit something taking out haggin's back, he is not going to be jumping boat to boat, swimming or leaping onto a helicopter, he is going to be moving very gingerly...... From the few times i have spoken with him, he strikes me as the kind of guy that would say "**** it guys, it hurts but go!!!!" so if he bailed it was probably hurtin pretty good.

He did want to keep going, but I could hear in his voice he was in pain so I stopped and made him get out of the boat

 

[Madpoodle]

He did want to keep going, but I could hear in his voice he was in pain so I stopped and made him get out of the boat

I'd LOVE to see the video of that conversation :willy_nilly::willy_nilly:

 

[JupiterSunsation]

no 1.1/2 to 2 hours.. in a speeder ,,,it must have been pretty rough,,,

100% correct....

 

[imco offshore]

i,m willing to bet Scott B can do it in 25 min or less...godsssake 50' boat 3000 hp,,,and it runs 175 mph,,,,its only approx 75 miles...

 

[in the pink]

The fact that you guys pulled it off in big sloppy waters only cements what kind of b@lls you have. Congratulations!:driving: :cheers2:

 

[ILMORdude]

Took us around 2 hrs. Its nnnnasty coming thru govt cut. In a 30 ft V