MikeyFIN
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At least at the Worlds as the Foreigners are used to that.
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Offshore racing? Offshore or beachside?
- Thread starter Sean H
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At least at the Worlds as the Foreigners are used to that.
1waterboy1
Charter Member
Great course....we should get back to that.
Sean H
Charter Member
I know a crazy litte short 'guy' from Trinidad that would do it.... heck, he shipped his boat within throwin' distance of South America to do it... :sifone:
Wahoo 214
Charter Member
I think the mixed course would be awesome but for many of our current site it wouldn't work because of course control and Coast Guard permitting. In Harrison, St Clair, Patchogue, NY city, Cambridge, LOTO, and Cumberland there are too many pleasure boaters to have to control. So we would need new sites or hundreds of new patrol volunteers. You also need more helios and medical staff which adds to the event cost.
phragle
Charter Member
DAREDEVIL
Banned
Lets hope the short guy gets it ready for KW,,,any news on that ??
How is it coming Sean ?????
MOBILEMERCMAN
Founding Member / Competitor
Yep, get a first aid kit, sea anchor, life raft and epirb like the old days and go at it.
Phantom1
Charter Member
I think the course should be set based upon the spectator/community layout. Every site is different....
For a scenario with a chance for a big gate income, run it out and straight back in toward the spectator area. (St Pete 1999)
For a scenario of huge community support, run along the beach. This allows the racers to secure lodging sponsorship - we always had good luck with hotels along the race course. (Daytona 2001 - 4 rms. x 4 nts. x $225 = $3,600 savings)
For the teams that don't participate in every race, make them run a "figure 8" course for the worlds......:driving:
For a scenario with a chance for a big gate income, run it out and straight back in toward the spectator area. (St Pete 1999)
For a scenario of huge community support, run along the beach. This allows the racers to secure lodging sponsorship - we always had good luck with hotels along the race course. (Daytona 2001 - 4 rms. x 4 nts. x $225 = $3,600 savings)
For the teams that don't participate in every race, make them run a "figure 8" course for the worlds......:driving:
Sean H
Charter Member
It's ready, should be stateside in a few weeks.
DAREDEVIL
Banned
Cool, good to hear.Hopefully its ok now.
Wahoo 214
Charter Member
Yes you are Rob, and that's why we love you and Bruce.
smokeybandit
New member
I'm trying to figure out all of this breakout stuff. Shouldn't a boat with legal equipment be allowed to go as fast as it can? If you go to a longer offshore course, there is no need for any of this. Open water and longer courses are the great equalizers.
Ratickle
Founding Member / Super Moderator
GPS racing is a good thing currently. What it allows, is someone to race a pleasure boat against others where the boats are no way close to identical.
You could have a twin outboard cat run against a twin large bigblock Vee against a single smaller bigblock Vee etc. The equalizer, none of you can go over 85 mph max.
It then comes down to driver, throttleman, setup, consistency, etc.
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Sean Stinson
Founding Member/Contributor
They are very much so.....the mixed course option seems to be the popular one so maybe we can take that and build that into an entity!!!!
Sean Stinson
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Sean Stinson
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MOBILEMERCMAN
Founding Member / Competitor
And of course the stop watch.
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