Port Huron International Offshore Race 2014

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Lilly decided to try the "Go Wide" tactic of racing. I was worried for a bit, but out they came. I asked Britt how close they came and he said he could see the whites of the spectators eyes.....

 

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You wouldn't believe how many times this patrol boat was in the racing lanes. A few times we were really worried. The drivers had to come around the corner and say What The Heck??????? (Or worse)

 

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Typhoon got away from the pock really early. Louie said after that the boat ran excellent, best it has. He also said Smitty is crazy on the throttles sometimes. They were all over the place in the air...

 

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Smitty passing his sons broken down later in the race. I can't figure out if the patrol boat is waving Hi or Hey, not so close.....

 

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Pirate was in a solid second place, trying to run Typhoon down, barely closing the distance the last couple laps before the race was shut down early.

 

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The race for third was pretty tight between Tug It and Octane. Tug It held them off.

 

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The Smiths were running Class 5 even though their boat had a Class 6 number on it. They started in second place but were in first when they broke down. Hasn't been a good year for them. They have one first place this year and all the rest they have broken down. Class 5 had a decent turnout with 7 boats.

 

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Cisco is the boat to beat with three first place finishes this year, almost 100 points ahead of Wazzup II.

 

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And then it happened, Red Flag the race to let a ship go through with about 1 3/4 laps left to go. The plan was to restart the race after the ship passed, but after the wait was over it was decided they were running too close on the allotted time so the race was stopped and the final positions were what they were at the time of the red flag. I'm sure some were glad, and some were not so happy. But........

 

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So, while waiting for the next race to get set up, some teams doing double duty were in both races, we had some 1st period ending entertainment....

 

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So, with the race ending due to the ship traffic, the second race was Class 4 with three boats and Class 6 with ten boats. Class 4 had the first start and the Crockett Rocket came through the first corner in first place, Erie Monster was second and Simmons Marine was third.