Yeah, well, I think the class is dead for next year. If the majority of racers feel the same way, then the last big race of the year is meaningless, right?
The sport could get back to the LLC days but it never will.
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Yeah, well, I think the class is dead for next year. If the majority of racers feel the same way, then the last big race of the year is meaningless, right?
The sport could get back to the LLC days but it never will.
You are not weird. But offshore racing has been this way for a long time. Giant, but unjustified, egos, with delusions of grandeur, thinking that they are actually accomplishing something significant everytime they win a knife fight with their bazooka. Some like minded hangers-on, leeches, and the uninformed cheering them on.
uke: Sorry. Anyway, it is not racing. Just driving a fast boat fast for a 45 minutes or so, some self congratulations, and on to the next boat ride. Stupid.
Wardey
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imco offshore
Competitor / Charter Member
is it really Offshore Racing ,,,or
Offshore Social Club ,,
your better get in the ,,click.. or your just a donor
phragle
Charter Member
I prefer to think of it as a drinking club with a bit of adrenaline thrown in from time to time, but then again Im not really clickish person, just a half drunk muppet. I want to try racing next year, I have no illusions of actually winning anything, I just want to have fun and hang it out.
imco offshore
Competitor / Charter Member
I have no illusions of actually winning anything, I just want to have fun and hang it out.
Rob ,,as long as the new are in with old ,,,that is just your spot,, enjoy my freind,,:cheers2:
Rob ,,as long as the new are in with old ,,,that is just your spot,, enjoy my freind,,:cheers2:
MANITIE
Charter Member / Competitor
It must of been ruff....I looked at the average laps speeds and they were some of the lowest I have seen in a long time....mid 60's to 71.22....and the Class 5 Volocity averaged 61.2...
Did Steve and Gary maybe missed the set up or have issues....I don't ever recal them running a 67's average..and they are one of the best ruff water teams out there....was there a reason for them running a clockwise race...
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yes...to turn away from the pier instead of coming around towards the pier
(hope I explained that right)
MANITIE
Charter Member / Competitor
Thanks Pat....I fugured there was a reason...
No, Gary and Steve did not miss their set up. They actually led for a lap, and were running extremely hard as you can see from the tabs being up and the boat flying, but when the Fontain passed them like they were tied to the dock, Steve said screw it and backed off. That is the reason Steve is probably going to cut the top off the Extreme and go pleasure boating.
MANITIE
Charter Member / Competitor
Thanks....I thought there had to be a reason for the 67 adverage...even in big water...I figured Steve still would be in the 70's....
Hate to see him cut the lid off..
The boat looks like see was flying great..
imco offshore
Competitor / Charter Member
thats because you were a "competitor" and enjoyed working on your equipment so it could,,, now adays we have "trophy collectors, " followers" and "don,t work on your boat ,so i don,t have to,," and then you have
" at least i,m part of the big show ' '
uke:
Really, what clowns. Trying to accomodate a guy who dumped his unapproved boat on them illegally at the 11th hour before the first race, ignoring warnings they would regret it, who repaid them by pounding them into the ground, who got on the Internet and bragged about himself and mocked his fellow competitors, while using false screen names and pretending to be someone else, who refused to allow his boat to be teched properly while protesting anything the old boats did to get competitive, whose boat is 5-10 mph faster in all conditions, who cannot lose unless he breaks, etc., etc.
I mean, really, what clowns. Now that they have pissed a ton of money away chasing a ghost, and ruined the value of their boats, they should finish what they started, spend thousands more, and be this guy's bitch two more times. Otherwise, what will he have to brag about?
I mean, really, what clowns. It isn't fair for them to let him race only to quit now. C'mon. Man up, clowns.
imco offshore
Competitor / Charter Member
thats awsome ...funny
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