Endnote on Desert Storm: It's Still Not a Race
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Endnote on Desert Storm: It's Still Not a Race
Have a great weekend, http://speedonthewater.com/component...ill-not-a-race.
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Bring all the fast boats to the Bimini Race. Its fun in Miami and its a fun old school race and you can win a flag. Well worth the 20000.00 to 30000.00 you will spend that weekend. That's if you dont break anything. Hope to see a few of you guys there.
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By the way it is very safe and comfortable. Individual starts, Jet rangers, with Dive teams, boats.
It is the Ocean, so it might scare some of you!!
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Regarding your question: You would have to ask each poker run organizer what his plans are in the event of the scenario you described.
Having actually seen that scenario at the start of the Big Cat Poker Run several years, I can tell you what photographer Robert Brown and I (we we covering the race in a helicopter for Powerboat) did.
We had the pilot head back toward the start of the course, where about 60 or 70 boats had already come on plane and were getting up to speed. We had the pilot position the helicopter in the middle of the course and turn the helicopter sideways to the fleet, so Brown and I were clearly visible.
Then we started motioning, palms to the water, frantically with what we hoped would be seen as a "slow down" signal. And it appeared to work. Everyone slowed down and went past the accident at idle speed.
I'm not suggesting that as a "plan." I'm just giving you an example of something that worked in the moment. Staying calm and thinking clearly can make a lot of difference when things go bad.