I'CE

to the top for crew chief nick B.

OldSchool

LMFAO.... One Offshore Legend posting an article about another Offshore Legend!!!

Fast Shafts

Its kinda of ironic that the open class winner averaged 69.9 mph. Today's smallest OPA class is 70 mph bracket-and alot of the fleet breaks out.

I'CE

OldSchool, thank you for the laugh ! Take that DART out of you neck it's killing ME pooor ol Chris. ttt for New screen name on OSO to be "nickotine" a young lad that just can not get enough of this stufff ! bye bye

MikeyFIN

Well the courses were a whole lot different....so even today they would be quite there.. just look at Cowes-Torquay-Cowest avarage speeds even today.

38vice

Cant wait to get that boat in the water again!

HabanaJoe

If I respond to this as I should I sound old and living in the past so instead I'll agree...

"Yea, those boats were slow and those drivers if they had to race like we do today in the river they would get dizzy loose sight of the GPS screen and have to give up!"

You know I'm only busting you but it's amazing how times change that people think Miami-Binimi-Miami is an "offshore" race. Yes, it's cool but - it's not even half the distance of an old class 1 event.

Fast Shafts

Its all good Habana, I guess we can credit Rocky Aoki for bringing the race courses close to shore, a stipualtion he mandated for Benihana to sponsor the most successfull race in history.
Truth be told, if it wasn't for boats like Kamma, Bounty Hunter, Benihana, Long Shot, and Beep Beep, I would probably be involved in another sport. Some of best memories I have as a kid were meeting these racer. I also "blame" these racers for my addiction to this "nonsense".
38Vice, do you own the Kamma boat?

fastdonzi

It's the Only event where they lose sight of Land or go in water more than 50' deep

HabanaJoe

Now that's funny!