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Sure it's Sunday, enough of the sermons....

You have said here exactly what I sat last night running thru my mind. And I can't help but think that those starts would not hold with eight boats running down the straight and into turn one, and not to put down Axas new adventure in any way here either.

Ah for the good old days, throw the green flag on a group of 150+ boats right in front of Gan for the thrill of the spectators. Then pray like he!! you could claim a hole to put your boat in when you started around Jackstraw Shoal. We might not have been "Pro Racers" but the level of competitive spirit amoungst the players was just as high.

If I wanted to race I'd buy this one, it's built for us short folks................

Not glass, which was a supprise to me when I was surveying things over. Smoked plexi of some sort, super clarity and no distortion at the curves like the Velocity. Somewhat wish it was glass, would have saved me endless hours of work buffing and polishing.

I know mine is not the canopied race boat version that Reggie offers, but I think she'll hold her own on the local amateur circuit. After all she's got them sealed, from Merc Racing, 525 EFI's, and, not meaning to one up anyone, I got me two of them, dyno tuned and all.



Almost forgot, for 5Ps sake here...............................AMEN Brother !!!

Just to turn the tide of the thread, aside from watching the bud lite beer boat go by, rumour has it Axa also lost to the girl boating team in v lite.......damn.........

5P, You are an aggitator


It was only one girl and I understand it was her first time as the throttlelady, and her first race as well. Must be she likes pushing on stick better than pulling, you go there girl.


You can go to the OSS site and review all the race results there, and there are some pics etc as well.


BTW You pick a launch date yet? I'm thinking in another couple weeks if this weather would change. It's supposed to be warming up this week again, hopefully that will open up a launch someplace around here soon. I think I may just fire them up this week, I love this heated storage building.

Take notice there are NO Fountains (or Formulas) in SVL...I wonder why?

Dave

PS Jenni and her Boyfriend ran a Great race, and didn't break!

Take notice there are no Formulas (or Fountains) in SVL.....I do believe I know why!!!

Fountain no longer manufactures a boat in a size that would fit in the class, the smallest or starter model is the new 33 Lightning for the '08 model year, in '07 the smallest model was the 35 Lightning / Executioner models, both are twin engine models which I believe are excluded in OSS SVL.

Formula does have single engine models in a size that would likely fit within the OSS SVL rules. It does make you wonder why they would not rig one up and hit the circuit.

Fountain does participate currently, as they have in the past, in all classes in which their products fit within the rules. And, as I'm sure you are aware, holds more National and World records and race wins than all other manufacturers combined. You should, as a racer, have access to this information. If you don't you could pick up a copy of any major performance boating publication, it's usually right there within the first few pages. Back in the day when Fountain did manufacturer smaller models they did participate in classes such as F-1, and held records and championships there as well. Currently Fountain will build you a full canopied race version of every model they manufactuer, excepting the new 33, rigged up and ready to run in any class you choose to participate in. Perhaps in the future Fountain will offer a smaller model thru the recently acquired Baja line that would fit within the SVL rules. Just think about that for a minute, you could get your a$$ kicked by a Baja by Fountain.

I wonder why Formula would not accomodate their customers in this same manner if they choose to participate in a form of racing???

Now here's a thought, Reggie could build and rig up a full canopied version of a smaller Baja Outlaw by Fountain and get Ms. Jennie to throttle it. That would be a real winning combination. You go there girl !!!


Dave >>> WTF Doug we just got smoked by a chick in a Baja.

Doug >>> No chit Dave. Enough is enough, I'm calling Reggie first thing on monday.

Doug >>> Oh Dave, I think I'm also putting Amy in that seat of yours as well.

Not only can she throttle, she can rig a race boat as well !!!


You go there Girl !!!

I can hear it now this summer on the VHF .....


DAVE> Has anyone seen Ragged? ..... over

Rippem> No not yet ..... over

Dave> I thought he wanted to race .... over

5pm> He is racing ..... just can't catch us ..... over

got twins ?> " I sought I saw a Fountain ..... no it is fishing boat .... " over

Thirdbird> " Don't worry !!!, be happy..." over

Upstate> " while you guys are looking for waiting for Ragged I will fire up the generator and start the blender drinks .... over


LOL .... LOL ....

Looking forward to the summer ...... over .....

Jeff