Tank and his Cig "Lit"
 

Off the coast of Long Beach -
http://www.primepost.us/gallery/Powerboats/Tank.jpg

Re: Tank and his Cig "Lit"
 

nice!!!!! :D

Re: Tank and his Cig "Lit"
 

WOW how did it land?

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Whoops!

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Nice job!!!

Looks like it's running pretty good Tank! :D

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Big Air!

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Tank! Dude, wow! Sweet air man. :cool: :eek: :D
Nice shot. Got'ta frame that one.

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:cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:

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Its a older true top gun it landed fine!!!

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Holy $hit Tank.

I can't wait to see the videos.

We took a few big ones that day to "look" good for the chopper, but they didn't feel that big. Between this and the Jimbo picture, this is getting exciting. :cool:

How fast were you going into the head seas? I think we got up to 60-65mph.

Awesome, frame that one. :drink:

Chris

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And the landing gear isnt down :drink:

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Yep, no worries. Solid as a rock.
:cool:

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And we have "LiftOff".


NICE :D

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"Houston, we have liftoff" :D

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:eek: :eek: :drink: :drink: :drink: :D :D :D :D

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Nort, I can always count on you for the quick comment!! :drink:

Hey, I have to say first off that even though you can't really see it in the pic, the seas were easily 4-5's (ask anyone one of the 25 boats that ran it) and we were running directly into them for the helicopter. I had the tabs down past neutral and the drives bumped off of 0. We were barrying the nose it seemed for the most part for most of the run until we came off one swell, launched and did the old - down the back side and right into another like a ramp. We were only running about 60-65. It just lined up right (or wrong :eek: )

We came down pretty hard but nothing that we had to stop for ;) The guy in the back behind my wife had never been on anytype of offshore boat in his life! :D :D

All I know is I wanted a good picture to frame for the wall during that run. I guess I got it :D

Thanks for the pic Chris...You guys did a great job on the shoot.

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It did and we kept runnin hard for the helicopter ;)

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Dude..........there ain't an ounce of tab is this "hot" shot!!!!!!!!! :evilb:

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Great shot !

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LMAO!!! Well, maybe I brought 'em up a bit for the video. Got caught up in the moment ya know!? :drink:

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awesome pic!!!
will make a great poster!

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Tank - You ran nice..the water was BIG at times.

More shots of everyone tomorrow.

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Thanks bro....Can't wait to see the pics and especially the video!! :cool:

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Tank flying one hell o' a tank !

Nice job !

Dave

Re: Tank and his Cig "Lit"
 

And that my friends..... is why we buy Cigs

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"good boy" tank

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Holy-chit, Tank!
I bet every time you look at that pic you're gonna get the chills.
That chit rides that border between cool and crap-your-pants!
Sweet pic!

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Great air shot...my sack tightened just looking at that. :cool:
As for your buddy in the back...he earned his co-pilot wings with that one.

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Nice!!!! Pic looks very familiar

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:cool: :cool: :drink: :drink:

Nice one Tank!!!! :eek:

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Tank,

BADASS!!!!!

I want one like that of my 36 to hang on the wall. If you need a big pic of that made, let me know and ill hook you up. We have large format proofers that would make a nice panoramic of that for the wall.

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That happens to the best of us !... :D .....At least in a Cig it doesnt matter, it will be just fine... :D :D

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Sweet!!

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that's one that while in the air you are thinking just that.. or hope someone got a pic of that... LOL

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As I referred to my shot like that:
"Significant APF"

You have a significant amount of silent time in the air for Ass Pucker Factor to engage, and you can think about how the landing is going to take place for a little longer than you would like to think about such.

At that point, having a trailer hitch ball mounted on the bottom of your seat comes in handy for holding you in the boat. I think they only install them in Fountains and Activators though.
:evilb: :evilb: :evilb:

Awesome shot Tank!

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Rockin shot!

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such is the way of life .......
Great Ride!

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I WATCHED A GUY IN CLEAR LAKE LAUNCH LIKE THAT IN A 21 LIBBY AND CAME BACK TO THE RAMP WITH A CRACKED HULL AND DECK. :eek:

AWSOME PIC ENJOY

Re: Tank and his Cig "Lit"
 

Thanks you guys. The shot is actually pulled from HD video that Chris (Shweeng) is putting together with 24 other boats that ran that day. I can gaurantee every boat on the video will be airing it out. The water was fairly big to be running directly into it. When Chris is done with it it's going to be a sick video edited w/music and running.

I haven't seen the video yet but when we took off I had the drives and tabs down and the boat was going bow down. I wanted to get some good air for the video so I brought it up a bit but in that water running 60+ it's kind've a biotch to get it right. We hit one swell launched, went down the back of another and ramped right into this. And yes, we came down pretty hard. But nothing to be concerned about. It's a Cig baby! :drink: It's all good, I got the money shot I wanted. ;)

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Don't show that photo to the people that put the decals on, they won't do any more work on your boat. :evilb: