What hapend to the New England Races

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01-25-2007, 08:34 PM

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Lake Winnipesaukee would be great. They had a huge turnout in the early/mid nineies

Nobody would bark you think!!!!!

01-25-2007, 08:43 PM

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There is poker run Aug.4 at Borden Light Marina in Fall River Ma.Looks like OSS has same date.

01-25-2007, 09:42 PM

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im gonna have to say im game on the poker run more fun to be on then to be watching

01-25-2007, 09:49 PM

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last plymouth race was 94 the cg stopped it on the 1st lap

cape races were to far from the beach 02, 04canceled ,05 was the last one. I think 98 was the last winni newburyport last one was 93 or 94. fog was thick in the morning ran up from hingham just a compass and came through the fog in front of the cg ship, they were no loran,radar

thats what charts are for

then it rained all the way back. JUST START A NE Thread just keep it going. art

01-25-2007, 09:52 PM

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Art good idea id like to se a full foum on it but hey if we have to use this for now its a good idea thanks

01-25-2007, 10:07 PM

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yeap I will post everyday here if you want to use this as a base? art

01-25-2007, 10:14 PM

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Art i agree i will do the same to start it hell if they get tired of seein NE then they will have to give is our own

01-26-2007, 12:26 AM

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What about the old plymouth race or the around the cape race. there is all of this talk of the future of offshore racing I think it would be great if we look at the roots of the sport.

This is what we are trying to do with HORBA. There is a great history of racing in New England.

The Gloucester race was always a major stop on the schedule. The guys that ran the race from that area...Cape Ann, were killed in the blizzard of '78.

They were going out in a boat trying to rescue another boat caught in the blizzard....they were really good racers and tough guys.

Plymouth was another great race. Your compasses would spin as you went by the nuclear power station on the way down to the canal....you just had to believe that after you got by, they would come back and you could trust them again.

We have a video of the Plymouth 160 on the HORBA website from the mid 70's....www.historicraceboats.com

I'm not buildng my banana boats in New England anymore, but I still spend part of each year in RI. Anything I can do to help with this effort, let me know.

Charlie McCarthy