Do the No Wake Zones not count for Callan?
 

Now maybe they had special permission, but I found it odd that Callan blasted through the No Wake zone at the Glaize Bridge on Sunday at LOTO. All the boats were idling and he went by doing at least 130 or 140mph. Looked cool but not sure it was a good decision.

They are on here, ask them...

What does the sign say..I forget? Is it Friday at dusk till sunday?

Sat, Sun, and Holidays.Memorial day til Labor day. from 10am til official sunset.

were they making a wake at that speed? :D

:party-smiley-048: Thats funny! Did they roost the bridge...That would of been sweet!

That thing would be a mo fo to drive at idle speed (no control).

I got the heck out of his way when he was heading back to the dock after his first run on Saturday. I looked over my shoulder and he was barrelling down on the old Apache so I turned hard to starboard to give him all the room he needed.

That's cause' their SPECIAL! They got a day pass on the IDLE zone!:cool-smiley-011:
Dean

Through the years I've seen more boats than I can count barrrel thru the Glaize zone. Ain't illegal until you get caught.
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BINGO, we have a winner. That's what I tell the wife as I'm doing 80-90 mph down the interstate!!:D

He blew right by a Water Patrol thats why I asked if they had special permission. ANd trust me Im not saying he was making a wake lol. I thought it was neat to get a private show off the back deck.

I am sure they did have a talk with the water patrol...I can't imagine going idle that long with that boat and its turbines...I am also sure they don't keep enough gas in it to make it back at idle. Towing it would be pretty dangerous and damaging also with the amount of and sizes of waves that particular weekend.

I couldn't imagine going 140 through the no wake zone with boats everywhere. Sounds pretty dangerous.

There were very few boats out at the time. around 7:30pm

Isn't IDLE on a turbine 60% of full throttle.
Maybe 130 is IDLE

When was OFFICIAL sunset?

8:15ish not that it matters. The speed limit after sunset is 30mph.

I think that is what they were doing? :D Duh!!!!!!!!! :D

Much like everyone has their own definition of "stock", everyone's boat has their own comfortable idle speed.. Jealousy will get you nowehere in life ;) ;)

Like someone else said.....Geeze officer I'm sorry...she idles at 130mph, nothing I can do about it

This "might" be the case, but did he really need to run 130-140 ??

Probably lack of knowledge, we race in so many places, I too have gone through no wake zones on plane by accident. Its touch to look at signs from a canopy. As far as their speed, Dave and John are the utmost professionals and would not bring her up to speed unless they were confident they had a clear safe pass

Scotty, we missed you n the Haggin crew this year. You will be racing i would guess!

Yes, we were racing in Long Island, big GEICO territory. We will be out in LOTO for the race

I wish you would have blown the Point Plesant Canal on plane in '06. I got stuck behind you for that trip. My food tasted like jet A for a week and my ears were ringing just as long.:D

Get ready to follow us again on Sept 9th:party-smiley-048:

I'll definatly be there. I'm already doin the sun dance.:party-smiley-048:

We left Shooter's a bit before 5:00 Saturday. After clearing the fireboat marking the start/end of the no wake area for the course, we headed out towards home at the 4MM. After we had made the turn left at the corner where Land's End and Dog Days are, I heard/saw the Bud Select boat coming up hard off to port. Once they cleared the shootout traffic, they really lit her up and were gone! Quickly lost sight of them past the community bridge. Very cool!!

Yes!!!! I believe that is the minimum planing speed for that boat!:evilb:

Even if they didn't have permision....THERE'S NOT A COP THAT COULD CATCH THEM!!!:D

the ticket was probably cheaper than the fuel to idle that ungodly distance from tan tara to the other end of grand glaize bridge in a friggin TURBINE! A gallon a minute for 8 miles...20 minute idle at $8.00/gallon= $160 one way.. Ticket couldnt have been more than $100! hahaha:D

i halfway considered throwin out a fishin pole and catchin somethin to kill the time.. and I thought the idle out of duck creek at GLOC was bad!:chick:

Thinking that they got some permission ahead of time. In years past I have seen them idling back to the moorings where they crane in. Have seen what looks like them overheating having to shut down for a while, actually looks like it is on fire! Remember hearing that about turbines somewhere???

Remember the Golden Rule.......... He who has the gold rules!

AINIT THAT THE TRUTH - ECEPT FOR VICK!