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Originally Posted by omerta one (Post 3174638)

I spent all my money on booze, babes and boats...the rest I just wasted.

I resemble this statement as well!!!!:party-smiley-004::party-smiley-004:

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Originally Posted by boatme (Post 3174620)

navagatign with a sextant was hard Tim ??

Still is ! :lolhit:

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Originally Posted by SHARKEY-IMAGES (Post 3174613)

As a navigator for several teams back in the day I enjoyed that part the most because several races were won on navigation.

I don't think I would have made a trip today to Bimini and back without the old school techniques at least as a back up plan should the electronics go out.

Even to this day people always ask me if I have GPS in my truck and I say no, it would take the fun out of my road trips ! :drink:

Chart and plot and away I go ! :evilb:

when Rob and I did that race a few years ago i used a compass and left the GPS off. Felt more comfortable having been brought up navigating that way, my thoughts on GPS are if that thing goes bad you now have zero reference to where you are at. Nailed the turn pin dead nuts no prob. I actually looked forward to loosing sight of land and being out there.

When mapping software really started ramping up i went out and bought a nice big multi feature gps that pretty much for me ended up being just a novelty that tells me how fast I'm going and thats about it, all the other info i already know.

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Originally Posted by BROWNIE (Post 3174600)

Re: Post 273. Fake boobs, booze, broken promises are the hallmarks of my entire life.........

And for that you will always be my hero..........

Can I borrow a few hundred thousand? I will gladly repay you on Tuesday.

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Originally Posted by sean stinson (Post 3174660)

Me too....I was like WTF is this.....Oh Webster come hither!!!! :lolhit::lolhit:

Sorry Sean....... but as I recall there were days that you didn't recognise the word Stinson either.

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Originally Posted by T2x (Post 3174569)

I disagree.....

Mauff, Qatar, Geico, JBS, Teague, Aquamania, Stihl, Peppers, JD Byrider, Prop stop, Dave Scott, etc..........

Put them all in ONE CLASS dammit!!!!!

Then you'd actually have something worth talking about.

Interesting you say that Rich. When I was in Sarasota last month looking around the Pits I started wondering what the sport would look like if everyone there sold their stuff and bought brand new single engine 100mph spec racers. Then I started wondering what the sport would look like if you made the boats single crew racers i.e. one guy in the boat does everything. Hmmmmmm.

Pull to one side-are you for real?at 200 mph if anything goes wrong or we make a mistake we along with the boat would instantly be chum.it's like a 200 mph coffin.it would be fun to watch you **** yourself in the back seat.

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Originally Posted by ActiveThunder (Post 3174575)

ob·fus·cate/ˈäbfəˌskāt/Verb
1. Render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.
2. Bewilder (someone).

have to admit I had to look that one up!

I knew that one.......but had to look up this one: ignorance

:drink::drink:

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Originally Posted by JBS (Post 3174739)

thats funny right there....so are there video or pics of the turbines? I like to see carnage.....:coolcowboy:

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Originally Posted by Mike A. (Post 3174728)

You and I discussed this very thing at Biloxi in '98 or "99.

It would certainly work, but then guys like Benny, Michael Seebold, Joey Imprescia, JT, Stevie and other real boat racers would outdrive all the wannabe's......... At that moment there would be a real opportunity for a proper spectator sport. You would have to move fast though because the well heeled guys running back in the pack would immediately start petitioning for a bigger hull, more motors, an exclusive TV show about their team.....you know.... the usual bull sh*t.....