Originally Posted by Top Banana (Post 3513303)

Look, somewhere this has gotten off track as to our feelings re racers of today. As far back as you can find in my posts, I have always said that a racer is a racer. The only reason the offshore racer of today is on the shore course, is because that is where the promoters and race organizations put him..If there were a race down a flooded street in Hoboken, there would be racers that show up. We are not now and never have criticized other racers.

What we HORBA and NPBA, are trying to do, is to open up the eyes of boat owners that there is a real test of both man and equipment that can be had by redoing some of the old race courses. We proved that with this 271 mile race in honor of Don Aronow.

If more people come out and try it, sooner or later a better breed of boat will be made, as some of the stuff today just honestly wouldn't make it. Race on Sunday, sell on Monday. Once that becomes a reality, then you will see the manufacturers jumping back in to prove that they make a product that can really be used in a safe manner out of sight of land.

With this past win of Ilmor, in the old days Carl Kiekhaefer would have been back at Fond du Lac running dynos non-stop to make sure that Mercury would be the winner next time. That is the passion we need to see again in the sport.

Rich and Scot and some others thanks for your thoughtful supporting comments.

Originally Posted by Mr. Demeanor (Post 3513496)

Any info on the outboard boat? Was it a 38 Fountain center console?

Originally Posted by Gladhe8er (Post 3513350)

It's a 30 foot Chris Cat. My Dad had one as a pleasure boat when us kids were growing up. Such a cool boat!

Originally Posted by JCPERF (Post 3512706)

They carried an extra 60 gallons in ATL bladders up front to come in at a total 300 gallons of fuel.He said they needed 270 to finish.They had a fuel mileage gauge telling them how much they would burn.1.2 miles per gallon was their goal.

Originally Posted by 2fast9tech2 (Post 3511950)

cool. what is OL doing for the winners :party-smiley-004:

Originally Posted by shaun harrington (Post 3513780)

Isn't it enough that Joe Sgro was in the boat representing Outerlimits, especially in this economy. Also I really think attacking Dan was way off base and totally uncalled for!

Originally Posted by rlj676 (Post 3512734)

Cool event again.

Crazy how last year a smaller and older Sonic won and this year a brand new high dollar OL, makes it that much more fun that anyone can win if you can last.

Here's to hoping that next year there's even more participants.

Originally Posted by Bostonirish (Post 3513918)

Congrats should also be given to Mr. Mike Fiore for his vision and drive to build these incredible boats. Outerlimits was and still is ahead of there competion IMHO. Congrats to everyone involved.