Originally Posted by MikeyFIN (Post 3515899)

I hear ya..there ain' t no cure for Racingfever....
And reading about these true offshore races ain't helping any...
Still I'm glad they are happening again!!!

Originally Posted by AIR TIME (Post 3515851)

I know over on the other side of the pond you have only 2 classes in P1 and 1 in class1, but guys don't show up in a 24 ,28, 32ft cat to run against the multi millionaire owner drivers of the 47 to 50 cats.

Originally Posted by 78CIG24 (Post 3515659)

Maybe they meant "Pioneered" as in "helped to make famous"???

In reality if his name hadn't been attached to this race we probably wouldn't be discussing it today....doubt anyone would click on the link saying "Rich's Memorial Long Island Race"..

Originally Posted by Top Banana (Post 3515772)

OK.....we surrender, don't send the Oklahoma National Guard to invade Finland.

Changing the direction of this high leaning thread.....T2...what do you think of the three race concept...April - California / Sept - NY and November - Fla??

Enough time between dates so everyone has a shot at preparation of the boats, without the added pressure of a time schedule every couple of weeks.

Sorry, if you covered this in your diatribe back there tha GLH posted.

Originally Posted by T2x (Post 3515966)

No...... but the Guy Lombardo Memorial Around Long Island Race has a certain sense of Auld Lang Syne ....eh?

Originally Posted by scarab63 (Post 3515986)

As long as my sh! T box is done ( which it will be )
And theres at least a half dozen competitors for each race you can count me in for long island and florida.
No way im driving to calli

Id do these just for fun, stories, comradery, and scenery but have to admit a small pot would be a major perk, and im sure theres a lot of others that feel exactly the same!!!

im pulling for you guys:signs069::signs069:
Mike D

Originally Posted by scarabman (Post 3515346)

It would perhaps appear that this type of racing is just not for you. There are classes. They just may not be tailored to your individual preferences. Cant please everyone. You mention equal playing field, it is a long distance race in the ocean. It can equalize anything. You want to talk math and statistics. Your boat is bone stock, statistically it has a much greater chance of continuing to run than any super modified high performance machine you are worried about being faster than you. From that perspective, you should be handicapped, no? You keep talking speed and parody, yet you mention Joe in his Sonic as last years winner. How fast did he run overall? Slower than your boat is capable of, no? If only the thought of winning a race like this appeals to you, then I believe you are missing the point. This may be a race to race for the sake of racing, old school style. If you win great, if not, at least you raced.

Originally Posted by 78CIG24 (Post 3515994)

I'd like to enter both of those also...one question...are there any Tour Guides available for the Miami race???...sure as crap I would get lost!!

I could see it on CNN now..."Stupid ole Redneck from NC gets lost in the Atlantic, ends up in Cuba and now held and charged with being a US Spy.. Last word from Cuban authorities is he was in the latest High Tech US Military Spy boat, a BLACK 1978 Cigarette Race Boat "

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