Image of the Week: Riding The Storm Out
 

This week's installment, courtesy of Tim Sharkey, direct from last Friday's Atlantic City Poker Run, http://speedonthewater.com/in-the-ne...storm-out.html.

Was in the 39OL "Bada-Bing".... that storm came in hard. Attached is a shot of Frisini running, storm before getting into the ocean, and that same storm hitting in AC.

Without undue embellishment, it was life-threatening weather for those of us that got caught at the second card stop by Waretown. The lightening was unbelievable; many people actually felt the closer strikes through their throttle levers. The paceboats did the right thing to get us underway at reduced speeds until we cleared the cell. After that, the weekend was a blast, except maybe the high-speed grounding on the way home... :rolleyes:

What ? Please explane.

I cut a corner on the way home and wound up on a soft sand bar with another boat. There was no damage; I pushed my boat off, and TowBoatUS got him free as the tide came up.

I was on the second boat (not mine) and it was a slow motion version for us. We saw Chuck, did the OH SH!T, killed the throttles, and coasted to a stop on our starboard chine. Everyone was fine, boat was fine, with the tide coming up and Tow Boat, we were back under way in an hour. This is a VERY common area for this on the south end of Long Beach Island as there is a poorly marked split in the channel. It is so common that SeaTow sits nearby on the weekends waiting to pull people off.

My wife had the quote of the weekend:
"Why are we stopping......and why are we on our side?.........Ohhhhhhh!

I have a few pics from the weekend, not as many as I would like due to multiple boat issues.

Dock Party!
Gary's Geico Cigarette looked awesome!
My friends Dave & Crazy Charlie with their new Statements!
When I had overheating issues, I ducked out of the stoms.
Speed Racer on the run.
Sunrise before the storms.

Hey!
Who's that guy in the grey shirt riding in a Cigarette?????:whistle:

Ah, the beauty of a bat boat—light enough to push off a sandbar. It even has big handles on each side.

The shallows of Barnegat Bay are unforgiving.

I think what I like most about this Image of the Week is the color of the water. It's ominous, and in that blue-gray water, from that high and distant angle, Dr. Gabe's cat looks like it's making a jailbreak.

Great article Matt.

Another perspective:

http://sharkeyimages.zenfolio.com/im...98992488-4.jpg

http://sharkeyimages.zenfolio.com/im...47264278-4.jpg

http://sharkeyimages.zenfolio.com/im...71604332-4.jpg