well . . .for my self and my crew . . . take offs equal landings.


my statement is in general. Minimize your own risk and you minimize others i guess is my only point.

LOL, reminds me of a story from my sister who is an airline pilot:

The first time she landed a 737 herself (as the FO), she hit the ground so hard the plane bounced up and she had to land it again.
The Captain told her "We call that 1 Departure with 2 Arrivals."
He added: "We'll keep the cockpit door closed until the passengers deplane."

I still don't understand why these guys don't just race. I'm sure the big boys would welcome them with open arms. Think of how huge offshore racing would be if you could get 50% of these guys to race.

Duh they are racing. Just with full boats of people and no safety crews.






Rarely hear about safety issues with dingy pokerruns. Maybe all the yahoos should buy dingies? Nah they would fug that up too...

Bottom line: Poker Run organizers can not force anyone to do anything. Everyone has got to police themselves. Choose to be safe...

Racers and poker runners are totally different. Poker runners bring their family & friends on a vacation. Racers race.

By the way, the police we use on our events do not radar people and give tickets. They are there as a safety presence and there to help and guide the way safely. We now also employ paramedics and safety boats on FPC events, so if something bad happens at least someone can try to help.

Bad things happen in any situation, no one can control others.

I think your club is at the forefront of safety. This is from others as I have yet to attend an event of yours (soon I hope!)

I will add that if we can't (or more acurately) DON'T control ourselves, others will control us. I really don't want to see that!

Ok above said, here is where I disagree slightly. I don't believe you are FORCED to accept every entry. My entire premise of a license is to quickly assess those that are WILLING to police themselves and those that disregard others in order to SERVE themselves.

I realize this is a foreign concept to most and will gain no traction here...I just don't believe in *****ing about the problems without offering a solution! I have done that, enjoy!

screw it just go buy a couple of thoroughbreds and go horse racing its safer
good luck to vyjack in the derby tomorrow go get them rudy

Lots of reasons:

ditch the A/c
soundproofing
stereo
not to mention ordering the boat with a lighter layup
never mind all that heavy paint job

less weight = more effect from a given HP
less weight = quicker changes of direction

race boats or race cars are not pleasant to ride in, they are tools built for a job

at least that has been my experience.