coast guards runnin' 70+
 

just wanted to post smthng different.
Turkish Coast Guard Boats....they are fast in all water/ air conditions...

The pilot house Air conditioned?:D

I didn't know they had boats in Turkey...:rolleyes:

Oh they have some very nice water around turkey the Mediterranean and the Black sea with all kind of islands real nice there!

UIM??

Hi there over seas man... What do you do in Turkey??

Also, do the race those monster Class I offshore boats over there?

Do you go to the F1 Formula races there??

Keep us tuned in on happenings.

Is it X-mas time now in Turkey???:D

marc

LOL!

Class-1 is organised by a Turkish man.
next race is 8th sept. in izmir.
can send you the pics if interested.

formula-1 :
f1: powerboats : 2 small 2 watch
f1 cars: a must 2 watch

c-1 Lamborghini

c-1 team Isýklar

c-1 race boat prep.

more lambo's

c-3 small class images

:cool:

:rolleyes:

:p

Cool pics :)
Coast Guard boat looks similar to a Magnum :p
Robert

;)

tonto;
it is very funny,things come and go very quick here...

two years ago magnum boats were 'in'.there were lots of boats.
now they are out....gone... sunseeker's are 'in' for the moment .they are everywhere . all kinds all colors...

timucin:

Do they still run the Lamborghini engines in Class-1 ? I thought everybody was going over to the Seatek Desiel Stuff ? How many support classes do they run with the Class-1 Boats ? All we ever hear about are the big boys.

Doug

Nice photos
 

I really miss the Class 1 races that used to be on Speedvision. They had some great shows that clearly even for me, described the workings and technical aspects of the boats. Plus the venues truly looked like great places.

Is the American team still there?

Here is a video capture I took last year.. I have many video captures.
marc

Very cool pictures. Glad you are on the board. I am learning a lot about your country!:cool:

Rumrunner:
this is supposed to be the last year for lambos ans seateks.
new regulations were :
maximum 510 cu.in V-8 engines
maximum 40' length boat

reason is some of the teams started to race with 10+ mil. dollar budgets.there is no competition for the moment . to keep the performances near they had to make new limitations and they did.

(sometimes first team overlaps the second team after 6 laps.)

well there is no support class under class-1 organization.It is an event by itself.Class 1 boats run alone.no other class.But local boat clubs organize small races at the same weekend.

there are also class2 and class 3 races exist but organised by other organizations at different dates .they also follow Uim rules & regulations.

Sounds like Class-1 is going through what APBA Open class went through. Not enough people with that kind of money to spend. It wound up whoever was still running at the end was the winner. Sounds like they are finally going to the similar rules as APBA SuperCat. Maybe there can be a true World Championship again in the future. It would be great to see some of those teams come over here.

Rumrunner: exactly!

Geez
I didnt know Allweiss moved to Turkey:D :D
I couldnt resist that cheap shot:rolleyes:
Dan

DanB: what/who is allweiss?

Mike Allweiss
 

Mike Allweiss=President Offshore APBA

Mike is the owner of the off shore class.

Another photo:

Getting close to the action

marc

himm..
gdfatha; I will post lots of images from the next race 8th-sept.

timucin

It would be great to see all the Class-1 boats come over here for a true world championship. It looks like APBA is getting the weight figured out between the shaft drive boats, and #6 Merc boats, so it may be an actual possibilty.

Doug.

PS. Thanks for all the great pictures keep them coming.