This thread got me all stirred up again on the 28s. I looked at yours last night and got me thinking........the 28-1 painted in the same style as my US-1 would be cool and a "Skater" in the same style as "Recovery" might just be the answer.

paint "Room" on the 28'

Based on your choice of boating local I would suggest a "No Wake Zone" in the oval.

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I would paint the boat whatever way your little heart desires. if it makes you happy to have a twin of your boat, have at it! those of you who think that putting "us-1" on the side of his boat is disrespectful are looking at it all wrong. it should be looked at as a sign of flattery, not disrespect. if i got mad at every replica ac cobra i saw i would be a very unhappy person and also look like an idiot for being upset about it. no different than a copo, nickey, baldwin motion replica. enjoy them for what they are

I always thought it meant, Dude, when i had an IROC Z back in 87, i painted 11.9 ET on the drivers back window with white shoe polish. I would run it but my parents won't sign the waiver.

Don't forget the Yenko's, and ZL-1, man if I knew you were a muscle car guy I would of stayed in NY longer, LOL

BAM:

Buy a 28, paint it EXACTLY like your 40 and call it "Short Recovery"!

Anyone that wouldn't think it's cool would be wrong!

IMO, both the US-1 and particularly "World Champion" have been so over used in the past, they have already lost whatever meaning they initially had. Sad for those who actually achieved one of those accomplishments.

Finally somebody said it! Now that's true!! from when this sport started, all the way to the end of APBA in the mid 2000's you had to EARN. a national and world championship. Now its ridiculous. Look at the past couple years in most of the classes of SBI & OPA. You race 2 other boats and you call yourself "world Champions". Come on. Heck, some boats race all by themselves or with just one other competitor! Im sure if we got all the guys from the entire nation, Canada, down by Bermuda, and from Europe and THEN held a race, and you win Then you are "world champions". No disrespect to ANYBODY that has these titles to their name/brand. It is an accomplishment, and one of the highest at that. But this is just how I view it.
On a separate note we really gotta get this sport back to where it has the potential to be. I keep watching old APBA race footage of F-!, F-2, Supercat. 20 boats for every race in these classes all year. Now that's racing.

Still wish I would have bought your 40. The matching 28 already exists. Problem would have been solved.

Now SBI is giving out Florida state championship titles. Maybe a " city of clearwater championship" is next.