What does 'US-1' mean to the boating world?
09-30-2014 | 07:50 PM
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09-30-2014 | 08:05 PM
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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.
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.
09-30-2014 | 08:32 PM
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Back in the day each country had a series of races. These races were open to any competitor from any country. All the countries raced under their own national sanctioning body, in the USA it was APBA and these all ran under the worldwide sanctions that were from the UIM.
Racers traveled to race in other countries from the USA back in the 60's and early 70's. They did this to accumulate points by winning or placing well in those races. At the end of each race year, the points were added up and the racer with the most points was declared WORLD CHAMPION. This was only for a single person in the boat, usually the driver. Many foreign races had local navigators on board the USA boats.
In 1976 Bob Nordskog led a change that would allow racers from any country under UIM.... that placed in the top three in points for their country...would be allowed to race in just one race and the winner of that would be declared WORLD CHAMPION.
In 1977, the race was held in Key West and the winner was Betty Cook
In 1978 the race was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina and the winner was Francesco Cosentino
In 1979 the race was held in Venice, Italy and the winner was Betty Cook
In 1980 the race was held in Australia and the winner was Michel Meynard
The declared WORLD CHAMPION was allowed to just use the single digit 1 for their race number for the following season and it was recognized by all race bodies all over the world.
Any national champion was given a designated number 1 but it was preceded by the country US-1.
Since the APBA fell apart and the new sanctioning bodies developed, there are now more racing groups than racers some years, the US-1 and the WORLD CHAMPION number 1 have become rather meaningless.
Racers traveled to race in other countries from the USA back in the 60's and early 70's. They did this to accumulate points by winning or placing well in those races. At the end of each race year, the points were added up and the racer with the most points was declared WORLD CHAMPION. This was only for a single person in the boat, usually the driver. Many foreign races had local navigators on board the USA boats.
In 1976 Bob Nordskog led a change that would allow racers from any country under UIM.... that placed in the top three in points for their country...would be allowed to race in just one race and the winner of that would be declared WORLD CHAMPION.
In 1977, the race was held in Key West and the winner was Betty Cook
In 1978 the race was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina and the winner was Francesco Cosentino
In 1979 the race was held in Venice, Italy and the winner was Betty Cook
In 1980 the race was held in Australia and the winner was Michel Meynard
The declared WORLD CHAMPION was allowed to just use the single digit 1 for their race number for the following season and it was recognized by all race bodies all over the world.
Any national champion was given a designated number 1 but it was preceded by the country US-1.
Since the APBA fell apart and the new sanctioning bodies developed, there are now more racing groups than racers some years, the US-1 and the WORLD CHAMPION number 1 have become rather meaningless.
Last edited by Top Banana; 09-30-2014 at 08:34 PM.
09-30-2014 | 08:43 PM
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09-30-2014 | 09:57 PM
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The bottom of the pond is decomposed granite. Nice hard bottom and ramp. I drain it after the rains in the spring and clean out any any mud that washed in during the rainy season. The pond made it easy to work on the trailer.
10-01-2014 | 06:01 AM
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I will be right back........I am running out to the driveway to take a grinder to the side of my US-1 edition Fountain. I would hate to disrespect anyone with my 23 year old boat that came that way from Reggie.
10-01-2014 | 06:28 AM
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The number is on you boat because Stuart Hayim whom built your boat was a national champion and earned the right to use it. As was Jim Lee's Freedom boat , ALSO one of Stuarts old boats. Putting US-1 on a 28' Skater would be ridiculous and IMO for anyone to put US-1 on any boat that did not EARN it by winning a national championship is a joke. Begin in the graphics business I personally do not care for people putting race numbers on pleasure boats. I believe it is asking for trouble and degrades true boat racing and racers. You want a number, earn it....
