SBI unlimited class: CMS 03 poised to take all the marbles?
08-05-2015, 12:58 PM
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Your memory is way better than mine—I did pick Miss GEICO last year (http://www.offshoreonly.com/articles...worlds-preview). Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn now and then. I think that was the only one I got right.
In a follow-up column at the 2014 Worlds, I wrote that I had been pulling for CMS near the end of the event. That comment had Mr. Granet sending faux nasty text messages my way for several weeks.
Your analysis above is lucid and on point and certainly works for me. Definitely will be fun to watch what happens in Clearwater and Key West.
In a follow-up column at the 2014 Worlds, I wrote that I had been pulling for CMS near the end of the event. That comment had Mr. Granet sending faux nasty text messages my way for several weeks.
Your analysis above is lucid and on point and certainly works for me. Definitely will be fun to watch what happens in Clearwater and Key West.
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Maritimo is planning a 2 boat (1 Superboat, 1 SBU) to the KW world championships. See below
MARITIMO OFFSHORE RACING GEARING UP FOR USA ASSAULT AT KEY WEST
Australian luxury cruiser manufacturer Maritimo’s specialist race team, Maritimo Offshore Racing , is gearing up for a two boat assault on the 34th annual Super Boat International Key West World Offshore Powerboat Championships starting on November 5th this year.
Having won the World Championships in 2012 the Maritimo Offshore Racing team’s goal is to return to Key West with two totally new boats, which comply with the new rules introduced after the 2012 win, and take out both the Superboat and Superboat Unlimited Championships.
“When we won in 2012 the Americans decided to change the rules which effectively eliminated us from being competitive the following year and being able to defend our title,” said Maritimo’s ‘super skipper’ Ross (Rossco) Willaton.
“We have been quietly working away since then and we are heading back with two new boats which we believe will give us a really good crack at both the Superboat and Superboat Unlimited categories. “We want to show them that 2012 wasn’t a fluke.”
Maritimo Offshore Racing is currently developing a Superboat with MerCruiser Number Six stern drives for the Superboat category and it is working on a supercharged, 40 foot boat with engines of 1500 to 1700 horsepower per side to launch the assault on the Superboat Unlimited category.
The Superboat with MerCruiser Number Six stern drives will be tested in the Coffs Harbour races of the Australian Offshore Powerboat Series and then it and its supercharged sibling will be loaded onto a ship and sent to the USA at the end of September.
“We will get to test the boat fitted with the number six drives in Coffs, but we won’t get the opportunity to test the supercharged boat for the Unlimited category before they ship to the US,” said Ross. “However, we are confident the boat with the bigger engines will perform well and at just 40 feet, with the competition ranging from 44 to 50 feet, we think we will get superior acceleration and be better able to handle the challenging water conditions of the Key West course,” he said.
“The competition will be bigger, but I think we will be faster off the mark and that will enable us to manage the water conditions better.”
MARITIMO OFFSHORE RACING GEARING UP FOR USA ASSAULT AT KEY WEST
Australian luxury cruiser manufacturer Maritimo’s specialist race team, Maritimo Offshore Racing , is gearing up for a two boat assault on the 34th annual Super Boat International Key West World Offshore Powerboat Championships starting on November 5th this year.
Having won the World Championships in 2012 the Maritimo Offshore Racing team’s goal is to return to Key West with two totally new boats, which comply with the new rules introduced after the 2012 win, and take out both the Superboat and Superboat Unlimited Championships.
“When we won in 2012 the Americans decided to change the rules which effectively eliminated us from being competitive the following year and being able to defend our title,” said Maritimo’s ‘super skipper’ Ross (Rossco) Willaton.
“We have been quietly working away since then and we are heading back with two new boats which we believe will give us a really good crack at both the Superboat and Superboat Unlimited categories. “We want to show them that 2012 wasn’t a fluke.”
Maritimo Offshore Racing is currently developing a Superboat with MerCruiser Number Six stern drives for the Superboat category and it is working on a supercharged, 40 foot boat with engines of 1500 to 1700 horsepower per side to launch the assault on the Superboat Unlimited category.
The Superboat with MerCruiser Number Six stern drives will be tested in the Coffs Harbour races of the Australian Offshore Powerboat Series and then it and its supercharged sibling will be loaded onto a ship and sent to the USA at the end of September.
“We will get to test the boat fitted with the number six drives in Coffs, but we won’t get the opportunity to test the supercharged boat for the Unlimited category before they ship to the US,” said Ross. “However, we are confident the boat with the bigger engines will perform well and at just 40 feet, with the competition ranging from 44 to 50 feet, we think we will get superior acceleration and be better able to handle the challenging water conditions of the Key West course,” he said.
“The competition will be bigger, but I think we will be faster off the mark and that will enable us to manage the water conditions better.”
