If you build it, we will cover. (Apologies to the writers of "Field of Dreams.")

Would the Bimini Run be from Sunny Isles like the last effort?

Nice going, Charlie - keep up the good work! We're lucky to have a pro like you around to keep the deep water tradition going.
I forget - where is the ALI Start/Finish again?

We are only planning on doing another Around Long Island event at this point.........NOT Bimini.

Hey, thanks for the kind words, but I am just giving back.

When I first started a lot of people helped me realize, that it was possible to prepare a boat and team that could run one of these open ocean races and win.

We have missed a whole generation that never had the opportunity to do real open water running and navigating etc. So hopefully this kind of racing can get going again.

The Cowes race in England has been going on since the early 60's and is still a great event.

Thank you so much Matt.

We are just trying to give the racers an opportunity to experience what an open ocean run feels like........once that happens...They will be back

I'd be interested in it again, I see the trophy from 08 everyday in my office

We know that you love the open ocean type of run too. Welcome back.....

You make # 8 of interested teams

Race records of Around Long Island Marathon



1959 - Jim Lacy - 17 Hunter - Single 70 HP Mercury outboard - 8hrs 30 minutes - 280 mi

1960 - Chuck Mercereau / Odell Lewis - 17 Power Cat -2 80 HP Mercury outboards - 6 hrs - 280 mi

1961 - Sam Griffith - 31 Bertram GLASS MOPPIE - 2 330 HP Chryslers -6 hrs 22 minutes - 280 mi

1962 - Jim Wynne - 19 Glastron GULFSTREAM - 2 100HP Volvos -6 hrs 2 minutes -258 mi

1963 - Gene Bianco - 19 Eltro - 2 100 HP Merc ury outboards - 5 hrs 26 minutes - 240 mi

1964 - Odell Lewis - 25 Bertram - 2 310 HP Mercruisers - 5hrs 6 minutes - 245 mi

1964 Rick Stein - 16 Glastron single 100 HP Mercury outboard - 6 hrs 5 minutes -245 mi

1965 Stanley Humes - 20 Owens - single 225 HP Mercruiser - 7 hrs 5 minutes - 234 mi

1966 Alan Brown - 28 Donzi- BROAD JUMPER - 2 530 HP Holman and Moody - 4 hrs 42 minutes - 253 mi

1967 Dick Genth - 28 Formula - THUNDERBIRD VI -single 450 HP Mercruiser - 5 hrs 23 minutes - 253 mi

1968 Bill Sirois / Fred Kiekhaefer - 31 Bertram SIDEWINDER - 2 475 HP - 3 hrs 59 minutes - 253 mi

1969 Peter Rittmaster - 31 Bertram - AMERICAN MOPPIE - 2 475 HP -4 hrs 33 minutes - 253 mi

2010 Joe De Fusco / Jon Tobin / Charlie McCarthy - 30 Sonic - 2 310 HP - 6 hrs 15 minutes - 271 mi

2011 Joe Sgro / Joe Cibellis - 43 Outerlimits - 2 710 HP Ilmors - 3 hrs 5 minutes - 271 mi

2011 Norm Salem / Bob Kolenburg - 38 Fountain CC - twin Merc outboards - 4 hrs 15 minutes - 271 mi



Single Run Non Race records



1989 Stu Hayim / Joey Imprescia - 32 Skater RECOVERY- 2 Mercruisers - 3 hrs 6 min - 271 miles

2012 Stu Hayim / John Tomlinson - 42 MTI FERRARI MASERATI - 2 Mercruisers - 2 hrs 11 min - 271 miles

Another single run was attempted by Stu Hayim at a date later than 2012.

In early morning calm conditions at high speed, the boat hit a bell buoy in morning fog and the run was cancelled with the boat damaged.

[QUOTE=Top Banana;4624203]In 2010 the winning boat took 6 hours and 15 minutes to complete the course in September.

Hurricane Igor hit the North East that weekend. We ran on Saturday and the other "Offshore Racers" in New Jersey canceled on Sunday, because it was too rough.

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I find it amusing you take every opprortunity to desparage the current race teams while you have had limited, to say the least, success with "real " offshore racing. I wish you the best of luck with your event, sounds like it would be fun.