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we had a swimmer on the course in either mentor or Michigan city two years ago .same thing swam from a spectator boat on a dare.
by the way where were the turn boats ? or did I just not see them? |
What a moron. How dumb can you be? |
I dont know anything about the swimmer clown but the picture above has been photoshopped by someone playing the circle game. Zoom in on the swimmer. Gotcha! |
He was just trying to chum......
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Originally Posted by Flightplan
(Post 4652149)
I dont know anything about the swimmer clown but the picture above has been photoshopped by someone playing the circle game. Zoom in on the swimmer. Gotcha! incredible lack of common sense |
Originally Posted by TYPHOON
(Post 4652099)
I would believe you are correct. It was concerning to me watching the whole thing unfold that race control announced shut down the race. It was announced very quickly when the swimmer was spotted great call SBI. What I feel needs some major changes is the race boats kept racing for several more laps after the announcement. What went wrong that the teams didn't stop and come off plane? How is it possible that teams don't understand come off plane and stop for further clarification. I understand SBI doesn't stop races and maybe that led to some confusion. Lets figure it out and use this as a learning lesson please.
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Originally Posted by Jupiter Sunsation
(Post 4652030)
at those speeds, looking through the small tinted windshield I'm not sure the guy would have been seen! You could have just run the tunnel over him and he would be fine as long as he ducked the tie bar!
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Originally Posted by TYPHOON
(Post 4652099)
I would believe you are correct. It was concerning to me watching the whole thing unfold that race control announced shut down the race. It was announced very quickly when the swimmer was spotted great call SBI. What I feel needs some major changes is the race boats kept racing for several more laps after the announcement. What went wrong that the teams didn't stop and come off plane? How is it possible that teams don't understand come off plane and stop for further clarification. I understand SBI doesn't stop races and maybe that led to some confusion. Lets figure it out and use this as a learning lesson please.
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Originally Posted by Dave3fl
(Post 4652182)
I was also wondering why it took so long for some of the boats to come down off plane after being told to do so. I could totally see the CG being upset that boats did not stop quickly enough and shut it down because of that.
I have seen many times where a practice session has been ended or a race halted (In St Clair we have freighter traffic) and race control has tried to communicate to the race boats and they have been unresponsive. I doubt they are ignoring race control.... Think about the noise inside of these boats when running at 150+. They probably could not hear race controls request to slow... Again, just my thoughts. |
Originally Posted by low_psi
(Post 4652246)
This is probably the main reason why the race was ended. I am sure a swimmer on the course didn't make the CG Sec Com happy, not having the boats slow when requested is most likely what led to their decision to end it.
I have seen many times where a practice session has been ended or a race halted (In St Clair we have freighter traffic) and race control has tried to communicate to the race boats and they have been unresponsive. I doubt they are ignoring race control.... Think about the noise inside of these boats when running at 150+. They probably could not hear race controls request to slow... Again, just my thoughts. |
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