SBI in Marathon
 

Does anyone have a count as to how many boats are at the SBI race in Marathon?

15 give or take a couple.....

Unofficial results:

Stock:
1. Sea Tow
2. Oceans 234
3. Berry Cuda
4. D V Cats

Muscle in Super V

Bacardi went 196 average in the two way kilos. Water was flat.

Was the 196 mph average in the 36 or the 46?

jc

I bet our boat club will have 4 or 5 times more boats there that weekend for our Fun Run. We called our hotel to reserve a slip earlier in the week, and they said they had to wait to see how many racers called for slip reservations. The dockmaster called back Friday and said there were plenty of slips, so we reserved one. I believe they are also closing the closest boat ramp to the public for the racers. That seems a shame, since there will be far more boats from our club. I think most of our club members are running down by water anyway. I know we are.

I DON'T MEAN TO SOUND LIKE AN ASS HOLE AFTER HEARING THAT 13 BOATS RACED TODAY, BUT HAS ANYONE HEARD ABOUT A TV DEAL ON OLN FOR 2003 SBI?

SBI is showing a OLN schedule on their web site. Races start
airing in August.

Bacardi ran the 36 footer with Johhny Tomlinson and Lorne Lieble in the boat they ran un opposed in the Super boat class.
Superboat- Bacardi
Super V- Muscle, Instigator, Shockwave, Firewater, Switch
Stock- SeaTow, Oceans, BerryCuda, Deep V Cats
F2- Fountain Mercury
F1- Fountain Xtreme
A- Don't Blink
P3- outlaw
P5- Pitman Photo, Vixen

Shoot, if I had known, I could have gone down and run P1 unapposed, won a trophy, then advertised my boat as a Champion!:)

not good.........

Is Syeve David racing for Fountain again this year? I know he's been working a lot with his new Unlimited Hydroplane

I was there and Puder's right, NOT GOOD. How long can this thing they call SBI continue?

Can you help out someone hwo is trying to learn about this. I've been watching the APBA races on TV and love it. I like watching the big water races like Cape Cod last year. Just glad I'm not in the boat with my back...

What is SBI racing?

Are there other offshore events?

East coast, west coast?

Thanks

Had a nice relaxing weekend in Marathon. The best race to watch was Super V.
Maybe it should be called SVI(Super Vee International) Instead of SBI? :confused:

Every time there is a problem Carbonells famous saying is "You don't have to race here if you don't want too". I guess everyone took it to heart this year. He showed his true colors in New York last year. Now apparently he even lost the guy that started all the trouble bu cheating,Doug kelly. Bad moral decision, even worse business decision!! Loose 5 boats to protect 1 cheater!! I don't get it!!

It was relaxing, no pressure to see all the boats. as for the race,
super vee was a good race, a little excitment as Shockwave spun on the first lap battling instigator. but recovered. dont know what happened to vixen though.

Hey Groove...

SBI is another sanctioning body for offshore racing. They also have a schedule for the year. The problem with SBI is that they just dont seem to draw a large number of boats to their venues. There are many reasons which I dont want to discuss on this thread. For more info on SBI go to their web site.

http://www.superboat.com/index.html

Regards

Groove, The are 2 national Programs
APBA and SBI the are also regional clubs that put on races in the Northeast, Midwest, South East and West. Check the milling area for info. there are also links on most of the sites to the regional races.

Pete B,Vixen was there but didnt race.I run into a small medical problem in Frt Myers that was no problem at the time and wrote it off as to many hours,to much coffie and forgot about it.Well lets say that was a bad idea.When we took our physicals it had gotten a lot worse and everyone agreed I best not race.Everyone taulks about how loose the rules are in SBI,but I can tell you thier not loose on the medicales.I do want to say THANK YOU SBI. Were going to put everything on hold for now and hope I can get this fixed before the nationals in oct. MEL TEAM VIXEN

Mel...
sorry to hear that. I hope that everything turns out ok.

Mel,

Take care of yourself...hope it all works out ok.....

Marty

Mel, Get well quick
We need you out there doin the FL boys proud

Mel,
Thanks for the update, best wishes to you and your family, get well soon. we will see you in OCT. Pete

MEL, nothing a little Salami and Mozzarella couldn't cure!!!!!!!!!!All kidding aside, I hope ya get taken care of whatever is hurting. Augie

Thanks Bruce and Scott.

response to Payton
 

Hi Payton,

Thanks for inquiring. Our team, along with Mike and Larry Hanson, have built a virtually new hull for the 2003 season and invested substantial sums in associated equipment. The O Boy! O Berto company has returned for their 3rd. year of sponsorship, and significantly elevated their financial commitment. These folks pay me well and I didn't feel right possibly getting injured in the Offshore boat and not being able to meet my commitments with the U-6. This team and sponsor are great folks to race for and I believe I just owe them.

Reggie has been a teriffic owner these past three offshore seasons, and I look forward to joining him again when the time is right. He provided us great equipment, financial support and a wealth of knowledge. Throttling with Benny, Brett May and Mike Seebold was a pleasure.

With all the "stuff" surrounding our sport right now, I'm feeling especially blessed to be where I am.

Hope you can make it to the Evansville or Madison races. You know we've got the passes and Beef Jerky just waiting :)

Take care,

Steve
U-6 Miss Madison/O Boy! O Berto

good luck steve hope you have a great and winning season robbie

dude free beef jerk!!!!!! i'm there!!!!!!!

Mel,
Hope you get better soon. I saw you guys as you were pulling out of the public ramp on 33rd Saturday. I was putting my boat in the water. (25 Power Play). Vixen looked sweet.

This is just one more reason that either SBI join APBA or go bust. How did they sell a "race" schedul to OLN with less than 20 boats. APBA has its problems too, but the race guys demand that they get together to get some competition. 20 years ago when offshore racing ment offshore racing there were more boats. Who wants to see one or two boats per class, real hard to be named "clas champion". Get a life. Get together.

Thanks Guys,means a lot to me right now.We had set Vixen up as a P4 boat again because of Pittmans 69 mph lap speed in Frt Myers and we knew that the 502 we run in APBA didnt have a chance.Throttle Up had redone a 26 prop for us at the last min.and that was our first chance to test it to see if we could get a little more exceleration then with the 28.I dont know if we could have beat him or not but if it was as flat as I heard on the outside I think it would have been the best P5 race of the year. MEL TEAM VIXEN

Hi Mel
I dont know what kind of problems your having, and I know you have plenty of help, but if you need somemore let me know and I'll be there. I can turn a good wrench. Us old guys got to stick together. You think you may go to SBI on the 4th? I'm not able to get the time to work with Screamin Eagle so if you need something let me know
Dan

Good luck Steve. I'm going to get the dates of those reaces and see if I can get to one of them.

Hope you get better and racing again soon Mell.

Buh Bye Bubba!

Dan,Mike,thank for the offer to help and to taulk,but this is somthing I got to work out first.
i got a appointment next week wed. with one of the best Docs in Lee County for this,wife works in the Lee healh system since 1990 and knows whos good and who to stay away from.Dave and I went over to the EMS guys at the firestation were he works and had a new EKG run and it was perfect,I dont know whats going on,guess have to wait tell next week. THANKS AGAIN GUYS Mel Team Vixen

Thanks for all the well wishes for my Dad, Mel. He is in excellent shape, strong as an ox, and more driven then anyone I know. Whatever the problem, we're gonna be there to help him and you can bet that you haven't seen the last of us yet!
I love you Dad!

Shevixen

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