LOTO Shoot Out Kicked Our Butts !! Good Story *READ*
Well we went to run the boat praying for good enough water to lay down a pass that would be difficult to beat.
Already decided if the boat flies too much it is not worth trashing the drive so we will just have a good time watching. The boat was fast enough but not quite big enough. THE PLAN: Get out early the first day before the lake gets stirred up too bad - Get the boat on plane - trim it to the normal good starting point - cruise along at about 90 or so - Ease it to wide open at a pre selected land mark - tap the trim up as I go through the timimg area at the end. Hopefully register a 130ish MPH pass. Sounds easy enough. What actually happened Went out first thing the first day - most other smaller boats had the same idea - was # 29 to run - running over the game plan in my mind - Listening to about the 22nd boat to run, I hear him nail it near the end, sounded really good, I looked down track and see his boat launch straight up into the sky. A 24 SS HTM. I'm thinking Holly **** !! - The cell phone rings it is Kevin from Mid West Powerboats. - He says "Are you sure you still want to run that thing"? - so we float around for another 45 minutes or so before they kick it off again - The owner calls me up to let me know where the big boats are really bouncing around - I was thinking the pause in the racing should have helped with calm water. time to race I get the boat on plane - start accelerating - hit the trim button and almost instantly the boat launches out of the water - comes back down and launches again - I trim it all the way down and it launches again - needless to say I am off guard now since the plan is not working out - I have to race trimmed all the way down? - running along at 98 and I find it necessary to take my hand off of the throttle to hang on to the wheel with both hands - running along and the boat looses power and slows - I think that I trashed the drive from all of the jumping out of the water - (figured out later the throttle bounced back) - driving mistake - get back into the throttle and it launched far enough to necessitate yanking the throttle back still think the drive might be hurt - running about 60 MPH now - get back on it and I am way past the land mark to start the Kamikaze run planned - run through the timimg area getting on the trim button look down and see 90 on the speedo. Register a whopping 88 MPH pass. I'm thinking maybe I would have rather crashed and burned - trashed the drive - or blew up the engine than face everyone with such an impressive pass in a 130 MPH boat. Actually it was a good experience since the boat is not hurt - I am not hurt and we saw a **** load of awesome boats. Live and learn. ;) |
Great story and the ending was good in that you and the boat are safe. Sorry you didn't get anywhere close to that 130 number, maybe next time.
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Thanks Larry.
It only took 103 MPH to blow over that HTM and it is a bigger boat. 103 per my friend's radar gun. |
The real question is...
...did you fire up the BBQ afterward?
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Okie...Beer Can Chicken...?
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hahaha...good story, glad you were able to hang on to it...:)
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Re: The real question is...
Originally posted by Havasu Hangin ...did you fire up the BBQ afterward? Not much beach at LOTO only bluffs. No beer can bar-b-que to bee seen :cool: |
Cat: I too thought it took the rescue boats way too long to get there. AND AT A FUND RAISER FOR THE LAKE FIRE AND RESCUE NO LESS!!!!!
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I ran on Sunday and the water was absolutly perfect. A slight chop with a gentle head wind. No rollers at all.
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Originally posted by Chart Cat: I too thought it took the rescue boats way too long to get there. AND AT A FUND RAISER FOR THE LAKE FIRE AND RESCUE NO LESS!!!!! |
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