Roughest Race??
 

So what is the roughest race you have ever been in. PP for us. Bent all the motor mounts. You can vote more than once if it is always rough at all of those races for you. :D

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Not on the poll, April in Miami always bad 2yrs. ago it was 10 to 12's. I broke all the motor mounts trany mounts just going out the inlet.

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Sorry forgot about Miami.

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Miami :evilb: :evilb:

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Hands down MIAMI...
Bill is right "04" was the worst water I have ever raced in or that I have ever seen. Bill is being kind I think it was even bigger but I dont think it matters it was BIGGGGGGGG !!!! I have never seen an inlet like that !

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Cape Cod wasn't a contender?

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the roughest water goes to miami 2004 every bit of 10 to 12. the bigest wave goes to kean univerity 2005 when them crazy basterd got tossed. Rough water is fun but it will hurt your boat!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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yeah... cape cod

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Daytona 01

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cape cod has my vote, it was nasty.

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Miami '04 was ridiculous!!

Although, '05 wasn't a picnic. I was Capt. of the boat that had to fish out the 2 guys from Kean. If you have seen the on-board video you can see how much air was involved...... :eek:

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Miami 05' for me

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How about Key West 03
**There was some 3 or 4 boats flip througout the weekend.

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Dam thats pretty bad when there was only 20 some boats there

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I raced in Miami 04 and 05 and SWAM IN 04. Definately rough, Daytona was worse. Didn't have the fortune of running Cape Cod so I cannot comment. As far as the poll races, I would have to say AC then Point then Lauderdale but all pretty brutal. The things that stand out to me with AC and point both in 04 were the rough chop on top of big swells
Dania this year was no slowch either...come to think of it most races were rough for me
My best Pic was AC 04

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Our very first race point pleasant 2001 Early May. Spent three years building the boat and destroyed it in 20 minutes. Went out the inlet went up in the air, came down, broke the dash in half, the helm fell out, broke the deck, blew out the floor we stand on, Dropped two bulkheads in the bilge, and we were not even to the mill yet. Ran the race with the helm between my legs. Last lap, broke the bolster in half. All in all, had the time of my life. I will never forget my very first race. Tony P of Bad Boy powerboats Glassed it back up and 65 races later it never broke again. I would go back and do it all over again. Smitty

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MIAMI !

Going out Government Cut...now I've got a submarine and just got a salt water bath inside the canopy.....

while idling.

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That was the roughest for me. Saturday was BIG.

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Miami 2004 !!!!! that was krazy
AC 2004 , PP2001, Brick 2003. oh and Deerfield 2003 race 1, was pretty big too.

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Ft. Lauderdale 1993. :eek:

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2001 Pt. Pleasent, Broke , mounts, gimble, trim pump and 1 tab pump, started dead last finished 2nd, see pic below, raced Cape Cod and Daytona but not Miami, Must be 10' of air.

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MIAMI Biggest CAPE COD Craziest

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CAPE COD , 1st lap blew my bolster apart and my S1,S2 S3 disks IN MY BACK !! I found out later :eek: All ready had a bad L4 ,L5 :p ALSO cracked the dash, popped abulkhead in front .I tried to keep racing put my navigator said pull over before I GET THROWN OUT, EVERY WAVE WE HIT, I was hitting the floor or him, he had bruised ribs :eek: It was fun :D hope to be racing this summer after my knee replacement. art

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2003, first race of the OPA Season, Point Pleasant, NJ. Kevin's first race with me, hit the hole at turn one with freeze frames helicopter just in front of us, went into the hole hit the throttles forward and came up at Jeff's side door of the copter. Good thing he had an ALERT pilot. Jeff said the condo was outta the water at least 10-12 feet and he has the photos to prove it. We came down, hit and the refrigerator fell out, blew out all the doors inside, pulled both seats outta the floor and broke both deck hatches. WOULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN! Atlantic City is next, same race as ScottyB. After all that NYC was the water that KNOCKED ME OUT! Go Figure.

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In The Late 90's Ocean City Sunk A Few Boats In One Day

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Grand Haven Michigan. Was it '84?

I remember Gentry leading but breaking right before the finish and Copeland winning. I think their average speed was in the high 50's or low 60's. Those boats weighed about what 2 new Skater 46's weigh. Unreal

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Miami

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Miami hands down in 04` I was in my 28 Pantera and never made it to the milling area, submerged the boat in the inlet three times next to Bill from Taboo and lost power. Bill`s 42 Fountain was next to me and it looked small in those waters. Thanks to the Coast Guard assistance they were able to hook me up and clear me from the rocks.

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I'll second that one. Corpus always manages to beat the snot out of you as well.

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How about the stuffing it in Key West, even though it was only out testing....Orange Beach '03 doesn't qualify, the course had to be moved.

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PP 99. Like I said broke all motor mounts. Put a ballast tank in a day after the race.

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Cape Cod was pretty big

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Has anyone ever delaminated like buckshot did?? Thankfully the old Spectre still hold up but I always worry about it happening.

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Buckshot did not delaminate. IT BROKE IN TWO :eek:

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Well same thing only different.

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UHH.....ok :D

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cape cod boat shut down three times came off plane three times passed everyone but BJ and Mark three times came in second back still hurting

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1st race 04 out front in point the wind turned south east could not carry them stuffing with less then 1/4 lap and spun the belt due to water in bilge
2 hour tow. It got ugly on our first race!
JIm

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Point

Bruce's wake, (if you want to call it that) is in the background.
It took us 3 laps to finally get past him.
We were lucky and sustained no major damage.

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Argentina without a doubt 20ft plus waves. A couple of the boats turned around and went back in.

Finally found out why they have a milling area, the waves were breaking over the boat, we had to keep it on plane to mill. The start boat was a navy destroyer, I dont think there were any turn boats.

The plumber was one of the ones that turned around.

2nd place was atlantic city I think in 93 still have a poker chip from caesars.

Curtis