Marathon next weekend........
 

I live in Marathon and would like to comment on this website without being slammed or sarcastically told how many boats we won't have racing or how many motorcycles won't be going across the 7 mile bridge for the "burn the bridge runs" .....whatever..... :cool:
The fireworks in Marathon are always good and the list of bands at the "Bash at the Bridge" at our new amphitheatre are growing every year.
There is much more.....please go to www.keysoffshore.com for events and www.superboat.com for other info and schedule.

Our hotels are already full and our entry list is growing without having to "recruit" over this forum.
Please direct your personal negative comments in a way other than a public forum, and that will help our community have a successful event.......and we wish the same for yours.
Pat Diedrich - Marathon

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Thanks Pat. See you Friday. Dave

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Good Luck to everyone in Marathon next weekend. :drink:

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Pat,

We'll have a great time and race as always, you snooze you lose...

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Pat,

We'll be there Thursday afternoon!

We've got our title to defend. :D

Sean

P.S. Sounds like we may have at least 5 boats in P5.

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Great race venue. Beautiful water. throttles down!!

Marc

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Pat,

I wish you the best for your race in Marathon.

If you or anyone else has photos or links to photos that they would like me to add throughout the season onwww.SharkeyMarine.com just let me know.

I have devoted an individual page just for your races.

Check it out: APBA-SBI Race Photos

:drink:



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Tim,

Thanks for the great job you are doing, all your hard work, and all your support of Offshore

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Thanks for the support.........I'm sure you'll get pictures from someone.
We have a huge new Marathon sponsor and if anyone remembers the old Buccaneer resort on gulfside.........you should see it's replacement.
Wilma the hurricane did us good & bad............the good is all the rebuilding that's going on and the water is even blue-er.

Bottom line.........Marathon is more than a boat race...if you know what I mean.
(no I don't work for the C of C.) :D
pd

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Shark, I will donate all the pic's I shoot to you. I still need to burn the Ft. Lauderdale pic's and get them out to you. Dave

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Four of us are planning on coming down next weekend to watch. Just curious what brought out these comments.

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Cuda,
check your PM's :cool:

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Cuda, Are you and Deb bringing the bikes down? We have quite a few bikes coming down with us. Dave

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Hey Dave,

Thanks for the help!

I left a little something for you on that page! :drink:

APBA-SBI Event Photos link

Anytime Frank and Pat. It's all to keep the sport growing... :drink:

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Thanks Sharky !!! Dave

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Pat,
If you find me sleeping on your dock...... Remember, you said it's more than a race. SQ

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Have a safe race and hopefully someone will dedicate this event to the memory of Lee Mills. He was the best race site promoter I ever had the pleasure of working with.

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Steve...........
Dock your boat there and I'll throw in a pillow.
It's called "personal wet pits".....I don't have a crane but I'll just roll you in and you can head for the milling area.

Hi Ron.......

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Lets get as many bikes as we can this weekend, there is a huge poker run that we can run with to Key West... :drink: :drink: :drink:

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We will be there, always a great racing venue and lot's of events to go with it! Safe racing to all, see you in the pits!

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Great town, great venue. I agree with Ron in dedicating it to Lee Mills
it was his baby. Have fun and keep em upwright

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Good luck to everyone in Marathon this weekend....

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good luck everybody, and the most important thinghave a good time and be safe, raul

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hope everyone has a blast and more importantly be safe

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Pat,

Will you be having the OPC boats there again this year? :confused:

I thought that was a great idea intergrating the groups together like that!

The spectators can see all the different categories in one place!

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I don't think they were able to be here this year.......they drew a lot of public interest in the pits last year.......maybe next year.

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Pat,

The posey is on the way , lock your doors the boys will be in town soon....

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tell the posse to BRING HAMMERS........party can't be here this year unless we get the new roofing off the deck and up where it belongs..... :eek:

note to self....invite building inspector to bar-b-q in pits :rolleyes:

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We can handle that !!!! :drink: Dave

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That's too bad Pat.
Having raced both Offshore and OPC simultaneously in the same seasons was a chore but I love both categories.
Hopefully next year they can make it out again.

Other than that, it looks as though there will be a lot of "HAMMERING" going on this weekend in Marathon!
Hammering nails, hammering the throttles, hammering the drinks and hammering......well, maybe I should stop there! :drink:

Have a great weekend everyone!

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Sharkey.........
It's 83 degrees.......light breeze..... no clouds........and room on the dock with Steve Quick.
I'll have Dave stop the roof hammering at midnight.
Come on down!!! :D

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New, old 7 Mile Bridges to be part of Grand Prix race

Associated Press

MARATHON, Fla. - Organizers of this weekend's Marathon Super Boat Grand Prix in the Florida Keys intend to incorporate both the old and new Seven Mile Bridges in the race course, despite initial objections from the U.S. Coast Guard and Florida Department of Transportation.

Those agencies were concerned that "if a boat hit the new bridge it would knock it out of service, especially so close to the beginning of hurricane season," said John Carbonell, president of Super Boat International Productions, the event's producer.

But Carbonell argued in the unlikely event a boat hit the bridge the damage would be to the boat - not the bridge. He and other race organizers also agreed to install large ship mooring fenders to help protect bridge piers if there is an accident.

"What Marathon has that no other race venue has is the boats going under those bridges," said Carbonell, adding that Marathon offshore powerboat racing courses have incorporated the spans since 1986 without incident. "That's what makes the Marathon race so exciting."

Carbonell anticipates 30-35 boats will participate with 1 p.m. start times each day, Saturday and Sunday.

ON THE NET

Marathon Offshore Grand Prix: http://www.keysoffshore.com

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Nothing like it........... :evilb: :evilb: :evilb:

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I wish I could be anywhere but home this weekend...

Doesn't look like it's going to happen though... :(

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Any update from today's Races

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Any Pictures????????????????

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Augie I thought you were there???

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The results and pictures will probably be posted after everyone gets done with the best bar-b-q yet.

Frank/Pops/Jim Bull were the chefs this week and we're all being treated for smoke inhalation. :D

No incidents....safe race, and more than one racer said to me tonight "we had fun today.......it was great out there".

So we're going to do it again tomorrow.

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I hope you all have plenty of SWIPES on hand.... You don't want that BBQ sauce sticking the keys on your pc! :drink: