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Just wondering can a 24 skater run this weekend?I boat the deleware alot and for you guys that think it's smooth water,better think again,it's alot like racing on the hudson,lots of really big holes that come from nowhere.Have fun and be safe I'll be on the sidelines

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All year? :confused:
How about 1 race? Cambridge!
And I appreciate the effort put out from CBPBA for their offerings... :cool:

It may come as a surprise to you but many people came up to me at the Cambridge race asking if the class would be around next year. All I could say to them was register early and it would probably be considered. Other than that, after Camden, someone else can pick up the ball to keep it going.

I focused on Long Island knowing that was where all these type boats were.
Unfortunately they never seem to leave the Great South Bay :rolleyes:

Hopefully the others will come out and participate.

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Thanks for all your support Ted!

I will be arriving Sunday morning. Saturday I have a wedding to attend...

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I feel that it would be an unfair advantage because of the accelleration of the Twin Engine boats vs a boat with a Single. Calm or rough.... :eek:

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Skater24s,
You may want to think twice if you plan on watching the race from the water.

I was considering bringing my boat until I got this email:

Hello Race Fans,

I just got off the phone with the State Police.

There will be NO spectator boats allowed to watch the race. The State
Police and Coast Guard will be closing the river to all traffic at both
bridges by 10:30. Access from the marinas on the Philly side will be
blocked off.

The best place to watch the race is the Camden Waterfront or on the
deck of the Battleship NJ. The race will be announced via PA system from
the battleship so that's probably where a spectator would want to be.

That's all for now.

Ron

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Skater24...bring that baby out to run P-3. lets see what you got. If Ryan Beckley can do it in P-2 ..you can too.

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Tim, if we gave you everything you asked for, who would show up?

Please give me the names and phone numbers of 6 boats that will actually show and race and we'll have a real discussion.

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I don't know Ron.

At this point I am just trying to find some other incentive to get people off their trailers.

What are the total OPA costs for a new boat to register and race on Sunday in the SOB Class?

2004 Annual Membership Per Rider: ?

2004 Annual Equipment Fee: ?

Camden Race Entry Fee: ?

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Here's the OPA paperwork.
http://www.offshoreperformanceassociation.com/forms.htm

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With all due respect, Forget it Sharkey. Your beating a dead horse.

these guys had their chance. OPA may not be so accomadating next year

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I was only able to open one pdf.
Since I have opened that, it is now causing my computer to crash... :(
I got the Annual Equipment Fee: $450.00
Can you simply tell me what the other fees are?

2004 Annual Membership Per Rider: ?

Camden Race Entry Fee: ?

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We had it worked out to 250 per boat equipment fee
100 per rider
250 for the race in Cambridge

Use that, I'll work it out with Kurt when 8 or 9 boats show up-OKAY?? ;)

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I'll stick with Ted's answer. Sounds good to me too.

Just get the boats!!!

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Thank you..........

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Sharkey, get them there, we'll get OPA to work something out. Tell them to bring CASH only!

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SOB- Saw One Boat

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Eddie, thats a good one

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:D :D :D

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Yo Smyth...I didnt realize you were such a comedian. :D :D :drink:

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That's a good one Eddie!

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You want something funnier than that? :rolleyes:

A promise for the Cambridge Race:
Prior to that Smitty, you also said in the beginning that you would put one of the 21 Challengers that you have together for the SOB Class. What happened?
You also have a 22 Velocity that had been offered to you to use in Cambridge if you wanted. Just needed to bolt on the motor from your Checkmate or I have a 2.5 Merc that was available...

So you see, unfortunately it wasn't just the Long Island gang that didn't back up their talk...but a few from Jersey too... :(

Well, I tried... :rolleyes:

We'll see what happens this weekend.

After that? Who knows.........:confused:

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Attention RonP!!!

INTIMIDATOR could not reach anyone with the club and has asked me to let you know that he will be coming in late Saturday. He is running in an event on Saturday in Long Island and will be coming down afterwards. All his paperwork is filled out and ready to be turned in.

He is a definate...

I'm still working the phones..... ;) :D :D

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Sharkey..you should know better than to take Smitty seriously.

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Hey Sharkey...

Good point with the acceleration, I can see how that would be a factor. So where do guys like me go from here? Are all sanctioning bodies' P5's limited to single engines? What about the bigger size off-setting the twin motors? A 31 Bullet doesn't accelerate like a 24 Superboat, yet both can top out around 70.

Back in the early 90's I had a 24' Condor and my friend had a 22' Scarab. On a calm day he was quicker. On a rough day I could out-run him. It made for a lot of fun. Every outing brought different challenges.

Just my $0.02. Thanks.

Chris

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APBA, GLSCS, and SBI allow twins in P-5. In APBA , you must be 28 feet and under Max GPS speed of 70mph. and SBI, I believe, is 32 and under. Max Avg lap speed of 64.9. Im not sure about the length limit in GLSCS. I do know a 39 foot Chris Craft Stinger Ran P-5.

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News article here

Camden Race article

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APBA, GLSCS, and SBI.