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I realize this will be the first time racing for them, but my point was, this class has always been offered correct? This is just the first time that people are actually racing in it....

Thanks for the updates! Keep 'em coming!

I'm also glad to hear there will be more joining in during the rest of the season... :drink:

Have a SAFE day! :)

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big eddie,
not sure when i will return, might be going from one jobsite to the next, but what ever race is going down when i return ill be there. it is good to see a great turnout, i want to see more pics of tom's new boat, i am sure the whole show is top shelf. the fans in michigan are great. enjoy the races. keep us updated.

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The latest addition to the dog pound ....

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Congrats on the new crew member, is he your PR person? Fill us in on: age, nickname, duties..etc... :D

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Don't feel like the lone ranger Pete.....Stuck at home ourselves. Plane problems at the last minute ( Better than while underway)

Foot peg get ya ?

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hey nasty,
no a big piece of a rock, back end was sliding a little so i thought a little gas and power through like ive done at that same spot 100 times, but this time didnt go the same. just took the stitches out, those husky razor knives work well :D it sucks listenin by talk offhore, wish i was there but travel day is tomorrow. so i need to be ready. glad you didnt have plane problems in the air, not sure when i will get back, but look forward to making a couple more races this year. tell roxy hello see you guys soon.

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those 2 wheelers will hurt ya....but pulling out stitches is one of my favorite things. Have a safe trip.

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The name of the new crew member is "Girl" ...

As opposed to some other teams who are all girls, we need girls on the team.

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Damn you are good Randy.........your race was over three minutes ago, and you are already on the computer. :rolleyes: :D :D :D

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Busted!!!

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Your race was over ages ago, Phantom, and you are still posting

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The smallest and the biggest boats of OSS.

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Joe and Larry

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Welcome back BS.

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OSSVL pre-race powow

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The Two Bacardis

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The BS had never stopped

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Thats AWSOME!!! Where did they put everyone in that small town?? I bet people and boats were everywhere!!! Defintely a fun place to race!!! Any Ships go thru during a race this year???? :eek:

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Yep, yellow flag !!

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Yes, people and boats were everywhere. They figured about 50000 viewers. The St. Clair Main Drag was all boats. Whole St. Clair was one Dry Pits! St. Clair loves boat racing and we love St Clair!

Thank you all for putting up such a great event! Everybody, and I mean everybody had a super great time.

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It was a pleasure working with the OSS , it was great seeing everyone :rolleyes: Hollywood , don't foget it is your turn :drink: thankyou to all the OSS staff and racers for letting me help out. It will truley be a week I will not forget.Thanks to all!!! :D :D :D :D

Jeremy Ruckhaber

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had a GREAT time thank you OSS and the Jersey boys what a town thank you ST Clair Jeremy you can count on it . PS you did a great :job appreciated by all see ya in orange beach

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Team Genpro/Wildcard thank EVERYBODY for such a great race! We thank OSS, OPA, Blue Water, the magnificent City of St. Clair, we thank our good friends in OSSVL. We thank the OSS and Blue Water rescure teams for making us all feel safe. They had their divers in the water within seconds when those cats flipped. With the angels watching over us, we will race even harder. We thank AMF, WHM, and Page for the great pit parties, nobody ever had to buy food or drink! We thank our great Jersey friends for sharing this super event with us. We'll see you in Jersey, and we'll see you in Orange Beach!

Wil

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Big thanks to Ed Smith and Ed Smith!!!!!!

MD

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What an awesome event. The crew of Blue Water came through again to put on one of the premier events in offshore. A great show from both the OPA and OSS boats.

Great Job,

Andy Bloom

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What a great fu$king time. THANK YOU ALL!

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Hey uhhh, Randy, one of these years you need to clean off your camera lens.

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Great to see you there Ron... Hope everyone had a great time. We will be at the next OPA race in 11 days... hope to see many of you again.

Chris Reindl

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Ron: That lens was still fogged-up from the night before ...

MD

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Would like to thank the City of St Clair,Bluewater offshore,Bob Currier in race control.The angel ships from OSS your the best!!The St Clair,Harsens Island fire Dept for takeing such great care pumping all the water out of our new baby,allowing it to come out with no damage!!The OPA for coming out to play,you guys put on a great show!!And all the guys who stoped by to see if we were ok or if we needed any thing.Your the best.We will see everyone in Orange Beachthanks again Tom Reliable Carriers#20

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Bob Currier is great on the radios, and coordinating with the freighters and all the other powers to be. The whole committee that worked on this race needs a round of applause, but the spectaors that came out to watch these great offshore racers need a standing ovation!
Glad none of the incidents were serious and that everyone made it home safe.

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It was good to see you guys were OK(Reliable,Popeye's) Thanks to you Tom for all the help, I am glad that there was no major damage after we flipped your boat. Thanks also to AMF for letting me use there cart to set up dry pits...my feet thank you also . Also thanks to Dan (Loan Shark). Thank you all St Clair staff you people were GREAT!Thanks again to all OSS staff for taking me in. It was truly a pleasure working with all of you :rolleyes: See you in Orange Beach.

Jeremy R

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Thanks to all the racers and teams for the compliments and for coming to st. Clair. The BWORA team has accomplished a lot over the years including in 2000 when we had 96 boats race. Talk about a packed town!!! We are an all volunteer, grass roots club but we know how to put on a race. I am proud of our team here in St. Clair. The few of us that get recognition are just the tip of the iceberg that gets things done. So here is to all the rest of the team. Good Job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Steve Brunner President BWORA

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Holy COW!!!!

What a great event this was. ST Clair is an AWESOME city and the people were xtremely glad to see us, as we were glad to see them. I dont think i have seen that many people come to a race site, specifically for a race. They flocked to the shoreline. They got two full days of excitement with testing and time trials on saturday. And Racing on sunday.

Looking forward to coming back.

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I too would like to say what a great event, town, host, and race!!! St. Clair, MI really rolled out the red carpet for all of us.
To Tom A. and Steve, sorry about your bad luck and also of course to Stan & David too, we are all REALLY glad all of you are ok. Your boats can be fixed… To Bob Kosta and all of the Blue Water Series staff, you were all OUTSTANDING!!! Special thanks to the St. Clair Inn also, for being such a gracious host. To OPA and the Jersey Boyz, we all hope you too had a great time. What a super event and I know 2006 we’ll be even bigger & better... Great TalkOffshore.com too...

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did anyone notice that there were no green flag starts in front of the start/finish boat?

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That is normal. The race is started when the boats are all lined up, not necessarily in front of the Start/Finish boat. OSS does a parade lap first and then will start the race sometimes on the backside of the course, so the boats are spread out more for the first turn. This helps prevent a pile up in turn one, thus making it a much safer race. Hope that helps.

Ben

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i new there was a reason i just thought that the start is so cool when the rooster tails instantly shoot to the sky when they drop that flag. thank you.

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peppers racing had the best looking wash crew ever in st claire :drink: :evilb: