Ryan,

I think this is what it might boil down to ......

A rough estimate for the Vegas race $7,000 with the additional travel time on the road and hotel rooms ect....

The Worlds Price tag:

$3,000 entry fee
$1,000 crew registration
$1,500 equipment fees
$3,000 normal costs

Now if you need new Midsections and a set of Long Blocks...which I believe Dan may need after such a bad flip in St Clair, you're looking at what? Another $22,000 ?

As you can see, it adds up quick. And that's not considering the repair bill to do the glasswork.

It's unfortunate, but I think Loan Shark is making the right decision. It just doesn't make sense to spend that kind of money on a boat that will no way come out weighing nearly as close as the front runners. It leaves more of a disadvantage to the team.

Hopefully they find themselves a better hull for next season and will be back out in the hunt for that checkered flag...

Thanks for the math lesson Sharkey.......I know how it adds up. That calculator just works different than mine. The cat outboard class will miss Shark bait at the races. He ran really well all season and really impressed me in Puerto Rico.

In PR they ran almost 3 seconds faster average speed than the lightest boat in the class.
That was where their weight was a little bit of an advantage, but that does them no good when the rest of the courses are calm.

With your budget being less than half of the 37K, I take it you wouldn't be replacing your engines for the Worlds.....

So really, there isn't much of a difference between the two budgets if you leave out the equipment...

Once you fine tune and dial in the Skater, you will be at the podium too!

Good Luck!

Sorry to hijack this thread, but Im curious how many hrs do you guys put on the powerheads before you rebuild them.

Also what ratio do you run the oil ?

Curtis

Curtis as a pleasure boat I would guess 50 hrs should be no problem we run Mercury Oil at 40:1 We have 6 races on our powerheads right now.