True....if it brings out more boats that would be great...but from looking in the past...Class 4 racing has been great like Class 5 has been with big boat counts....with the current economy and looking at how many racers have been attending that would delute the big boat count in class 4 by doing that you may also find yourself taking boats out of Class 5 and having them beef up the HP and move up to Class 4 single....I would think with single engine boats winning and being compeditive like Laveycraft and Team Actane it shows that single engine boats can be compeditive maybe not in the ruff...but some of these small single engine boats can out turn some of the bigger...I think thats one of the great things about OPA...half the races are calm water and the other ruff....if makes it fair for all types of boats....

The next thing to ask is...how many single engine Class 4 boats raced the entire 2008 season...and could they have won the High Points Championship if they made all the races....like Laveycraft and Team Actane

I don't think Smitty is saying more classes, but replace C2 with SV and C3 with V.

My bust....I tought they were talking about single engines in class 4 but not spec racing but still bracket racing

Smitty...call me when you get a chance....Are you thinking if the SV class comes together it will be with 525's...I just sold mine....

Gino, I agee with you on not shaving boat count that already exists,but I think that if a class was around for some sort of p-1 style maybe hp x lbs or gear ratio x prop pitch that you could draw sevral SVL'S and some really fast old f-1 boats off their trailers. Many racers out there would jump at the chance to pitch the garman's and really hold it down !!! I'm not trying to cause trouble but if enough people would chime in ,I would love to put something together ''EARS WIDE OPEN"

Randy, call me Al Culbertson 410-967-5039

How about a stepped hull class and a non stepped hull class. We run an old Cig that needs lots of power to keep up with the newer stepped hull's running 525's. Both our speeds are the same but we need lots more power to do that.
Personally I like the classes the way they are. Splitting them is going to be hard to keep track over who is racing who. Also think of the site orginizers, now you will have to have many more starts, or even more days to run. Change can be good or bad. Sounds like maybe the racers need to all get together and make a vote.
I would love to see 50-75 boats at ever site and one large org in charge be it OPA, OSS or SBI. I feel speed is the best way to keep it equal.

But I'm still a newbie and don't know much.....................so be gentle on me.

why are their 2 pages of class/rule changes for class 4 and not one person from the class is commenting on their being a problem? What teams would be coming out if changes are to be made?

Class 4 works for me.

I made a comment about Class 4...We would have come to mere races if we didn't have to compete against a 42', 38', 35'and so on...ALL twins...We are only 27' (26' really) Activator with a canopy. We were not competitive in OSS SVL because of our hull and set-up, but we can be at 85 mph in class 4. BUT, against the larger boats, we have to run the chit out of our equipment to just keep up! Rough water is pretty rough in a 26' boat...canopy or not. Keep talking, we might be interested in trying again next year...I'm sure Randy can get a few more of the Vee-Lites to race here as well!! Don't forget, there are some less then 32' singles kicking around that might make it back to the water...You never know.

Dave