OPA Rules Meeting???
 

The Godfather had proposed a rules meeting for Jan. Any
idea if it is scheduled??

Thanks

The awards start at 6. I would suggest a meeting at 5. It would easy rather than trying to get everyone together twice. Whatcha think?

Makes sense, see you there.

Thanks!

RULES?

WE GOT RULES?

HEY SMITTY, WHATS THIS $HIT BOUT THESE RULES?

Rule #1 Try as hard as you can to breal all the rest.
Rule #2 Refer to rule #1

Wont most be drunk by noon??? :ernaehrung004: Might make that meeting a bit interesting....:drink:

What's going to be the rule on open canopy boats? Heard a rumor class 2 will be the cap?

Were and When.....

Never mind...I got it.....duh...

Shake and Bake!

Leave it to Ricky Bobby to be a little slow :rolleyes:

BTW how is mom doing? :angry-smiley-038:

Serious Frank & Lou went to Jersey today I guess thats were they went!:rolleyes:

5 PM Meeting Feburary 7, Guy's, drink after the meeting. Lets get your concerns out there and correct. Got a great menue, 60.00 a head. Prime rib, lobster tails, shrimp, steamers in garlic and wine, clams, pork tender loin, crab stuffed flownder, salads, rice, rolls, ect. Nice relaxed and cheap. Gonna be a great night.

Sounds good Augie....looking foward to it....

dinner/rules
 

smitty or augie, do we have to prepay for the tickets or buy them at the door? do we need to pick from what augie stated for our dinner chioce ???

as for the rules how do we make rule change proposal and how are they voted on?

menu
 

Oh my!!! That sounds so delicious....You make me drool for these foods!!!!!

Chris

Dave, you can have anything and everything! Forgot the Hot wings! Stuffed Mushrooms. Write your rule changes down and bring them to me at the meeting. I'll let you know about the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

??????
 

augie how do rules get brought up and voted on?? for instance i run with the ECBRC (skiffs) and if someone in that class wants to change a rule pertaining to his class it is voted on within that class and majority wins.

I think we need to be careful on how rules are changed. OPA is very successful now because of it rules. Six classes with well defined speeds and commonality of rules across the classes. I don't think we should change rules in one class but not the others, unless it addresses safety.

Changes I would consider are a max speed for OPA or for Open boats. Or switch the classes around to allow a single engine canopy class, but still only have 6 classes.

Just my ideas.

speed
 

wahoo, my one idea would be to run P1 speeds same as the other org (SBI) or better yet increase them a little more so we could run with the catlite guys.

115 to 117.

Dave you have a good point there....with only 3 or 4 P1 boats and with 2 or 3 SCL that do the OPA races...combinding them to a 7 or 8 boat class would be good.....the one thing you would have to overcome is to get the SCL guys to want to slow down to 117....are they not running close to 125 now....

amsoil
 

teague just set the record at 131mph!!!!!!!!

now thats in kilo setup, i would say in average race setup they are running 120 to 125. but even if we (P1) could run up to 120 top speed that would close the gap. the catlite's are just setup differnent with the 525 package for accelleration and top speed. i was about 3 mph off average lap speeds of motley in sarasota and that was with 117 mph setup (sbi).

i'm all for it. like it wasn't bad enough getting beat-up by evil ED and dave s., add a few more cats to atleast run with.

I think it would be a good idea of they would agree....less class's more boats.... = great racing...

More boats in a class is always better. But you also have to consider how it impacts the other classes. Going from C2 105mph to 120 mph is a huge jump. In my opinion it would also create two negatives. 1. Very few Vees could compete in Class 1 at that speed. I can't think of any that would run OPA at that speed. May be the Cintron 42. 2. It would push boats into Class 2 that don't belong.

Class 2 is going to be an very interesting class this year if you have some boats dropping down and the fast open canopies limited to 2. Could be fun....:cool-smiley-026:

Thats also a good point...we were looking to run in C1 this year...but choise Class 2...but with a 120 speed...it would take the Dragon out of it....we would have to run some really big HP and would loose the realiabilty we would have wiith just the 750's...

?????
 

first off, i'm not trying to get or force the catlites to do anything. i merely stating that if P1 ran faster speeds we could run side by side at SOME of the races and atleast make the appearance that we're running together. this would be funnier for the racers and put on a better show.

as for the big jump and a disadvantage to the vees. yes maybe, but with all the races i did last year with sbi i was able to run down and pass within the first lap all the super and unlimited vee's. after that it was boring and i would just try to chase down the catlites. i will point out that i was put in my place in OC,Md. by smitty, and love muscle.

i would disagree about being able to make the 15 mph jump. after being in KW and watching the fountain P1 boat dominate, those guys had no problem. stock illmors let that boat run 117.

and for P2 that seems to be the new vee class. you guys just need to push bandit up with us.

Dave,

You have very good points. No matter what speed C1 is I don't think you are going to see the Factory Fountains run OPA since there is no media benefit when you are beaten.

I agree with you on a Cat with 750s not running C2.

sffwsdfa
 

wahoo, i like to point out that thereis NO media benefit even when beat the Factory Fountains. i watched some of the american powerboat tv website, and it was exactly what i thought. a big reggie commercial. hopefully http://www.supercatracing.com/ gets some more help. i can atleast watch boats racing on that website.

back to the rules. i think that as the speeds go up, that the gap inbetween the mph should get a little more. for example 75 to 85 is a big jump but from 105 to 115 is not that big of a jump.

Dave,
I think you missed my point on Media. Even when there is only one boat in the class, they still claim a World Championship or win. It is then in every magazine for years to come. If they stand a chance of not "winning" they will not come.. That has nothing to do will the rules, but they are the majority of Race Vee's capaible of running 120mph.

sdfgsdg
 

dean, i understand you 100%. just look at KW this year. they actually had two vee extreme classes????

this is why i drove from florida to NY to race with the OPA. certain orgs are controlled by outside sponsorship and focus entirely on that manufacturer. the OPA focuses on boat racing!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't suspect you would see any of this coverage on the "Reggie Show". :D

http://sharkeyimages.zenfolio.com/im...50963960-3.jpg

But no matter what manufacturer gets busted up, I do my best to try and get non-biased coverage of it... :cool-smiley-011:

Afterall, people might learn something from it.... ;)

Tim, I learned 2 things from it.

1. Always land bottom side down
2. Epoxy doesnt come out of your hair!

Ha ha ha !!! :D :ernaehrung004:

Now that made me chuckle :drink:

You can buy the tickets at the door for $60 cash only. Menu is set and everything is being served no choices need to be made. Al

Alan,

Did you ever get the photos I sent you ??? :confused:

Sharkey,
I did not receive any photos of Cleveland Construction from you, Bruce or Freeze Frame. If you have any please send them to [email protected]. Thanks

It was originally sent to: [email protected] on 11/27/2008

I'll try this other address now....

I was wondering why I did not hear from you..... :confused: