Actually it was supposed to be locked for 3 years so about due for an update.

Hey voyage,what boat do you race? Have I met you

The rule book was printed 3 yrs ago, conference calls and class votes have amended it in some ways.

Regarding Dougs suggestion to limit HP, that is not the direction OPA has chosen to go, plus it would increase cost with required tech.

We use prop calcs, common sense and run the boat to place it in the proper classes.

Probably. Ran in a few races under MotorCity Offshore and make it to most. Planned to run the open phantom but could never pull the trigger on making it a dedicated raceboat. Finishing it as the pleasure boat its been so I can sell it and move on. Hope to be out more this year.

One advantage to having it locked down for so long. Everyone understands the rules, and in many cases are now building boats for the class, as opposed to building classes for the boats. Now that the three year limit is up, there may be some tuning. We'll see. Smitty

Dean,I think if any of us had any common sense we wouldnt be racing boats lol.It doesnt take much to tech a sealed 525 and the prop calc is what it is

:food-smiley-007: :drink:

Seals are very cheap and many builders offer "sealed" motors. We have seen how that works already in other organizations. "sealed" innovations vs mercury and "sealed" SBI vs OSS. OPA is run what you brung unless you are in the SV or SVL class.

SV rules are in the works right now and SVL will be right after them.

Bring em ALL out, we have a class for it!

When's this conference call?, new Hull on the way it be here Friday need to get this thing figured out.

Im with Eddy. Lets get a call together this week and get the rules done for the next 3 years. What do you think Smitty? Class 5 guy's need answers to plan for the 09 season.
MD