Sharkey-Images: 2010 OPA St Clair, Michigan
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Ok, Gary and I will pick one this weekend while drinking beer and talking about how fast our boats are.
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I like to have my images look the best they can be....
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Very nice.....
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I am out of time for now....
Need to get on the road for this weekend's event.
More to come soon......
Need to get on the road for this weekend's event.
More to come soon......
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They did it Saturday trying to load it on the trailer. We were sitting across from the marina and they were trying to load it without using the crane. They almost ran it up the concrete boat ramp before the trailer was deep enough into the water. Looked like the crew was not even ready for the boat. Bystanders had to help out. Then when they were trying to load it they looked stuck as they were on the throttles but the boat wasn't moving but a lot of water was being stirred up. When they parked it on the main st we went to the bow looking for glass damage but didn't see any as the boat was still sitting level. On Sunday with the boat tilted we went back to see any bottom damage and could see were the glass had been scrapped right through. This in no way was a delamination problem. It was big disappointment to once again not see 2 turbines race at this site when they both were running Saturday
the problem we had at the dock on saturday was due to a brake line failure and resulted in the crash box not coming out of gear till the turbine spooled down. we had to compensate with the other side there is not a scratch on in from that!
the trailer was bottomed out at the ramp. it would not go any further! the crane shutdown a 4pm. if we didn't test it we would been dead on sunday!
the engines are running better than ever now that turbine marine is not involved.
the boat will be at skater being repaired!
these are the facts!
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Just arrived for the Swamp Run and checked into the hotel...
Perhaps I can get a few more images done before a cat nap ?
I sure hope the helicopter is close by.... I could use a few extra ZZZ's
Perhaps I can get a few more images done before a cat nap ?
I sure hope the helicopter is close by.... I could use a few extra ZZZ's