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A friend of mine who lives in Patchogue told me the "Battle On The Bay" has been canceled due to a scheduling conflict with the Fire Dept. Please tell me this isn't true. My buddy tells me that this is the big talk all around town in Patchogue. Anyone know anything about this ? Please clarify.

I'll call Louie The Rigger and let him handle the response to your question.

lots of water on L.I. move it to freeport and run in the ocean off jones beach..

I talked to Louie at legnth a few days ago. While I will not answer the question at hand, I can say that he is working very hard on the event. Do not loose faith yet!!!!

thanks for the feedback. I'll keep my fingers crossed

Hey Guys, I've got 3 meetings this week, the "Battle on the Bay"
(dates booked over a year ago) is a go,it just ain't happening in Patchogue. Dates were all set, permits were all in and yes the new Fire Chief failed to notice a conflict in the dates with the New York State F.D. tournament (date booked over a year ago) in Central Islip which is a stones through away from Patchogue and all our assets have been taken. As you can imagine not to many people are happy with this screw up, there is speculation it was intentional, at this point it doesn't matter. We are going to button up the new site by Wednesday and announce the new site post haste. However the new dates will be the following weekend of August 26th,27th and 28th. I would like to thank the Village of Patchogue for hosting the race for the past 4 years and know they are as upset as we are.
Well enough crying, those of you who know me and our committee can only imagine what we have in store for this year!!!! Hang on tight, and stay tuned!! Louie

Good luck Louie. I know you work your azz off on that race and I'm sorry to hear of the extra stress this is causing.

same dates as morehead city NC P1 race..maybe u should just do a joint event there...its in the middle of the states and would maybe bring some teams from the south and north together for fun racing !?

Thanks Dean, Hi Quick lt1 I tried Freeport 4 years ago and they said they don't need a race there its always crowded on the Mile with bikes cars and boats. My Grandfather was buddies with Guy Lombardo and I got to see a lot of cool boats back then. The 2 sites we are narrowed down to are both awesome and really would love to host the race. 2 more days and we will announce the site we pick.
Thanks Louie

I doubt theres a lot we can do, But we went through the same thing up here with our "race"...and its on a much smaller scale, so if theres anything we can do...please let us know Louie.

Johnny and Jason

The last race in Freeport was over 25 ago .

ok then just .. get r done!!

Louie if you need help, just ask!

Thanks Ron, It looks like we have selected a new site! It shaves about 20 minutes off the trip and we have a Friday night in Main street that will be off the hook! The crane area will be easier to negotiate, along with a host of other niceties lol. The Battle on the Bay still rages! in Sayville, New York.
More info will be forth coming, Louie

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Good job uncle louie are you having fun yet:Score-101010:

Thanks Louie!! We really appreciate all you're doing!
Bob G. 606 Lock'd Up

You da man, Louie! :)

Chris

What about The Clams???????????????

Great Louie!!! Is that the place with the park and golf course?

Well after seeing this new information I may have to retract my bet and just cancell Solomons!!!!!!

There "AIN'T" no backing out! You made the bet Mikey and you only have two choices.

As I see it I only have one choice....WIN WIN WIN!!!!!

I was trying to be ERRRRRRRRRRR, Nice:cool: but yeah, you only have one choice and I know it will be the right one and we'll all have a great time. Thank you for all you efforts Mike!

Great Job Louie, Sayville is a great town and even closer to my house! In fact if you move it a little more west I'll be able to watch the races from my dock! anyway, great job keeping the race on long island!
Chris

No way Mike Solomons Island is a great race site! Our bet was for The Patchogue race so you can opt out of our bet if you want, because this one is gonna be off the hook!! Thanks for the support we have been receiving it pulled us through some real uncertain times, Louie



PS Chris your not gonna watch from your dock are you? Take my word it will be torture, come on out and race!

Congrats Louie, glad to see it! Show must go on!

We just added a parade traveling to Main street on Friday night!
I'm stoked!!!! lol

Great job Louie !!! :drink: