What does it take to race on OPA?
? Just looking to have some fun a few weekends a year.
08-10-2012 | 07:36 PM
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CLASSES 6 and 5 are for single engine boats only...so CLASS 4 is it.Speed bracketed to 85mph.
08-10-2012 | 09:52 PM
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08-10-2012 | 10:22 PM
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From: Lake George
08-11-2012 | 09:20 AM
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Both APBA and US OFFSHORE had a small boat class;and they ran at all of the races.In some of the very rough ocean races the speeds were in the 50s.And they ran alot further and longer than any of the current classes do today.Many of the teams that started out in the small boats moved up into bigger boats and higher classes over time.Maybe based on a 5 mile course...5 laps or 25 miles would make sense.
