Hey ittl be hard for me to be an ass when Im behind ya learning a new boat :)
Im glad I didnt annoy ya too much.
See ya in AC my friend.

WE'll be there, do I need ear plugs? lol

Not unless you dont like Rock N Roll! We wont let Trent near the mic I promise :D

I am still fuzzy on how a 5 mph speed increase will make a change in the current state of competition. Whether the breakout speed of a class is 200 mph or 205 mph, teams will build boats that will exceed the max speed.

Now Johnny before this too out of hand, and its obviously misconstrued by everyone that we are arguing and hate each other(your texts in the past hour show me the true relationship as good friends) but if you have some time, go back in my posts back to 2007 and you will see that I have always called it "computer racing". I raced in it as well, F1 & F2 no longer existed, didnt really have many choices. More importantly, I was able to produce and every now and then surprise surprise, win a championship or two( heres the kicker, they werent National Attendance Awards either lol). Why do you think the manufactures have pulled out? Because the bracket stuff does not showcase how well their product runs against similar products in a hp to hp scenario. I've ran for two major and one custom manufactures through the years and have been in the meetings as to why they have no interest or desire to be apart of our sport any further.

I understand that you are at a disadvantage at seeing what has happened over the years(first hand) with your age, however, do you know what the intent of "Fever Mike", Mr Allweiss, and Mr Miklos was when they created "P-Class"? Did you know the magical 85 speed in OPA was designed around 1 boat? That boat has since retired. When there was 10-15 boats in Class 5, didnt you also agree that there were only two boats that couldnt run 80 safely? Last year the boat count in Class 1 was 2-3, Class 3 was 1(for the better part) Class 4 was primarily 2, Class 5 was 2-3 and Class 6 brought 10-12 consistently. I am talking race in and race out. You dont see a problem? The sport is bigger than you and I and always will be. You and your father are two of the best racers out there.

Your rough water comment... OPA races are run mostly on lakes and rivers bout a 80% to 20% ratio. Call me an idiot, hell I am, but I'm going to build a boat to win 80% of the time and hope and pray my body and boat make it through the 20%........

Call your cousin, call Henderson, go back in your memory, heck call Smitty... Everything I have said, didnt come to me in a dream about last night and posted today. Its been discussed and talked about for years with you among others. I want our sport to be the sport I know it can be and whether I race again or not, I have payed my dues and know a little bit(far from everything) of what is going on. I am not saying my way will fix anything, but merely a suggestion for discussions that need to be had to make our sport better.

Its ok to agree to disagree, and I am a firm believer in the fact of "if it aint broke dont fix it" I'll fill ya in on a little secret.....It's broke. Now how can we cost effectively make it better?

Thats where your suggestion of a max limit comes in... Also my basis is to consolidate classes, which brings more money to each class, which will entice more racers to come out or at least bring some of the parked ones back into action. Look at the avgs above of class count over the whole 2012 season, now class 2 is wanted back and you want to spread it out even more? I'll get on the OPA site and come up with class count averages before the weekend is up in order to produce accurate numbers

Class 2 coming back should eliminate SV...wont really effect anything except making a killer class 2. Id also bet all of the Class 3 boats move up...so were really making 2 classes into one.
All raising speeds will do is eliminate boats. I garuntee there are guys out there that cant afford to buy new props, change gear ratios and build power.
There is absolutely no reason to change anything with 4, 5 or 6.

Who said anything about changing power? That would be the last thing to do...... Like I said before you didnt see a lot of stuff, but your Krypto was run in P4(2003) with a stock sealed 500 EFI against Augie's condo back in the day. Now it has ballpark 650 and has been put in 5.....:confused:

Side note: It won a race or 10

The Krypto isnt the only boat that races these days lol
Take Barry's Cigarette for example, or Whoz Your Daddy, or Country Service in C6...i dont think any of them can just "squeeze another 5mph out and still be competitive.

since your cousin just found out about the boat, I have to go to dinner and kiss some azz but look at my proposal, I said nothing about changing anything but a decal in 6, speeds and 26, no trs, etc etc just change it to 5 and keep at 70