Originally Posted by swung6 (Post 3864569)

I promise your gonna have ur hands full with BAD NEWZ this season! ;) that work? Is it spring yet?

Originally Posted by swung6 (Post 3864647)

Nope, still a TRS. Unless u guys get bored & wanna whine about that too. Lol.

Originally Posted by Lucididee (Post 3864455)

That was awesome when it used be done in Point. But Point put a stop to that and won't allow is anymore. I forget what year it was stopped. There were people that just went to the rocks to watch them blast out the inlet, but then a lot of them never stayed to watch the races :(



Here's where I'm probably gonna get beaten up .... I'm one for shorter courses.

I feel it would make for closer racing. With shorter straight aways, it's will probably come down to more skill in the turn then just the speed in the straight. You all know I am usually on a turn boat so if it appears I'm getting a little board, what do you think the fans are feeling? However, I do feel the course for ocean races should be longer than the flat water races. But you also need to take into account then when on the ocean, how do we know who is just at the beach and who came to watch the races? The sponsors & organizers need to see large groups of people on shore for the races. If there is $10,000 people there to watch the races, it is more impressive to see them spread out over 4 miles than it is if they were spread over 5 miles.

However, I have many conversations about this with some racers, and it seems that most I spoke with about this would rather longer course with less laps than shorter courses with more laps. In reality, it comes down to the SHOW the race puts on. Which will put on the best show to keep the races coming back to that town.

Below is how is went in 2012

• Ocean City: N/A
• East Tawas: 5.5 mile course
• St Clair: 4 mile course
• Port Huron: 4.55 mile course
• Solomons: 4.6 mile course
• Jupiter: 5 mile course

Originally Posted by fast fun 2 (Post 3864692)

I tend to agree with Mark, the longer courses are more fun. Sunny Isles was 6. something if I remember and that was a blast. Big long straightaways to let the Tman do his thing.

Originally Posted by F1-00 Racing (Post 3864794)

Being that there is 8-10 classes being offered, where are all the pace boats going to come from to have a clean start for each class? Is it even possible to get 8-10 starts off before Miss Geico, etc coming around and being on top of the classes waiting to start? Safety is paramount and since we live in the "spill a cup of coffee on your lap and sue McDonald's" society, it should never happen that all boats be on the course at the same time. Ideally, with boat counts being around the 40 range, you should have two races only, approx 20 boats each with the mendoza line being at 100 mph. The shorter courses give the fans the treat of the true skills that a driver/throttleman possess or dont. All the longer courses do is show that the throttleman can hold back the sticks....BORING

Originally Posted by F1-00 Racing (Post 3864794)

All the longer courses do is show that the throttleman can hold back the sticks....BORING

Originally Posted by fast fun 2 (Post 3864812)

Doesnt look boring to me...hell Im sitting home with the flu and got amped up from it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHapRKNnMv0

Or


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6JR0...ture=endscreen