Miam - NY04 - The race is OFF
 

Hello Race Fans,

There is no easy way to say this……The Miami – New York 04 race has been canceled. The organizers went into this with their eyes wide open and their hearts in the right place, but logistically it was proving impossible to pull everything together in such a short time span.

So far, there were 10 boats preregistered representing four countries. This would have been enough teams to stage the race and I’m sure more teams would have registered as the time got closer. We also had a tremendous response from potential sponsors but they needed more than six months notice to put something like this into their budget. We also heard from teams that were planning on building or completely re-rigging a boat just for this event, that they needed more time to get prepared.

The organizers are in the processes of shifting gears and are now looking toward next year. Within the next month they will be setting a date for Miami – New York 05 so that plans can be made with plenty of notice for all concerned.

This is an unfortunate turn of events but the organizers are dedicated to the event and will use the current momentum to make this race happen during the summer of 05.

That sucks, it was gonna be tight.

Sure hope it happens in 05 !! I was realy looking forward to this !! Pure OFFSHORE racing at its finest !!
Best of luck to you !

Well, at least it will happen. With more time, it could end up being much bigger and better. Good luck to those organizing and participating in the race.

Pity ...but we'll be ready next year.

Maybe they will add more classes.