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Originally Posted by Fast Shafts
(Post 2658569)
Pepe,
Just out of curiosity, 1) How many gallons of fuel did the boat hold? 2) How many stops did you have to make to refuel? 3) Where were your gas stops? I remember watching you race in that boat in the 1979Benihanna Grand Prix. It also had a tank in front of the rear seat that held around another 100 gals, maybe a little less. If memory serves me right, we made about 8 stops. It had to be the 1978 Benihana GP, in 1979 I raced a new 28' triple OB. It seems like yesterday, except my memory is not that good, those years happened quick. They sure were fun! pp. |
Originally Posted by JO - PANTERABOATS
(Post 2658179)
Hell, I am only 58 years young!
pp. wass up with the 28 ts ? im ready to down size again :) |
Thanks Pepe,
Since you were running at night, did you have to make arrangements with specific marinas to stay open all night or did you have 8 crews along the course? This must have been a logistical nightmare? No cell phones to call your crew back then.... |
How long did it take?
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Originally Posted by Fast Shafts
(Post 2659017)
Thanks Pepe,
Since you were running at night, did you have to make arrangements with specific marinas to stay open all night or did you have 8 crews along the course? This must have been a logistical nightmare? No cell phones to call your crew back then.... My wife spent the night up in a plane looking for the boat, because she had not heard from me since noon and feared for mishap! The trip took 42 hrs, It could have been done under 30 hrs, but we spent the first night up on a sand bar. My run was included in the Boating magazine's 50th anniversary issue's "The best of all time"! pp. |
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Happy anniversary PP. Here's a couple of pics from my collection of your early days:
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I'm sure this was a logistical nightmare. Did you have the 8 stops pre-scheduled, or did you "chance it" hoping to find marinas open for fuel?? Just curious how you planned this.
Thanks Bob G |
Originally Posted by JO - PANTERABOATS
(Post 2659359)
Crew??? what crew? I had a driver going north w/ the trailer.
My wife spent the night up in a plane looking for the boat, because she had not heard from me since noon and feared for mishap! The trip took 42 hrs, It could have been done under 30 hrs, but we spent the first night up on a sand bar. My run was included in the Boating magazine anniversary issue's "The best of all time"! pp. |
Originally Posted by JO - PANTERABOATS
(Post 2659359)
The trip took 42 hrs, It could have been done under 30 hrs, but we spent the first night up on a sand bar.
pp. just kidding. The story about that race is amazing. I could kill for a old school Pantera-shirt |
Originally Posted by tomas_wallin
(Post 2660427)
That's hilarious :evilb: Very hard core! Today a record run like that would have ended on that sand bar...
I would really like to do it on 2010. 36' w/ triple OB. I have spoken to a couple of sponsors already but nothing serious. pp. |
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