There were posters up all over the place and articles in the newspaper every day... From a marketing standpoint Trump's did everything top notch from what I was told.

As for spectators, I don't know... I had my daughters christening yesterday and Dee is the godmother so we had to pull her away from the races for most of the day... ;):coolcowboy::grinser010:

She made it back to AC for the awards party though.:drink:

Unless someone was wearing a mask, he said hello to her... Why would I lie about it? Either that or she forgot what he looks like and got him confused with someone else...

Sunkin has nothing to do with SOS remember? Why mention him, no one there would know who you are talking about, he is a ghost over there! :D

:drink::drink::drink:

Being the Director of Water Ops for the race I can help clarify what the real reasons were for the cancellation:

1) Due to the breaking rollers up to 1 mile offshore the race course had to be moved 2 miles off of the beach. This was outside of the "permited" area that was approved by the USCG. (my opinion - technical B.S.)

2) The inlet was very bad (see sharkey's pictures) and if a boat broke down and needed a tow into Atlantic City Inlet, there was a real chance that that boat being towed or both boats would be swamped and capsized.

3) The rollers are so tall offshore (12-15ft+) that if a raceboat were to break on the course, there was a good possiblity that an upcoming raceboat would not be able to see the broken down boat until they were literally on top of them.

So with #2 & #3 said, it was definately the right call to make no matter how dissappointed we all were. Other than the sea conditions it was an absolutely magnificent day weather wise.

A huge thank you to all of the volunteers, the racers and the fans who came out yesterday!

Dave, IMHO the reasons were 100% justified.... No sense in someone getting hurt or worse killed.

Seeing the pics of that Donzi almost capsizing in the inlet did it for me!

Dave I don't think you have to defend the desicion to any one that was there.I was a good call

+1 we trust them to make good decisions and this was one of them. Sometimes you have to know when to throw in the towel and come back another day.

damn thats some ruff water:eek:

Disappointing, but absolutely the right decision. I dont think anyone can disagree. We like big water (4-6s, 5-7s), but not 10-12s.

We were out testing on Saturday and it was hairy. Sunday was much worse. Could have gotten ugly real fast.