Despite Weather, SBI Key Worlds Sunday Schedule On Track
11-09-2014 | 07:01 AM
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Despite Weather, SBI Key Worlds Sunday Schedule On Track
Despite a significant change in the weather, it's a "go" for final offshore races of the 2014 SBI season.
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11-09-2014 | 08:19 AM
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"We are running the same distance as Friday, and still running four races," said an SBI source.
SERIOUSLY ??? Another drag race with a shortened course .....?
These are suppose to be offshore boats right ?
More than 1/2 of the course is run in mostly protected waters...
What has become of this once great challenge event considered the World Championships ?
It's gone from running over 100 miles along the two coasts of Key West to simply just about running mostly in the harbor and going out about a 1 mile offshore with a prediction of 3 to 5 footers the final races have been scaled back to the minimum distance they were running on Friday.....
What a shame !
So where the rough water racers could exceed and show off their talent, the miles have just been pulled out from underneath them.
That's a long way to go for so little racing in my opinion . If it is an issue with the smaller boats, then fine, but the guys running 36 to 50 foot boats should be allowed to go the distance originally scheduled. This isn't Formula 1 tunnel boat racing.....
SERIOUSLY ??? Another drag race with a shortened course .....?
These are suppose to be offshore boats right ?
More than 1/2 of the course is run in mostly protected waters...
What has become of this once great challenge event considered the World Championships ?
It's gone from running over 100 miles along the two coasts of Key West to simply just about running mostly in the harbor and going out about a 1 mile offshore with a prediction of 3 to 5 footers the final races have been scaled back to the minimum distance they were running on Friday.....
What a shame !
So where the rough water racers could exceed and show off their talent, the miles have just been pulled out from underneath them.
That's a long way to go for so little racing in my opinion . If it is an issue with the smaller boats, then fine, but the guys running 36 to 50 foot boats should be allowed to go the distance originally scheduled. This isn't Formula 1 tunnel boat racing.....
11-09-2014 | 08:30 AM
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"We are running the same distance as Friday, and still running four races," said an SBI source.
SERIOUSLY ??? Another drag race with a shortened course .....?
These are suppose to be offshore boats right ?
More than 1/2 of the course is run in mostly protected waters...
What has become of this once great challenge event considered the World Championships ?
It's gone from running over 100 miles along the two coasts of Key West to simply just about running mostly in the harbor and going out about a 1 mile offshore with a prediction of 3 to 5 footers the final races have been scaled back to the minimum distance they were running on Friday.....
What a shame !
So where the rough water racers could exceed and show off their talent, the miles have just been pulled out from underneath them.
That's a long way to go for so little racing in my opinion . If it is an issue with the smaller boats, then fine, but the guys running 36 to 50 foot boats should be allowed to go the distance originally scheduled. This isn't Formula 1 tunnel boat racing.....
SERIOUSLY ??? Another drag race with a shortened course .....?
These are suppose to be offshore boats right ?
More than 1/2 of the course is run in mostly protected waters...
What has become of this once great challenge event considered the World Championships ?
It's gone from running over 100 miles along the two coasts of Key West to simply just about running mostly in the harbor and going out about a 1 mile offshore with a prediction of 3 to 5 footers the final races have been scaled back to the minimum distance they were running on Friday.....
What a shame !
So where the rough water racers could exceed and show off their talent, the miles have just been pulled out from underneath them.
That's a long way to go for so little racing in my opinion . If it is an issue with the smaller boats, then fine, but the guys running 36 to 50 foot boats should be allowed to go the distance originally scheduled. This isn't Formula 1 tunnel boat racing.....
You beat me to it. What has become of offshore racing? This is such a joke.
Robert
11-09-2014 | 08:32 AM
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Perhaps it is just to try to get the big class to finish with more than 50% of the boats still running ?
11-09-2014 | 08:37 AM
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You raced in rougher water in that tiny boat and I did it in a 21' Superboat. Ridiculous.
11-09-2014 | 08:50 AM
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11-09-2014 | 08:58 AM
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11-09-2014 | 09:05 AM
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