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Old 11-03-2020 | 06:21 PM
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Default New Offshore Racing Catamaran Class Soft-Launching In 2021

A new wrinkle for next year's offshore powerboat racing season, https://www.speedonthewater.com/new-...ching-in-2021/
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Old 11-03-2020 | 07:38 PM
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I am usually not in favor of more classes in Offshore racing.......but I like this one
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Old 11-03-2020 | 08:31 PM
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Sounds good to me!!
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Old 11-03-2020 | 10:33 PM
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Do they run alone?

They cant run with S,S,.too confusing.

Cant run with the big roarin super cats .theyll be in theyre way at every turn.

v- lite already has too many variations in its ranks.

maybe with class 7

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Old 11-04-2020 | 07:44 AM
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I can see Skater, DougWright, MTI (as indicated in writeup), and Statement joining this new class


will be cool to watch



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Old 11-04-2020 | 08:45 AM
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Sounds like its cool if there is enough big money folks that will run it, if not it will be another 3 boat class. I sure hope not.

Will be cool if the bottoms truly are factory.
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Old 11-04-2020 | 09:00 AM
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Being on the West Coast, where we have no races, my thoughts on this don't even really matter. Though I feel it is not good for the sport. There are already small turnouts for the bigger classes that everybody goes to the races to watch, why would they want to create another big boat class that is only going to get 3-5 boats. It doesn't really matter though, offshore racing has been dead for years now imo.
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Old 11-04-2020 | 09:02 AM
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Those 450's won't last in a rough water race!
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Old 11-04-2020 | 09:11 AM
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Why add another class? The boats are fast enough with 300's
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Old 11-04-2020 | 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by ktron
Those 450's won't last in a rough water race!

Why I thought OB's were bullet proof?
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