How about coming to Marathon and cracking us all up...:drink:

Do ya need a little Love?

Whatever ya got..........bring it........:p

I agree 100%...I raced in an A-Class boat in the 1994 Key West Worlds.There were 34 boats in A-Class.It was incredible,the entire race we were swapping postions with a bunch of other boats mid pack...battling for 15th place!The top three boats actually lapped us,but we kept racing our race within a race.We battled deck to deck with another boat the entire race and they passed us racing back into the harbor on the final lap.We were high fiving them back at the pits.We finished 13th if I am remember correctly,but it was the most fun I have ever had racing.In speaking with the other teams,some who even finished at the back of the pack,everyone thought it was a great race.You have to admire the teams that continue to show up and race to the best of their abilities even when the odds are stacked against them...they are true racers.

And then you have guys who just want to win. Ref, Dale Earnhardt JR. Leaves a multi millon dollar deal, because he is only running in the top ten. Go figure

some people are over achievers..........

Hey Marc I hope you remember to bring my steak !:rolleyes:

Our boat is five years old. the first 38 they built. Back in 2003 it set the kilo at 112. Old boats have feeling too. be nice.

This is actually a good thread with a few minor exceptions. Not that I race in Super Vee but I thought a few things should be noted for everyone to consider:

• As we all know more classes is not what’s best for the sport.
• Racing and technology go hand in hand, it is impossible to stop teams or manufactures from building a better mouse trap.
• In our sport it does not a good financial decision to continue to upgrade to the new and improved version every year. This always leaves out dated equipment.
• Penalizing a race team or manufacture is not the thing to do because they do their homework either.
• Creating a class of antiquated equipment does not have a future either, no one will want to buy a new boat to fit an old class.

For any class to progress or the sport to progress what about getting all of the equipment owners together and allow everyone to voice their side. Then see what common ground can be reached. There is always common ground, example:

Just based on assumptions but here goes:

Reggie wants to win, run out front, get a checkered flag, and maybe some prize money but doubtful. Other fountain teams may be more interested in the money. Everyone else wants to race, keep their cost down, run existing equipment for some predetermined time, and feel they have a chance of winning without having to spend another 100k on upgrades for the season. Close????

If this is the case why not take the class you have and everyone agree to the common ground. What if, Super Vee stays as it is with a break out speed say 105 (Old Kilo Speed) if new boats come out and wax the field on the first race by say 30 seconds, the next race he is indexed to 30 seconds? The next race he wins by 60 seconds, and then he gets an index of 45 seconds, and so on. Keep in mind he can not run over the speed limit.

The new boat has people to race, the sanctioning body has race boats to showcase, the old boats have a chance to win because of the index, and the superior manufacture gets to show publicly he has the best product on the course?

Not that this would be the answer but the point I am trying to make here is that the class needs to stick together and work out a way that everyone gets what they want it may not be perfect but it would be better then the alternative. Super Vee will die as other classes have or at best you will end up with 3-850’s and 5-750’s running in deferent classes and nobody wins, racing continues to suck. It’s not like we have 10-20 people waiting to write checks for a 300k super vee or 500k Super Cat to get the latest technology or ½ that for dated technology.

Just food for thought, It starts and stops with the equipment owners. The owners have to get together and work out the differences and a sanctioning body with out a biased for anyone to make sure the self serving recommendations do not get out of hand.

Fast then.. fast now.