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who is at Michigan City now???
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Originally Posted by Magic Medicine
(Post 3744585)
Where'd you see that forcast. I just checked NOAA and they are calling for waves around a 1' for Sunday. Not buying that with the winds forcasted but???
Are you and the rest of the T dockers going to make the trip over to this side of the pond??? Mark |
This will be my first time at the races. Is there anything you would recommend. Me, wife and two kids. Can't wait.
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phots from tonight..
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...802_183402.jpg http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...802_182411.jpg http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...731_180454.jpg http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...802_182713.jpg jd byrider was there too but i didnt get any photos, sorry Darren |
The new Geico boat looks good, awesome job guys good luck this weekend...
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Originally Posted by Darren,MC
(Post 3744848)
phots from tonight..
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...802_183402.jpg http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...802_182411.jpg http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...731_180454.jpg http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...802_182713.jpg jd byrider was there too but i didn't get any photos, sorry Darren JD BYRIDER was there but you didn't get any photo's , sorry SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The third picture was not centered properly, if you look at the picture, you will see a stilletto heel on the left side of the picture. I wanted to see the rest that you left out. Thanks for posting the pic's Darren and keep them coming. LOL |
JD BYRIDER boat is here.....They took the boat to Applebees because Applebees is sponsoring JD BYRIDER for the race!
Chris |
Thanks for posting!
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:lolhit:what a joke cant believe they did not let the vee bottoms run.this sport sure has changed sinse i raced.tell the millanares to go run there cats in the rivers and bring back the old school v bottoms to run in the ruff stuff and iam not talking about fountains!!!!
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Race is canceled first time a SBI race is canceled that I can remember.
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Good thing SBI did not sanction the new record from New York to Bermuda.
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IMO... run two motos... one saturday and one sunday... if something happens sunday to the lake, take moto 1's results and make it the final. Pretty simple to me. Kinda disappointed but not nearly as some of the teams that traveled a long way to launch and re-load. Good to see everyone again!!!
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Originally Posted by DARREN US1
(Post 3746582)
Race is canceled first time a SBI race is canceled that I can remember.
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I was in the water helping find a person missing. The coast guard, police, life guards and about 50 volunteers from the beach. We all went in trying to find somebody that they presumed was missing in the water. They called all of us back in after 45minutes. Hopefully It was a false call. Mthey did rescue a boy but was told there was somebody else in the water. The big lake was rough.
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I was very disappointed that they did not race today, but that water was huge and the search for the missing person was right in the lane at the time when the race was to be going on. I did have a great time and was lucky enough to spend some time with the JD Byrider crew what a great and welcoming bunch. Big thanks to Tony and Mark and the boys!
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How big was the water?
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the current state of offshore racing is dead!!the big cats has ruined the sport.they should be racing with the hydros on rivers!! they been killing racers since the early 80s in cats. i raced in grand haven in 1989 in 8 to 10s and they ran the whole race a few boats sunk mostly skaters. but thats the chance you take.with cats if the bad water does not get you. speed will as in the case last year at key west with big thunder blowing over coming in to calm water.in the old days the big money teams would bring both a cat and a v- bottom.and never less than 100 boats at a national event.yes the state of offshore has diminished mostly because of the economy.
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Originally Posted by POWERPLAY J
(Post 3746881)
How big was the water?
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Originally Posted by mike4980
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I was very disappointed that they did not race today, but that water was huge and the search for the missing person was right in the lane at the time when the race was to be going on. I did have a great time and was lucky enough to spend some time with the JD Byrider crew what a great and welcoming bunch. Big thanks to Tony and Mark and the boys!
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Come to Port Huron
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Since you all have your boats ready to race and have hauled them this far, why not drive them East to Port Huron, MI and race. Put your differences aside and run them. Another river race so the water should be fine, but it does get a little choppy. |
So there is no confusion. The racers were suited up and in their boat ready to be led out on the course when the word came down that they were calling the race.
Two reasons : 1. Safety boats, turn boats, turn buoys were struggling to stay on station and would possibly be ineffective if there was an incident. 2: Three children had been reported missing and feared drowned on the beach adjacent to the course. (Helicopters and adults frantically searching for children). We had no business racing on a course where their could be a struggling child,parent of a child in our path. period (imagine being a parent of that child as we were racing). As disappointed as the racers and fans were .... It was the right decision considering the information being disseminated to organizers at the time. |
Originally Posted by Magic Medicine
(Post 3744585)
Where'd you see that forcast. I just checked NOAA and they are calling for waves around a 1' for Sunday. Not buying that with the winds forcasted but???
Are you and the rest of the T dockers going to make the trip over to this side of the pond??? Too bad the weather sucked. Down in Hammond waves were 3 to 4 rollers. Good water to run in. I did kind of miss being the pace boat again. Mark:whistle: |
Originally Posted by MrCIG
(Post 3748589)
Looks like this old dude knows how to perdict the weather huh!
Too bad the weather sucked. Down in Hammond waves were 3 to 4 rollers. Good water to run in. I did kind of miss being the pace boat again. Mark:whistle: |
Scotty well said pretty much says it all...
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Not dissing anyone for cancelling a race due to the conditions on the Lake. We had a person drown in Lake Huron on Sunday in Port Huron, the second this year at the beaches. All I was asking was since all the teams traveled so far to a race site, I thought it would be nice to see everyone stick around and still race a week later on the other side of Michigan. We can only hope that one day all differences are put aside and both organizations will join, and everyone can be at the same race sites. There really is a loyal following of people that support both organizations because, in the end, we are all fans of offshore, no matter what the organization is that is putting on a race at a location near us.
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Originally Posted by StClairRaceFan
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Not dissing anyone for cancelling a race due to the conditions on the Lake. We had a person drown in Lake Huron on Sunday in Port Huron, the second this year at the beaches. All I was asking was since all the teams traveled so far to a race site, I thought it would be nice to see everyone stick around and still race a week later on the other side of Michigan. We can only hope that one day all differences are put aside and both organizations will join, and everyone can be at the same race sites. There really is a loyal following of people that support both organizations because, in the end, we are all fans of offshore, no matter what the organization is that is putting on a race at a location near us.
You keep saying that one day all differances can be put aside, I dont think anyone has an isssue those days are long gone you need to let that go. The issue is like Doc said ppl have schedules and Job they cant just take another weekend off because it close to where they are. With the economy the way it is most of the teams this yr have enough issues just trying to do the schedule they have set, so adding races mid stream isnt going to work. Time off work today is almost as bad an issue as the money part of it. Most of the teams or atleast 90% are home already and doing what they need to do and getting ready for NY in three weeks. There is no line in the sand acept maybe in your mind there are ALOT of teams that run all the organizations they can when they can if that was there schedule ... you make it sound like some racial thing ... I guess if you dont get the boat you want it is a good excuse to blame the line in the sand to make you feel better. No different then KW , do you not think if ever team could afford to spend that kind of money they wouldnt be in KW, forget different organizations they come from all over the world. So please be part of the solution not part of the problem and stop beating the old racial drum. Everyone knows where the race is next week and if they can make it they will and if it wasnt in there schedule or plan and they cant they wont its that simple. |
Well stated Scotty... you are 100% on the mark...
Calling the race while dissapointing, was the correct call... JR Noble |
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