Fairwell To One Of THE Best Sutphen's
 

As Owner And Driver Of P4-5 Formally Known As F2-1 , My Heart Fell To The Floor Of The Cockpit As We Rounded Turn 2 ,and Saw Buckshot Broken In Two.forgive Me ,but I Do Not Remember The New Owners Name , He Was Nice Enough To Let Me Get Up Inside Her At The Dry Pits And Take In What I Thought To Be One Best Sutphen Race Boats Ever!!! My Simpathey Goes Out To Team P4-11 Buckshot For Your Loss.

If You Do Read This ,tony And I Stopped But Were Waved On By ,i Think Coast Guard ? We Never Really Got Back In The Race!!!






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Re: Fairwell To One Of Best Sutphen's
 

Several years ago, Doug Lewis described Buckshot as the best rough water B race boat he had ever driven. One of the best runs on tape with Buckshot was when they caught Harahs 777 C boat coming into Mallory Square in KW in 94 I believe. RIP

Re: Fairwell To One Of THE Best Sutphen's
 

..it was heartbreaking to say the least. Best news is the crew is beat up, but ok....

couple pics....

Re: Fairwell To One Of THE Best Sutphen's
 

..that thread is truly laughable!...just goes to show how little the "experts" on the board know.... :mad:

*let me amend this by saying, check out Rich Luhrs (T2x)comments on that thread...he has added some common sense, and true expertise, to what is being said.

Re: Fairwell To One Of THE Best Sutphen's
 

Fitting that a boat named Buckshot would go out with such a Blast.
My thoughts are that the wrong length boat met the wrong height wave(s) at the wrong speed and the photos tell the rest of the story.
The last 3 feet will make the owner a nice bar.