StillCrazy Velocity...Resurrected
06-12-2011 | 10:55 AM
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I was actually there to see this boat Still Crazy Racing in the day ,back in the early 80,s at Turnberry Isle Marina . This was a beautiful boat then and even better looking today .When I last saw this boat at Guardo marine they were working to complete the boat and it was looking great !
Glad to see you finished this project !! Now drag that beauty to Sunny Isles beach offshore challenge and show that boat off at the Historic Miami-Bimini Offshore challenge June 16=19th in Gulfstream park ! These boats are why we started this event . The TRUE offshore powerboats have a place to really run and play again Offshore running from Miami -to Bimini for the Pure ADVENTURE or Challenge of a life time !
Offshore Events would love to have this boat displayed in our Race village this coming weekend at Gulfstream park June 16-19th . Contact me anytime ,Larry at www.Offshoreevents.net www.Xtremepowerboats.com
Join any of the powerboat events all weekend ,The 4th annual iami -Bimini Offshore challenge Historic class vee ,or the Florida powerboat clubs 20th anniversary celebration Poker run saturday .Then watch the Opa offshore Race sunday in Sunny Isles beach .A powerful powerboat weekend at one event !
Glad to see you finished this project !! Now drag that beauty to Sunny Isles beach offshore challenge and show that boat off at the Historic Miami-Bimini Offshore challenge June 16=19th in Gulfstream park ! These boats are why we started this event . The TRUE offshore powerboats have a place to really run and play again Offshore running from Miami -to Bimini for the Pure ADVENTURE or Challenge of a life time !
Offshore Events would love to have this boat displayed in our Race village this coming weekend at Gulfstream park June 16-19th . Contact me anytime ,Larry at www.Offshoreevents.net www.Xtremepowerboats.com
Join any of the powerboat events all weekend ,The 4th annual iami -Bimini Offshore challenge Historic class vee ,or the Florida powerboat clubs 20th anniversary celebration Poker run saturday .Then watch the Opa offshore Race sunday in Sunny Isles beach .A powerful powerboat weekend at one event !
06-12-2011 | 11:43 AM
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06-12-2011 | 08:32 PM
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I remember this boat well. And the video of it running and becoming the first Vee Hull to hit 100 MPH is awesome...Steve and Dick (i think) had this boat "Aired-Out" and running high up on the pad. This boat took a certain amount of skill to drive properly, and when done, it would climb up on the pad unlike any other boat ever...and this is where the speed was at!
Steve Stepp always hated to say it took talent to run this 30' design, but it did...and if done correctly, it was unbeatable. There are ONLY a few people who will understand this, cause until you've been in a 30' Velocity, air-out and running hard, you can't even imaging the thrill of real speed in a vee hull!
I'll try to find the video of the run.
GOOD LUCK GUYS!
Steve Stepp always hated to say it took talent to run this 30' design, but it did...and if done correctly, it was unbeatable. There are ONLY a few people who will understand this, cause until you've been in a 30' Velocity, air-out and running hard, you can't even imaging the thrill of real speed in a vee hull!
I'll try to find the video of the run.
GOOD LUCK GUYS!
06-13-2011 | 01:44 AM
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Your Uncle and Father would be so proud!
Dear Jordan and Mike (my dear son and nephew),
I think you know how difficult it has been for some of us in the Poppa family to get excited about your endeavors with the Still Crazy race boat. As your mother, Jordan, I knew this day would come, even as you were a little 4-year old sitting on the stage at the SRQ Suncoast Offshore Race awards ceremony with your cousin Mike, as your Uncle Mike was remembered.
You two were so little when Mike died in the 1985 World Championship race in Key West with his partner, Dick Fullum. You may not have fully understood then, the gravity of the situation. It is the most devastating thing to happen in our family and losing Mike broke our hearts. All of our lives were changed forever. it took many years to figure out how to live with our "new normal". I never knew a man could grieve for as long and as hard as your grandpa grieved for his son. That's why you didn't hear much about Mike and his love of racing. We didn't want to upset your Grandpa. He couldn't help but cry every time he thought about him. We all cried.
At Thanksgiving last year, when you shared the news with the family that Kelly and you had found Still Crazy, bought her and had started to resurrect her, some of us had to fight back tears, again. This time these weren't tears of loss, but for me, rather, tears of fear. The Still Crazy race boat equaled the death of my beloved brother and the pain and suffering I witnessed our family endure for many years. I had no good feelings toward that boat.
Watching, or rather, hearing about, all that you and Mike have done this past 8/9 months in dedicating yourselves to stripping her down to the bones and then painstakingly, but lovingly, rebuilding to perfection, every inch of her body, made me realize I have to think differently about this endeavor. I have to honor and respect your need and desire to honor Mike in this manner. I hear it in your voices and I can see it in your expressions that this has been a labor of love. It was just something you had to do.
This weekend when you called me after your maiden voyage in Still Crazy, I felt so proud of all that you have accomplished. I'm still scared, I have to admit, but I know there's a spiritual energy guiding this process and I trust in it.
Your excitement has been contagious through out the Offshore racing community. You've had wonderful people coming forward to offer their help and donate their services. Some who knew Mike and some who did not. You've had people you've never met wishing you well and following along in this blog, supporting you all the way.
What I know for sure is that this outpouring of fellowship and generosity would not have happened had all those people not felt your dedication and sensed your commitment to carrying this through to the end, in a manner that was respectful and honorable.
The new Still Crazy is more than a boat. She has a soul; she has a family; she is loved. What boat could be as lucky?
I'll be bringing your 90-year old Grandpa to Florida for the race in Sarasota over the 4th of July so that he can be a part of your joy.
: It will make him cry as it did when he saw the picture of your names on the boat. Just understand that they are tears of love.
Be smart, be safe and enjoy the satisfaction of the journey and the thrill of the ride! I love you both.
MamaPoppa (aka Mom + Aunt Janine)
I think you know how difficult it has been for some of us in the Poppa family to get excited about your endeavors with the Still Crazy race boat. As your mother, Jordan, I knew this day would come, even as you were a little 4-year old sitting on the stage at the SRQ Suncoast Offshore Race awards ceremony with your cousin Mike, as your Uncle Mike was remembered.
You two were so little when Mike died in the 1985 World Championship race in Key West with his partner, Dick Fullum. You may not have fully understood then, the gravity of the situation. It is the most devastating thing to happen in our family and losing Mike broke our hearts. All of our lives were changed forever. it took many years to figure out how to live with our "new normal". I never knew a man could grieve for as long and as hard as your grandpa grieved for his son. That's why you didn't hear much about Mike and his love of racing. We didn't want to upset your Grandpa. He couldn't help but cry every time he thought about him. We all cried.
At Thanksgiving last year, when you shared the news with the family that Kelly and you had found Still Crazy, bought her and had started to resurrect her, some of us had to fight back tears, again. This time these weren't tears of loss, but for me, rather, tears of fear. The Still Crazy race boat equaled the death of my beloved brother and the pain and suffering I witnessed our family endure for many years. I had no good feelings toward that boat.
Watching, or rather, hearing about, all that you and Mike have done this past 8/9 months in dedicating yourselves to stripping her down to the bones and then painstakingly, but lovingly, rebuilding to perfection, every inch of her body, made me realize I have to think differently about this endeavor. I have to honor and respect your need and desire to honor Mike in this manner. I hear it in your voices and I can see it in your expressions that this has been a labor of love. It was just something you had to do.
This weekend when you called me after your maiden voyage in Still Crazy, I felt so proud of all that you have accomplished. I'm still scared, I have to admit, but I know there's a spiritual energy guiding this process and I trust in it.
Your excitement has been contagious through out the Offshore racing community. You've had wonderful people coming forward to offer their help and donate their services. Some who knew Mike and some who did not. You've had people you've never met wishing you well and following along in this blog, supporting you all the way.
What I know for sure is that this outpouring of fellowship and generosity would not have happened had all those people not felt your dedication and sensed your commitment to carrying this through to the end, in a manner that was respectful and honorable.
The new Still Crazy is more than a boat. She has a soul; she has a family; she is loved. What boat could be as lucky?
I'll be bringing your 90-year old Grandpa to Florida for the race in Sarasota over the 4th of July so that he can be a part of your joy.
: It will make him cry as it did when he saw the picture of your names on the boat. Just understand that they are tears of love. Be smart, be safe and enjoy the satisfaction of the journey and the thrill of the ride! I love you both.
MamaPoppa (aka Mom + Aunt Janine)
Last edited by mamapoppa; 06-13-2011 at 01:47 AM.
