They analyze a blow over

[Dirk Pitt]

it just amazes me the amount of money that is invovled in that venue... I like to know how many Rolls Royces are won and lost in those races

[JPEROG]

How fast they running?

Fazza runs north of 120 consistently in the straights. They have those boats set up to slide around the turns so that they don't load the motors and loose rpm. The boats are being made shorter and lighter all of the time and if its rough at all then they conveniently post pone the race until the next day. They defiantly haul the mail in the flat water though.

No question that they are promoters 100% and its a big deal for guys like Gary to be racing over there with them.

Joe

[CUDA]

Fazza runs north of 120 consistently in the straights. They have those boats set up to slide around the turns so that they don't load the motors and loose rpm. The boats and being made shorter and lighter all of the time and if its rough at all then they conveniently post pone the race until the next day. They defiantly haul the mail in the flat water though.

No question that they are promoters 100% and its a big deal for guys like Gary to be racing over there with them.

Joe

Joe

You call this CALM!
https://youtu.be/y6XKZEDs68M

[Dirk Pitt]

that Faza boat is incredable, I knew someone that raced with them they would fly him first class via Conard to england than to Dubui, what a gig that was..... Than Zero Defect came here for a couple of years he was some Sha's son Lath Farone, Mike Dury was the throttleman,talk about a show, at that time I was videoing the races and I had an onboard camera in the cockpit when he ran over a boat in Malory Square, talk about controvery his family wanted that tape so bad but I never published it or gave it up, I gave them my word and kept my word till this day

[Dirk Pitt]

You call this CALM!
https://youtu.be/y6XKZEDs68M

that video is incredable all in the turns

[JPEROG]

You call this CALM!
https://youtu.be/y6XKZEDs68M

From what I am used to running in (Lake Michigan and the Atlantic), yes I call that calm. You need to remember that those boats weigh in at around 3400lbs so it doesn't take much for them to leave the water. Gary has seen many races cancelled or delayed due to water conditions that he was ready to run in but the X-cat officials deemed to be too rough.

Go run in Key West or Cocoa Beach and that's offshore racing with real water conditions. The stuff they were running in looks like Sarasota or Clearwater "calm". The water that I really crave is LOTO 4 foot chop that you have to drive over--separates the bedwetters every time!!!

Joe

[wickedwitthestix]

One of those vids of those 1 on 1 strait away a the fastest bboat was at 177 km/h witch translates to just under 110

[AZMIDLYF]

This is ocean racing and the man on the stix is dialed in...
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[Todd D]

That's a Doug Wright they cut the deck off and put a Victory deck on.

They got the boat put back together in time to race and I believe they blew it over again that weekend.....



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_HcQ4gTfwg

they show the damage and repair in the first 2 minutes of the video and blow it over again at 20 minutes.

[Dirk Pitt]

This is ocean racing and the man on the stix is dialed in...
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that is amazing footage, his timing is right on

[Mr. Demeanor]

It was already floating when it tripped then launched and flipped.

[Dirk Pitt]

I think at one time or another we have pushed when maybe pull was in order, but the juices are really flowing when racing and sometimes you just push on, sometimes you get lucky and sometimes you dont,

[XstreamVking]

I know these guys are experts in set up, and boat building. But I have to think myself, that the cg was too far back on that boat. Two flips in two days says something is not right.....

[Dirk Pitt]

I know these guys are experts in set up, and boat building. But I have to think myself, that the cg was too far back on that boat. Two flips in two days says something is not right.....

you maybe right,

[whipper]

Boat set up totally different from race trim. He definitely wasn't off the gas until that thing was almost vertical.

Yep the wave sent him up and when the props touched down he was still WOT and the faster turning wheels wheelied him right back into the air just as he hit the wave also. it was a real bad combination... haha glad they were fine. That looked increadable those sick boats dragging down the straight like that!! very cool!