Class 7 OPA "60mph" rule?

They are everywhere here. One says 220HP on it, which I find kinda hard to believe. I will try to take a few photos of the crazy skis at the marina here. I have no cell signal there so my iphone is a PITA. The marina actually rents two that are 130 HP. I wonder what the insurance costs for that and who knows how much it costs per hour?

I have to say ,having a couple of pretty good running boats that were tested and setup in in LI is definitely a plus down here. On the weekends, I mainly just take out the wife's pontoon and glad I do. We sit in coves sip beer and watch the craziness and my wife is happy. Next time she has to work a weekend I am taking a fast boat out and shaking up those guys a bit. Why..... Why not.

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see all the class 7 guys making trip in LOTO. meeting and practice Friday race sat.

Just did not think step bottom boats like turning especially sharp.

PS; Good Luck to all and most importantly be safe!.....:thumbsup:

More pics I see of this hull the more I like its lines. :cheers:

I hope they have some live stream of you guys this time. :confused:

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Originally Posted by tux974

Just did not think step bottom boats like turning especially sharp.

PS; Good Luck to all and most importantly be safe!.....:thumbsup:

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me either brother trust me. I bought it more for a weekend boat w with kids after driving to every race last yr not sure who was in navigator seat.. So building a class 7 entry was only part of equation. But figured I been driving the challenger designed hulls since I'm 17 I'd give a step bottom a go. Lol. I haven't spun it yet thank God and turned it as hard is I could for only having 1 hour test time in the hull ever. Didn't do too bad in that last ocean race that's for sure. When I say conservative driving. Jack plate down and trim down and driving it through everything on motor and hull. Not lifting the boat out at all. Wanted to see how it felt. It held solid.
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In those conditions I wouldn't think you could get very aggressive on trim and lift. Are you headed to LOTO? What are the conditions like there?

last yr.... Bathtub racing. like glass.

Out at LOTO, took 29 1/2 hrs! Left Wed 1:30pm, arrived Thursday 6pm local time. 4hrs to get to GWB which put us in the middle of rush hr. Loooong trek. Beautiful resort town. Hot and rainy today and tomorrow. Flat as glass.

Have fun Pete

Best of luck boys

Unofficial...Bay Rat gets the win.

Hopefully they didnt break out. Good showing for class 7. Good luck to all. If you won great job Pete

Any official news?

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Peter, has really been working very hard on making things come together, well deserved!!! Glad to see his hard work is paying off, good for you buddy.....:thumbsup:
I think I like to give him a new name "Loose Cannon"....;):D