The record could have been crushed

[RobF]

and he lived up to it, admitted it, and has beaten himself up over it


all points have been made but lets go on and on and on and on about this for 10 pages

[Hot Shot Merc]

They were raising money for cancer reasearch, he gives more many to that cause than 100 of you make in a lifetime, instead of praising them for there efforts to help doctors fight and treat the hidious disease all you "_______"want to is make them look like assholes, because of people like him it may give you :"________" a chance to live longer and continue to be"_________". You can fill in the blanks with what ever superiative you like.....
Theres a hospital on Long Island called Northshore University Hospital, theres a Building there called THe Monti Building I dont know Im guessing its 10 stories high, filled with state of the art equipment, some of the most highly reguarded cancer doctors, and rooms filled with people that have cancer and have been given hope that just maybe they wont end up being a statistic, and you know who was responsible for this? Yes the person that didnt have a helmet on, or the wrong lifevest,that drives in the fog!!!! Give me a Fukin break!!!!!!How dare any of you criticize him! you should all be asshamed of yourselfs,

If you don't think im/others here are grateful for these guys efforts to raise money for such a great charity then your even more of an idiot than I already think you are. Every post you make makes me even more in awe. I've given thousands to charity's through the years mostly to St Jude's Children's research hospital and the Ronald McDonald house. Each year I also pressure was 15 house in town at no charge that are getting repainted for an organization that helps low income family's so your judgmental rant needs to be put in its place. I take charity fund raising and safety to heart equally. I see your points and hope that you can put your attitude down long enough to see mine and others here.

By the way Mr. Spelling police, you have over 15 misspelled words in this post i quoted from

[Fandango]

Ok, if we are going to be honest, let's be honest..

#1- driving that fast in the fog wasn't the best idea, probably not even a good idea
#2- is the safety equipment they had on for themselves up to par with what maybe what could have been worn....probably not. But I am no expert and at certain speeds, anything you where is probably the equivalent of trying to use a bunch of pillows for a car bumper.
#3- and honestly, the question I really wonder is why isn't a boat that fast full canopied to start?

BUT.... Let's also think about some other things:

#1- this wasn't some little thing he threw together at the last minute for some press. There was a seaplane, helicopter and full support team involved, as well as the npba sanctioning it. Safety was definitely thought of! And I highly doubt two guys with as much experience as they have would have got in the boat unless they felt they had their bases covered from a safety perspective.
#2- do stu and Joey.....as a team....have history of being the loose cannon on the race course.....absolutely not! If anything, that team always operated with class, and dignity and were not a danger to themselves or others 'back in the day '. In fact, I wish I could find it, but I can swear that years ago either here or on oso , there was a post about someone bragging how they beat stu at a poker run, and it turned out that stu purposely slowed down his boat because he knew someone else was trying to keep up and they would hurt themselves or others...I may have all the facts wrong but does this sound like some yahoo to you?
#3- has he made excuses ? Has he tried to blame anyone but himself? Has he thrown anyone under the bus? Nope, nope and nope

At at the end of the day, a really caring, generous, dedicated racer, along with a throttle man he raced with dozens and dozens and dozens of times, tried to beat his own record to raise much needed money, took a chance he probably wished he hadn't and made a mistake he takes full responsibility for. Now...tell me how many of you haven't made a mistake on your own boats that you are glad didn't turn out to be the catastrophe they could have been?

i commend stu for trying, and then for owning his errors, not many can do that

[Dirk Pitt]

Anyone defending Stuart and Joey's decision to not slow down is out of their mind. Not only can you see fog ahead of you letting you know to slow down, but their airplane that certainly had radio contact with them would have warned them MILES before they even got near the fog! They had plenty of time to slow down and obviously chose not to - and it was the wrong decision. Come on, we've all made wrong decisions while boating, just as they did this time - so quit trying to defend them. And I don't care how many millions Stuart donates to the local hospitals, this thread is about how he screwed up while driving a boat at high speeds (which is what this website is about last time I checked - fast boats, not charities).

you are right!!! all i ask is to focus on the good, not the bad....... if you son daughter wife mother father was in that hospital and saw the care they were getting all the haters would be singing a different tune, wouldnt they???

[2.5-21]

Dirk, I think you should just lock this thread or delete it!

[Dirk Pitt]

and he lived up to it, admitted it, and has beaten himself up over it


all points have been made but lets go on and on and on and on about this for 10 pages

I will never stop defending them, never !!!!!!!

[Dirk Pitt]

Dirk, I think you should just lock this thread or delete it!

no it wouldnt be fare people are intitled to there opinions, Im not a judge or a jury, but we have a lot of them here, so let them pass judgement, I pray to god none of them end up in a cancer hospital,or someone close, because they would be praying everyday for guys like them to keep doing what they do, with or without helments....!!!!!

[Dirk Pitt]

If you don't think im/others here are grateful for these guys efforts to raise money for such a great charity then your even more of an idiot than I already think you are. Every post you make makes me even more in awe. I've given thousands to charity's through the years mostly to St Jude's Children's research hospital and the Ronald McDonald house. Each year I also pressure was 15 house in town at no charge that are getting repainted for an organization that helps low income family's so your judgmental rant needs to be put in its place. I take charity fund raising and safety to heart equally. I see your points and hope that you can put your attitude down long enough to see mine and others here.



By the way Mr. Spelling police, you have over 15 misspelled words in this post i quoted from

I know it sucks not having spell check, i dont believe a word you said, you can call who ever you want to get my words deleted,.....thats what a faggots does crys like a baby oh let me call my friend the monitor, like I dont know who that is too.

[RobF]

no it wouldnt be fare people are intitled to there opinions, Im not a judge or a jury, but we have a lot of them here, so let them pass judgement, I pray to god none of them end up in a cancer hospital,or someone close, because they would be praying everyday for guys like them to keep doing what they do, with or without helments....!!!!!

some guys here DEFINITELY need the HELMET!

[XstreamVking]

I will never stop defending them, never !!!!!!!

Man, quit digging the hole deeper. Delete this stuff.....

[ghost28]

some guys here DEFINITELY need the HELMET!

Ahhhhhhhahahahahaha.....I see what you did there....THE HELMET....Dying....

[wickedwitthestix]

If you don't think im/others here are grateful for these guys efforts to raise money for such a great charity then your even more of an idiot than I already think you are. Every post you make makes me even more in awe. I've given thousands to charity's through the years mostly to St Jude's Children's research hospital and the Ronald McDonald house. Each year I also pressure was 15 house in town at no charge that are getting repainted for an organization that helps low income family's so your judgmental rant needs to be put in its place. I take charity fund raising and safety to heart equally. I see your points and hope that you can put your attitude down long enough to see mine and others here.

By the way Mr. Spelling police, you have over 15 misspelled words in this post i quoted from

Ok retard hot shot I had ehnough of your dumb ass comments 1st off there not joey n stu to u ..there mr imprescia n mr hayim to your dumb ass. 2nd r u jealous? U wish u could drive a 52mti? Matter of face you wish u could go for a ride? You gettin bored of us 20 ft lake boat? Stop hating bro!!! N if your not hating ur just angry. What happened ha girl playing hide the pickle with some other dude? I feel bad for you!! Who made you safety police? If u saw them at a race site you would get on your knees and offer them both blow jobs fanook!!! And as far as Pitt goes he will make laps around your dumb ass mentally any day of the week. Keep your mouth closed herb. I'll make sure I pass the message along that mr not hot is willing to get on your knees for a ride w the 12x world champs. Cause I know for a 100% fact all this **** u talking on the computer you wouldn't say a single word to there face. Stop worrying bout 2 grown men you don't know not wearing helmets and start worrying bout keepin those pantys on bro. Any future dirogitory coments you make twords the "champs" or dirk Pitt or any of the strong island boys will get a illicit response from me and believe me pal I'll run circles around you mentally as well. And I'll drive circles round you too not hot lol. Close your mouth your embarrassing yourself and again I will continue to embarrass you everytime. Don't you have a **** box to restore anyway?

[John S]

I'll run circles around you mentally as well.

Historically, whenever someone has to say this, its rarely accurate. This instance seems to hold true to that Could this border fence Trump keeps talking aboot be built around "Strong Island"? Might be better served there. Seems there is more of a rule than an exception.

Irony

[wickedwitthestix]

Historically, whenever someone has to say this, its rarely accurate. This instance seems to hold true to that Could this border fence Trump keeps talking aboot be built around "Strong Island"? Might be better served there. Seems there is more of a rule than an exception.

Irony

Am I missing something? What does that mean?

[Dirk Pitt]

Ok retard hot shot I had ehnough of your dumb ass comments 1st off there not joey n stu to u ..there mr imprescia n mr hayim to your dumb ass. 2nd r u jealous? U wish u could drive a 52mti? Matter of face you wish u could go for a ride? You gettin bored of us 20 ft lake boat? Stop hating bro!!! N if your not hating ur just angry. What happened ha girl playing hide the pickle with some other dude? I feel bad for you!! Who made you safety police? If u saw them at a race site you would get on your knees and offer them both blow jobs fanook!!! And as far as Pitt goes he will make laps around your dumb ass mentally any day of the week. Keep your mouth closed herb. I'll make sure I pass the message along that mr not hot is willing to get on your knees for a ride w the 12x world champs. Cause I know for a 100% fact all this **** u talking on the computer you wouldn't say a single word to there face. Stop worrying bout 2 grown men you don't know not wearing helmets and start worrying bout keepin those pantys on bro. Any future dirogitory coments you make twords the "champs" or dirk Pitt or any of the strong island boys will get a illicit response from me and believe me pal I'll run circles around you mentally as well. And I'll drive circles round you too not hot lol. Close your mouth your embarrassing yourself and again I will continue to embarrass you everytime. Don't you have a **** box to restore anyway?

Finally someone with a set of balls! Thank You, embarrass him? he talked about giving money to St Jude, he must have been watching TV and saw a Marlo Thomas commercial, Ronald Mcdonald House? he put the 2 cents change in the box when he left the drive through, I tell you what Mr. Hot Shot, I match every thousands you have given over the years to Don Monti Cancer for every verifiable receipt or proof you can you can show me, and not any BS deduction you took on your tax returns.....ok Mr Hot Shot now put up or like Trump says "SIT Down and shut up nobodys talking to you"