Sixteen New FE Records Set At L.A. SAWS

[JIM MARCUM]

Great writeup Tony! I really appreciate all the help you gave me seting up my turtle bashing MISS GEICO & letting me sit in your tent's shade. This was my first ever NAMBA race. I came to beat the current S Offshore Catamaran record and I did. But my 58" elec conversion of a gas Segad hull at 72 + change MPH fell 10+ MPH short of Boyds new 82+ MPH record. DAMM! I could have done better on Sat. running the Leopard 5692 1340 but my Castle HYDRA ICE 200 HV smoked. (still wouldn't have beat Boyd - the guy is FAST). It was a pleasure to meet so many wonderful FE boaters. Everyone there went out of their way to help me with everything from setup advice to how to position & run my boats thru the SAW course. Special thanks to Mark & Kim Grim (great chow Kim), and to Daren Jordan - who designed the MISS GEICO Hull for ProBoat - for post turtle hull repair advice. Here were my setups: 58" SEGAD OFFSHORE CAT; LEOPARD 5692 1090KV, DRAGON RED 4500 mAh 8S2P Batts; OCTURA X 462 Prop; and (RIP) Castle HYDRA ICE 200 HV ESC. 28" ProBoat MISS GEICO hull & drive; Leopard 4870 2200 KV motor & H2O jacket; stock SEAKING 180A ESC; and Octura X646-3 prop. JIM

[RandyatBBY]

Randy, many of us talked about missing your presence. We know how much you sacrifice to make it down and realize the importance to TCB at home.

I really missed seeing you and the rest of the group. But I realized last time I was down there that if I did not have the funds I was better off staying home and not torturing my self and others. Real close to boring staying home!

[RandyatBBY]

thanks for the write up tony.

I just took a quick look at the data off the schulze from the s mono record run:

For my 8s2p set-up i was pulling 420-470a through the lights with a battery voltage pulling down to 27.5v with rpm just over 24k. A quick calc shows 450ax27.5v=12, 375w! Or 16.6hp. Drive shaft torture to the fullest.

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tyler

wow!

[Basstronics]

Those are good numbers!

[JIM MARCUM]

Randy, 16.6 HP with 8S2P? Could run those numbers again for me? I'm missing something here. JIM

[properchopper]

Videos

Have patience please; my camera is balky and I'm having trouble with the uploads and will slowly post vids best as I can.

Jay's first Q-Offshore runs :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOMZ4_7-vV0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxNrlVCNdH8

[RandyatBBY]

Randy, 16.6 HP with 8S2P? Could run those numbers again for me? I'm missing something here. JIM

Those were Tyler's, I just said WOW! That big boat of your looks fine!

[thomaslambo]

Hey Tony,

You got the gift with a pen my friend....great summary.

Can't believe how awesome the whole crew/event was and Brian did the same thing for me, put the magic touch to my blades allowing me to break his own P Mono record....that is a class act if I ever SAWS it

Oh, one other thing…..you forgot to mention one of the best aspects of the event…being in the presence of the magical FE ambassador himself ……YOU

[steveo]

those p-ltd numbers are crazy fast

[JackBlack26]

Congratulations to everyone.

Boyd, glad to see all your time spent on your boats has payed off Sorry I couldn't make it out to see you run.

Rafael

[Flying Scotsman]

Thank you Tony for posting the results and follow up notes...well done lads.

Douggie

[Chris Harris]

Congradulations to all, VERY impressive numbers!

Chris

[thomaslambo]

Congratulations to everyone.

Boyd, glad to see all your time spent on your boats has payed off Sorry I couldn't make it out to see you run.

Rafael

Thanks Rafael....and by the way, you sir were born to be a SAWS racer as well, so get with it my friend

[Fluid]

What a wonderful weekend! It was great to be back at SAW racing after three years off. I had good racing luck this year ( http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...391#post364391 ), but really the best part is the people. Seeing my old friends after a long hiatus was super, and meeting new boaters was just as much fun. SAW racing is a demanding and frustrating sport, but everyone there kept a good attitude. The helpfulness displayed by everyone is always great to see and is one of the differences I see between oval and SAW racing.

Tony, it was so good to see you again! Thanks for helping to get my support stuff arranged, the tent, table and chair saved the day for this long distance traveler. And your Drifter was flying!

As always, Mark Grim ran the event smoothly and fairly (and Kim's lunches really were outstanding!). BTW, for those of you who are NAMBA members and have not voted yet, unless you want more drama and political dirty tricks I'd vote for Mark for President. He's a straight shooter without drama, has always supported FE racers, and he has a very positive vision for the organization.


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[thomaslambo]

As always, Mark Grim ran the event smoothly and fairly (and Kim's lunches really were outstanding!). BTW, for those of you who are NAMBA members and have not voted yet, unless you want more drama and political dirty tricks I'd vote for Mark for President. He's a straight shooter without drama, has always supported FE racers, and he has a very positive vision for the organization.


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Jay, great to meet you and without question you sir are a gentleman and one genious at this sport.

Thanks for putting in a plug for Mark Grim, couldn't agree more....he's got my vote.

Also, Mark's wife Kim is running for the District 19 Director so everyone be sure and vote for her as well