Valdosta SAW

[Doug Smock]

Never seen any average SAW boats Keith.
I'm guessing that the average rpm is in the mid to upper 40s.
I've played in the upper 30s to nearly 60 myself.
DUH G

[Chris Harris]

Hey Guys,
I want to thank a couple more sponsors that have stepped up.

Reed Eagle

Wave Blasters Model Boat Club

Thanks guys, Your the best!
Chris

[bbill1]

All packed up and ready to go!

Leaving early, early in the morning. Should be there around 8-9 AM. See y'all soon!

[Chris Harris]

Hey Guys,
Well... It's just after 5 am here in Valdosta and I'm up and READY TO ROCK!

The weather was a bit windy yesterday during setup but did the typical "Blue Lake thing" and was absolute glass toward sunset and temperatures are great! I think we will have some periods of really good water and it looks like our turn out will be a little light so everyone should get a chance at the good water. Should be an awesome weekend and it's good to be back here, it's been too long
Will update soon,
Chris

[Chris Harris]

Hey guys,
Just got home and of course I'm beat.

We had 13 records this time around that's including 8 new ones for the N-Stock and N-Super Stock classes. All in all a great event but it did have some of the worst carnage I have seen in a good while, oh well I guess, it happens. Doug Smock will post all the #'s soon I'm sure he needs a couple of days to recover like I do

Chris

[Darin Jordan]

Ummm... guys... OK, time to wake up and give us some results!! Let's get to typing!!

[Doug Smock]

Man what a great weekend to be out at Blue Lake.
The lake offered up conditions for every racer but didn't give up any records easily.

Bill Britton, P O/B Tunnel 67.004 mph

Jason Sims, N O/B Tunnel 53.053 mph

Ken Haines, Q Sport Hydro 81.022 mph

New N Stock and Super Stock classes.
Bill Oxidean
N Super Stock Mono 35.030 mph
N Stock Mono 36.413 mph
N Super Stock Hydro 49.712 mph
N Stock Hydro 50.573 mph
N Super Stock Sport Hydro 45.948 mph
N Stock Sport Hydro 48.859 mph
N Super Stock Tunnel 34.986 mph
N Stock Tunnel 33.982 mph

Jerry Crowther, Thunder Boat 68.058 mph
Jerry Crowther, E Mono 89.038

Well done fellas!!!!:rockon:

Special thanks to Norman and Wendy Morton for running the clock and keeping the order. You guys are the best!!!:yeah:

Doug

[Darin Jordan]

New N Stock and Super Stock classes.
Bill Oxidean
N Super Stock Mono 35.030 mph
N Stock Mono 36.413 mph
N Super Stock Hydro 49.712 mph
N Stock Hydro 50.573 mph
N Super Stock Sport Hydro 45.948 mph
N Stock Sport Hydro 48.859 mph
N Super Stock Tunnel 34.986 mph
N Stock Tunnel 33.982 mph

Thanks Doug... Wilmer is flying!

Just to double-check... are you sure you don't have the "stock" and "super stock" mixed up here? Are the "stock" really faster??

[Doug Smock]

No question. As always the paperwork was double checked, before I double checked it.

Ask Wilmer how seriously I (we) take the paperwork. LOL
Doug

[sailr]

Sounds like a good event! Wish I could be there but physical difficulties have hindered me for the past several years from traveling too far.

[RandyatBBY]

Thanks Doug... Wilmer is flying!

Just to double-check... are you sure you don't have the "stock" and "super stock" mixed up here? Are the "stock" really faster??

It is correct Wilmer l said the super stock was a little soft.

But I gotta love it all done with BBY little boats by Wilmer!

Congrats to all!

That thunder boat is flying that Jerry Crowther ran they are big!

[BILL OXIDEAN]

Thanks Doug... Wilmer is flying!

Just to double-check... are you sure you don't have the "stock" and "super stock" mixed up here? Are the "stock" really faster??

They aren't mixed up, but you're right the scores are kinda all over the place. I couldn't get the SS stuff working right until mid weekend, so a couple of ss scores are lower than the stock scores lol
13.5 stuff is new to me I had to get the timing, cg, and the right prop. By the end of the weekend, my 13.5 stuff was ferocious..

[BILL OXIDEAN]

My Report:

This was by FAR one of the best events I've ever attended if not THE best..
Chris and Doug REALLY know how to put on a great event. First off I'd like to thank those guys and everyone who attended.

Next I'd like to point out something amongst many that stood out to me.
Doug runs the event the old fashioned way first come first serve. Down in LA they've resorted to a list and it REALLY hinders a person's ability to optimize his score.
Sorry guys, I had to point that out.

The way Doug and Chris ran it Everyone (except them) was able to run to their heart's content as many times as they wanted as frequently, just NO limits it was rad!
ZERO tension Zero animousity, guys were helping each other left and right, Reed Eagle even gave me advice on a class I was going for that he owned the record in! THAT'S what I call a good sportsman that Ol' Reed.. Jerry Crowther was there and quite welcomed with his non invasive fineseful passes. That man had a shovel nose do 2 COMPLETE backflips and keep going to trip the lights!

The entire event stood up and gave him a standing ovation it was epic!
Ken Haines was doing 100+mph passes ALL day long like it was another day at the pond.
Doug was making Textbook passes with his Seaducer fleet when he finally got a break.
Chris did something I've only seen once in my life from a model boat, that thing FLIES. Only thing I've seen so sweet is Joerg's boat pics don't do it justice.
Everyone was ripping! Jason Simms worked hard and got what he needed out of his first SAWS, that man is just on fire.

On a final note. This was a group of serious "no excuses" boaters, so I'm gonna make an excuse for everyone.
The water gave us plenty opportunity, but the water was "sticky". Everyone's scores were down including mine, so anything that didn't go down the way it was supposed to can be directly attributed to that. That's NOT saying Blue lake isn't by far THE fastest water I've ever run in. Only water that compares is Douggie Twaits pond in New Jersey.

[Darin Jordan]

Bill... I'm not sure that people really are getting what you've done here... 50.5mph in an N1 Hydro! That's FREAKING FLYING!! VERY little power to work with, and everything has to be just right... Nicely done!

[Ken Haines]

Thanks !

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Thanks for hosting such a nice event. Everything was done well.

Congrats also to the new record holders:
Bill Britton, Jason Sims, & Jerry Crowther, and especially Wilmer.
In case I was too busy at Blue Lake to give you the proper
due........Well done Wilmer !

Doug, when you get a moment please PM me Norman's address
so that I can also give him a proper thanks for being so patient
throughout the entire event. I'm sure we all got caught up with
our boats from time to time so I want to make sure he knows
how much we all appreciate Wendy and his dedication to the sport.

Finally, thanks for all the help and camaraderie from:
Rick Workman, Reed Eagle, Bill Britton, Doug Smock, Chris Harris,
Ben (Fighter-Cat RC), Mic & Jay Halbreder, Jerry Crowther, and
Norman and Wendy.

Oh and what a super Fish-Fry.......Thanks Mary and Rick Workman !

Also continued thanks to Jason Sims for all his racing help.
Hopefully I returned the favor in some small part.
Congrats again for his first IMPBA SAWS World Record. Well done Jason !

Can't wait till next year,
Ken