Record Trial, Flint MI, May 3 & 4th.

[keithbradley]

[Apophis]

Terry, I wanted to say Thanks again to you and the F.A.S.T. guys for doing this, you guys made it easy for a new (and nervous) guy to get into this and I had a lot of fun. Hopefully the fall will bring some better weather and some flat water!

Thanks again!
Shawn

[Rocstar]

Some more vids:

I knew I was way off course, but that was bad.

[Terry Keeley]

Terry, I wanted to say Thanks again to you and the F.A.S.T. guys for doing this, you guys made it easy for a new (and nervous) guy to get into this and I had a lot of fun. Hopefully the fall will bring some better weather and some flat water!

Thanks again!
Shawn

Thanks for coming, see ya in the Fall!

[longballlumber]

I know I am a little late on this, but I too want to thank the FAST club for all of their efforts putting on this event. I REALLY appreciate Terry and the guys working with me to recover my sunken boat. We actually located the boat relatively quickly since was only 5'6" deep in that area. We spent the next hour and a half trying to get it actually out of the water. Since we weren't able to get it up with the basket, I had to take a dip!

While I am the first to condone swimming for a boat, I will tell you this was a little different situation. First I was able to touch bottom with-out going under. Secondly, the retrieve boat was directly at my side and I was able to keep one hand on the boat at all times (only removing to get my boat). Third, we had safety cushions ready just in case they were needed.

I also want to thank Keith Bradly and Joel Mertz, they boat help me out with a couple of items I didn't come prepared with. Heck, even Joel let me use his RX battery out of his own boat. Problem is, that battery took a drink with my boat. However, I think Keith had an extra pack so Joel could make more runs.

I am really going to try and have more ready for next year and make a day/weekend out of it.

Thanks again everyone!
Mike

Oh, I am also happy to report that all of the electronics in the boat bench tested fine yesterday (Futaba RX, Castle Controller, Futaba servo, and my Lipos).

[Doug Smock]

New IMPBA records out of Flint

Keith Kirchen, Q Catamaran SAW 97.529 mph.

Keith Kirchen, T Catamaran SAW 108.958 mph.

Mike Ball, Q Sport Hydro 1/3 Oval 23.826 sec.

Congratulations fellas!!

You certainly earned that one Mike. I'm glad you were able to save the piece parts.

Terry, thanks to you and the gang for putting on the show.

Doug

[RaceMechaniX]

Congrats guys.

TG

[BILL OXIDEAN]

Guess what? I'm JEALOUS..
You guys had a lotta' great water between a few guys and gotcher scores up tall.
Sounds like an IMPBA SAW event to me..
More than anything I'm jealous of… the fun : )

[keithbradley]

You guys had a lotta' great water between a few guys

Thanks for the info Bill. If you ask me, we caught an unlucky weekend and some of the windiest weather I've ever been on the water for. Aside from a few back to back runs early Sunday morning, our boats stayed dry, with the exception of two "basher" monos that Joel and I brought to play around with. Fortunately the slower stuff can be run in just about any conditions... I'm sure you already know that though!

Luckily all the guys at this event are good to be around. I felt bad for the guys who put all the work in to make the event happen, but at least we were able to make a few passes to say we were there!