Anyone else ever notice this right outside Yermo, across the hwy from Lake Dolores.
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I saw that 2 weeks ago headin out.
wonder what prompted that?
They were getting pretty close here.
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attach...1&d=1185165758
Thats jays boat right there. I'm sure this went over really well with the racers. May wanna watch your backs for the next couple weeks. I wouldn't of been bragging about a stunt like that LOL
Thats jays boat right there. I'm sure this went over really well with the racers. May wanna watch your backs for the next couple weeks. I wouldn't of been bragging about a stunt like that LOL
The racers missed the turn and came through the middle of the spectators trying to get back on course, it was no stunt on our part.
On the jumbotron, it looked like the spectator boats were too close. I would have thought they would have the spectators further away...but it is hard to tell when the shot was a very small part and did not show where the entry into the turn was....it did look like they only needed to make about a 90 degree turn after passing the turn boat.
If any of you were hanging around, I was there with my Whipple blower sitting on a table on the boardwalk.
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attach...1&d=1185165417
You can see the turn boat behind us in this picture, we were a good 300-500 feet from it, there was multiple patrol boats making sure that no one got too close. what happened was the whole fleet of racers came in about half a mile too far north, and by the time the guy on the turn boat finally shot a flair he was at the racers 9 o'clock so i would have been very difficult for them to see. when they finally did figure out where the turn boat was they were now between the majority of specators and the shore, way overshooting the turn. There was a 200 foot gap in the crowd of dingy's and other boats which they saw and shot for, coming right through the crowd. We were the boat right at the edge of the gap. The bow of our rental boat in the picture is pointed directly at the turn boat, our stern is pointed directly back to shore, the racers came in from Long Beach just about between Me and Howardflat's heads in the picture, were off course to the north (left side of picture) used the spectators as their turn bouy and came off our port side from the stern heading back to toward the turn boat, so this gives you an idea of how far they got off course.
yea and you can see in that picture how good you can see the balloon in the air.
On the jumbotron, it looked like the spectator boats were too close. I would have thought they would have the spectators further away...but it is hard to tell when the shot was a very small part and did not show where the entry into the turn was....it did look like they only needed to make about a 90 degree turn after passing the turn boat.
If any of you were hanging around, I was there with my Whipple blower sitting on a table on the boardwalk.
Have to agree with you about the turn. I remember Todd Haig's crew making about a 30 degree left through the spectators, then about a 60 turn after the boat with the baloon.....
BTW nice blower....If there had been two,,,,,:idea:
If any of you were hanging around, I was there with my Whipple blower sitting on a table on the boardwalk.
lol...i saw that sitting there. i stopped and looked around but i didn't see any midgets nearby so i moved on
The racers missed the turn and came through the middle of the spectators trying to get back on course, it was no stunt on our part.
Actually the turn boat was not exactly where it was suppose to be as per drivers meeting and wasn't very visible against the clouds. GPS don't lie. Everyone had to scramble some to find it. A big orange or yellow balloon would have probably helped. I know we didn't see it until we'd almost past it and had to come back to it down the island a little.
Actually the turn boat was not exactly where it was suppose to be as per drivers meeting and wasn't very visible against the clouds. GPS don't lie. Everyone had to scramble some to find it. A big orange or yellow balloon would have probably helped. I know we didn't see it until we'd almost past it and had to come back to it down the island a little.
I was pulling a novice skier so by the time we got to the turn boat the spectator boats had been cleared out - It wasn't too easy to find the turn boat - If the balloon was a bright color instead of white that would have helped.
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