2021 LONG BEACH SPRINT BOAT NATIONALS!!

[ScottyP363]

You were down in Fountain Valley? Yeah…that was me.

The boat is racing this weekend

Right on! I'll come say hi.

 

[AZLineman]

I will be there Friday afternoon putting up banners and stuff then there almost all weekend.... I will bring stickers and shirts, the shirts go fast so if you see me ask!

So I should come get my T-shirt todayLol

 

[AZLineman]

What time does the street party dealio start? Legends correct?

 

[timstoy]

What time does the street party dealio start? Legends correct?

5pm till ?

 

[caribbean20]

Let’s get a roll call. C-20 in attendance in the beer tent, front row.

 

[mash on it]

Live on surfrat now.

Dan'l

 

[Pattle]

We’re at the beer garden front row.


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[AZLineman]

 

[AZLineman]

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Where

 

[Pattle]

Where

We left around 2:30, so depending on when you filmed that we may already have been gone, but if not we are somewhere in the background behind the lady with the black top on.

Was a fun day, but needed to get back home and let the dogs out of the house. Too many hours alone and who knows what might happen.

 

[lbhsbz]

If anyone is coming tomorrow...

In order to get into the pits you need closed toed shoes. The pits start at the launch ramp....so you can't come in the gate near the pits if you're wearing flip flops.

A few folks who got good parking right near the pit gate had to schlep all their shit 1/2 mile down the road to the other entrance, and then all the way back up to get to their spot on the beach.

Show up in a set of shoes to get in at pit gate, then switch to flip flops once you get to your spot. Pretty good turnout, today was fun, tomorrow will be fun.

We didn't break the #11 boat yet...so I'm having a good time.

 

[ScottyP363]

If anyone is coming tomorrow...

In order to get into the pits you need closed toed shoes. The pits start at the launch ramp....so you can't come in the gate near the pits if you're wearing flip flops.

A few folks who got good parking right near the pit gate had to schlep all their shit 1/2 mile down the road to the other entrance, and then all the way back up to get to their spot on the beach.

Show up in a set of shoes to get in at pit gate, then switch to flip flops once you get to your spot. Pretty good turnout, today was fun, tomorrow will be fun.

We didn't break the #11 boat yet...so I'm having a good time.

Boat looked good out there, Pat!!

 

[lbhsbz]

Boat looked good out there, Pat!!

Thanks!

….and it still runs, that’s the best part.

We’ll be back next year with a bit more fine tuning (we were running the ski prop) if Ross can pull it off…which might be a good trick after what happened yesterday.

 

[SOD]

We’ll be back next year with a bit more fine tuning (we were running the ski prop) if Ross can pull it off…which might be a good trick after what happened yesterday.

Just read an article in the OC Register that said the city manager is the one who shut the event down yesterday, and the council lady for that area said somehing along the lines of "we need to reevaluate if this function is appropriate for the venue". Ross has his work cut out again.

 

[lbhsbz]

Just read an article in the OC Register that said the city manager is the one who shut the event down yesterday, and the council lady for that area said somehing along the lines of "we need to reevaluate if this function is appropriate for the venue". Ross has his work cut out again.

Yeah, he's a piece of shit just like our mayor...the councilwoman for that district has historically been a problem as well.....that's a topic for another thread though.

 

[DUN]

Just read an article in the OC Register that said the city manager is the one who shut the event down yesterday, and the council lady for that area said somehing along the lines of "we need to reevaluate if this function is appropriate for the venue". Ross has his work cut out again.

Man killed in Long Beach Sprint Nationals was a ‘great, great guy on and off the track’

Organizers of the Long Beach Sprint Nationals have identified the speedboat racer killed in a Sunday, Aug. 8, competition as Jay Hart, 37, of Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

www.ocregister.com

It's upsetting for multiple reasons, for sure.

 

[Kachina26]

Thanks!

….and it still runs, that’s the best part.

We’ll be back next year with a bit more fine tuning (we were running the ski prop) if Ross can pull it off…which might be a good trick after what happened yesterday.

Had no idea you were racing. Looked good. John Soares blew my mind. There was no boat in the water, he was running on just the engine it seemed.

 

[lbhsbz]

Had no idea you were racing. Looked good. John Soares blew my mind. There was no boat in the water, he was running on just the engine it seemed.

I was the “team owner” and crew….I bribed my driver with beer to get behind the wheel. He’s been at it since the ‘80s.

Soares knows his boat very well…it took him one heat to figure out what my boat can’t do and adjust to make his boat do what mine couldn’t.

We’ll try and fix that next year…we were running the same prop I ski with…I think the boat has more in it, just gotta find it.