Offshore races May 2, 3, 4 in New Jersey

[The Hedgehog]

sooo, is it MPO or PMO?

and, what does that stand for again?

MPO, you will have to see the Sally Strothers infomercial about suffering in silence!

[Ghost]

$50 will build a ramp to a less uncomfortable future.

($250 will buy a custom-fitted meatbarrow.)

Won't you help?

[roadtripse]

Friendly amendment: thinking it could be "go big or go elsewhere."

Agreed!

I'm thinking some coozies with Sally Struther's image, Team MPO Racing across the top, and the team motto of "Go Big or Go Elsewhere" across the bottom need to go on order before event season starts...

"MPO" stands for "Male Penile Obesity Syndrome", of course...

[Just Say N2O]

"MPO" stands for "Male Penile Obesity Syndrome", of course...

Wouldn't that be MPOS?

[roadtripse]

Wouldn't that be MPOS?

Yes, but we who are afflicted, just call it MPO... Sigh...

[The Hedgehog]

It's a serious problem. It almost starts off harmless and funny but those tripod jokes start to get old after a while. Then there is the issue of clothes......that can be downright painful and expensive!


Meatbarrow! Now that's funny!

[The Hedgehog]

We really need to get The Captain to weigh in, so to speak.

I will get him to join!

[Phil S]

We really need to get The Captain to weigh in, so to speak.

I will get him to join!

Are you one of the thousands that suffer in silence too?

I've tried everything...creams, salves.....had a flare-up this weekend and had to go buy a bigger wheelbarrow...and the nicknames..so hurtful..."tri-pod", "kick-stand"...suffering in silence here....


(glad I found a support group)

[The Hedgehog]

Are you one of the thousands that suffer in silence too?

I've tried everything...creams, salves.....had a flare-up this weekend and had to go buy a bigger wheelbarrow...and the nicknames..so hurtful..."tri-pod", "kick-stand"...suffering in silence here....


(glad I found a support group)

Oh it's great to find people that understand!

[Phil S]

...I'm looking into having a "reduction" done...

[duckhunter]

Dang, I go to class for a few hours and this thing takes off! If I were near NJ I would definitely check out the races, because it's still a cool deal and extraordinary hardware.

If we're doing "Offshore Racing in the Gorge" I'm bringin' the Whaler. It's a cathedral hull, so that's almost a catamaran. No chop over three to fours (inches) though.

Trying to get a cooperative crossover going with the Bayliner Offshore Racing Team (BORT). Look them up on bookface, they're a hoot. I figure we'll need some competition to push us so the effort doesn't devolve into a Tito's induced haze.

I dusted off the old compass and plugged Bermuda into the Garmin, so the nav portion of the run is ready. The current record holder got smoked by the weather in 2013. He works for Maersk (who has one of the better metro departments on the planet) and they gave him the "perfect" window to do the run. I figure, if they screw it up that bad we'll just wing it. I've got a weather channel app on my phone just in case.

Called Donzi and tried to order a 38 ZR Comp laid up in Kevlar & carbon fiber and rigged for a couple of 1500lb diesels sitting where the rear seats used to be. Also an 800gal fuel tank. The call got dropped somehow, I must have hit a dead spot on my cell. Try again tomorrow...

[Ghost]

Everyone made fun of this poor guy--said he was stupid. Just another silent victim.

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[boldts]

OK, valid points by everyone here. I never raced, but used to work as a support boat at as many of the Great Lakes races I could with my 18 Classic. Interesting that no one as mentioned the fans yet. I personally believe that races have been moved to inland lakes so that the fans aren't sitting on a pier, beach or hotel balcony waiting 2 to 3 hours to see the racers come back to cross the finish line. Of course those people awaiting the return of the racers are probably to drunk to even tell you who won the race due to nothing better to do in that time. I've been to Key West and to the once run Atlantic City World Championship race. The only time I saw the boats was the idle out of the wet pits, the start, the finish and the idle back into the wet pits. My best view was in the dry pits which allowed me to meet the racers and ask questions. That is why I enjoyed supporting the races so much. Yes I had a job to do, but I was on the race course and could see the boats in racing conditions and no I wasn't afraid to go far out on the course in the same waters the racers were dealing with. Can't count on my hands how many times I heard your not going out in that boat are you or are you sure you don't mind being that far away from the shore? Those 50' cats were amazing with the technology with-in them. Like comparing a Formula 1 race car to your local dirt track racer. Both have there place and in my opinion just shouldn't be together in a race. OK, so if it has to be that way, that is why again in my opinion APBA has become 2 or 3 different organizations now. Egos, money and flash over the hard nose racers of the past making their boats last and return from a true offshore adventure. It all boils down to the cost of television covering a true offshore race because lets face it, if television isn't showing you the boats offshore, you and most of the public except those who truly love the sport aren't going to the race or watching it on TV.

In Atlantic City, there was more complaining about the rough water than there was racing. Saturday's races were canceled. Because of cats like Mr. Copelands or Don Johnsons saying they couldn't run in those seas? Maybe....... Sundays race was shortened, but a champion was crowned. They've never run the Worlds there since. Who won that Championship? Beats me. I don't even remember with out doing a search on-line for the results and that might take some time.

Just my opinions here, but a little different look at Offshore from a fan's view.

[The Hedgehog]

Everyone made fun of this poor guy--said he was stupid. Just another silent victim.

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It's just upsetting! It all started at PE Class. There was no support back then. I have yet to get used to being such a spectacle.

[BUIZILLA]

It's just upsetting! It all started at PE Class. There was no support back then. I have yet to get used to being such a spectacle.

between you and the Captain i'm trying to understand why either needs a real job, when an extracurricular job pays more,,,, or at least you can have more fun at it

or did I misunderstand what Offshore Drillin' is all about?