never been hard core in the ocean , i'd love to do some off shore racing {when i hit the lottery someday,lol}.................but i did do 153 on a twin screw Fountain 42 footer {pair of blown 502 bigblocks} in the Hudson river, that my friend owns..........that boat is sick as hell, don't know if i'd wanna go that fast again without a capsul - - -
i'll stick to my sleds and sports cars - - - plus I'm slowin down in my old age, LMAO
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saltwaterpimp - Posts: 1307
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40 is hardly old boss, i have a customer who is 84,two hearing aids cant walk barely, and races sleds 100+ across half the state..i want a 502.. in my truck..i want to look at the sky when i hit the gas...hehehe good ol hp baby.
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fihsboy - Posts: 1837
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We went to the bahamas last spring break and we went on an offshore race boat. It was cool......but nothing like sailing. We went 85 on the powerboat and we were 5 and 6 feet out of the water at times.....but nothing compares to the Americas Cup boats. If you ever get a chance to ride on an americas cup boat.......DO IT. trust me on this one. Im all about more power and going fast as hell.......but NOTHING is as cool as that was for me. It was a rush. You talk about a thrill.......your racing to get the masts up and the sails the right way and there is no engine........no gas.........no worries. You just catch the wind and go. Best part is it was so windy our boat was easily at a 45 degree angle. I thought we were going to tip over but everyone on board got on the other side of the boat to counter weight it......and we just went faster. Complete blast!
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Snowboss4492 - Posts: 2098
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OMG - - -i'd love to learn to sail.....................the guy next to where we are building has a 34 footer and a 24 foot, he said he might be selling the 24, and that it is a very forgiveing rig to learn on ....but yeah man ...i'd give my left nut to get on an americas cup racer....i bet it was a rush
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fihsboy - Posts: 1837
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It was insane!
http://stmaartencruiseexcursions.com/St ... casCup.htm
Theres a link for your next vacation! :) Thats the exact thing I did. Its a little expensive......but all the beer you can drink for free after or during...and you actually get to sail the boat. Its a crew of maybe 14 or 11 and you literally work your ass off. But its awesome! we almost hit one of the boats when he tacked....literally 4 feet between us and him. Needless to say when he cut us off he cut our wind too......and he beat us. But it was fun!!! and the captains of both boats were cussing eachother because it would have been there a$$ if they would have hit eachother. So much fun though!
http://stmaartencruiseexcursions.com/St ... casCup.htm
Theres a link for your next vacation! :) Thats the exact thing I did. Its a little expensive......but all the beer you can drink for free after or during...and you actually get to sail the boat. Its a crew of maybe 14 or 11 and you literally work your ass off. But its awesome! we almost hit one of the boats when he tacked....literally 4 feet between us and him. Needless to say when he cut us off he cut our wind too......and he beat us. But it was fun!!! and the captains of both boats were cussing eachother because it would have been there a$$ if they would have hit eachother. So much fun though!
