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I decided to post this in the rookie lounge
Mainly because I am the consumate rookie; i.e. I never raced a boat before
Truth be told I STILL haven't-
We got blown out both days at flying point
It was so windy the birds were flying BACKWARDS
Will I go back to Flying Point?
Honestly, in about one nanosecond!!! I CANNOT WAIT FOR F. P. 2018
I had no less than a half doz. long-term, veteran racers that could not do enough for me helping me get my boat ready Saturday
Some of them skipped the driver's meeting to:
1. Wire the kill switch
2. Hook up the throttle (after they trimmed the cable housing and wire until it was PERFECT)
3. Set the height
4. Set the tuck
5. mess with the steering cables until they were- well you know- see #2
6. Tighten this, check that
7. Mess with the turn fin
8. On and on
They loaned me:
Props
Shims
Washers
A tiny bungee to hold the spray shield on when the wing nuts loosen up (THEY DID)
Pre-mix
Several lifetimes worth of every trick in the book/advice/ hints
Started my motor while they held the boat against the breeze
(Half hour before the scheduled start (noon) they let the squids (me) & the J's go out & rip around a little- it was the only seat time I got
What a fantastic weekend I had-
May I just say THANK YOU TO:
Matt Dagostino (sp?) Absolutely no doubt as generous a man as I have ever met. If I had ask him for the moon, he would have handed it to me. Same with: Dave Augustine. Loaned me props, Loaned me shims. Loaned me washers. And much like Matt, just the nicest, easiest to get to know guy EVER. The equipment in his trailer was mind-boggling- incl a 125cc single (VRP?) that only revved to infinity (actually 12 or 15 thou I think he said) Sunday I tried to give dave his prop back. He said "run it awhile. Give it to me at Franklin". I tried to give him his shims back. He said "They are YOUR shims now". Unbelievable. John Mauck and his friend George (did not get George's last name) but he only spent about an hour laying on the parking lot making sure my height and tuck were exactly as Mr. Runne specified
Adam Allen and Dave Biesecker for just being so FRIENDLY and welcoming- along with everyone else for that matter
Adam got my name wrong at the driver's meeting and called me "squirrelbox (instead of "squirrelboy") In honor of this little screw-up I named my trailer the "SQUIRRELBOX" Thank you Adam
Sorry this got so long but I had the time of my life & never even got to RACE
Flying Point is a PERFECT race site and Flying Point Marina right next door has a little store/deli with the world's best Shrimp salad (tell them you want celery seeds on it) they also sell beer (sorry) since we were not racing I had two
MANY MANY THANKS to all who were involved putting this event on- I will never forget this first race. God Bless you all
See you at Standish
522-P
Mainly because I am the consumate rookie; i.e. I never raced a boat before
Truth be told I STILL haven't-
We got blown out both days at flying point
It was so windy the birds were flying BACKWARDS
Will I go back to Flying Point?
Honestly, in about one nanosecond!!! I CANNOT WAIT FOR F. P. 2018
I had no less than a half doz. long-term, veteran racers that could not do enough for me helping me get my boat ready Saturday
Some of them skipped the driver's meeting to:
1. Wire the kill switch
2. Hook up the throttle (after they trimmed the cable housing and wire until it was PERFECT)
3. Set the height
4. Set the tuck
5. mess with the steering cables until they were- well you know- see #2
6. Tighten this, check that
7. Mess with the turn fin
8. On and on
They loaned me:
Props
Shims
Washers
A tiny bungee to hold the spray shield on when the wing nuts loosen up (THEY DID)
Pre-mix
Several lifetimes worth of every trick in the book/advice/ hints
Started my motor while they held the boat against the breeze
(Half hour before the scheduled start (noon) they let the squids (me) & the J's go out & rip around a little- it was the only seat time I got
What a fantastic weekend I had-
May I just say THANK YOU TO:
Matt Dagostino (sp?) Absolutely no doubt as generous a man as I have ever met. If I had ask him for the moon, he would have handed it to me. Same with: Dave Augustine. Loaned me props, Loaned me shims. Loaned me washers. And much like Matt, just the nicest, easiest to get to know guy EVER. The equipment in his trailer was mind-boggling- incl a 125cc single (VRP?) that only revved to infinity (actually 12 or 15 thou I think he said) Sunday I tried to give dave his prop back. He said "run it awhile. Give it to me at Franklin". I tried to give him his shims back. He said "They are YOUR shims now". Unbelievable. John Mauck and his friend George (did not get George's last name) but he only spent about an hour laying on the parking lot making sure my height and tuck were exactly as Mr. Runne specified
Adam Allen and Dave Biesecker for just being so FRIENDLY and welcoming- along with everyone else for that matter
Adam got my name wrong at the driver's meeting and called me "squirrelbox (instead of "squirrelboy") In honor of this little screw-up I named my trailer the "SQUIRRELBOX" Thank you Adam
Sorry this got so long but I had the time of my life & never even got to RACE
Flying Point is a PERFECT race site and Flying Point Marina right next door has a little store/deli with the world's best Shrimp salad (tell them you want celery seeds on it) they also sell beer (sorry) since we were not racing I had two
MANY MANY THANKS to all who were involved putting this event on- I will never forget this first race. God Bless you all
See you at Standish
522-P
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