Saturday night we were treated to a
Bar-B-Que dinner of chicken and ribs by
Ross and the OCD (funny I never looked
at the acronym for the Orlando Culvert
Dodgers before). After a wonderful
meal, we collected around the driver's
stand for their raffle give away. There
were a lot of big prizes including one of
the big monos they use in the Super Boat
Class and at least three motors. I think
they were being gracious and called my
name for a some of the prizes. I even
won a motor which I suspect was a plant
to get me in the GAS.
PROPWASH
April 2016
19
NAMBA I.T. Visits Sunny Florida
By David Santistevan
NAMBA IT Chairman
A big call out to the amazing boaters of District Three. The Winter Nationals in
January were a huge success and they really rolled out the hospitality for me while I
was there! The Orlando Culvert Dodgers put on a first class event that was well run
and everyone really had a great time. I believe they had several hundred boats and lot
of folks from the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico as well as other parts of the country. I
had an opportunity to spend time with David Horsley, the new District Director, and
Ross Medina, the Commodore of the Orlando Culvert Dodgers who I now consider
them as good friends. I also got to meet a lot of other high profile boaters from District
Three including such people as Wayne Farrow and Ron Byrd just to name a few.
They like to run a lot of gas riggers including the very nasty twins. The Jersey Skiff
and mono classes are also very popular and there are some amazing drivers out there. I
was also introduced to a new class specific to that area called the "Super Boat". I am
not quite sure what the exact specs for the class are, but these were big monos. Many
of them with twins both inline single screw and side-by-side double screws. They ran
a special course that was at least a 100 feet wider and maybe 100 yards longer, and
these boats flat moved.
I was also tickled to see that Offshore is a big class out there. They run a typical
"M" course, however the tops of the "M" are the wider course I was talking about for
the Superboats, and the long buoy at turn two is also used with the Superboats. I was a
corner judge for most of the weekend and it was very interesting to hear the rules for
milling for these two classes, as well as the other judging aspects.
The Propwash
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The hot pits: Shaded and fenced for safety
Phat Dawgs for lunch. Can’t get much better than this
Driver stand, launch area, fencing and start clock are right in front
Jim Bickford
Karl Loveless
Lohring Miller
Dennis Probst Jr.
David Santistevan
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