blackpowderscout":lni7a27p said:
I have not heard of any serious injuries...that is definitely a success in my book!!
Adam
Yeah. There were a couple instances where at I think the ground rattler (not sure) left the boat NOT BY CHOICE during a test run in the morning before the races.
His boat his some sticky stuff, and his body, which was in motion, tended to remain in motion.... until it was laying in the grass a few feet in front of the boat.
Not an incident though, he got uo and dried off and sat back in the criver's seat.
A spectators boat was swamped along the roadside. Nothing hurt but a little pride on that one.
A little fighting led a couple to people to sober up behind bars. Nothing out of the ordinary there.... actually, it is out of the ordinary..... There were a LOT of people there. And there all day. Drinking. And
only that one incident?!!??? That means a BIG CONGRATS to all who attended is in ordet!!! Good job people!!!
Yes NO INJURIES on the race field.
No inguries + race promoters turned a profit(?) = MORE RACES!!!!!!!!
PR to clubs and to airboating in general was good. I spoke to one family who came down here from South Carolina to see these races! She said she heard about it on Southern Airboat.com
Brevard Club did a good job with the operation of the event. I sat there in awe at some times when those folks were chattering on the walkie talkies and moving in 5 directions at once to GIT'R DONE!!!!
There is a couple fairly good sized frogs out there in Lake Hell-n-blazes that got away from me. Thanks for the fun time froggin' - I was wearin' shorts still, but I had on 3 t-shirts and my long sleeve Denim S/A shirt - I stayed toasty warm!!! Oh yeah, thanks Cheryl for a little sip of liquid warmth. LOL
Stan and cntry are good froggin instructors.... 75% (or more) of the one's I got were because of Stan and his one-of-a-kind yell.... "FROG!" I still need to learn how to SEE them on my own. Getting better though!!!
I was surprised to see a lot of mice hopping ontop of the water lettuce out there in the middle of the lake!
We saw one gator with something in it's mouth. He would not let his head get near the water's surface. A poke with the butt end of the gig pole made him turn to reveal that we was eating one of them armored catfish. It's nice to see that they do indeed have some natural enemies.
Red Dwarf and Airboat Mike - I'm glad you got the chance to ride on Cntry's boat. I like the way you put that Red - he CAN and ain't afraid to DO. Yep. This boat is quieter than most and at the same time more powerful than most. Stan anc CC too.
It was fun to see Larry and Gordon up from South Florida. And one other South Florida guy I missed - Randy? Dakota are you talking about airboat4fun is the one you just happened to bump into at the gas station???!! Cool. Hey Randy - we missed you!
matt.