Parker 300

[78Southwind]

Awesome! Hope an outboard wins.


CH3NO2

Outboards are for Pontoon boats...

[gn7]

I'm ok with a pissing match, as long as it doesn't get personal. If these two guys are friends and they're just badgering eachother, I'm ok with that too. But it doesn't read that way to me.

No, more like a passionate discussion of the "new guard" can kick ass on the "old guard". Not to hard now that the "old guard" in their 60s and 70s.
I'd love to see some of young Turks get their asses towed to Catalina behind a 18ft flat and match the times they were running back then.
The sport was built up by the flat bottom v drives. Its hey day was the flat bottom years.

[H2oSki2Fast]

Dipshit quotes above are from YOU ( I made the one really really big so YOU could read it ) since you seem to be such a voracious reader, try to wrap your mind around the article attached here, 180 SKIERS at ONE race over TWO DAY's of racing. It's more than obvious too me that the "FLAT BOTTOMS" were capable of FILLING RACE VENUES. I look at the LOW number of racers that show up at the ski races these day's, hell I doubt you get 180 "skiers" a year in all races combined, yet YOU say the "FLAT BOTTOM's" have been "surpassed" ? AND don't EVEN bring up "the catalina ski race, greatest ski race in the world", shit, back in the day we'd get upwards of 120 or more boat/ski teams, most of them 18 ft. "ski race boats", and an occasional 20 ft. day cruiser type. Run along now son, you ARE too young, too dumb and way UNDER equipped to debate me on the history of waterski racing. I'm NOT into it anymore, I'm old an had my "day in the sun" and ENJOYED it to the fullest. In closing, I would suggest you seek some professional help, I can see my post's on the glory day's waterski racing are just eating at you, just let it go man, it will NEVER be like it WAS, FACT.

You don't even have the intellect to have this conversation. I never said, as you are inferring, that flat bottoms didn't have an integral part of ski racing, they did, and I am still a fan of flat bottoms as that's what I was raised around. Where are the flat bottoms now? When was the last time you saw one in a ski race? There is a reason for it.

The article you posted, which you seem to re-post every time the subject of ski racing comes up, is just typical of the deflection of what was said and your lack to grasp the understanding of words comprised into sentences.

You want to know when you lose an intellectual debate, when you have nothing else to say except for insults, as you have done.

Your senility has you convinced that there is nothing else in the world, except the way you did it in the past. I guess that's the part I am least looking forward to about getting old, is not being able to embrace what technology has to offer, and being jaded because it wasn't there when I was in my prime.

[HB Vic]

No, more like a passionate discussion of the "new guard" can kick ass on the "old guard". Not to hard now that the "old guard" in their 60s and 70s.
I'd love to see some of young Turks get their asses towed to Catalina behind a 18ft flat and match the times they were running back then.
The sport was built up by the flat bottom v drives. Its hey day was the flat bottom years.

Well that's easy, have you ever seen a "Young Guys Rule" T shirt??

[HB Vic]

Outboards are for Pontoon boats...

Nicely themed pot stirrer

[gn7]

They can whip up a kick ass batch of margaritas on a 55 gal drum too.
When I go boating, I want to hear an engine that reminds me of something other than yard work.

[WMC]

Let's get back on track. If see the Hotboat.com banner wave I'll be taking pictures. Location on the river



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[Skyskier]

No, more like a passionate discussion of the "new guard" can kick ass on the "old guard". Not to hard now that the "old guard" in their 60s and 70s.
I'd love to see some of young Turks get their asses towed to Catalina behind a 18ft flat and match the times they were running back then.
The sport was built up by the flat bottom v drives. Its hey day was the flat bottom years.

Bob, I'm pretty sure you knew Bob Nordskog ? He pulled Tim Guckes in the catalina, back "in the old day's", I'm guessing maybe 1965/66, they got out near the breakwater the boat wasn't running up to snuff. They turned around came back dropped Tim an switched boats. Took off AGAIN, BEHIND every other entry that year, made it over AND back in 58 minutes. Un-fortunately Bob did NOT get the official "record" as it was NOT the boat they started with. Tim said he saw Bob some years later an Bob was STILL pissed they didn't get "the record" time. I'm probably NOW gonna have to have this "post" signed in blood by Tim as Bob is no longer here to substantiate this as truth, and, I'll probably have to have it notarized for "the young guns" for them to believe that one of the so called "surpassed" flat bottoms could actually do this record run 25 years BEFORE one of the v-bottoms could. Truth be told, I don't know what year the official "under an hour" time was made, I try to speak only in factual terms so, I'll let one of the " young guns" scurry off to wikipedia or whatever they get THEIR fact's from, or MAYBE he bring his uncle Mike in to speak for him.

[Stainless]

They can whip up a kick ass batch of margaritas on a 55 gal drum too.
When I go boating, I want to hear an engine that reminds me of something other than yard work.

Bob, your pretty hard to match wits with, I'm gonna have to think on this one for a little while.


CH3NO2

[Skyskier]

You don't even have the intellect to have this conversation. I never said, as you are inferring, that flat bottoms didn't have an integral part of ski racing, they did, and I am still a fan of flat bottoms as that's what I was raised around. Where are the flat bottoms now? When was the last time you saw one in a ski race? There is a reason for it.

The article you posted, which you seem to re-post every time the subject of ski racing comes up, is just typical of the deflection of what was said and your lack to grasp the understanding of words comprised into sentences.

You want to know when you lose an intellectual debate, when you have nothing else to say except for insults, as you have done.

Your senility has you convinced that there is nothing else in the world, except the way you did it in the past. I guess that's the part I am least looking forward to about getting old, is not being able to embrace what technology has to offer, and being jaded because it wasn't there when I was in my prime.

Jeseus, this REALLY IS eating at you isn't it ? I posted this what ? 6, 8 YEARS AGO ? ..........glad to see I made such an impression, but sorry to see it's having such an impact on YOUR life. And being jaded ?? puleez, it was ALL THERE in MY prime, I skied with ALL THE BEST that ever put on a racing ski, won a few, lost a few, but RACE we did. I don't think you'll EVER see 8 boats going into that 1st turn down at the Casino at the same time again anytime soon. Like I said, let it go, you'll be a better "old man" for it when you grow up.