Quote Originally Posted by gn7 View Post
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.