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  1. BartonWorkman

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    There are a number of Offshore boat races in Florida
    from the Keys to Miami, Sarasota and St. Petersburg.

    The Unlimiteds ceased in Miami in the early '90s after
    Andrew as already noted. There used to be boat racing
    going in throughout Florida practically year round back
    in the mid 80's but evidently insurance and bureaucracy
    derailed those events.

    Think we may agree also that if it weren't for
    Bernie Little, the Busch family and Budweiser,
    there wouldn't have been Unlimited hydros especially
    after the deaths of Muncy and other drivers.

    BHW
     
  2. SMS

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    I assume all you boat racing fans have rented "Madison" by now, right?

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  3. Str8shooter

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    #28 Str8shooter, Aug 2, 2012
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    I've never heard of the Madison movie but I'll watch it now. Thanks for pointing it out.

    I was looking for for some pictures of Bernie Little but haven't had much luck yet.
    After 35 years of photography my files run deep and unorganized :(

    I did find this shot I took of Spirit of the Amazon, a 50' Cat with four 1,100 hp engines in the wet pits at a race in Marathon.

    Parked in the background is August Busch III's ride.
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  4. AxerJk

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    I haven't heard of Madison either! It looks like a pretty cool movie.

    I have seen the Miami Vice Episode called The Great McCarthy, which has some very cool cigarette boat racing.

    Chris
     
  5. SMS

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    It's a great movie, and family friendly.
     
  6. BigTex

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    Took FOREVER to get it released, and sadly never got much distribuition....
     
  7. Gatorrari

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    This weekend, I attended the first Unlimited hydroplane race on Lake Guntersville in Alabama in 49 years! The Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum (mentioned above) brought the Merlin-powered Miss Budweiser that won the last Guntersville race in 1969. Somewhat fittingly, the fastest speed set in qualifying was 158 MPH, which broke the 1969 fastest speed record by.....49 MPH!
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  8. Gatorrari

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    The final heat on Sunday was one of the best boat races I've ever seen. Last year's two hot shoes, Jimmy Shane in the U-1 Miss HomeStreet Bank (owned by the citizens of Madison, IN) and Andrew Tate in the U-9 Delta/RealTrac were at it again. Never more than three boat lengths apart throughout the five laps, they came off the final turn nearly dead even (as seen below). Tate made it to the finish line less than a boat length in front; the speed for the final was over 152 MPH. (The U-9 is the boat nearest the camera.)
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  9. BartonWorkman

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    Wow, very cool!

    Thanks for sharing.

    They're simply incredible to see in person.

    BHW
     

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