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Old 10-13-2008, 03:05 PM
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What are these? Ive noticed them in about 4 of the race boats Ive looked at. Theyre stuck to the dash or the side panels.. numbered like 1-10 in little pieces..

Always wondered what that was..
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It is a well known fact that as a group, boat racers can not
count. We pull off a piece of tape each time we pass the start
finish line to keep track how many laps we have done. When
there is no more tape, the race is over, although a lot of
teams will do an extra lap to be sure!

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Originally Posted by sbracing
It is a well known fact that as a group, boat racers can not
count. We pull off a piece of tape each time we pass the start
finish line to keep track how many laps we have done. When
there is no more tape, the race is over, although a lot of
teams will do an extra lap to be sure!

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Some of us forget to pull the tape
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I guess that makes sense. I thought it had something to do with that..
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I have seen some high teck guys do it with velcro,
and can reuse the numbers.
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So is that start plus 10 laps, Who was that last year that stopped early?
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So is that start plus 10 laps, Who was that last year that stopped early?
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