Ron P

Hello Race Fans,

Remember last year while we raced in Point Pleasant, the lights went out throughout the entire Northeast for the whole weekend? Now this year, on Friday the 13th, we have a named storm coming up the coast, which may push some heavy swells in our direction. This is why some race teams refer to this race as Point Unpleasant, yet they love racing here.

Love or hate the big water, this is where you’ll find it. So if you’re a race fan, dust off your binoculars, get some film for the instamatic camera, rub some sun block on the kids and come on down to Jenkinsons at noon on Friday and watch the events unfold. The race starts at 1PM but any seasoned race fan knows that the real show is actually before the race as the boats roar out the Manasquan Inlet at full speed. For a magical five minutes, the Coast Guard makes the inlet a safety zone and no traffic is allowed to enter from either end. At 12:50 the boats will light up the inlet as 30 ocean racers run full speed out the inlet. If you’ve never seen this spectacle, get a good seat early, if you’ve been there before, you know the end of the inlet where the rive meets the ocean is the place to be. Then walk down to Jenks and watch the race. Just 200 yards south of the inlet you’ll see turn 4, right in front of Jenkinsons beach.

If you’re stuck at work, put on the headset and listen live like never before. This race will be carried LIVE from flag to flag on www.talkoffshore.com. Martin Sanborne will be at the party on Thurs night and reporting from Jenkinsons on Friday. His broadcast will start at noon on Friday. This should be interesting as Martin as never been to Point Pleasant before.

If you’re a volunteer captain and you’d like to see the paperwork early, you can download it at www.njoffshore.homestead.com/Aug_04_boats.doc. Don’t forget the MANDITORY captain’s meeting is at 6pm at Jenkinsons Pavilion. At the meeting you’ll receive two tickets for the 7pm party. Before the meeting, please look around for a purple flag or a medic flag. If you have one from the last race, don’t take another one. We need to collect them ALL after this race.

In Atlantic City, the GPS placement and retrieval worked fine so there will be no changes. Here’s how the GPS system works.
1. All race boats must be in the wet pits (on trailer or in water) between 10:30 and 11:30 on race day to have the GPS installed. Once the unit is installed, you can’t leave the pits to launch elsewhere. You must go directly from the pits to the ocean once the GPS is installed.
2. After the race, all boats must return to the wet pits for the GPS to be removed by an OPA official. Failure to return the GPS at the wet pits is a 5-minute penalty. Broken boats will receive special attention but you must call in on 78a to race control and ask for a waterborne GPS removal.
3. Here’s how the GPS penalty system works. Lets use P5 as an example. The break out speed is supposed to be 70mph, well we don’t want to DQ someone that goes over by just a little bit, so we use a time penalty.
Up to 70.4 we let you slide, no penalty assessed.
From 70.5 to 71.4 a one-minute penalty is assessed
71.5 to 74.4 a three-minute penalty is assessed
Over 74.5 and a five-minute penalty is assessed.

Expect to see a few new boats in Point Pleasant for this race as BJ and Mad Dog bring out their new warrior and go wabbit hunting after the Nesquik Bunny. Will Buckshot finally cross the starting line in 2004? Does Lukie’s new Pantera have what it takes to hold together for the entire race? Can Firewater™ get out of the pits without needing to dredge the channel? Will Obsessions new crashboxes carry the boat to the finish line? All questions will be answered this Friday on the racecourse.

Schedule of Events for Thursday August 12, 2004

Dry Pits open from 9-5 at Food Town Parking Lot on Rt 70 in Bricktown
Registration – 9AM to 5PM at OPA trailer in Dry Pits.
Inspection – 9AM to 5PM in Dry Pits
MANDITORY VOLUNTEER CAPTAIN MEETING – 6PM at Jenkinsons Pavilion
MANDITORY RACER / VOLUNTEER PARTY – 7PM at Jenkinsons Pavilion
Fireworks – At dark, at Jenkinsons Beach

Schedule of Events for Friday August 13, 2004

Physicals - 7:30 to 9AM - Marina Grill (Old Peterson's on the River and Rt 70)
Drivers Meeting - 9AM - Marina Grill (Old Peterson's on the River and Rt 70)
Fueling - 8AM - 11AM - Herbertsville Fire Training Center
Launching – 9AM – 4PM – Manasquan River Club
Leave Wet Pits – 12 Noon
Train Bridge closing – 12:30PM
All Volunteer Boats must be on station 12:30PM
Race Boats leave Inlet – 12:50PM
JENKINSONS OFFSHORE GRAND PRIX - 1PM start
Winners Circle - 3PM - Marina Grill
Awards - 4PM - Marina Grill

Here's a map of the area including hotel, wet and dry pits www.njoffshore.homestead.com/map.html

That’s all the info there is to tell. See ya at the race,

Ron

ScottB

I need a bigger boat


COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
344 AM EDT WED AUG 11 2004

SANDY HOOK NJ TO FENWICK ISLAND DE TO 20 NM OFFSHORE AND DELAWARE
BAY

ANZ450-451-111500-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MANASQUAN INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
344 AM EDT WED AUG 11 2004


SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR SEAS

STRONG TSTMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT

TODAY
S WINDS AROUND 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND TSTMS THIS AFTERNOON. VSBY 1 TO 3 NM IN THE TSTMS.

TONIGHT
S WINDS AROUND 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND TSTMS.

THU
S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
TSTMS.

THU NIGHT
S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND TSTMS IN THE EVENING. SHOWERS AND TSTMS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

FRI
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. SHOWERS AND
TSTMS LIKELY.

FRI NIGHT
SW WINDS AROUND 15 KT...BECOMING W AROUND 10 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. VSBY 1 TO 3 NM.

SAT
NW WINDS AROUND 10 KT...BECOMING W 5 TO 10 KT WITH GUSTS UP
TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS. VSBY 1 NM OR
LESS.

SUN
W WINDS AROUND 10 KT...BECOMING S AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5
FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.

berns29scarab

well i guess this will be the first ****ty water test for the twin 350 powered 29 scarab...woohoo...TIME TO ROCK