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Hi Dave,

That's a pretty Post, but I have to admit... I like the Outerlimits you're racing in the Factory 2 class better!

Let's see... your Post is a 42'. I'm guessing the OL is the same?

Carl

Hi Dave,

I should've known your Outerlimits was a 37', as the 42' might be a little on the large side to compete in Factory 2 with OEM horsepower. I simply forgot they produced a 37', as I've been away from performance boating circuit for awhile.

I've never met Paul Fiore's son, but had a great deal of respect for the father with his Hustler line. If I am correct, Paul and his son are now partners in Outerlimits. He truly was one of the original innovators in Big Deep V's, i.e. the first to incorporate stepped bottom hulls (no matter what Reggie Fountain claims!).

I met Paul at a couple of Boat Shows and a few boat races over the years, way back when I was into boating without staterooms and heads.

One of these days, I'll get a scanner and post some pics of my Skaters. I've had a 24' and a 28', both with EFI's. Currently, I've got a Powerplay.

Nice to see another performance boater on YachtForums!

Dave looks like your from my neck of the woods.

I grew up in Port Jefferson (live in Westchester now) and have been boating since I was 15. In my younger days I was much more into water skiing than fishing. My friends and I would slip out of high school and spend a day water skiing. I didn't know how good I had it then as I used to go skiing with friends four to five days a week in the summers.

Below is a pic of my Azimut 68 Plus. Still not doing much fishing, but definitely like to entertain guests!

If you get Fuel from Vinny in Stamford CT you'll see my boat just before the flood gate.

We do most of our local boating in Cold Spring Harbor, Port Jeff and Watch Hill. Longer ventures are up around Cape Cod, Nantucket, Mystic - great place for the kids. Gotta check out Block Island and some other places this summer.

Next winter we'll be keeping our boat in Ft' Laudedale at Bahia Mar. I'll see if I can't offer Carl a cold libation when the boat is there next winter.

There are some more pics of my boat in the azimut folder.

Dave, what are your favorite destinations way up North here?

Here's a picture from last summer taken when we were at Danford's in Port Jefferson from my fly bridge. You can see the PJ ferry heading out.

Definitely like your go fast boat! Looks like a major rush.

I also was into going fast, but on land. I used to do open road racing which are high speed events on closed sections of public highway out in places like Nevada. These were typically 90-120 miles in length.

I worked my way to the unlimited class and my car as you see it here could hit top speeds of 205 MPH.

Just like you, having children kind of put a damper on doing stuff like this - at least for now. Racing eats up unbelievable amounts of time, as I am sure you know.

Hi John!

Drinks sound great! We'll call it the first annual YachtForums regatta. We keep the boat across the intracoastal from Bahia Mar, just north of Las Olas. I grew up at Bahia Mar. Actually, that's not entirely true.... I never grew up!

Look forward to meeting you... and checking out that sound system too! Sooo... come on down!

Carl

This is the mother ship. A 1982 72' Broward. The picture's a little fuzzy as it was scanned on some old hardware. I'll take some digital pics in a few days.

Before going big, I was going FAST. Here's my Skater. It was hull #6 out of the mold from Peter Hledin.

Hey Dave!

I've never met Rich Luhrs, but I know who T2X is! Skaterfest would be a blast. Hope to attend it one day!

Actually, I know T2X from S&F, but I'm familiar with OSO. I used Steve Shuble's Cigarette for a heli-pad one day. I heard he put the pics on the site.

Love to have some OSO'rs on YachtForums, but one day, just like you & me... they'll slow down!

Carl

my toys

Well here's the toy I'm going to be playing on in a day or two.
Just sitting here waiting for the limo to go the airport. Heading down to St.Maarten for a week. This is my friend's 46' Buzzi Nitro with 3x500 hps. Had it all rebuilt by Tres Martin in Ft. Lauderdale.