HammerDown
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Crusader said:
I'm calling out the Whaler! dont sing it...bring it! lol
How to make Tawakoni even better?
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I'm calling out the Whaler! dont sing it...bring it! lol
HammerDown
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Crusader said:
I guess since I barely made it back to the ramp under my own power I shouldnt be so careless with my call outs LOL
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Guess we will throw the mph bracket racing out. I'll just idle out there and hang out on the starting line for a while next time.
waterwalker
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txliberator said:
Not sure what the deal was, but Cliff seems to be able to find "hotties" at the lake. Maybe we should ask him for help.
blazeracer
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In Cliff's defense, last Saturday night at the Ranch House, while all the women were on the dance floor at once and all of us guys were working on our beers and bench racing, Cliff did get out there and was surrounded by like 8 or more hotties gettin jiggy with it.. A little redemption on the tuck dude/girl/thingy.....
blazeracer
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Hey Hammer, does anyone ever do anything at Eufala? That's a big as hell lake with a ton of coves that's in between us all. I plan on being at a couple of OK events next summer.
HammerDown
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blazeracer said:
No not really and I'm not real sure why. My folks used to live down there and I've fished and boated on it my whole life. In the spring the waters nasty red, and it gets alot of big boat traffic.
Last Mohecian
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Crusader said:
Good times for sure. If I knew you were going to post that pic I would have fixed all the zombie red eye in it before I sent it to ya.
waterwalker
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TintMan said:
Food for thought...So a fun get together is just that. Jasson and I, along with family do a MudBog once a month and it gets to be a real pain trying to get "volunteers" to do lights, timers, start/finish flag, brackets, $$$$ winnings ect. He even sold his mudbog truck 'cause he didn't have time to race it. SO- things can no doubt be tweaked for 429 Tawakoni next year, but let's be thoughtful for what it is, and what everyone wants it to be.
HammerDown
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waterwalker said:
I would do (and have tried) just about everything to have an outlaw race at Okmulgee. And it's not all the way out of the realm of possiblities for next year, we still have 1 more ace. I totally agree that its work and theres alot of preperation that goes into it, as you and Jasson also know.
I also know how our deal went, we had several guys calling for an outlaw race. It might just be a difference in location. You guys dont really realize how cool those Game Wardens were. I made the comment that I was moving to Texas if thats how it is.
It was fun like it is, and I'll be back. Not everybody wants to race and I can dig that too. Just a suggestion
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HammerDown said:
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I said this in another thread but the mud drags we do is what really helped me dot the I and cross the Ts on the regatta. And I knew Bobby had to take care of his mother when she came hospitalized. Yes it would be cool to go to an outlaw race. But I think we have a dam good thing going and we don't need to push our luck. Also have to agree with my DaD and Scott tintman that if u take all the fun out of it and it becomes a job then its not fun to do anymore. Yes it helps knowing the gamewardens and trust me Jeff they aren't all like that down here ask me how I know lol. If u do an outlaw race it is considered a sanctioned event and u have to hold atleast a million dollor policy of ins. Before the sabine or corps of enginers will even allow it. Me and Wyatt owner of 429 marina talked for about 2hrs about the business end of it. The county and sabin or corp wants the monkey off there back if something goes south. And wyatt @ 429 marina is GOOD with doing a test and tune family event. He agrees it went prob the best he has ever seen one go and is ready to do it again next yr bigger and better. Hopefully can make or buy bigger bouys. Thxs for all the input guys. And yes for sun reasons might have to run west to east. Cliff thxs
Everyone has an opinion, and nearly all of the opinions seemed pretty well thought out and clear.
Here are my thoughts (from someone who almost had a boat there). I will start out with saying I think putting up prize money sounds like fun, but if that is done, I would be concerned someone would be thinking about the money aspect and winning rather than thinking there are uncertain water conditions ahead and keep running rather than lose.
I agree running three or more boats at the same time may not be in every ones best interest. There were very few times I saw that happen, but it would be better for it to not happen.
Part of the reason for running East to West was due to noise concerns. There are homes nearby to the West, and by running from East to West, the boat exhaust was aimed away from those homes when running hard. It probably did help.
I would think it would be a nightmare trying to formally set up certain boats to run against each other. The water conditions vary and even how many boats are out there to run changes. It appeared that it didn’t take too long before drivers figured out which boats were similar in performance or which they wanted to run against.
Some drivers are not comfortable running against others, but enjoy running the boat until they no longer felt comfortable with the water conditions or it was far enough. Speaking from experience, when your boat is set up to run well over the triple digit mark, 600 to 800 feet is all that I am going to run in most lake situations when other boats are on the water. At that point, I cannot see the water conditions far enough ahead to feel comfortable due to other boat wakes or water swells I can’t see. Around that point, the boat is covering a lot of territory pretty quick.
I helped several people put their boat in or take it out and never did have to wait very long. I know others that did, so it would appear timing had a lot to do with how crowded the boat ramp might be. There was also a fishing tournament going on which we have no control. When there are something like 60 boats for one event and only one ramp, there is no way around some people getting there at the same time. Everyone has the option of putting in at 6:00 AM if they don’t want to wait in line. It doesn’t really work that well for me though.
Some of the issues may change due to weather conditions, such as which way the boats run. If the wind is out of the West then we may need to run to the East. I don’t want to run into the wind, I have a boat and not an airplane and would like to keep it that way.
All in all I think most people seemed pretty pleased with most things. Would anyone care to guess what the chances are the weather will cooperate like it did this year?
Here are my thoughts (from someone who almost had a boat there). I will start out with saying I think putting up prize money sounds like fun, but if that is done, I would be concerned someone would be thinking about the money aspect and winning rather than thinking there are uncertain water conditions ahead and keep running rather than lose.
I agree running three or more boats at the same time may not be in every ones best interest. There were very few times I saw that happen, but it would be better for it to not happen.
Part of the reason for running East to West was due to noise concerns. There are homes nearby to the West, and by running from East to West, the boat exhaust was aimed away from those homes when running hard. It probably did help.
I would think it would be a nightmare trying to formally set up certain boats to run against each other. The water conditions vary and even how many boats are out there to run changes. It appeared that it didn’t take too long before drivers figured out which boats were similar in performance or which they wanted to run against.
Some drivers are not comfortable running against others, but enjoy running the boat until they no longer felt comfortable with the water conditions or it was far enough. Speaking from experience, when your boat is set up to run well over the triple digit mark, 600 to 800 feet is all that I am going to run in most lake situations when other boats are on the water. At that point, I cannot see the water conditions far enough ahead to feel comfortable due to other boat wakes or water swells I can’t see. Around that point, the boat is covering a lot of territory pretty quick.
I helped several people put their boat in or take it out and never did have to wait very long. I know others that did, so it would appear timing had a lot to do with how crowded the boat ramp might be. There was also a fishing tournament going on which we have no control. When there are something like 60 boats for one event and only one ramp, there is no way around some people getting there at the same time. Everyone has the option of putting in at 6:00 AM if they don’t want to wait in line. It doesn’t really work that well for me though.
Some of the issues may change due to weather conditions, such as which way the boats run. If the wind is out of the West then we may need to run to the East. I don’t want to run into the wind, I have a boat and not an airplane and would like to keep it that way.
All in all I think most people seemed pretty pleased with most things. Would anyone care to guess what the chances are the weather will cooperate like it did this year?
73 Sanger Flat
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Thanks Jim and Stacey for helping me launch my boat ,I did not think it was very bad at the ramp . We timed it pretty good I guess.
I would say to keep the money out of it and not to try to organize the boats into classes , It is suppose to be just a fun event for people to get out on the water an have fun . Money changes everything and I will not run for money . That what the SDBA is for ..
I would leave it like you did this year and have fun , just hope we have the same weather next year and maybe just a little more water so we can use their boat ramp , but not enough water to where we do not have that beach . The beach is what made this event go so smooth and we had lots of room to park and put the EZ ups and chairs on the beach , plus enough room to park the trucks and boats ..
I personaly had a blast out there hot lapping my boat . I wanted to make sure the rings were completely seated in the engine , I was having fun just playing out there . Lined up a couple of times with other boats just to have some fun , but I normally don't even do that .. I get nervous around other boats. Things happen fast out there and I do not want to be the one to take out another boat
The weather next year will be high 82 and low 60 , wind 6-9 mph out of the south .
See you next year at the same place .
I would say to keep the money out of it and not to try to organize the boats into classes , It is suppose to be just a fun event for people to get out on the water an have fun . Money changes everything and I will not run for money . That what the SDBA is for ..
I would leave it like you did this year and have fun , just hope we have the same weather next year and maybe just a little more water so we can use their boat ramp , but not enough water to where we do not have that beach . The beach is what made this event go so smooth and we had lots of room to park and put the EZ ups and chairs on the beach , plus enough room to park the trucks and boats ..
I personaly had a blast out there hot lapping my boat . I wanted to make sure the rings were completely seated in the engine , I was having fun just playing out there . Lined up a couple of times with other boats just to have some fun , but I normally don't even do that .. I get nervous around other boats. Things happen fast out there and I do not want to be the one to take out another boat
The weather next year will be high 82 and low 60 , wind 6-9 mph out of the south .
See you next year at the same place .
HammerDown
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I have just re-read most of this thread and I think you guys have missed the intended suggestion that I was trying to make.
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We will keep it as it was guys. Yes we were VERY BLESSED with the weather we were given. Like o said before we may move it to September so we have better odds for good weather again next year, only because if we would have had it any other weekend so far in October the weather wouldn't have been near as good.
Last Mohecian
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HammerDown said:
LOL. Run away train!!!!!
Kinda reminds me of that thing you did in Kindergarten. You know, "There is a big brown bug under the rug" That story was always all kinds of jacked at the end of the circle.