POPRA Offshore Race in Huntington: Aug 14-15

[SCOPE]

Schedule of Events
Friday: August 13th
2 pm-4pm Race Registration & Inspection Peters Landing
Saturday: Aug. 14th
9 am-3pm Race Registration Peters Landing
9 am-3pm Inspections Peters Landing
9 am-6pm Wet Dry pits
(Open to public) Peters Landing
10am Make A Wish Offshore Rides Peters Landing
11am-3pm Insured Testing Designated Area Only
6 pm Drivers Meeting
MANDATORY
Offshore Pavilion
7pm Race Teams Dinner Pavilion Restaurant
Sunday: Aug. 15th
6 – 9am Set Racecourse
8am Dry Pits/Wet Pits Open Peters Landing
7:30 - 8:30 am Health Screens
MANDATORY
Offshore Pavilion
9 - 10 am Drivers Meeting
MANDATORY
Offshore Pavilion
9 - 10 am Patrol/Pilots/Safety Meeting Offshore Pavilion
11:15 am National Anthem
Call to START YOUR ENGINES
Peters Landing
11:30 am Race Fleet Departs Marina Milling area to Pace
12 pm START RACE
1:30 pm Race Officially Declared Over
1:30 - 3:30 pm Tech Inspections Peters Landing
4 pm AWARDS CEREMONY Offshore Pavilion
Huntington Beach Grand Prix 2004 Race
HOST HOTEL
Huntington Beach Hyatt
Special Rate for “Pacific Offshore” 714-698-1234
Optional Accomodations
Sea Port Marina Hotel 562-434-8451
Harbor Inn 714-846-1765
Econo Lodge 562-592-1993
777 Motor Inn 714-846-5561
Ocean View Motel 714-536-8962
Pacific View Motel 562-592-4959
Sunset Ramada 714-840-2431
Golden Sails Hotel 562-596-1631
Huntington Beach Hilton 714-960-7873
p.s. This is not a SCOPE event

[kevnmcd]

Anyone going to be out there watching this on Sunday? I will.....come on by if you see me out there. :D

[Toomstone]

specifically where and how far off shore will they be racing?

[kevnmcd]

Not quite sure exactly how far offshore...but I know it is close enough to shore to watch from the shore. If I am not mistaken it takes place right at Huntington pier area. I figure I will just cruise around out there till the course patrol says back up. ;)

[boatnam2]

best place to watch from the beach is sunset beach.usally a pretty good party on saturday at peters landing(huntington harbour)not really to many boats racing any more but still fun to watch.i use to watch the boats start up at 11.00 start to pull out run across pch to the bar on the corner slam a bloody mary or 2 and walk out onto the beach.

[Charley]

Is This event really happening?? last year it was cancelled I think..

[Flashwave]

Charley,
Yes, it's really happening. Come on down and join us. Green flag Sunday at 12:00. Saturday testing 11:00 to 3:00. Hang out, have a beer look over the boats. Better yet, put on a jacket and helmet and give racing a try.
Jim

[JustMVG]

Went down there today and was impressed with what i saw, but HarleyPuals where were you guys i hung out till 1pm, beautiful boat , good luck tomorrow
Mike VG

[Charley]

Charley,
Yes, it's really happening. Come on down and join us. Green flag Sunday at 12:00. Saturday testing 11:00 to 3:00. Hang out, have a beer look over the boats. Better yet, put on a jacket and helmet and give racing a try.
Jim
Ironically enough The wife, Baby and I went down saturday night and saw the charity dinner happening...so we shoveled out the dough and ended up sitting right behind you guys! Well the guy in the booth I thought was on the "flashwave" Team and his shirt said "driver"
small world!

[Flashwave]

Well Charley, I hope you and your family had a good time. I thought the food was very good. The gentleman you saw in the Flashwave Drivers shirt was Brett Seber. Brett is the President of Pacific Offshore. Brett stepped in to drive for me. He's an incredibly nice person. He's also fearless. Now I push the boat harder than most. Testing on Saturday we had the boat flying. Once we were about 10 ft high for 100 ft. When we landed he said, "is that all you got". Seems 80 mph in 3-4' nasty chop for 50 miles is just a cake walk for Brett.
Our spotters had us running faster during testing than our competitors. When the green flag went up today, our spotters werenÂ’t wrong. Unfortunately we hit a wave that took out the boats ignition, broke the onboard camera and ended our day. Congratulations go to Team Lavey and Team Velocity for finishing and placing 1st and 2nd.
There was a really good turnout of spectators. Seems everyone had a good time. We hope you enjoyed the show and look forward to seeing you again.
Jim

[kevnmcd]

There was a really good turnout of spectators. Seems everyone had a good time. We hope you enjoyed the show and look forward to seeing you again.
Jim
Jim - Had a blast watching this. It was amazing to see you guy screaming by. There were a lot of spectators. We kept having to move around to get a good view there were so many boats watching this thing. Sorry to hear about your ignition.
Question for you....it said above that the race was from 12-1:30, but everyone stopped at 1:00. Of course there were only two boats running at that point....Lavey and another. Do you stop running after a certain number of laps or time...which ever comes first?
Kevin "novice at watching offshore racing"

[boater72]

We had a great time also. The Laveys were getting some air! And there did seem to be more spectator boats than race boats. But we had a great seat out in the ocean in turn two. Then off to Long Beach for the other boat races. What a Sunday!!!

[Charley]

Family and I ended up on a boat called "white light" .... we had a great time!!! The laveys did look good I must admit but Renegade Stole the Show imho... :D

[Flashwave]

kevnmcd
The offshore races are setup for a fixed number of laps based on the class of boat running. Generally it takes about an hour to finish a race. The fast Supercats ran 15 laps, the Factory boats ran 13 and some of the P class boats ran 8. The reasons for the 12:00 to 1:30 time are:
1.) If a boat breaks they cannot take all day to fix it.
2.) The coast guard permit gives us total control of the water for a fixed period of time.
3.) We appreciate the volunteers who operate the patrol boats for us. Up front we let them know how long they will be on the water.
4. The safety personnel are contracted for a fixed amount of time.
Due to changes just before race time, the number of laps each class will run is only announced at the 9:00 am race day drivers meeting.
Were really glad you had a blast.
Jim

[Flashwave]

We have posted race photos of the Huntington Beach race.
Take a look and enjoy. (http://www.pacificoffshore.com/images/HB2004/hb2004.html)

[bgchuby]

I am trying to find the driver of the boat about 20 ft that towed the course markers back to the peter's landing. When he came up the channel of the race boats he hit the front of my boat and bent the anchor holder. boat is about 20ft and had a wakeboard tower on it. It was driven by a gentleman about 60 years old and had a coast guard auxilary life jacket on. I think that the boat was either blue or teal. I need to find out how to find him so that he can replace the bent anchor windlass on the front of my sea ray. I have spoken to cris ferguson but he can't seem to locate the proper person.