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Tom OConnor

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This weekend is the annual Boyne Thunder in Boyne City, Michigan. It is the congregation of the large, fastest, speed boats a person has ever seen in one spot anywhere. I don't understand it but many people do. I love looking at the tow vehicles and thinking how great they would be hauling tractors. Like a F650 Ford four door Super Cab with a pick up box on it. Most boats are inboards but I also saw several outboards, one with four, four hundred horse engines on it. A lot of million dollar toys here this weekend. They are scheduled for a poker run tomorrow. All I know about them is they go really fast and make a lot of noise. Anybody interested can come up and watch them this weekend.
 
Wish I could be there!

It's been a while since I've been into fast boats. Never owned one, never had the nerve to drive one, but did help build several outboards that would eventually get up around 100 MPH.

I have huge respect for anyone with the skill, courage, craziness it takes to drive one! I went for a "one time" ride in one, he told me we were running just under 100...

Absolutely the most terrifying thing I've ever done! We ran straight down a calm lake, no turns, no other boats to contend with, no wakes or waves. Everything was a mind numbing blur, every drop of water was painful! Impossible to focus on anything, let alone make split second decisions that mean success or failure or crash or...

I cannot imagine what it would be like in competition racing at speeds much faster than what we were going!
 
I wish I could make it, I love those things!
The water speed record was set back in '78 I think. 300+ MPH
Most people that have tried to break it since have died trying.

I rolled one of my little speed boats once and it was nothing like
those machines. Not so much into that kind of boating for myself
anymore. I'll stick to fishin' now. But I still like to watch them!
 
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