this made my day

[steveo]

i saw the miss gieco boat running today off of palm beach island i was doing some electrical work on the pent house of the breakers so i had a good view. there was 2 choppers following it and was a little rough so it was catching alot of air, there was a second miss geico boat about half hour later running alot slower, my brother in law said he heard they were doing some testing

[bustitup]

good grief man...no camera on your cell phone? you could have got the roar too

its in town because of the key west race very recently....she won too

[steveo]

i have been losing track of all those races i wanted to go to the keywest event, nope no camera on the phone, looks like i got to get one of them computer phones with the motion picture recorder

[bobkatz]

They were doing a speed run from miami to west palm, they went out and had to drop off the owner (Haggin) after it got to rough and hurt his back. They restarted in miami, ran 78 miles in 45 minutes 59 seconds. Not what they were hoping for time wise, so they plan on trying again in the summer.

They also had one of the guys from Deadliest catch onboard, and it should be on discovery channel some time in the future.

[bustitup]

I was working on the intercoastal water way in West Palm Beach and all of a sudden we heard this roar coming up the water way and i ran for my camera....the sound bouncing off the condos had to really pi$$ some old timers off....LOL

check the roost

let it load it will be worth it

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[Gerwin Brommer]

Was that the Geico ?? On I.C. engines ??
What happened to the turbines ?

[bustitup]

Was that the Geico ?? On I.C. engines ??
What happened to the turbines ?

no no no not the gieco...just a BOAT that made MY day working on the waterway one afternoon

[Gerwin Brommer]

AAAAAAAAh okay !

[boater76]

That's interesting I saw a Gieco commercial today with the Gieco catamaran in it. That thing is cool.

[calcagno45]

Man, I'm graduating on Sunday. Looks like I need to start looking for jobs in FL now...

Or I wonder if my current employer wouldn't mind me working entirely via email and network? hmm.... I dont need physical files

[obrien]

most of the guys on the geico team are pretty cool. The driver is a bit of a tool, but the rest are pretty good guys. I have some video somewhere of Geico coming buy on the start of the clearwater race running just over 200 mph.

[tharmer]

So are these Geico type boats faster than the H1's? Would they beat an H1 around the standard H1 race course?
-t

[obrien]

whats H1?

[tharmer]

The designation for Unlimited Hydroplane racing, like F1 is to cars.

[obrien]

Unlimiteds are considered U1 aren't they?

As far as your question, its going to depend on the water conditions and the course. No the Geico boat is not going to beat the U1 on its course, but a U1 won't touch Geico on its course either. I don't see any U1 staying together in the typical 3-5 foot seas the guys might see.