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3MORE RACES DOWN, MOOSEBEC, SEARSPORT & STONINGTON
SEACOCK leading MISS ELIZABETH and MARY LOUISE 3 at Searsport.
MOLLY RYAN and DECADENCE battling it out at Stonington.
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Beal design, 632 ci Chevrolet). When the flag Deere) followed by Robert Alley’s IRENE
lar). Six boat were signed up in Class H, and
dropped they both roared up the course with RENE II (33-foot wooden boat built by Calvin
in a very tight race the winner was Ira Guptill’s
Deutz) and Doug Dodge’s BRENDA (26-foot FOOLISH PLEASURE leading with a speed Beal Jr., 225-hp John Deere) and Josh MYSTERY MACHINE (Northern Bay 38,
wooden built by Dodge in 2007, 305 ci of 62 mph, but right at the end he developed Kelley’s JOANNE LAVERNE (Holland 32, 410-hp Sisu) followed by Wayne Beal’s
Chevrolet) was the winner in the Wooden a problem and nearly lost. The initial thought 210 Cummins). Class C had two boats, but KENDRICK & CHANDLER (Wayne Beal 40,
Boat Race. was that he had lost a gear and that he might one, LITTLE UGLY (Osmond 27, 300-hp 500-hp Caterpillar) and Jeff Libby’s BREAK-
There were only five entrants in the four not be back. Caterpilalr) had suffered some serious dam- ING WIND (Libby 41, 420-hp Caterpillar). In
Gasoline Classes. Jeremy Chandler’s There were 34 entrants in the Diesel age in an accident the previous night, and another very tight race it was GRAMP’S
EMPTY POCKETS (28-foot wooden boat Classes There were no entrants in Class G, I, could not race giving the win to Eric BIRD (Osmond 40, 700-hp Iveco), owned by
built by Riley Beal in 1957, 250 ci Chevrolet), K and L, but only one entrant in Class A Blackwood’s SHANNA & ERICK (Osmond Patrick Faulkingham just bested Colon
was the only entrant in Class A. In Class B it Richard Alley’s FAMILY ALLIANCE 27, 300-hp). In race D the winner was Dana Alley’s AMANDA JOY & LOGI BEAR (593-
was BRENDA easily besting Luke Crowley’s (Webber’s Cove 26, 210-hp Cummins); Class Beal’s RIGHT STUFF (Libby 34, 300-hp Cat- hp Iveco). In a race of the heavy weights it
BLUE ANGEL (34-foot wooden boat built by E, Harris Norton’s FATHER’S FAVORITE erpillar), with second going to Troy was Keith Jordan’s BAILEY & BELLA
Clinton Beal in 1957, 350 ci Oldsmobile). The (North Shore 32, 350-hp Caterpillar); and Crowley’s ASHLEY NICOLE (Libby 34, 300- (Calvin Beal 44, 1,000-hp Caterpillar) just get-
final race was the one everybody was waiting Class J, Wendall Bryant’s 16
TH
AVENUE hp John Deere). Eight boats were entered in
ting by Fred Backman’s PROMETHEUS
for. Ellery Alley’s UNDER DOG (29-foot cus- (Holland 38, 660-hp Caterpillar). Class F, which was won by Dan Riley’s (Northumberland 46, 800-hp Scania).
tom by Libby’s Boat Shop, 548 ci Chevrolet) Six boats were listed for Class B, but the MARY ELIZABETH (Calvin Beal 34, 420-hp The only boat to sign up in the Gasoline
would be out for the first time this year and race favorite Ennis Wright’s ERIKA & KYLE Caterpillar). Second was Aaron Smith’s Free-for-All was BRENDA.
she was now sporting a blower. The question (Young Brothers 33, 210 Cummins) was a no WHY KNOT (Libby 34, 420-hp Caterpillar) Ten boats went to the line in the Diesel
was did he have enough power to beat Galen show. First over the line was Steve Carver’s and third went to Skipper Alley’s BRITT & Free-for-All, which was won by Wendall
Alley’s FOOLISH PLEASURE (30-foot Riley BIGGER DIRLS (Holland 32, 225-hp John MATT (Mitchell Cove 35, 420-hp Caterpil- Bryant’s 16
TH
AVENUE. Second went to
MYSTERY MACHINE and third was WHY
KNOT.
Normally to compete in the Fastest Lob-
ster Boat event you need to race in the free-
for-alls, however the Moosebec race organiz-
ers allowed FOOLISH PLEASURE and UN-
DER DOG to race just in the Fastest Lobster
Boat setting up a great race. UNDERDOG
added 2 mph to his speed and Ellery was
dressed like Underdog, but it still was not
enough to beat FOOLISH PLEASURE who
crossed the finish line with a speed of 63.3
mph.
Organizing a lobster boat racing event is
a very time consuming endeavour, and next
year it was announced that the Town of
Jonesport is going to get involved and assist
Blackwood in order to make the event much
bigger.
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SEARSPORT
11 July
Searsport has always had a problem at-
tracting a big number of racers, mostly due to
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the fact that they are not a fishing harbor.
Race organizers Keith and Travis Otis do
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everything possible to attract them with great
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prizes and good food, but this year just 28
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boats came to race despite a beautiful warm
and sunny day. When racing got started a
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sou’westerly was blowing about 20 knots
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causing a lot of chop on the course. Racers
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were warned to watch the conditions and run
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their boats accordingly.
r 1 S P U F D U F E ) B S C P S r 8 P P E ' J C F S H M B T T 3 F Q B J S There were six boats entered in the four
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brought down his KARLI MADISON and
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faced off against Gavin Holland’s BABY
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BARON (Holland 14, 30-hp Yamaha) in Class
A. This was Holland’s first race of the season
and he continued his winning ways of last
season with an easy victory. In Class B Ed-
ward Upham’s WHITE ROOK (16-footer, 25-
hp Johnson) bested Mark Hickson’s (16-foot
Carolina Skiff, 15-hp Honda). There was only
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one competitor in Class C, Nick Dakin’s
EASTERN (Eastern 22, 90-hp Evinrude) and
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