August 2011 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 19. LOBSTER BOAT RACING'S NEW RECORD 72.8 MPH
and under with outboards up to 30 hp, Opera- tor 16 years and younger) BABY BARON; Class B (Inboards, outboards or outdrives, 31 to 60 hp) Bradford Rice’s MISS SEYTON (50- hp Yamaha); Class C (Inboards, outboards or outdrives, 61 to 90 hp) Wesley Trundy’s WES EXPRESS (16-footer, 70-hp Yamaha); and Class D (Inboards, outboards or outdrives, 90 hp and over) DOUBLE TAKER. The most scariest race on the coast was next, Lady’s Skipper’s Race, which was won by MS. ROSE skippered by Ed Torosian’s daughter.
The slowest event was the Novi boat race won by Luke LeMoine’s FOXY LADY (Dixon 42, Dixon, 750-hp Scania) from Swan’s Island.
The best looking race of the day has to be Johns Bay Boat Co. Race, which was won by Vance Bunker’s SARI ANN.
Next up was the Gasoline Classes. The winners were: Class A no entrants; and Class B, FROSTY PUNKIN. In Class C Glenn Hol- land made a strategic error in this race as Randy Durkee let Glenn’s grandson, Gavin, run BLACK DIAMOND against LORNA R. LORNA R. was well in front, but then there was an issue and BLACK DIAMOND went on for the win. Class D, FOOLISH PLEASURE streaked up the course by herself and made a record breaking run with a speed of 72.8 mph.
In the Boatbuilder’s Exhibition Class the winner was DOUBLE TAKER.
In the Diesel Classes the winners were: Class A SLOWHAND; Class B Russell Bray’s HOME BREW (Russell Bray, 210 hp Cummins); Class C VENOM; Class D RIGHT STUFF; Class E, Sid Eaton’s KIMBERLY BELLE (AJ-28, 370-hp Volvo); Class F MS. ROSE; Class G SEACOCK; Class H FIRST TEAM; Class I LISA MARIE; Class J
JANICE ELAINE; Class K no entrants; Class L STARLIGHT EXPRESS; Class M SIZE MATTERS; and Class N WHISTLIN’ DIXIE. In the Gasoline Free for All it was LYNN MARIE running on just her inboard engine. In the Diesel Free for All it was STAR- LIGHT EXPRESS.
The Wooden Boat Race had six entrants, which was won by ABIGAIL & CARTER (Johns Bay Boat, 1,000-hp Caterpillar). Next was the Jimmy Stevens Cup – Fast- est Working Lobster was won by CYNTHIA LYNN (Northern Bay 38, 1,000-hp Caterpil- lar).
In the last race of the day, Stonington’s Fastest Lobstah Boat Afloat, FOOLISH PLEASURE came to the line hoping to break the record and win $1,000. She came up the course and when about 150 yards from the finish Alley gave her all she had, but she got squirrelly and fell just short with a speed of 69 mph.
It was a great weekend of racing. Now it is onto Friendship (23 July) and Harpswell the following day. “Extreme Fishing” from En- gland is scheduled to be at Harpswell to film this event. Yes, we have gone international and spread the word we want as many en- trants as we can for this event. We are still awaiting confirmation on the fuel for the diesel classes at Portland, but hopefully we will hear soon. Also Portland might be filmed by Discovery, who is producing a show on some of Maine’s more interesting lobster fishermen.
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Troy Alley completed this 31-footer just before the races at Moosebec Reach on 2 July and easily won his outboard class.
LYNN MARIE owned by Steve Johnson of Long Island running at nearly 50 mph at Searsport. She is powered with two outboards and a inboard engine.
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