Page 20. MAINE COASTAL NEWS August 2015 Canadians Steal Show at Moosabec Lobster Boat Races
PAGE fourth. In the World’s Fastest Working Lobster Boat the winner was TURN THE PAGE, with FRAID KNOT second and BIGGER DIRLS third.
The last race of the day, World’s Fastest Recreational Lobster Boat, had just three entrants, DODGE IT, LITTLE GIRLS and WILD WILD WEST and it was all DODGE IT.
What a great day of racing and the Canadian racer really brought out a crowd. There are always those that want just work- ing boats, but it is all about the show and for that you need both working and pure race boats.
Kenton Fenney's BAD INFLUENCE and Steve Carver's BIGGER DIRLS at Moosabec. Continued from Page 19.
Class F (336 to 435 hp, 34 feet and over). MS ROSE jumped into the lead, but right on his stern was Winifred Alley’s VICTORIA ANN [Calvin Beal 34; 430-hp Cummins], but that is how they fi nished. There were no entrants in Class G (436 to 550 hp, 28 to 35 feet), but in Class H (436 to 550 hp, 36 feet and over) we had four on the line. Carl Gray’s TURN THE PAGE [Crowley 36; 450-hp Cummins] went on for the easy win. There was only one entrant, Chris Smith’s MISTY [Crowley Beal 33; 650 hp Scania] in Class I (551 to 700 hp, 28 to 35 feet) so he was given the win and ran down the course with the two boats (Wendall Bryant’s 16TH AVENUE [Holland 38, 660-hp Caterpillar] and Eric Beal’s JENNA MARIE [Northern Bay 36, 610-hp Cummins]) in Class J (551 to 700 hp, 36 feet over). MISTY won the race between all three, but the real battle was be- tween JENNA MARIE and 16TH
AVENUE,
which was won by JENNA MARIE. There were no entrants in Class K (701 to 900 hp, 28 feet and over), but two everyone wanted to see run was on the line for Class L (901 hp and over, 28 feet and over) Ed Shirley’s MISS KARLEE [Mitchell Cove 32, 1,000- hp Caterpillar] and Cameron Crawford’s WILD, WILD WEST. Right after the start WILD, WILD WEST took the lead and
expanded it to a two boat length lead at the fi nish line. In Diesel Class M(A) (40 feet and over, up to 500 hp) six boats came to the line and Milton Merchant’s MISS TONIA [Libby 41; 500-hp Cummins] jumped out to a two boat length lead and went on for the easy win. In Class M(B), (40 feet and over, 501 to 750 hp) another six boats came to the line and it was a battle of the Libby 41s with Travis Doughty’s CHELSEY ANN BRIELLA [Libby 41, 750-hp FPT] jumped into the lead and got the win. In the fi nal diesel race of the day, Class N (40 feet and over, 750 hp and over) another six boats were on the line. It was a close battle between Patrick Feeney’s FRAID KNOT [Calvin 46, 1150-hp C18 Caterpillar] and Scott Perry’s RELENTLESS [Duffy 42, 1,000-hp Cater- pillar] and at the fi nish it was RELENTLESS by a mere half a boat length.
Next up was the Gasoline Free-for-All and this would pit DODGE IT against LIT- TLE GIRLS. LITTLE GIRLS gave it her all, but she just did not have enough as DODGE IT screamed across the fi nish. The Diesel Free-for-All found MISS
KARLEE and WILD WILD WEST on the line with fi ve other racers. As they came up the course WILD WILD WEST was in the lead with MISS KARLEE back just a boat length and that is how they fi nished. Third went to JENNA MARIE with TURN THE
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The following day we headed to Bass Harbor and were greeted with another day of beautiful sunny skies. Last year they had 73 attendees and this year 57 signed up. Missing were a number of local racers and it was wondered if becoming a points race kept some of these boats on the hook. We went back to the usual three Work Boat Classes, beginning with Class A (Skiffs 16-feet and under with outboards up to 30 hp, Operator 18 years and younger), which did not have an entrant. Class B (Inboards, outboards, or outdrives 31-90 hp) has three boats on the line. Nick Lewis’ NO CENTS [Mitchell Cove 20; 90-hp Yamaha] jumped into the lead leaving Jason Charles Bulger’s CHARLIE’S PRIDE II [20’ Eastporter, 40-hp Suzuki] and Colyn Rich’s FULL THROTTLE [18’Novi Skiff; 40-hp Mer- cury] battling for second and at the fi nish line it was CHARLIE’S PRIDE II getting second. In the last Work Boat Class, Class C (Inboards, outboards or outdrives 90 hp and over), three boats were entered and it was Dillion Harper’s HOT DAMN TOO [Mitchell Cove 20, 150-hp Yamaha] instant- ly taking the lead for the win.
In the Gasoline Classes there were no entrants in Class A or E and with two entrants in Class B (WIDE OPEN and Erin Hanley’s ERIN’S WAY [General Marine 25; 350 Chevrolet]) and one in Class C (BLACK DIAMOND) they were run together with BLACK DIAMOND getting the win in her class. First over the line was WIDE OPEN, followed by BLACK DIAMOND and ER- IN’S WAY. There was only one entrant in Class D (LITTLE GIRLS) and she ran the course by herself.
Next up was the Diesel Classes and in
Class A there were three entrants. Last year Brandon Murphy and his BLACK THUN- DAH II [Repco 30; 210-hp Cummins] won this class and he was back to defend his title. This he did with ease. At the Bass Harbor races Class B has been dominated by David Schlaefer’s CAITLIN [Osmond 32; 225-hp John Deere] and today was no different as he led the other fi ve racers to the fi nish. In Class C it was Max Goodwin’s FLIRTIN’
WITH DISASTER [South Shore 30; 265-hp John Deere] showing the way to the fi nish. JUSTIN COLBY II [Mitchell Cove 35; 265-hp John Deere], owned by Robert Lee of Seal Cove, has been the boat to beat in Class D at the Bass Harbor races and right from the start he led the rest of the entrants to the fi nish. There was just three boats on the line for Class E and two of them (BIGGER DIRLS and MISS KATIE) had raced the day before with BIGGER DIRLS besting MISS KATIE. Also in the race was James Thur- low’s GAVIN ABBY [Osmond 27, 420-hp FPT]. MISS KATIE jumped into the lead and never looked back. BIGGER DIRLS was in a real close race with GAVIN ABBY and at the line GAVIN ABBY just edged her out for second. MS. ROSE was ready to fend off any challenge in Class F, but he got all he bargained for with LeBaron Libby, Jr.’s GRAMP’S LEGACY [Libby 34; 410-hp FTP] and in another extremely close fi nish the win went to MS. ROSE with GRAMP’S LEGACY back just a few feet. There was just one entrant (Travis Lunt’s STEPPIN’ UP [Mitchell Cove 35; 500-hp Volvo]) in Class G, so he joined the fi ve racers in Class H. TURN THE PAGE has been the boat to beat this season in Class H, and as soon as the fl ag dropped it was obvious he was going to keep his winning streak alive. In Class I just MISTY was signed up so she would race with Class J, which has been dominated by JENNA MARIE. MISTY won the race with JENNA MARIE second, but winning Class J. There was just one entrant in Class K (Jeff Eaton’s LA BELLA VITA [Northern Bay 38; 750-hp FPT]) so he ran down with the two entrants (MISS KARLEE and WILD WILD WEST) in Class L. At the start WILD WILD WEST put out a cloud of black smoke like a smoke-screen from a World War II destroyer. LA BELLA VITA won the race by two boat lengths and MISS KARLEE and WILD WILD WEST were bow to bow for second, and at the line it was WILD WILD WEST by a stem. Three boats came to the line for Class M(A) and it was another close fi nish with Nick Hadlock’s KATELYN NICOLE [Osmond 35; 265-hp John Deere] just getting by Lewis Bishop’s PROVIDER II [Young Brothers 40, 405 Cummins] for the win. In Class M(B) Billy Bob Faulking- ham’s 51 [Osmond 40, 610-hp Cummins] would be the odds-on favorite for the win. His real challenge would come from James Thurlow’s FAMILY TRADITION [Osmond 42, 750-hp C13 FPT], but she did not have enough for 51 as they came over about a boat length apart. For the fi nal Diesel Class, Class N, two boats were on the line and it was Jason Gordius’ MISS BEHAVIN’ AGAIN [Duffy 42, 800-hp Caterpillar] crossing fi rst with Carroll Staples’ AGE QUON AGIS [Dixon 45, 800-hp Caterpillar] second.
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