Up to date: Jun 03, 2024 07:28 PM
Steven Bridges and David Selley competing of their catamaran (File {photograph} equipped)
Steven Bridges and David Selley had been left to ponder what might need been after technical points ruined their debuts on the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri final weekend.
The native skilled powerboat racers had been thick within the hunt for a second podium end within the Tremendous Inventory class on the P1 Offshore occasion on Saturday earlier than encountering electrical issues with lower than two laps to go.
Nonetheless, regardless of the most important setback, throttle man Bridges and pilot Selley managed to soldier on of their 32-foot twin-engined catamaran and salvage a sixth-place end among the many thirteen-boat racing fleet.
“This was our first time racing in contemporary water/lake circumstances” Bridges instructed The Royal Gazette.
“The boat reacts otherwise in contemporary water so we did about an hour of testing on Friday to get a really feel for the way the boat reacts to the circumstances and that went effectively with no points.
“On Saturday we began in the course of the pack of a fleet of 13 boats with one boat dropping out in the beginning.
“We got here out of the primary turns in fifth however rapidly labored our option to working a stable third place for almost all of the race.
“Then with a lap and a half to go we misplaced energy on the port motor and struggled to take care of our pace and misplaced positions, being handed by just a few boats to finish up ending sixth.
“Total it was a superb weekend with the best way the boat ran, however we should be extra constant to get higher finishes.”
It proved to be a case of déjà vu for Bridges and Selley on the weekend after encountering comparable issues of their earlier outing at Thunder on Cocoa Seashore offshore races in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the place they completed fourth.
“It appears to be the identical concern we had within the Cocoa Seashore race that we thought was mounted, so we clearly have to look into it once more earlier than the following race, Bridges added.
The group of Chris Hopgood and Jay Muller claimed class honours on the Lake of the Ozarks occasion with fellow People Reese Langheim and Julian Maldonado and Aj Bogino and Peter Bogino taking second and third to spherical off the rostrum finishers.