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| Here is our
Airplane as we are getting ready to depart Ft Lauderdale. |
Don, Brian and
Donnie (me) messing around on the airplane. |
Here is our work
room.. |
Enough boats layin'
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| Here is Jeff
Vasquez's son Matt showing us his Battle Bots T-Shirt. |
Thanks to Jeff for
hosting lunch for us the day before the race!! |
We all had to take
a peek at Jeff's pet Turtle. |
Jeff had a great
display of his old boats mounted on his wall. Shown in an
outboard motor with Astro power. |
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| We even got to see
Jeff's battle bots. This is Deb-Bot. She's a little
beatup at the moment. But he'll get her fixed up soon!
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Our new friend Ben
posing next to a sign in Malibu beach! |
Brian decided to
take a stroll and check out the beach. |
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Early morning
setup. |
Good morning Pat!! |
Drivers Meeting. |
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| Miha Holc's
riggers. |
Here is Dennis
setting up. |
Donnie (me) with
tools and stuff spread all over the table... |
Herman and Phillip
from Germany. |
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| Brian and Donnie
working on a rigger. |
Brian's new SAW Rum
Runner Riggers. |
Miha and Janez Holc |
Is it my turn yet?? |
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| A picture of
Dennis's day one fleet. |
Here are Jörg and
Arnie's boats. |
Pat Mcdonald
working on his 4 cell rigger. |
Here is Roman's
Miss ILE |
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| Tim and his "WOOD"
riggers! |
Pete B. thinking up
what to play with first! |
Sigge's version of
hte Miss ILE. |
Here is the Lehner
8 cell rigger. |
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| Donnie's mono's. |
Herman and Phillip
working on their 32 cell rigger. |
Brian Vega with his
fleet. |
Here is Denni's OPC
Tunnel boat. |
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| Dennis's mini N2
Offshore boat with a OZone eco to the side. |
Here is a shot of
Dennis's 32 cell boat's setup before the wreck. |
Dennis's Q-Offshore
setup. |
Miha working on a
cooler for his motors. |
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| Brian rigging his
N1 Mono |
Roman and Arnie
discussing rigger design. |
Sigge working on
his boat. |
Brian preparing to
run his 12 cell Rum Runner Rigger. |
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| Randy Naylor's
boats. |
A running hardware
shot. I think this is from Miha's boat. |
Dennis taping up
his OPC Tunnel |
Dennis's N2
Offshore record holder. |
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| Roman holding the
Miss ILE |
Mark searching for
Dennis's 32 cell rigger |
Boat found...
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Do I still have a
prop?? |
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| "I got some work to
do tonight!!" |
Time to start
drying.... |
Brian working on
his Slo-Mo-Shun. |
Miha whittling on a
prop. |
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| Ben tuning up
Sigge's boat. |
Greg Schweers and
Jörg |
Miha whittling
again... he's good with them props!!! |
Janez (Miha's
father) |
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| Mark brought this
custom made motor from Aveox. |
It was quite
impressive, but had a broken wire and could not fire up. |
After the first day
of racing we went on a hunt for some food. Dad, Brian and
myself ended up passing this Chinese restaurant. Needless to
say.. We did not eat there!! haha |
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