What is HORBA anyway ????

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Charlie - the Old Hennesy Grand Prix was from Point Pleasant to Long Island - (a light house cant remember the name - a senior moment) - then back to Brooklyn, then south to Point Pleasant - about 110 miles - 60 miles of open ocean - Ya Need a compass for this one - and in the afternoon during the summer, the swells are from the South East - No lake racing here !

Phil

 

[Top Banana]

Charlie - the Old Hennesy Grand Prix was from Point Pleasant to Long Island - (a light house cant remember the name - a senior moment) - then back to Brooklyn, then south to Point Pleasant - about 110 miles - 60 miles of open ocean - Ya Need a compass for this one - and in the afternoon during the summer, the swells are from the South East - No lake racing here !

Phil

Your right, I do remember now.

Got lost off the Long Island side one time in the fog and ran along the beach until we recognized something familiar and took off with a new heading from there.

That would be a fun time, but I think the old course was more than 110 miles.

 

[NNRT]

At one time, it would run up and down the beach a few times, then head out to Fire Island - then back to Brooklyn, then down to Point Pleasant - I won the production class prize in 1972 - in a 28 Bertram Baron - had only 100 gallons of fuel - and ran out of gas after crossing the finish line - My sponsor owned a gas station - I radioed him, told him to send out 10 gallons of gas - and I came in under my own power - I was not about to be towed in, after winning ! A First win for me at anything ! The race was just over 100 miles long - 60 miles to Fire Island, down the beach to Brooklyn, then back to Point !

Navigation was the key to that race- I can remember seeing people going East along Long Island, trying to find the check point - and others still went too far east and headed out to Montauk

Those were the days that raw speed meant nothing - a compas was needed !

Phil