Official Documents

Here we are approaching NY Harbor. I am driving at this point. If you look close you can see the dolphins playing in our wake.

Here we are with the Statue of Liberty. We did a victory lap at the Statue. We found out you can't do that. Three nice Port Authority Officers showed up in a Police Cruiser and wrote us a $75.00 ticket, about 20 - 30 minutes after we got there. It was nice of them to provide the government documentation of our arrival for the World Record Certification. I believe her name was Officer Teeple, who gave us the welcome home paperwork. In Bermuda people asked us to sign a copy of the newspaper with our pictures on it. In NY Harbor, we got to sign a summons. See how much we are alike.

See below for additional information also you can

click below for media links, The Royal Gazette, and The St. Pete Times, we will add the Tampa Tribune later. There is also a link to a phone interview with Fish Boat Magzine at this site.

http://medialinksubc.blogspot.com/

New World Record Gets Recognized

The WORLD RECORD ACADEMY contacted us Saturday, June 2, 2007. The WORLD RECORD ACADEMY has recognized our trip as the LONGEST UNESCORTED OCEANIC CROSSING IN A FLATS BOAT.

For more information on this event click on the below link:

http://www.worldrecordsacademy.org/business/longest_unescorted_oceanic_crossing_in_flats_boat_70139.htm


Fox 13 News

http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=D1C0FD2F2DAC6F90803AA786EBC6C8A2?contentId=3374770&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1

The ticket gets paid

The unbelievable kindness of the people from Bermuda has not stopped. Peter Michelson, a Bermudian living in New York, contacted us and paid the ticket. Check out this article.

http://www.theroyalgazette.com/siftology.royalgazette/Article/article.jsp?articleId=7d75f3330030018&sectionId=60

Ultimate Bermuda Challenge : Why?

Why did we go to Bermuda?

It was supposed to be about the boat.

It turned into about the two nuts who had the guts to do it.

The purpose of the trip was to show that our 21 Ft. Intruder could handle 6 - 8 Ft. waves. Lots of boats can handle 6 - 8 Ft. waves but can they also run in less than six inches, not beat in a chop, and still be reasonably dry. I told a lot of people it could run in 6 ft seas, most did not believe me. I guess one too many laughed at what I said. So I decided to make a statement.

I could not think of anything better than a trip to Bermuda, then on to New York Harbor. It was never about the record, until I learned it would probably be a record. You can thank Bob Hite, NBC Channel 8 Anchor for that, as he was the first to point it out.

The trip had to be unescorted to show that we did trust in the seaworthiness of the boat, and of course God smiling on us, not a larger boat following us.

The above pictures are of two 18's. The yellow 18 belongs to Eric Marshall a professional guide with 5 people on one side, very stable. The white 18 belongs to Mike Embach, here he is shark fishing five miles off of Crystal River, Florida.

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Ultimate Bermuda Challenge Official Documents in N.Y. Harbor

Here we are approaching NY Harbor. I am driving at this point. If you look close you can see the dolphins playing in our wake.

Here we are with the Statue of Liberty. We did a victory lap at the Statue. We found out you can't do that. Three nice Port Authority Officers showed up in a Police Cruiser and wrote us a $75.00 ticket, about 20 - 30 minutes after we got there. It was nice of them to provide the government documentation of our arrival for the World Record Certification. I believe her name was Officer Teeple, who gave us the welcome home paperwork. In Bermuda people asked us to sign a copy of the newspaper with our pictures on it. In NY Harbor, we got to sign a summons. See how much we are alike.

See below for additional information also you can

click below for media links, The Royal Gazette, and The St. Pete Times, we will add the Tampa Tribune later. There is also a link to a phone interview with Fish Boat Magzine at this site.

http://medialinksubc.blogspot.com/

Ultimate Bermuda Challenge Pix 6

These are Friday morning about 180 miles from NY city. It is calm, an we could average about 25 mph at 4000 rpm. These are a bunch of dolphins that are about to come play in our wake.

From the number of pictures I took to the motor, you can tell I was impressed with that Suzuki 115 four stroke.

Ultimate Bermuda Challenge Pix 5

Let me encourage you to go all the way to the bottom and pick up the older blogs.

Miscelleanour pixs. The Work horse...... Bob, Bob, and Bob. Look at the beautiful sunrise Friday morning. It was cold, cold, and glassy, but Beautiful.