RobertWurster
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Could you guys post some pics of sport 20 or 40 stands.I read you must have them for rscing but rarely see them and only on rigger stands thanx.
Rick ,more than anything the table guards eliminate another racer / pitman ect (someone in the hotpits) From backing into a prop on a running boat and if the tables are arranged properly- keeps the props away from the walk areas and the bow of the boat facing them. Do we all KNOW better than stick our finger in a prop ? yep - does it happen ? yeeep. I have seen more close calls that people NEVER realized how close they came to a spinning prop in the hot pits - guys launching/guys walking back with their boats talking about the last heat and somehow have never seen someone get - got. The guy that slipped and fell with a running Gas boat last year at the WN was the spookiest thing I have witnessed in regards props accidents. :blink:I have a question about "prop guards" What are they protecting against?
So you would suggest the rules require the racer to have a built in type guard on the stand he / she brings to the hot pits-The prop guard rules for both organizations are a JOKE. The prop guard has to be in the boat stand itself, so no matter where it's started it has a guard. OMHO................==={}
Andy, when I started racing in NAMBA in the NE, the rule said prop guard a must. My take was back and both sides, built my stands that way. Nothing fancy, just left over ply from the job site. I guess being in construction a spinning blade guard means different things to different people. Again OMHO...............==={}So you would suggest the rules require the racer to have a built in type guard on the stand he / she brings to the hot pits-The prop guard rules for both organizations are a JOKE. The prop guard has to be in the boat stand itself, so no matter where it's started it has a guard. OMHO................==={}
and said stand must be used ?
Not kicking shzt - just asking, its good discussion that could use a look IMHO .
In IMPBA I believe it's only suggested, take that for what it's worth.............==={}So is this rule for IMPBA also. I've never used one. But I can start.
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