JT ran her down the track fairly conservatively while getting to know her again, and put up 194 mph! The boat was pulled out and gone over in preparation for an afternoon pass. They decided the setup was good and just to run her a little harder on the next pass. JT consummated the relationship, and with a little more slap on the ass pulled out 197 mph. Other then it being hot and humid (which robs Horsepower) the water was flat and the conditions were perfect. There was little doubt 200 mph would be attainable on the next pass with no setup changes.\r\nVern always being one to err on the side of \"winning\" called a Team meeting Saturday night. The group gathered Saturday night and it was decided that because of the Heat and Humidity they were going to up the boost a little bit so that if JT decided the conditions were right and he wanted more, there would be a little more left in the reserve. Carson gave it the blessing, and the Pulley\'s and mapping where changed during the night to put up the big number the following day. \r\nThey say a picture is worth a thousand words. I\'m not going to quite use that many words to describe what is going on in the above picture, but if you take your eyes off the boat and look at the water conditions it will give you a real good idea of what was going on that day. There were gusts of wind coming across the track, and were exceptionally strong. Vern was watching the flags, and they would go from sitting dead, to straight out on the pole, and then dead again in seconds. You can see in this pic where the water is undisturbed and where the wind has disturbed the water behind the Skater. Understand at approximately 200 mph the boat is covering just shy of 300\' per second (293).\r\nJT on his final pass was running the boat for all it was worth, when he caught one of those gusts of wind. \r\n\r\n