{"id":9430,"date":"2016-07-26T11:57:25","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T15:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/?p=9430"},"modified":"2016-07-26T12:16:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T16:16:00","slug":"off-course-the-vindication-of-the-wild-wild-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/off-course-the-vindication-of-the-wild-wild-west\/","title":{"rendered":"off course – The vindication of the Wild, Wild West"},"content":{"rendered":"

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First comes the smoke; then comes the speed. (Brian Robbins photo)<\/p><\/div>\n

LAMOINE, ME \u2013 Violence is not the answer.<\/p>\n

But there really isn\u2019t a better word to describe what happens when the twin turbos on the massive 12-cylinder Isotta Fraschini diesel tucked into the 28\u2019 Wild, Wild West spool up and all hell breaks loose: it\u2019s controlled<\/i> violence, but violence nonetheless.<\/p>\n

But even while the V12 Isotta is trying to rip the hull apart, it\u2019s obvious that 22-year-old Cameron Crawford is having no problem handling the 28-footer at 60 mph.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s sailing like a champ.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, up until recently, if you mentioned the Wild, Wild West to anyone who\u2019s familiar with Maine lobster boat racing history, their response probably would\u2019ve been, \u201cYou mean the boat that flipped over at Searsport years ago?\u201d<\/p>\n

And, yeah \u2013 they\u2019d be right.<\/p>\n

But even Joe Sargent, who finished the…<\/p>\n

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  LAMOINE, ME \u2013 Violence is not the answer. But there really isn\u2019t a better word to describe what happens when the twin turbos on the massive 12-cylinder Isotta Fraschini diesel tucked into the 28\u2019 Wild, Wild West spool up and all hell breaks loose: it\u2019s controlled violence, but violence nonetheless. But even while the … <\/p>\n

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