Extreme Measures

A Little History

Extreme Measures is a 29 ft Formula III extreme originally built in 2001 with an inboard engine. The Original Extreme team got together in 2000 to start designing this Hull which was originally meant to compete in the "A" Class which is now the 80mph class.  This class, was at the time the most competative and growing class as far as size, mainly due to the strict rules that governed the equipment. 

"Extreme" was launched in time for the 2001 pre-Great Race shakedown regatta, and they went straight into the winners row by winning the first race they entered - a 1 mile sprint. They had fired the warning shot to their competitors. With this new hull, The Extreme went on to be crowned A-Class champions in the 2001 Great Race a couple weeks later. 

In the 2002 Offshore season, the competition was as fierce as ever. This brought out the some of the most aggressive racing ever. This aggression coupled with the fact that these boats in the A Class were well capable of doing beyond 90mph, meant that the envelope of safety was severely being pushed. This fact was brought home in stark reality when the team were involved in a near disastrous incident just prior to the 2002 Great Race. On final lap of a circuit event in rougher than usual seas in the Gulf of Paria, the boat took off skyward after hitting a steep ocean swell. The re-entry was what every Offshore racer fears - a stuff straight into an oncoming wave. The boat became submerged for more than a few seconds. When it finally resurfaced, it was only the integrity of the hull that protected the team from serious injury.

Not willing to take such a risk again, the boat was repaired and outfitted with a canopy and remodelled as a two-seater.  After another incident with the boat flipping and rolling, the crew reduced the speed of the boat by taking out the inboard engines and putting two 225 Mercury Outboards. Even with this reduction in speed, the hull was still capable of hitting well over 80mph.

In the 2007 racing season, the boys in Extreme again took another serious hit when the boat took a wave and upon re-entering the water, flipped and rolled. The impact was so hard, the canopy glass cracked letting water into the cockpit and almost taking the lives of the crew. This boat having undergone a variety of configurations has finally started over with Extreme Measures, with a new look and a new crew.

This boat would now be configured without the canopy and with one Johnson 250HP V6 Outboard Engine which puts this boat in the 55mph Class.This hull was purchased by the new owners in an attempt to enter the 55mph class and dominate this class. This boat was stripped and, starting from scratch, was outfitted with one 250hp Johnson Outboard and made its debut under its new owners at the biggest event of the racing season - The Great Race 2007. With just about 2 weeks to re-rig the entire boat, Team Extreme Measures started its long run to establish itself in the Trinidad and Tobago powerboat racing arena once again.