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Powerboat Race Around the World

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         22  US  Veterans  Commit  Suicide  Every  Day.

Ralph Brown, a prior service US Marine, and his brother Bob,  are the current World Record Holders for the Smallest Powerboat to Cross The Atlantic Ocean, unassisted and unescorted.  They actually have a total of four world records in boating.  We tell you this so you will believe, they are really going to do this.  They both grew up in Cocoa Beach, Florida watching the rockets and eventully the Space Shuttle launches.



Ralph is raising $350,000  to build the boat to beat the pants off of a $15,000,000 French boat in a world circumnavigation event.  He also needs an additional $650,000 for operational budget for a total of $1 Million dollars.  

There is also a Briish team getting ready to go after the same record.  We have challenged the British Team  to make a race out of it.

This will make the world a better place because it will create a competition between the world's leading hydrodynamic technology experts to make ships and boats more fuel efficient and promote sustainable technologies. Competition often brings out the best ideas.



We have already invested about $750,000 in this project includding the value of the donations.  ***Much of the boat is already built.

All the fiberglass has already been donated by SearTex USA.
All the resin has already been donated by Gurit USA
All the core materials have already been donated by Gurit USA.
All the paint is to be donated by InterLux. 
All the actuators have already been donated by Lenco. 


From: Ralph

We started building the racer with our funds and funds from a good friend Richard G.  We went ahead and started the build so that people would believe us.   In the process, we were promised a large investment from an Oklahoma basesd oil trader.  He lost his shirt in some deal and was not able to keep his promise.

I am turning to the public for the funds necessary to make this happen.  I have already mortgaged my house and everything I have.   I have hundreds  actually thousands of hours of work in this project.

This idea came about in the process of developing hydrodynamic technology necessary to make a boat run through super shallow water and to remain  safe on the high seas, two ideas that are generally mutually exclusive.  We literally started in my back yard with my brother-in-law helping me in canvas tents. 

We have a small shop in Hudson, Florida on about two acres of land, used by Dream Boats Global.  Dream Boats Global is my company. Hudson is located just north of the Tampa / Clearwater area.   We have all the tools necessary.  We have all of our molds already buit. Dream Boats Global will finish the building of the racer at a super discounted rate. 

We are  going up against the record set by a 15 million dollar French boat built with the most expensive materials and the greatest experts on the planet. Showing them that good old  fashioned Americian Back Yard Technology and a fraction of the cost can beat the pants off them.  

The powerboat record for going around the planet is 61 days set by a New Zealand team in a $3 millon dollar boat.  The sail boat record is 45 days in the French $15 millon dollar boat.

We plan to beat both of them  and the British team.... with a  boat built at a fraction of the cost.   Not just beat them.... but beat the pants off them.

We will use the publicity from the event to help kick off Project Gratitude.  Projet Gratitude's job will be to find and or create jobs for  Veterans, the best way to prevent suicide.  These vets need a job and a purpose in life.  The last thing these guys need is a disability check to sit at home and remember what went wrong in a war.  War sucks, and it is always full of terrible things...but sometimes someone has to do it.  Lets not abandon these men and women.

We are in talks with a movie company from Europe, they want to make a movie out of it.

$5 gets you your name on the website and boat ledger with a great big thank you. 
$20 gets a T- shirt mailed in the USA  $25/world wide
$25 gets a T-Shirt and a hat in the USA / $35 WW.
$50 gets a T-Shirt,  a hat, and honoralbe mention.
$250 gets all of the above and name in movie credits
$1,000 gets a ride in boat for you and a friend
$10,000 gets a week end get away on the racer with up to seven guests.
$50,000 gets a private  week long voyage on the racer with up to seven guests.
$250,000 gets to be a part of record breaking team 
$1,000,000 we name the Team USA Racer after you and you get all ove the above. In addition,  if we pick up a full sponsor, you get to keep your name on the Racer in Gigantic Letters.  It will go down in world history, includding the World Record Books.... as the......Your Name Here........  You will also get exclusive private use of the racer, with all your firends,  for one month per year, over and over again, with a Captain who will let you drive all you want out at sea.

For the time being we are calling Team USA the Oceans Quest Racer.

Ralph

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Ralph Brown
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Hudson, FL
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