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Roar Offshore makes splashy return

Fired-up engines make waves on fort myers beach, by nathan mayberg - editor | oct 14, 2021.

With crowds lined up along northern Fort Myers Beach, the powerboats of Roar Offshore National Championship were enthusiastically welcomed back to town with a parade, street festival and ultimately racing itself.

Even the shorebirds lined up along the beach to see what the commotion was about as the sounds of the loud engines blasting away on the Gulf of Mexico Saturday.

If an award was given before the racing for most impressive boat, it would certainly have gone to the catamaran of team M-CON, which captured the Super Cat divisional championship for the Kansas-based team with its performance Saturday following an early afternoon downpour which briefly delayed the racing.

Dressed in pink, the crew and team paid tribute to team owner Tyler Miller’s late sister Jaimie, whose name is featured prominently on the boat. She died in December after a bout with breast cancer.

“We’re racing in memory of her,” Miller said. “We’re trying to keep her alive through offshore racing.”

Matt Tillman, who was part of the large M-CON team attending the races, brought his two children to the competition. He said the group was a “bunch of friends that all like boating and racing and we all help out.”

Miller, who owns an underground utility company, said “it takes a big crew to get it all together.” The new boat the team is racing this year cost more than $1 million to build along with pricey upkeep. The crew carries a spare engine with them to the races.

“There is a lot of logistics. It takes six to eight people to keep this running,” Miller said. “We’re blessed to have a great group of people with us.”

Miller was last in Fort Myers Beach for the races in 2019. He said he enjoys the “fans and the crowd” on Fort Myers Beach. “It’s a beautiful town.”

Tim Hill, who helped bring back the Roar Offshore power races with his wife Cyndee to Fort Myers Beach in 2019, and again this year, said the championship racing was just as well attended as last time.

“We picked up right where we left off in 2019,” Mr. Hill said. Hill said the turnout was the largest of any race site for the year in the Roar Offshore competition. “The attendance was just as good or better (than 2019),” he said.

Brian Guy, the driver of Team Jackhammer’s Class 7 boat, brought his daughter Kora to the races with him. Guy’s team second in Class 7 and third in the super stock division Saturday of the Roar Offshore National Championship on Fort Myers Beach.

Guy said the conditions on the Gulf of Mexico were “a little sporty” due to the waves from the oncoming rainstorm. Guy said the last turn was particularly tight, leading some boats to roll over. “A lot of (drivers) took it harder than they should have,” he said.

A native of Palmetto who runs an irrigation and landscaping company, Guy said he just started racing three months ago. “I grew up around boats my whole life,” he said.

Grant Greytok, co-owner and driver of the GNS powerboat, finished second in Class 4 Saturday. The Texas-based team brought a large contingent with them to Fort Myers Beach, including crew chief and throttle man Bill Reeves who has been partnering with Greytok on powerboats since the 1990’s.

“To me, it’s the biggest thrill in the world,” Greytok said before the awards ceremony outside the Lani Kai Island Resort.

He and Reeves bought their current boat in 2019 and rebuilt it. “Every race has gotten better and better,” Greytok said. Greytok said his boat got into a tight spot on the first turn Saturday while in between powerboats. “We got hosed down,” he said. Greytok estimated 200 gallons of water landed on his deck off the turn. “I thought I was going to down,” he said. He and Reeves recovered, though their intercom and GPS went out from the water deluge.

Greytok, who is a senior construction project manager, said it’s expensive to race. “It’s a lot of money and a lot of time. I’m extremely lucky.” Eddie Jacobs, who has helped support the team with transporting the boat and working on repairs, said Greytok “has a lot of good friends” to help. “I know enough about engines to be dangerous,” Jacobs said.

Greytok said the powerboat racing community is like “one family. They will give you the shirt off their back. They will you give you anything in their pits to help you.”

Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce President Jacki Liszak said the championship was a big deal “after what we’ve had to go through over the last year and a half. It’s been kind of a crazy year.”

The festival of racing was the biggest event on Fort Myers Beach since the pandemic hit last year and canceled a host of parades and festivals.

“It’s super phenomenal to welcome it back again,” Liszak said. “It’s great to see everybody out and enjoying each other.”

As for the organizers of the event, they have their eyes set on next year already. “We look forward to doing this next year, and the next year and the next 20 years,” Mr. Hill said.

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Inaugural Roar Offshore brings powerboats to Fort Myers Beach

Do you like big boats and cannot lie?

Then the Inaugural OPA National Championship at Fort Myers Beach in mid-October may just be the wind in your sails.

The Roar Offshore multi-day event will feature powerboat racing , a parade, a race village and live entertainment. The championship is the culmination of five preliminary races and will feature several different race classes broken down by speed, size and engines. It runs Oct. 10-12 and is free to attend.

The races are being organized by Tim and Cindy Hill and Mike Shepard. Tim and his wife Cindy operate the nonprofit Ft. Myers Offshore .

“I’ve been an avid powerboat race fan for probably 15-20 years,” Tim Hill said. “I attended races across the country, and to have the opportunity to bring these teams to our hometown — and to the beach at a time that is typically slow — and bring an economic impact means a lot.”

The Hills said they are expecting between 50,000 – 60,000 people throughout the three-day event.

When Sarasota hosted its 36th annual powerboat racing event, the city generated $29.6 million after its multi-day event that hosted 20,000 people,Tim Hill said.

October is a slower time for the island, said Fort Myers Beach Mayor Anita Cereceda.

“It’s huge,” she said. “It’s a weekend of excitement; everyone likes things that go fast.”

Cereceda said she’s looking forward to welcoming people who have not visited the island before.

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Jackie Liszak, president and CEO of the Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce, said this is the first year since 2006 that an event like this has been on the island.

“It’s a huge boost for business in what is typically a slow time of year,” she said. “(It will bring) thousands of folks to beach and introduce our community to a wider audience. It’s awesome for us.”

Events kick off Thursday, Oct. 10, with a 10 a.m. ribbon cutting ceremony at Salty Sam’s Marina where the Race Village will house the racing boats.

“I think everybody is very excited about it,” said Salty Sam’s marketing director David Kasten. “It’s a great time of year and the town could certainly use a boost. There’s a lot of excitement out there and it should be a very positive thing for the community.”

The Race Boat Parade will begin at 5:45 p.m. Oct. 10 followed by revelry throughout the night in the Entertainment District of the town.

On Friday, attendees can head to the Race Village at Salty Sam’s to meet the racers and check out all the boats. Live entertainment continues throughout the day and evening.

Races begin at 11 a.m. Saturday. Class 1 – 7 races kick off the competition, with Superstock, Super Vee Extreme, Prostock V races starting at 12:30.

Supercat, Class One and Vee Extreme races close out the powerboat events and an award ceremony is planned at 6:30 p.m.

Due to the large amount of traffic expected during the event, Tim Hill and planners have coordinated off-island shuttle services to bring people to the event.

“The biggest thing with anyone coming down is encouraging them to take mass transit,” Liszak said. “We do not recommend driving cars onto the island.”

There will be remote parking at Hammond Stadium at 14100 Ben C. Pratt Six Mile Cypress Parkway in Fort Myers, and the old Big Lots parking lot at 15600 San Carlos Blvd. with shuttles ferrying attendees from both lots, Tim Hill said.

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Cindy Hill has prepared informational brochures that will be available at booths at the event. The sheets will outline the Do's and Don’ts of the beach and covers everything from sea turtles to littering.

Sea turtle nesting runs through October, but David Godfrey, executive director of the Sea Turtle Conservancy said October is a good month to hold a beach event.

“When it does come to nesting season, any adult turtles that have traveled here to nest are largely gone by October,” he said.

Eve Haverfield, founder and director of the nonprofit conservation group Turtle Time, said the Coast Guard will have helicopters flying above the water to spot for any sea turtles or manatees that may be in danger of being struck by the powerboats.

"Turtles are air-breathing reptiles and have to come to the surface," she said. "They are not quick enough to get out of the way (if a boat approaches)."

Haverfield said any turtle nests found on the beach prior to the event will be clearly marked and asks any attendees to keep a respectful distance from the cordoned area.

The Roar Offshore event planners had to go through a series of permits with both the town and the county. Tim Hill said they have received all of the signatures from the sign-off agencies, which include the fire department, the sheriff’s department and other local agencies. They are waiting for the town’s permit to be completed at a meeting at the end of September.

Tim Hill said coordinating this event has been a learning curve for all involved but hopes to continue the event every year.

“We want to make it perhaps two days of racing,” he said. “We want to make the race village larger and have it more of a festival with live music and maybe car shows. You know, down the road we may add an air show, too.”

Karl Schneider is an environment reporter at Naples Daily News. Follow him on Twitter: @karlstartswithk

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Visit Fort Myers Beach for the Offshore Powerboat Racing Event

The Roar Offshore powerboat racing event always make a big splash on Fort Myers Beach It was a popular race series in the mid-2000s and is bigger and better than ever.

Enjoy the beautiful town of Fort Myers Beach and watch powerboats whoosh by you at a cool 180 mph. There are events and parties celebrating the offshore powerboat races. See the boats up close, meet like-minded boat lovers and enjoy a true Southwest Florida vacation by the water.  

A winner is crowned at the end of the national championship race. There are typically more than 60 racing teams.

Spectators will be able to catch a glimpse of the national race from anywhere along Fort Myers Beach, from mid-island to the pier. 

Along with the Offshore Powerboat Association Nationals, the RoarOffshore Racing event on Fort Myers Beach is the last of the six-race American Power Boat Association (APBA) Offshore Championship Series. 

The Roar Offshore Powerboat Race wouldn’t have been possible without Mike Shepherd, Tim Hill and his wife, Cyndee.  

Where Can I Watch the Fort Myers Beach Offshore Powerboat Racing Event?

• According to speedonthewater.com , the race is broadcast live on the Powerboat P1 Facebook page . 
• Local ABC and NBC affiliates will also show the race’s live stream broadcasts on their websites.

Offshore Powerboat Racing Schedule

The organizers of the offshore powerboat racing event have been promoting it since last year. There are also a number of events you and your loved ones can enjoy a few days before the race starts on Oct. 10. Arrive a few days early and there will be plenty for you and your loved ones to do.

Top Race Events Include:

• Enjoying the Race Week Full Throttle Kick Off Social Mixer. There is live entertainment, race boats on display, and a tasting experience by Chef Pablo.
• Salty Sam’s Race Village offers vendor exhibits and dry pits  that are open to the public
• A Roar Offshore Race Boat Parade on Fort Myers Beach
• A Roar Offshore street party in Fort Myers Beach’s entertainment district. Boats are parked on the streets from Times Square to Nervous Nellie’s and Matanzas Inn.
• A Roar Offshore Festival of Speed at Salty Sam’s Race Village. There will be a race team meet and greet in the pits, vendor exhibits, live entertainment on the Salty Sam’s Race Village stage, and car and motorcycle displays.
• The Roar Offshore APBA National Championship 

What Does the Offshore Powerboat Racing Event Mean for SWFL?

The race’s organizers estimate that the race will bring up to 70,000 spectators to Fort Myers Beach. Not to mention adding upwards of $6 million back into the local economy.

Stay in a Royal Shell Vacation Rental on Fort Myers Beach

If you’re visiting Southwest Florida for the Roar Offshore Powerboat Races, there is no better place to stay than in Fort Myers Beach vacation rentals. You won’t be far from the action and all of the celebrations leading up to to the race, and you may even be able to catch a view of the race from your vacation rental.

When you’re not watching the race or attending an award ceremony, don’t be shy — check out the water. Try a Southwest Florida boat rental from Port Sanibel Marina, or a shelling and lunch excursion to Cayo Costa. The weather is beautiful in October. Take advantage of it when you’re not enjoying the race and let us know what adventures you find. If you need help planning a memorable vacation, our Vacation Planning Advisors are happy to help! Contact us and book a vacation today.

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Inaugural Roar Offshore Fun Run Coming In October

Recognizing pent-up demand for organized go-fast boating action in their area, particularly in light of the cancelled second-year Roar Offshore Fort Myers Beach powerboat race, organizers in the Southwest Florida city are launching a new event. Set for October 9-10—the dates originally reserved for the races—the Roar Offshore Fun will open registration early next week.

With primary backing from Nor-Tech Hi-Performance Boats , the inaugural Roar Offshore Fun Run off Fort Myers Beach is set for early October. Photo by Pete Boden copyright Shoot 2 Thrill Pix .

Lead organizer Tim Hill officially announced the event this morning. Fort Myers-based Nor-Tech Hi-Performance Boat has stepped up as the title sponsor. Nor-Tech will publicly showcase its new 460 Flyer for the first time during the event.

“We are going to open registration and publish details on the Roar Offshore Fort Myers Beach website in a few days,” said Hill. “Our fun run will follow true a poker-run format with organized stops.”

The event will be open to high-performance powerboats of all kinds, including raceboats. To that end, Hill said he will arrange storage for any offshore racing teams that want to leave their boats in Fort Myers Beach in advance of the Offshore Powerboat Association World Championships, which are schedule for November 19-22 in Englewood Beach, Fla.

Speedonthewater.com chief photographer Pete Boden will be on scene, via helicopter, to capture all the action.

Current additional sponsors include Hi-Def Printing, the Westin Cape Coral Resort and Creative Web Builders. Said Hill, “Our benefitting charity will be the Fort Myers Beach Lions Club.”

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The FMO board of directors is proud to announce the 2023/2024 event schedule. This will be the 17th season for FMO. We look forward to seeing you this winter. Thank you to all the board members for all the work done throughout the year.

While most FMO events are free of charge to paid-up club members, we will also continue our tradition of having two designated fundraising events in support of the clubs student scholarship fund. In addition, we will have our usual 50/50 draws and clothing sales in support of our designated charity.

Thank you, Tim & Cyndee Hill, Eric Belisle, Amanda Gardner, Bill Forenski, Nick Amelio, and Troy Schirk

• All events start from the south side of the Sanibel bridge at 11:00 AM.
• All events are completed at the lunch stop and boats are free to leave on their own accord after lunch.
• Roll call and details of each fun run event will be sent out to the membership by email approximately 10 days prior to the event date. Details will also be posted on FMO’s Facebook page and on an event thread in our forum on OSO.

2023 / 2024 EVENT SCHEDULE

Date: Oct. 21, 2023

Event #1 – Miller’s Dockside at Boca Grande

Date: Nov. 25, 2023

Event #2 – Turkey Run to Village Brew House

Date: Dec. 30, 2023

Event #3 – FMO Brian Connelly Memorial Run Presented by Nor-Tech

Date: Jan. 20, 2024

Event #4 – Lunch Run to Riviera Bar & Grill Punta Gorda

Date: Feb. 10, 2024

Event #5 – Hyatt House Naples Run

Date: Mar. 9, 2024

Event #6 – Burnt Store Marina- Cass Cay Restaurant

Date: Apr. 13, 2024

Event #7 – Cayo Costa Beach Raft Up

2021 Roar Offshore Powerboat Races Fort Myers Beach

If you’re searching for a fun beach vacation in a one-of-a-kind hotel, look no further than the Lani Kai Island Resort, a continued, proud sponsor of the Roar Offshore Powerboat Races

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Roar Offshore Powerboat Races Fort Myers Beach

If you’re searching for a fun beach vacation in a one-of-a-kind hotel, look no further than the ‘Lani Kai Island Resort’ .

Offshore Powerboat Racing 2021

Get ready to celebrate the return of Offshore Powerboat Racing to Fort Myers Beach. This is not just another points race, this is the National Championship Race which will see the culmination of the entire OPA race season crown a Champion. Only on Fort Myers Beach do you have so many up close viewing opportunities to feel the Roar of these amazing Boats going past you at up to 180 mph.

Don’t miss the race of the year! Reserve your tables to see the action from the rooftop or 1st floor dining patio!All table and seat reservations include FREE food and beverage up to that amount paid.

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For over 40 years, the Conidaris Family has developed the Lani Kai Island Resort into the amazing and iconic property it is today. From the beginning, the hotel was the passion project of Bob & Grace Conidaris who wanted to create a fun, energetic place for both guests and the community.

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Island View Restaurant

Rooftop, indoor, air-conditioned venue six floors up with picture windows overlooking the gulf shore, pier, and start/finish.

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Sun Deck Restaurant

Rooftop venue six floors up with open-air seating overlooking the gulfshore, pier and start/finish.

Sabal Palm Beach Bar & Patio

First-floor venue with full bar, food and drink menu, balcony tables and bar stools overlooking the action just one floor up. Available that day on first-come, first-serve basis with NO reserved-table fee to see the Roar Offshore on Fort Myers Beach.

Seats available to reserve from $75 to $100 (includes FREE food & beverage up to the cost paid). *2021 rates/prices! Prices subject to change for 2022 races and beyond

Ground-level bars, Key West Cove & beach area

The Lani Kai’s several ground-level bars, including the resort’s latest venue, Key West Cove pool lounge, will remain open to the public that weekend, with live music and plenty of beach games for the whole family as usual, hosted by house DJs.

Don't miss the 2021 race of the year!

Make sure to get the perfect view for the Roar Offshore Fort Myers Beach  before they’re all gone.

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