Oh......my.....goodness.......  If this guy is at the race I want to buy him lunch at least.  What great stuff!!!!

My dad is Derek Fanguy and last year was my first year doing the race.  Last year I was in the men’s tandem with a buddy of mine and we didn’t have a clue what we were getting ourselves into.  My dad was our grounds crew and it was hard keeping track of where we were on the river because we didn’t have a very detailed map which was fine because at the time we were just trying to finish.  This year I’m going by myself and I’m trying to break 50 hours so it’s going to be a little more important for me and my dad to know where I am at all times.  He came over to the house with his three ring binder one night and I couldn’t believe all the info that was packed in this thing.  It truly is the MR340 bible.  I’m taking the screen shots of the river and laminating them so I have a bird’s eye view of every turn in the river.  This should be a big help this year for the race.  Nice job cuz!
-Lane

This is great! Over the last 3+ years I have made several crew bibles for races but this is very "fancy".  I would reccommend it to anyone.  You spent a significant amount of time on this and deserve much praise from all who benefit. I hope you hear from more ground crews. It should be called one of the best crew guidebooks. 

Bumping this back up because it's that good.

You shoulda charged a royalty for this!   Nice job.   I might finally be able to drive direct to kaw point without looking for and following skinny boats on trucks with Texas plates  (thats how I found it last year).

This guidebook is awesome.  I printed it out and just now put my binder together.  Together with this and my GPS, I should make all the checkpoints in a timely manner.  Thank you so much for gathering all this data.  It is great.   

Just wanted to say a BIG thank you to Derek! This is awesome!!!  Loretto (aka Laverne)

This is the BEST!!  This will be my 3rd year as the Brothers Clem ground crew and I will be using it!!!  The first year, all I had was a Missouri road map!!  Can't find many small town boat ramps with that!!!  Last year, the other Oakland team (Soggy Bottom Boys) ground crew, Denise, googled maps for us to use.  That was such a help along with 3 more helpers, Donna, Kim and Lexie!!  The bad thing was, we had marked our windows with window chalk and had a bunch of cars (newbys) following us.  We still got lost and so did they!!!  This year will be so much better!!  (i hope) Can't wait for the Brothers Clem to do their best time in 3 years!!!  We are here for you two!!  Best of luck to Clay and Cole Clement, and to the rest of the other 339 boats and ground crews!!

Amazing work, Derek.  Any extra way to get a sense of the scale of this race is great, and the detail you went through was incredible.  (I hope he reads this)

- Michael Banvard.

Derek,

Great work!  This will be my first year on the banks and I am looking forward using your documentation, hardwork and navigational expertise!! I will be supporting my mom as team captian and my 2 year old son will be my brothers extra cheering section (Go West Go!).  

Good luck to all the competitors, support crew, and volunteers.  And a special good luck to my sister Barbara who will be keeping everyone updated on each teams progress, from Southeast Texas!

Sincerely,

Team Easy Livings newest recruit!
Christine