FADE IN: EXT. OCEAN - CLOSE UP: WATER - MORNING LIGHT We are at the delicate interface between ocean and air...liquid and gas...the event horizon where molecules evaporate. This interchange is ethereal. Then, low frequencies rumble through depths...louder...closer, now... And the ocean surface is torn by a 46-foot catamaran and the ROAR of 2,700 horsepower, rocketing at us at 140 knots... OFFSHORE RACER: "BORN TO WIN" in PROFILE. AERIAL: "BORN TO WIN" ...has a canopy, low like a B-1 bomber and extends a half mile. It launches off two-foot swells, goes airborne, pushes to 150 knots with another 1,100 RPM left... .. A DEEPLY-TANNED PLAYER named NICHOLAS in Vuarnet wraparounds and buzz-cut white hair glides by... NICHOLAS (low) Burnett, what's crackin'? CROCKETT Nothing. TUBBS Maxin' and relaxin'. NICHOLAS (doesn't believe them) Sure. Change your mind; get inclined? Let me know... Whatever Nicholas is soliciting, Crockett and Tubbs don't want. (Nicholas brokers "go-fast" runs, moving loads from offshore into South Florida. Among guys who pilot offshore race boats, there are one or two who've never run a load, but no one's found them yet.) Meanwhile... CUT TO: [etc]