Are You Ready For a Boat Ride ?

[walktheboard]

Is it true that the passenger has gas control and the driver only has the steering? Otherwise why would there be two people in it?

I don't know about in this sport, but in other forms of boating the passenger has throttle and driver has steering. but if you watch the on-boat camera somebody posted earlier, you see the passenger motioning when he can go faster, where to turn, etc. etc. I think driver has full control in this sport

[bernzpeed]

thats like autocross for boats......

awesome!

[Unearth078]

Is it true that the passenger has gas control and the driver only has the steering? Otherwise why would there be two people in it?

same reason for rally drivers to have a passenger maybe?

[GunMetalGrey]

Is it true that the passenger has gas control and the driver only has the steering? Otherwise why would there be two people in it?

[Unearth078]

a flipping mazing... lol

[straight6pwr]

yeah that jet nozzle looks like it can rotate pretty far. and about flipping over, it looks like if they can hold their breathe for 10 seconds, those 'track' workers fucking fly to get to the overturned boats. they can stand in the water, so im sure flipping the boat back over isnt hard.

[gverelli]

thats intense lol

[Beach Bum]

its gotta suck to flip over and land in the water upside down. I hope those guys have built in quick release mechanisms for their harnesses. I am sure they do, usually alot of safety features has to go into something like this.

What I don't get is how those boats corner so hard without giant fins jutting down into the water.

Vectored thrust. They're all jet boats. If you look at the rear end, you can see the support assembly for the nozzle built off the stern at keel level. This increases the leverage the jet nozzle has on the hull, increasing turn speed. That's why they just go straight if the hull goes airborne even for a moment; no water in the intake means no thrust, and no thrust means no steering.

[briansjacobs]

fuck me, did you see the guys helmet go flying off at 5:30?

[iamsam]

its gotta suck to flip over and land in the water upside down. I hope those guys have built in quick release mechanisms for their harnesses. I am sure they do, usually alot of safety features has to go into something like this.

What I don't get is how those boats corner so hard without giant fins jutting down into the water.

[Beach Bum]

George, R3V'd have to start an email campaign to make that happen.

[george graves]

Would be a perfect top-gear skit.

[blck325is]

Fucking nuts...these guys must have ice running through their veins..sheit.

['e30love']

I came

[Bglad]

Is it weird to have a boner?