Jet boat struggles in rapid.
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Published 2010-06-22
All Comments (21)
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a child in the post apocalyptic wasteland 100 years from now: "daddy, what happened to all the gas".
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He was playing.. that boat handled it with ease..
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Handled with ease! I think he was just playing around and holding it mid-rapid for a while. Looked like she rolled out with ease when he got on the throttle a little harder. Great boat!
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This dude knows what he is doing .... he is playing ... he could put it in the green water and walk it right up .... great vid .... Some folks have all the fun.
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Very nice recovery, i got a little nervous thinking you were going over, I was relieved to see such great skill with a big jet boat on a river that is rushing like that. Great vid, thanx for sharing.
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He was having fun !
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To me that boat is like a Christian in 2021, and the water is the way of the world.
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OMG nice!!! excellent vid, great footage of the white water challenge, gorgeous sound... I was raised on a jet boat (dad went to school with duckworth boys, we rode with and knew wendy caldwell steve weber and frank pelto) wow, just wow - i can't wait to shoot rapids again in a white water boat
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Looks like fun! Thanks for sharing!
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He wasn't playing he was in over his head. He got lucky when he went sideways, if he had hit the beach the boat would have flipped. The jet was maxed out and he got lucky to get through, the sudden acceleration at the end was because he got into smoother water and had less cavitation in the jet. Lucky and Dangerous.
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Looked like he knew just where to set the throttle so as to stay even in the current. He blasted through when he wanted to, it appeared. Great sounding motor! Must suck some fuel eh?! How much can the boat carry?
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People, he isn't struggling at all. He is clearly playing. Note 2 things. First, when he is "struggling" in the rapids there is almost NO water shooting out behind him. He is "surfing" or 'curling' the dead spots. Second, at the end of the video he EASILY drives out of the rapids(notice the significant amount of water shooting out the back). That boat probalby has about 300HP max. Full Disclosure: I own and work on my own jet boat(hot rod ski boat type) and work on friends jet sleds
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@phatsmitty Thanks glad you like it. There isn't anything quite like jet boating is there!
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That faint towards the rocks, I bet the driver could have squeezed coal into a diamond. The pucker factor on that one, wah?
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Great job.
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@bradgreta The driver did an excellent job keeping his cool that is for sure!
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He finally found the throttle.
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what happens if u turn around
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Oh beauty..
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What I want to know is how do the pumps in these jet boats not lose power from cavitation caused by all the aerated water? I've run PWC's and jet boats, and their performance is always limited in any kind of white water. Other than being larger, how do the pumps of these boats differ from that of PWC's?
