Certainly says a lot for the integrity of the boat and the skills of the pilot. Great job avoiding an area loaded with fans. Sorry JW was hurt but thank God it was only that bad. Kind of reminds me of Bill Muncey with the PT boat back in the early 60's. Amazing video. Thanks for sharing it.
Bill Muncie,now there’s a name haven’t thought of in a very long time. If memory serves me he raced under many banners like Miss Thriftway, Thriftway II, Miss Bardal, my memory just tanked, oh and he lived on Mercer island same as outboard hydroplane racers Stu and Jeff Lowe. Funny how stuff pops in my head every now and then. Those were the days of thunder boats ,rolls Merlin and Allison engines out of WW II airplanes. I’ll go back to sleep now.
It's not really "10 minutes too long". Key things happen around 5 and 6 minutes. But smart and quick thinking on his part. With no Skid fin, there is NO WAY that boat would of taken the corner, and he probably saved about a dozen lives avoiding the pits.
wow.. time to put into the keels some spring loaded manually tripped drop down braking devices.. so the pilot can hit the brakes. or a slide down scoop at the transom that discharges water to the side like jet plane reversers. do they still have issues with salt water ingestion.. design the inlet duct for the engine that goes forward around the cockpit for extra layers of impact protection for the driver but with some baffles or bulkheads with opening up high to allow any water splash to drop out before it can reach the turbine inlet.
Man you going so fast but get past by to faster boats. Must be set up on there boats is trimed lighter. Then get in the wash ... im sad for you likr that. Great video.
Wasn't the rudder, the turn fin on the left side ripped off, he ended up turning right as a last ditch effort to steer away from the bar at the dock, and to try and broad side the impact instead of head on...... Region 10 rocks
Wow does it take that long to shut down the engine? You hear the engine power down as soon as he gets in trouble, but he keeps on going like hell ...... and after the colision the engine still keeps going ..... was there a problem with shutting down or so?
It's a turbine. They take forever to spool up and down. Example: the STP Special at Indy back in the 60's took two seconds to spool up during the corners. Basically foot on the gas two seconds before anyone else
I was there that day and taking pictures from the Judges Stand, like some said it happened so fast and it could of been a lot worse but still bad enough with an ankle injury I think.
is he saying my foot? broke my foot? hope the gut is okay now, that shit hurts, ive been through a windshield, and ive hit a tree head on at 60mph, it hurts.....bad
BertramTwentyEight no there is a skid fin on the left side of the boat along with the rudder and prop when he was going into the turn the mounting brackets snapped off and the skid fin broke. he could still barely tun the boat to avoid going into a very short seawall and killing 100's of people
I was going to ask if the steering broke after he skipped through the other boats wake because there was no controlling the boat after that, now I know from your answer.
The rudder is a relatively small metal blade that is located in a bracket extending from the transom at the right rear of the boat that acts to steer the boat through the corners. The rudder only becomes truly effective at higher race speeds and makes maneuvering at low speeds somewhat challenging. A water pickup at the base of the rudder feeds onboard cooling and lubrication systems.
Garry Berry All Rights Reserved. And a CUT and PASTE from our H1 site in Edmonds, Washington. So I would suggest giving Credit. I TOLD YOU I've been involved since they drove IN The Back. SEAFAIR and Tri-Cites forever. Oh... and the cut and paste description of the rudder size, placement, and use is correct. ...why it was so strangely familiar... So as another one of your comments said. MAN UP
This sport reminds me of LMP racing in the US...Truckloads of cash are spent on a sport not many people watch, and virtually no one follows. Rich guys spending their money, I guess..
JJ your right APBA should be ashamed what they have done to the sport. ONLY the rich get to race under APBA.. so right man. What happened to the T class Y class SS , SK , outboards... Going to a "RACE" with only 5 boats entered. Same race 5 times........... BORING
APBA is as bad as NASCAR.. no more little guy racing. WHat happened to the T class, SS class Sk class Y class.. etc etc etc. Now only Unlimiteds. Maybe 2Ltr.. thats it ONLY BIG MONEY ALLOWED TO RACE.... I wont support that... Only the priviledged get to race...... Not the America I believe in......
Driver error more than once. At 6:12 time line two boats are passing you, one on each side. Why did you not keep up with them? Was your boat that slow? You know the further ahead they get you will start to get their waves and at some point get squeezed out. If they can go that fast and not flip you should have been able to stay with them.Then at 7:08 because you did get squeezed out you decided to go into the inside lane which is taken by the lead boat who is ahead enough and is not hugging the markers. But now you decide to step on the gas and go like a bat out of hell and catch up which you should have done in the first place. So now you catch up with the first place boat's wake as he cuts in for the corners after all he is in the inside lane. I would have fired you as a driver on the spot. Sorry too many mistakes in a very short time.All started when you didn't man up and hold your lane when the two boats passed you.
Garry Berry Man. You must be new at this. watch 50 or 60 races live spend several decades in the pits ...then you'll get an idea... Take that from someone involved. Since they drove IN THE BACK.
Young master Garry, you're 11 years old correct? Thought so. Sweetie your young, enjoy it, you don't know anything so it's best you watch the video quietly and that way no one will find out how stupid you are. Well it's a little late now.
I just watched this video and I 100% agree with Garry Berry....the guy should have kept up instead of falling back in the corner. I didn't even know this was a race so I just thought he was slowing down on purpose to prevent a wake. I was even thinking...is this guy trying to sink or break this boat??? I would have sped up to stay ahead of the wake then floored in in the straight aways...his boat couldn't corner without flat water very good.
