468ci 100mph+ ride on water

[Ratman]

Canadian marathon boat on a short run...

Hear the 468ci scream

[ShaneNZ]

That's mean.
How do they know where to drive?? like there will be rocks under there and some parts it looks like he/she when over some.

[2LO]

That's mean.
How do they know where to drive?? like there will be rocks under there and some parts it looks like he/she when over some.

My Dad's mate has a marathon boat with a (i think) 454ci big block in it and he just says "If i see rocks i just decelerate abit skim over them and back hard on the gas again"

The reason for decelerating is to avoid sucking rocks into the jet unit.

[Bull]

Most of the boats are designed to be able to skim over rocks etc especially in the low water areas.

Cept for those big boulders, you cant exactly skim over them :P

[Ratman]

That's mean.
How do they know where to drive?? like there will be rocks under there and some parts it looks like he/she when over some.

"If i see rocks i just decelerate abit skim over them and back hard on the gas again"

The reason for decelerating is to avoid sucking rocks into the jet unit.

If you decelerate on these boats the boat drops in the water and will hit the rocks more...

Its hard to explain how they pick there lines but the short answer is experiance and knowing how to raed the water...
They do take quite a few hits at time but that is par for the course just steer clear of the big ones

100mph on water feels a lot faster then on land

[ShaneNZ]

That's mean.
How do they know where to drive?? like there will be rocks under there and some parts it looks like he/she when over some.

My Dad's mate has a marathon boat with a (i think) 454ci big block in it and he just says "If i see rocks i just decelerate abit skim over them and back hard on the gas again"

The reason for decelerating is to avoid sucking rocks into the jet unit.

Do they have some kind of plate under them?

[Tyrone]

Wicked how its just skimming along the water

[MrBling]

Coming off waterskis behind a boat going 50km/h as you swing out wing and come hurtling through the wake is scary enough (maybe 80km/h).......

I could only imagine what waterskiing behind something going that fast would be like!

[2LO]

That's mean.
How do they know where to drive?? like there will be rocks under there and some parts it looks like he/she when over some.

My Dad's mate has a marathon boat with a (i think) 454ci big block in it and he just says "If i see rocks i just decelerate abit skim over them and back hard on the gas again"

The reason for decelerating is to avoid sucking rocks into the jet unit.

Do they have some kind of plate under them?

Nope.. Well not that i know of.

[Ratman]

The jet units have a grill that stops the bigger stones from going through...

The bottom sections of the boats are made of a thicker alloy and also can be lined with bizalloy or UMHW plastic sheet