SoCal Jet Boats

Discussion => The No Wake Zone => Topic started by: riverfred on April 30, 2011, 11:11:46 AM

Title: So you think you can drive a jet boat
Post by: riverfred on April 30, 2011, 11:11:46 AM: Check out this video on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/AL58hUAGQu8 (http://youtu.be/AL58hUAGQu8)
Title: Re: So you think you can drive a jet boat
Post by: GlassCutter on April 30, 2011, 12:02:13 PM
Title: Re: So you think you can drive a jet boat
Post by: GlassCutter on April 30, 2011, 12:04:11 PM: Gotta love Go Pro [urhttp://youtu.be/29vbm3p2j4Ml][/url]
Title: Re: So you think you can drive a jet boat
Post by: 77GT on April 30, 2011, 12:42:16 PM: This ones even better.

Jet boat crashes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-V8cMwkXTk&feature=related#)
Title: Re: So you think you can drive a jet boat
Post by: Nordie on April 30, 2011, 02:06:36 PM: here ya go glass cutter!

Take A Ride with Tom (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29vbm3p2j4M#)
Title: Re: So you think you can drive a jet boat
Post by: logans runner on May 01, 2011, 12:07:13 PM: At that rate of speed how in the hell do they know what turns to make on the course?
Title: Re: So you think you can drive a jet boat
Post by: Horizonjet on May 01, 2011, 12:55:32 PM: Notice the RPM guage when it sucks air, wow, I am sick to my stomach after watching that last race. :P
Title: Re: So you think you can drive a jet boat
Post by: 77GT on May 01, 2011, 01:15:26 PM: Quote from: logans runner on May 01, 2011, 12:07:13 PM
At that rate of speed how in the hell do they know what turns to make on the course?

That is why you have a navigator.
Title: Re: So you think you can drive a jet boat
Post by: logans runner on May 01, 2011, 03:42:26 PM: So, it is similar to rally car driving being that the navigator calls out the turns. I would love to hear that communication chatter. You would really have to trust each other cause that course is super tight.
Title: Re: So you think you can drive a jet boat
Post by: 77GT on May 01, 2011, 04:39:41 PM: Quote from: logans runner on May 01, 2011, 03:42:26 PM
So, it is similar to rally car driving being that the navigator calls out the turns. I would love to hear that communication chatter. You would really have to trust each other cause that course is super tight.

One of the videos I watched, the navigator pointed which way to go with his hands.