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Margaret spectated jet boat Marathons which Pat competed in, but wanted to see more of the race, suggesting a smaller, more condensed track. Events were originally held in the same natural braided rivers that had inspired Sir William Hamilton to develop the jetboat , but when the sport was introduced to Australia in the mid-1980s, permanent ...
A jetboat is a boat propelled by a jet of water ejected from the back of the craft. Unlike a powerboat or motorboat that uses an external propeller in the water below or behind the boat, a jetboat draws the water from under the boat through an intake and into a pump-jet inside the boat, before expelling it through a nozzle at the stern.
Sir Charles William Feilden Hamilton OBE (26 July 1899 – 30 March 1978) was a New Zealand engineer who developed the modern jetboat, and founded the water jet manufacturing company, CWF Hamilton Ltd. Hamilton never claimed to have invented the jet boat. He once said "I do not claim to have invented marine jet propulsion.
On a keelboat, "outrigger" refers to a variety of structures by which the running rigging (such as a sheet) may be attached outboard (outside the lateral limits) of the boat's hull. The Racing Rules of Sailing generally prohibit [3] such outriggers, though they are explicitly permitted on specific classes, such as the IMOCA Open 60 [4] used in ...
The J/24 was created to fulfill the diverse needs of recreational sailors such as cruising, one design racing, day sailing, and handicap racing. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The J/24 class has more than 50,000 people sailing 5,500 boats worldwide; is established in 27 countries and is the world's most popular one design keelboat.
A Short Sunderland MR5 of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, displayed at the Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland. The Short Sunderland was developed as a long range maritime reconnaissance flying boat and was widely used during the Second World War.
It is popular as a craft for teaching beginner sailors, and is used in races in New Zealand. Although designed as a two-person boat, a Sunburst can easily be sailed by a single person in light to moderate conditions using just the mainsail only, or mainsail and jib. The Sunburst is usually rigged with a mainsail, jib and spinnaker.
On 9 April 1939 the first ever surf boat race held in New Zealand took place at Piha Beach with Piha winning against Wainui Club. In 1940 a Piha crew comprising; Tom Pearce, Haden Way, Max Cleary, Jack Rae and Tiger O'Brien rowing in a randomly allocated boat were the inaugural winners of the National Surf Boat Championship Series, held at ...