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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.
Bricktown Drag Boat Circuit, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States Jay Wallace 2006/05/06 Event: National Jet Boat Association May Shootout race Lake Ming, near Bakersfield, California Charlie Hodsdon 2006/10/15 Lake Ming, near Bakersfield, California "White Thunder" River Races jet boat Lloyd Burns 2007/04/21 Kentucky Drag Boat Association
Sep. 3—Spectators gathered at Hells Gate Marina on Saturday perked up as soon as they heard a jet boat roar down the Snake River. The telltale rumble signaled a racing team headed to the finish ...
Hydroplane racing (also known as hydro racing) is a sport involving racing hydroplanes on lakes, rivers, and bays. It is a popular spectator sport in several countries. Racing circuits
The festival was first held in 1978 [1] and is often host to an F1 ChampBoat Series race. The F1 race, originally held in 1982, was the first F1 power boat race held in the United States. [ 2 ] 2008 saw the return of F1 Power Boat racing at the Pittsburgh Regatta after a two-year hiatus following the 2005 festival. [ 2 ]
When this happens wetted surface area drops radically and the boats accelerate up to 1.2 to 1.5 times the speed of the prevailing wind. These boats are very light (all up weight is less than 40 kg) and very fast, They hydrofoil in as little as 8 knots (15 km/h) of breeze ("sit on the deck breeze" for most dinghy classes).
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