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Jet Boat Sprint Race
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Posted on 05/01/2013 5:10:13 PM PDT by navysealdad
Jetsprint, or Sprint Boat Racing is a form of racing sport in which jetboats with a crew of two race individually against the clock through twisting series of channels in less than a metre of water.
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To: navysealdad
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posted on
05/01/2013 5:19:32 PM PDT
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: navysealdad
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posted on
05/01/2013 5:20:49 PM PDT
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South40
(I Love The "New & Improved" Free Republic!)
To: navysealdad
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posted on
05/01/2013 5:20:52 PM PDT
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Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: gorush
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posted on
05/01/2013 5:21:58 PM PDT
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South40
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To: navysealdad
OUT FREAKING STANDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bucket List...
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posted on
05/01/2013 5:29:18 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: navysealdad
Our last race at Horn Rapids was about 5 years ago.
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posted on
05/01/2013 5:29:37 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Acerbic by Nature, not Nurture™)
To: Doogle
can't figure out how the course is laid out
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posted on
05/01/2013 5:34:31 PM PDT
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Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: navysealdad
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posted on
05/01/2013 5:36:24 PM PDT
by
wyowolf
To: Chode
depends on how many beers
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posted on
05/01/2013 5:38:02 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: navysealdad
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posted on
05/01/2013 5:55:40 PM PDT
by
Sergio
(An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
To: navysealdad
Oh no Danica is into the seawall
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posted on
05/01/2013 6:27:01 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom)
To: navysealdad
Cool boat, but pretty useless for anything else, and can only be used on very flat water.
Alas, I live on the ocean and could not afford the gas for an open ocean racer like in Miami Vice. The cost of the boat is an issue as well. Kayaks will have to do, but the acceleration sucks.
To: navysealdad
I watched these at least 10 years ago in Podunk (Marsing) Idaho. I’ve since moved away. I forgot just how much fun they were!
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posted on
05/01/2013 7:27:47 PM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
To: Chode
can't figure out how the course is laid outThe course has many channels and options. At the races in Marsing, Idaho, several years back, they had different classes, and each class would race its own course. The passenger in the boat memorizes the map of their particular course for the day, and routes the driver through the channels using hand signals. A missed turn is a DQ. It's a hoot!
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posted on
05/01/2013 7:30:19 PM PDT
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IYAS9YAS
To: IYAS9YAS
looks like it, but the driver can't remember the course and drive? i'd like to see what solo boats could do...
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posted on
05/01/2013 7:38:08 PM PDT
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Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: gorush
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posted on
05/01/2013 7:53:54 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
To: doorgunner69
Cool boat, but pretty useless for anything else, and can only be used on very flat water. Certainly not an ocean-going vessel, but the boats were run on an exhibition course on the Columbia River and on just about any lake in the area recreationally (such as Moses Lake). The high state of tune of the motors in the faster classes was actually more of an impediment to non-race use than the hull design.
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posted on
05/01/2013 8:10:28 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Acerbic by Nature, not Nurture™)
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