Vile Shadow
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- Feb 28, 2013
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A boat’s like a swimmin pool.... a big damn hole in the water you throw money intoI hope one day to be a boat person, stupid or otherwise.
A boat’s like a swimmin pool.... a big damn hole in the water you throw money intoI hope one day to be a boat person, stupid or otherwise.
A boat is just a hole in the water you throw your money into.I hope one day to be a boat person, stupid or otherwise.
A boat’s like a swimmin pool.... a big damn hole in the water you throw money into
A boat is just a hole in the water you throw your money into.
A boat’s like a swimmin pool.... a big damn hole in the water you throw money into
Never had that experience and I've owned over a dozen boats.A boat is just a hole in the water you throw your money into.
Agreed on the experience, but with only one boat to our name. Even so, we own a pontoon. So life is a bit slower for us … as we like.Never had that experience and I've owned over a dozen boats.
I prefer a broad reach on West River in front of a cold front and line of T-storms, flat water, Hobie 16 double trapeeze, going 26+kts, 9 ft rooster tails of the rudders that are humming and on the very edge of disaster, (ie pitchpolling at 26 kts on a trapeeze is like going 26 to 0 in 1 second.). Going almost twice as fast in my Sea Hawk on flat water is fun but does not have quite the same thrill factor. Going only 10kts in a 3-4' Bay chop in the Hawk will beat the crap out of your back but is very comfortable at trolling speeds. Whatever makes your boat float. :-)
I death rolled a Jet 14 under the chute once while planing in the West River during a race. Jibing the same boat w/ the chute up was also exciting but I still prefer screaming reaches on the Hobie. Regretfully, I'm too old to try kite sailing/flying. Those manics scream up to 58kts! https://www.surfertoday.com/kiteboa...reaks-his-own-world-speed-kiteboarding-recordI'm a monohull guy, so those speeds are incredible, but having spent a lot of time with a full spinnaker and trying to drive to keep the boat under the 'chute is incredible. And having been party to a number of knockdowns and broaches, there's a real exhilaration about sailing that's hard to convey. It really has to be experienced.
"Hour and hours of sheer boredom, interspersed with moments of stark terror!"
JoeR
No. I run a tiki boat out of Fish Tales a couple times a week.
There is a new vid with two people getting ejected from an airborne inverted speed boat, but I can't get that to post.
I did find this oldie...
FF to about 2 mins for the money shot.
I'm not seeing much fun with this...
You can learn a lot from other people's mistakes, especially dumb ar$es.
Often at lunch I watch a couple boat channels that show boats going through inlets and the stupid stuff people do.
Here is one.
I own or have owned a variety of watercraft in the past 20 years but NEVER wanted a muscle boat.
Its like how BMW owners go to a special seminar to be an A-hole driver, Muscle boaters often go to a seminar on how to be a dumb Arse
Watch the guy at 4:45 and how he handles the little boat and the following seas perfectly.
Even the guy right after him in the Intrepid, is not thinking about impressing someone with speed and handles his throttle correctly
I watched that over and over again....I'm dying laughing . The captain looks like he just faceplants to the left...I'd love to see it in slow motion, over and over again
Ask and you shall receive.
Slow down to 1/3 of original
Slowed down to 1/10 of original
You are right they are funnier when slowed down. Let me know how many times you watched them.