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My long time friend (and sometimes mentor) Bill McKeegan builds engines for these boats on a fairly consistent basis – he’s been long out of the business of engine building, but he still races.
I wanna tell you this – you have never, EVER, taken a boat ride like the ride shown in the video – no joke. I got a ride two years ago on this very same circuit in a very similar boat with one of Bill’s friends and it was as frightening as it looks. I used to race J series boats (cracker box boats – look it up – it doesn’t want to take the link) and they were pretty quick – nothing like this.
The only thing I could equate it to was the ride I took in a FA/18 Super Hornet with my oldest son..
Would I do it again? Yes, but at half speed – I couldn’t see straight for a week and the driver pulled one corner so quickly that I literally got tunnel vision that stayed with me for a few hours. Turns out it didn’t help my detached retina that I didn’t know I had. :>)
One thought on “The Good News? You Had The Fastest Time. The Bad News: When You Started, You Were Towing A Waterskiier”
My long time friend (and sometimes mentor) Bill McKeegan builds engines for these boats on a fairly consistent basis – he’s been long out of the business of engine building, but he still races.
I wanna tell you this – you have never, EVER, taken a boat ride like the ride shown in the video – no joke. I got a ride two years ago on this very same circuit in a very similar boat with one of Bill’s friends and it was as frightening as it looks. I used to race J series boats (cracker box boats – look it up – it doesn’t want to take the link) and they were pretty quick – nothing like this.
The only thing I could equate it to was the ride I took in a FA/18 Super Hornet with my oldest son..
Would I do it again? Yes, but at half speed – I couldn’t see straight for a week and the driver pulled one corner so quickly that I literally got tunnel vision that stayed with me for a few hours. Turns out it didn’t help my detached retina that I didn’t know I had. :>)
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