IHBA WORLD FINALS

[TexasJet]

Sounds like they have had allot of accidents this time. Was the water conditions sketchy or just happened to be fate? :smile21: think.gif

The water was fine. A little ripple. The wind was out of the West 10 to 15 mph or dropping to zero. The grandstands protect the track to 1000 feet. Sunday was hardly a wind.

Now, the quality of the water, everybody was complaining about that. Very alkali, very corrosive. They rinse the boats as soon as they come out of the water at the launch ramp. If you run lake water thru the motor they flush it with soapy water as soon as they get back to the pits.

 

[Patchman]

That's strange. Sounds very corrosive! :smile20:

 

[Disturbed]

That's strange. Sounds very corrosive! :smile20:

It's some nasty stuff out there!

 

[Patchman]

I was just wondering why so many accidents. Three boats lost, seems like more than just chance. But I don't know much, so just asking! :smile16:

 

[TexasJet]

I was just wondering why so many accidents. Three boats lost, seems like more than just chance. But I don't know much, so just asking! :smile16:

I didn't see the first two. I saw Back in Black on Sunday afternoon. No wind and was directly in front of me sitting in the stands. The boat tilted a little to the left, then right. You could see he was backing off the throttle but it was to late. The third tilt dug in and that was all she wrote. Spit the capsule out and the boat disintegrated. Foam all over the water, took 1/2 hr to clean it up.

From what some of the drivers have said, these boats don't go straight down the course. They kind of crab walk a little. It's a fight to keep them on the course.

 

[TexasJet]

Plenty of guys running gull wing type hulls. I picked up some interesting info from talking to them.

I really like the QE class. Those boats do 145mph in 1000 ft. Pretty impressive.

 

[KONA77]

I was just wondering why so many accidents. Three boats lost, seems like more than just chance. But I don't know much, so just asking! :smile16:

I didn't see the first two. I saw Back in Black on Sunday afternoon. No wind and was directly in front of me sitting in the stands. The boat tilted a little to the left, then right. You could see he was backing off the throttle but it was to late. The third tilt dug in and that was all she wrote. Spit the capsule out and the boat disintegrated. Foam all over the water, took 1/2 hr to clean it up.

From what some of the drivers have said, these boats don't go straight down the course. They kind of crab walk a little. It's a fight to keep them on the course.

I've been in a boat that you might call disturbing like that  :shocked:

 

[TexasJet]

I can only load one at a time. This in my daughter Kim, on the left, and her friend Amanda, now my friend.

 

[Knotty Girl]

That water glows at night, pure acid water. You have to wash down then start spraying W-D40 like crazy.  :smile20: :smile20: :smile20: The track is funny there, when you make a pass and your past the bleachers it changes.  crazy.gif  Those guys were crashing because of equipment and pushing it too hard to win. 

 

[TexasJet]

I don't think I can post any more. I keep getting an error has occurred message.