Yes it sure is

haha. Now folks, if you look to your left, OOPS too late

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Haha you're right, how about you bring the skis and I'll bring the camera🙂

@@xtreme3minutevideos887 I’m too old for that now, when I was younger I was always up for a challenge but I’m smarter now😎 Great Video! Cheers from Vancouver Island British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦

@@christuttle3980 I hear ya Chris, I did a lot of racing and crashing when I was younger but prefer to be trackside now

Yes you're right, I've been a friend of the Knights and others and attending racing for more than 50 years

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Hi David, this one is the Venom, which was the model that followed the Vampire, I believe it might be the only one still flying

@@xtreme3minutevideos887 cheers for that I often wondered what happened to De Havilland

Yes, I agree David. Check out part 2, I got some great shots of the Spitfire

Haha yes you're right

Me too, let's do it. You go first🙂

Good question, these engines are running on nitro (liquid dynamite), at full throttle they have a life span of about 8 seconds max, sometimes resulting in a big explosion. So if you're lucky enough to go the 8 seconds the boat is not designed to go much faster and will have probably lost control and gone skyward. Of course both things could happen at once, it's been done before and it 'aint pretty😊

Haha, now that's a good question

Hi Grant, here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWKZkpqnraqbpc0

Big thanks.

Hi Spiro, yes they're unreal, I have been to Arizona and watched them. I have a video of it

Thanks for sticking around, more coming soon

​@@xtreme3minutevideos887Hell yeah!💪🏻

You haven't got a clue what you're talking about. You are making more pollution than these boats. These boats run on nitro methane which is an organic compound. They only race 4 times a year for a few seconds at a time. Billions of cars and diesel vehicles on the road every day is a trillion times more pollution than these. Do you or anyone in your family drive a car every day? Do you travel on airplanes, buses, trains? Do you buy goods from China? Do you get deliveries to your house? The biggest polluting sport in the world is actually golf. 1 million people every single day drive a car to the golf course.

You really need to check your facts -- burning nitromethane produces (along with CO2 and water) nitric oxide, a strong contributor to air pollution, acid rain, and ozone layer depletion. Then there's the dangers of nitromethane itself, considered a poisonous gas, it is carcinogenic and highly explosive. Further, it's produced by treating propane with nitric acid at 350 -450 °C, and takes considerable energy to do so, There's gotta be a better way to get one's kicks that doesn't spew contaminants and noise and tear up the waterways. Sure, there are lots of things in life that also screw up the environment. That doesn't make this totally optional "sport" any more sensible. @@xtreme3minutevideos887

Haha that's funny

That's a stupid thing to say. There's a huge fully packed grandstand behind my camera. Where you see a few people up at the fence is a crew and media only area. People who are successful in life don't sit around looking for negative things to say, they focus on the positive. You should spend your time reading or watching motivational speakers. This video which you claim is a waste of time has nearly 14 million views and paid for my Corvette. Positive energy = success.

@@xtreme3minutevideos887 Thank you for your reply. I certainly agree with the positive things you clearly laid out. I am sorry if I offended you, I will do a little more research before I make a flippant comment like this. In fact I will not jump in and make superficial comments again. I really wish you well.

@@tanagra2 Well I wasn't expecting such a positive and humble reply. Thank you and all the very best, a bright future awaits you.

Hi, it's 875 feet. They used to race 1/4 mile but as it got faster and more accidents they changed to 1,000 feet same as the top fuel drag cars did. (1/4 mile = 1320 feet) But at this meeting the insurance company made them reduce a little bit more to 875 feet because they thought the lake was too short. They are such a nervous bunch those insurance companies LOL

Haha, I thought so

Yes you're quite right, it doesn't really stack up. It has to be something that the sponsor is passionate about and enjoys being involved

Haha yes it is

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Yes there's been some big crashes and some very bad results, especially in the early days before they had the driver capsule

Yes agreed, it's hard to imagine how they can shift so much water

Great idea, that would be cool

@@xtreme3minutevideos887 Agree. The possibilities are limitless! Aside from the pure racing, you could get crazy with it..Hydroplanes in the ocean, Offshore powerboats in typhoons etc.

I hear what you're saying Graeme, I'm 66 year old New Zealander

Haha, definitely but they will still disagree😂

@@xtreme3minutevideos887 there's probably more than a couple of them that could actually run with these. On another hand, I think it's safe to say no diesel longboat will ever sound like an A-10 warthog.

Haha, I raced top fuel. You have misinterpreted the meaning of rebuild. The engines are stripped down and all parts are checked, sometimes lots of parts are replaced and sometimes not. Once a motor has been broken down it has to be rebuilt obviously

@@xtreme3minutevideos887 No, other people have misinterpreted it. Thats why they use the "rebuilt" term in conjunction with how much wear and tear the engines suffer through a single run. They think theyre literally rebuilding the engine, replacing all parts. Disassemble, inspection and reassemble are probably the words youre looking for.

@@rykehuss3435 I hear what you're saying but if I used the word reassemble that would also be wrong most of the time. We always replace some or all big end bearings, some or all valve springs are usually replaced, piston rings are more often replaced. Pistons are often replaced, cylinder liners, valves, pushrods the list goes on