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Q 1: come round corner at 80 km in river to find wall of logs. Lift off gas and start to smash what do you do?
I hit the gas just om impact leaned out of the way of a log spear landed on top slid sideways down the pile landed on my side in the river gassed it again then stopped choking full of water. Ok but is there a standard method to handle this without doing that ?
Come round blind corners slower.
Dive Happy Dive or just remember your age, you spritely old jet setter you!:thumbsup:
So off the plane ? Or alternately how to stop fast or turn faster ie 180 degrees It's a fairly wriggly river you can't go too slow Ie did 60 plus Kim's up it today until this. What's yr fastest stop or turn maneuvere. .?Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
Throw your drogue out ------ quick
Can u bring her back tomoro. Washed please of course !!Quote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
What's ur fastest stop manurve. Besides sayin yr sisters better ? Ha ha
Open the throttle and jump said logs:)
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I'll use it tonight and bottle brush it before I return it tomorrow, no sweat!:XD:
I bet that went thru Happys mind, but he couldn't shake 30 yrs that quickly:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by BRADS
Ha tried and failed big time. New to this so keen to hear fastest stop or turn system. Oh also need hull repair expert and underwear burning plant he heQuote:
Originally Posted by BRADS
That seems wise VC.Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
Gun it into a somersault with a full twist Happy. Don't know if it would work but man think about the praise and adulation if it did and the blaze of glory you would go out in if it didn't.
I don't know the answer but in the meantime could you get one of those helmet cams so we can all have a laugh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Happy
:thumbs:Quote:
Originally Posted by Spook
I thought that was only if they are "two up"Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmwsm
Borrow DDs one he's got a duzy.:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Spook
If you need lesson Happy, my mates son and his wife, in Auck are competitive jet skiers, I'm sure Brett would take you out on on of their runs, he also rebuilds and makes/ imports spares. He an Electrical Eng for ABB up there, you'd have shit loads in common
Be fine .certainly can get places the jet boat couldn't.
You should be on the plane by 40 ish kmh.
It really depends on your hull shape how it handles,my last one was like a blade in the water and would turn tighter than you could hang onto it but most others i had ridden were very slidey more like a traditional jet boat.
Had to really throw your weight forward and full lock full power to get the Arse to slide and "Hamilton turn" it which would stop it in a meter or two but the rider usually bounced across the water 20 odd meters further:D
Wear a buoyancy aid and helmet,goggles.
I had a balls up in our little local river one winter just wearing shorts and a shirt.
Comin downstream at 70-75 mph I changed my line by a foot where a small braid flowed into a hole against the bank and clipped the bottom which popped the hull out of the water mid turn and sent me rolling across the water threw a shit load of willow that had been fallen into the river to protect the bank.
Pure dum luck i didn't get impaled but now I was submerged in ice cold water.
Only had to swim 4-5m to the bank but with the wind knocked out of me and the freezing water seizing up my muscles it was a struggle.
Best you stick to the hills VC they would seem better for you, 75mph on water is bloody fast, I remember doing about 60 mph across a dead flat lake in Hamilton and slapping the boat into neutral, both my kids flew into the cabin! That water stops you bang!Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
That is some scary shit VC. Did you get back on and ride out? How was the wind chill after that?Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
This is exactly why you should all wear head cams...what a magic moment that would have been.Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
Another one I had was racing around bouys which was working up some good chop, goin threw a turn my buoyancy aid caught the kill lanyard and killed the motor which ment no steering of course and I was high and dry on the beach.
Found heaps mean trout spots you just would never get to unless you spent hours in a kayak. rivers in pretty good shape big yabbies plus whitebait. I ll be doing the odd trout trip I reckon
This crash you right VC just a little too fast with limited vis. No harm done .Had good riding gear on you need it in this river
Some one on a new ski broke arm and wrecked boat couple of weeks ago Secret is never race on this one
First i had to get the rocks jamming the pump out standing in the river:thumbdown:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
Was a typical sunny nelson winters day so sat on the rocks in the sun till i dryd off and warned up a bit.
I used to kayak down the Tongariro. Pissed the fly fishers off no end haha !!!
As to the original question - doing 80k's up the river. That's motoring! Might be time to have a parachute fitted for emergency braking!
I'll buy the engine :)
Why, what was the problem with using jet ski?Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmwsm
There was a bloke from our area who used a jet boat on that lake...got snapped shooting deer near a school group camping...DoC rangers nearby had to hit the deck...confiscated boat, wagon and rifle [SLR with two mags taped together]...some time later I see his boat and wagon in his driveway and more stag heads being added all the time to the fence alongside the house, so I guess he got his rifle back as well.
It's red what colours yours. :D :ORLY:Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmwsm