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Skipper of jet boat going 180km/h says he's lucky to walk away alive after crash (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Ilovethebomb to c/offtopic

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Christensen said it appeared one of the two propellers came loose

Can we all take a moment to appreciate the sheer incompetence of the womble that wrote this, to repeatedly call the vessel a jet boat, then casually mention that a propeller came off? I also had a look at their Facebook page, (the racing team, that is) and they also say the cause of the crash was losing a propeller.

Top notch journalism.

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[–] eagleeyedtiger 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I wonder if they meant impeller? From what I can see on their FB page there's no sign of an outboard propeller anywhere and it's using a Chevy big block engine to power it.

It may indeed be a jet boat. EDIT: Hard to draw conclusions actually, there's not many details on the boat and the photos and videos aren't revealing much

[–] Ilovethebomb 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

https://www.facebook.com/100057512227099/posts/772126464714421/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

It's not an outboard, they have a propeller driven by a shaft, you can see the shaft under the boat in these photos, although the prop is off.

[–] eagleeyedtiger 7 points 10 months ago

Ah yeah that makes sense seeing as the engine isn't in it in those photos.