At that speed it looks more like a plane with its wings dipped slightly into the water..

Dunno about boat channel, but I'd definitely add to Wings channel. A little more lift and it would be airborne. However briefly

Let's see if it works this time demon ix...

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Crazy. I've done almost 30 knots on a racing Cat, and the sensation of speed was like nothing else I've ever experienced. Hard to imagine 47 knots.

That is freaking awesome.

AND with a reef in the main. C'mon lads, shake it out!

*keels

holy crap.

the music is perfect.

Mon Dieu! Nous "haul" l'âne !

47 knots = 54.09 MPH

47 Don Knotts = Welcome to Mayberry!

Anyone know what the music is?

That's somewhat faster than any naval fleets can travel. The only vessels that can go 45+ knots are small hydroplaning vessels. The titanic went a measly 23 knots.

Amazing!

I've always wanted to get one of those. Ever since I saw waterworld. Something about dropping million+ dollars though stopped me.

its just mesmorising watching it literally flying across the ocean.

There's something strangely inspiring about that video.

that is definitely a *boat

somehow, those blades cutting through the ocean at 47 knots doesn't look too whale friendly.

Where do they think they're going in such a hurry?

This ain't sea world, it's as real as it gets!

If you don't sail or spend much time on the water you probably don't understand quite how fast that is. It's a lot faster than it looks!

"That's somewhat faster than any naval fleets can travel. The only vessels that can go 45+ knots are small hydroplaning vessels. The titanic went a measly 23 knots."

...only true for wind-powered craft. Go-fast/cigarette boats go much faster, up to 80kts, for example.

Yeah, but can it outrun the Smokers?
*KevinCostner

dont forget that this bad boy is powered by the wind

Go-fast/cigarette boats


Those are "small hydroplaning vessels".

For displacement hulls, drag due to wave-making increases precipitously around v = 5m^0.5/s * sqrt(length).

Vessels weighing tens of thousands of tons, such as aircraft carriers, cannot break that barrier.

There are displacement hulls, and there are hydroplaning hulls, and there are hybrids, but there is no third type of lift to take advantage of.

I hope they were actually playing that music very loudly on board, Apocalypse Now style.

Hydroptere eventually hit 61 knots in a Gulf de Lyon mistral and broke apart. Talk about an epic pitchpole! It would have been a highly emotional few seconds.

Go-fast boats are not small hydroplaning vessels. They have a standard V-hull design which using displacement to keep itself afloat. They simply use enormous amounts of power to muscle their way through the water; they have no specific design feature to reduce drag.

Compare:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroplane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c65F3Bvn2y8
This will only work on nearly flat surfaces as well, not suitable for open ocean drug smuggling.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go-fast_boat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyxSWupqcRY

>> ^Wingoguy:
Go-fast boats are not small hydroplaning vessels. They have a standard V-hull design which using displacement to keep itself afloat. They simply use enormous amounts of power to muscle their way through the water; they have no specific design feature to reduce drag.
Compare:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroplane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c65F3Bvn2y8
This will only work on nearly flat surfaces as well, not suitable for open ocean drug smuggling.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go-fast_boat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyxSWupqcRY



1. All those "go fast boats" are tiny in comparison to vessels used in naval combat.
2. They have a smaller displacement when moving quickly than when stationary -- i.e. they're hybrids, receiving a significant part of their lift from hydroplaning.