What is the craziest boat you've seen?
Gday fishwrecked members, just wanting to know what is the craziest, most outrages watercraft you've seen?
I only ask because I was down around the raffles/SPYC this afternoon and there was a guy down there with an old wooden/fiberglass style canoe with a 650cc kawasaki jetski engine, I take my hat off to the guy for having a go at the build, but oh my god! SCARY! looked like he was doing around 20ish knots or so, but when he went to turn the thing.. can see it flipping over on him if he gets too confident.
Also would he have to get something like that licensed or registrated? I asked him about it and he wasnt sure either. Theres always water police in that area, so I surpose he'll find out sooner rather than later.
Cheers.
Matt
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carnarvonite
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Date Joined: 24/07/07
Swamp boat
A bloke up here is on the finishing stages of building a swamp boat like they had on "Flipper" and in the Everglades in America. Worked air cooled rngine, 20 foot long flat bottomed airtight pontoon. Should go like the clappers.
Another mate has a 14 foot tinny with a worked 186 holden hooked up to a Hamilton jet, he used to use it over at the Abrolos island while working as a decky to get between islands after work.
Faulkner Family
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i have seen an old
i have seen an old windsurfer board with a whipper snipper mounted on it with a prop on the end cruising up and down the river between canning bridge and mount henry bridge.altho it was 25 years ago
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DieHard
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seen an old man, used 3
seen an old man, used 3 surfboards to make a 'H' Catamarang then a few bodyboards and then a deck chair for hight, powered by a weed eater (wipper snipper), he was using it in Ocean reef harbour.
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davebarry (not verified)
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Date Joined: 01/01/70
Hoverhawk 500
I bought an old Hoverhawk 500 hovercraft from a museum auction about 10 years ago - 3 rotary motors, 1 downdraught fan and 2 directional forward thrust fans - spent about $500 on it, got it running and took it to the beach - no one told ne it has no brakes, does not float without the skirt blown ip and doesn't ride on sloped beaches - wow what a ride - once only - a sort of mixture between a small aeroplane and a car on oil wthout brakes - it can go as fast foreward s sideways, and only turns by changing fan speeds on the thrust fans, stops by reducing speed on the downdraught fan, by lowering the skirt on the ground for friction, and slides to the lowest side of any slope....very interesting - the water is perfect for it, but the land is just dangerous - what a thrill, but once only!!
Also hard to get back onthe trailer, as it weighs about a ton and a half...gave it to the local Naval cadets to play with - far too dangerous....
HuggyB
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I had a float tube when I lived in Sydney
kinda like an inflatable tyre tube with waders attached and flippers for feet. You can get some pretty spiffy versions, although mine was pretty basic. Really well suited to the trout fishing I did there, although let me tell you thermal and trackpants weren't enough to keep me half warm at Eucumbene!
Got a few strange looks in the Swan when I went flattie hunting.
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