Video Powerboat Racing – 160 MPH on the Water in a Hydro – If you ever wondered what 1200 horsepowered boats look and sound like, get ready for a treat.
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Australia’s flamboyant ‘hairdresser to the stars’ Steve ‘Stefan’ Ackerie has shelved plans to return to offshore racing for the moment, but next year intends to make an all-out assault on a variety of inter-city powerboat speed records.
Commercial fisherman and former abalone diver, Gunther Pfrengle, currently holds five inter-city records recognised by the Australian Powerboat Association (APBA).
Ackerie, who has held several inter-city speed records, including the marathon Cairns-Brisbane, said he was prepared to put up ‘$1 million-plus’ to chase some of the records.
His ‘assault’ will take place next year.
‘I have to get the boat ready and … Details
Video Powerboat White Water Jet Boat Racing – Race Boat Wheelie during race – Race boat team Luqui-Fire does their best impression of a wheelie during a race at Riggins Idaho. High winds caused the race boat to actually hang in the air as the jumped they rapid named Motel Hole
For most of the competitors at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the possibility of mounting the podium to claim an Olympic medal represents the very pinnacle of sporting achievement: usually the payoff of many years of blood, sweat and tears. However, in 2008, being the best athlete is no longer necessarily enough: in most events the Gold Medal winner will also have had the aid of the very best sporting equipment.
For this reason, the battle for Gold begun long ago in the offices and testing facilities of research centres, where the sports equipment used by the competitors in the Beijing Olympics has been constantly optimized and improved. Canoeing is one of the fields where extensive research has been performed into minimizing hull resistance using state of the art measurement and experimental techniques, backed extensively by Computational Fluid Dynamics simulation using CD-adapco software…Â Details