Thread: Water Speed Record attempt

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

Trying to keep my feet on the deck as the huge props spun at speed on HMAS Hobart (2) was more than challenging at 36 knots or above My boat can do 70 knots in 'very flat sea'. A few years ago I was coming back in from a long way out with my son and dad in the boat at 10 knots due to the waves and swell. After getting around a island before the river entrance it became flat so I cranked it up.

My son was on the seat and dad out the back sitting on my big ice chest. One turn to correct heading bounce just a bit. My son told me Grandpa isn't in the boat! I thought he was joking until I turned and saw him 100m behind the boat

The Metal Grab rai is called the "JESUS" Bar in my boat. There isn't one in the back of the boat.

PLAY IT LOUD



The video showing the wash from the stern with water level with the deck. I have a photo when the Green Ghost was going FASTER. The wake was above the deck level and OMG it was tough standing up. The water level is about 2 metres below the deck!!!!!

I never found out what my top speed was, as I chickened out (on the request of my deckie, of course) Wouldn't have been 70 knots, by any stretch though!

That's a great vid. Thanks.

Post WW ll my Dad was in the RN (Real Navy according to him ). He and another load of sailors were returning to the UK after a two year posting. These fellows were on an aircraft carrier, but were not allowed to think it was a pleasure cruise. They were paired up and given totally meaningless, mundane and mind numbing jobs to keep them in their place. Dad and his sidekick managed to escape being handed a task. They got a clipboard and tape measure, with which they wandered freely throughout the ship, socialising with their working mates. If they came across anyone with stripes, or more, they made out they were recording measurements. Old mate had to disembark at Gibraltar, as he still had twelve months left on his posting. Just before arriving he fessed up, to late too punish him. That left Dad on his Todd so he too had to confess. His punishment was a watch on the bridge, as the carrier made a fast voyage across the Bay of Biscay, to meet a high tide, he said it was one of the highlights in his twelve years of service. Some punishment!