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Posted: 2/15/2017 6:27:13 PM EDT

Doesn't really say. Hits some flat water around 2:30 and again at 3:30.

Salmon River Jet Boat Races - 2015 Upstream Onboard USA1 Turbine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDkHSmLbl1k

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:29:08 PM EDT

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Sixty

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:29:38 PM EDT

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Faster than I would be willing to go on water.

120-140ish?

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:30:44 PM EDT

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Doesn't really say. Hits some flat water around 2:30 and again at 3:30.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDkHSmLbl1k

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80ish.

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:30:50 PM EDT

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Seems reasonable. Maybe just a touch faster.

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:31:13 PM EDT

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maybe 65.....did you see how close he was to that rock?

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:31:49 PM EDT

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87 mph

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:32:21 PM EDT

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87 mph

dammit

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:33:57 PM EDT

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First guess 50-60 as well, maybe a hair faster.

eta- probably 70-80, video makes things look slow.

I will now do the simple trick of watching the linked videos of the same kind of boats on that river and find the speed.

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:34:25 PM EDT

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It's a 1200hp+ turbine in a tiny boat, no sense if it's 60.

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:34:41 PM EDT

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Doesn't really say. Hits some flat water around 2:30 and again at 3:30.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDkHSmLbl1k

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He is really hauling the mail! here is some video from another angle

I bet he is over 100 mph in the OP video!

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:35:21 PM EDT

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Posted: 2/15/2017 6:35:44 PM EDT

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http://www.westernwhitewater.org/Pages%20Information/Rapids%20Newsletter/2012%20January%20RAPIDS.pdf

The whitewater turbine boats were reaching 125+ in 2012. So yea, I'm sticking with 120+ range.

ETA: http://www.southlakecda.com/stories.htm

speeds up to 140 in white water

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:36:31 PM EDT

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Im sayin 110 to 130. He was flying for sure.

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:36:55 PM EDT

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I think that boat is on a treadmill though. So zero mph.

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:37:11 PM EDT

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It's a 1200hp+ turbine in a tiny boat, no sense if it's 60.

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that

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:37:23 PM EDT

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fast enough to kill you

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:37:38 PM EDT

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We'll never know.

Raceboat drivers are looking good for active radar jamming equipment

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:38:58 PM EDT

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Wow, I had no idea that existed. They have wings on the nose for downforce

The next video says capable of over 140.....

Turbine Jet Boat Races on the Salmon River.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGdjvjt2IJc

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:39:36 PM EDT

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Gopro makes stuff look like it's going much faster than what it is. I'll go with 70 based on my bassboat experience. ETA well over 100 later in the video.

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:39:58 PM EDT

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So you're saying it's gotta be going at least 80 then?

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:42:05 PM EDT

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50-60 at the fastest moments.

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:42:58 PM EDT

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no idea but that is absolutely insane.

how the fuck do they know where all the rocks / fallen trees are considering rivers are constantly changing... like monthly??

There's massive trees in the CO that are always moving during spring run-off just under the surface line and the water level is also constantly changing. It just seems extremely dangerous lol.

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:46:49 PM EDT

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Over 100 easy in the flat water.

I would want one of those if I lived in Oroville

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:48:55 PM EDT

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My guess is around 80.

The bigger question is how they keep from sinking that boat, carrying around those gigantic set off balls.

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:50:58 PM EDT

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70.

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:53:41 PM EDT

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Gopro makes stuff look like it's going much faster than what it is. I'll go with 70 based on my bassboat experience. ETA well over 100 later in the video.

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Yeah, I can't tell, but it looked like it was moving on the flat water later in the vid.

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:57:12 PM EDT

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Do you think it has a radar jammer?

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:58:36 PM EDT

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30 speed

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:59:05 PM EDT

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Tree fiddy.

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:59:17 PM EDT

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@4:00 I'd say 80-90mph.

That thing is ridiculous.

Posted: 2/15/2017 7:00:05 PM EDT

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I built gas RC boats that did 80+, boats go faster when out of the water and just the screw in the water.

Posted: 2/15/2017 7:00:11 PM EDT

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Wow, I had no idea that existed. They have wings on the nose for downforce

The next video says capable of over 140.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGdjvjt2IJc

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That boat my very well be capable of 140+ mph, but it wasn't going anywhere near that fast in the video.

Posted: 2/15/2017 7:01:26 PM EDT

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I've seen her boats push 120 on pump gas. I bet a turbine could push 140 easy.. I would wager that clip is well over 100.

My jet boat with a 350 pushed 65 mph on GPS.

Posted: 2/15/2017 7:03:23 PM EDT

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no idea but that is absolutely insane.

how the fuck do they know where all the rocks / fallen trees are considering rivers are constantly changing... like monthly??

There's massive trees in the CO that are always moving during spring run-off just under the surface line and the water level is also constantly changing. It just seems extremely dangerous lol.

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Its a aluminum boat with a jet drive. On plain I bet that thing pulls 4 inches of water
..if that. They scoot right over rocks trees etc

Posted: 2/15/2017 7:04:16 PM EDT

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No, its a race boat. Does NASCAR have jammers?

Posted: 2/15/2017 7:04:29 PM EDT

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At 2:15, I'd have shut it down. That was some rough water.
At 4:30, he's shooting a rooster tail about 120 ft long.
So, I'm going with 120 mph at the 4:30 mark.

Posted: 2/15/2017 7:06:09 PM EDT

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80-110 mph, it's the scenery that I like...

Posted: 2/15/2017 7:06:40 PM EDT

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Eleventy mph

Posted: 2/15/2017 7:07:13 PM EDT

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Not All Boats Are Created Equal!!!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_6J2C2fPDg

And this video isnt about top speed. Its just how they race them in white water.

Posted: 2/15/2017 7:07:13 PM EDT

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100mph or better. He is flying!

Posted: 2/15/2017 7:10:02 PM EDT

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Definitely faster than I can row my 10' jon boat while rocketing across my pond.

Posted: 2/15/2017 7:11:00 PM EDT

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I'm guessing it looks like he's going much faster than he really is

Posted: 2/15/2017 7:11:40 PM EDT

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doubtful. Especially considering the 60mph guesses.

Posted: 2/15/2017 7:13:05 PM EDT

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Guessing 65-70

Posted: 2/15/2017 7:13:32 PM EDT

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He's moving for sure. I hope they had closed the river off for that little stunt so he doesn't end up doing this.

Skip to 2:45

Crash on the Big O lake Okeechobee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq-ChYy-0vM

Posted: 2/15/2017 7:17:01 PM EDT

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Faster than I would be willing to go on water.

120-140ish?

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I would tag along. I was thinking about the same on the speed.

Posted: 2/15/2017 7:17:05 PM EDT

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i'm looking at the constant spray on the starboard side, and guessing that he's around 80 in places. sense of speed is different in a boat than in a car. you can drive 60mph on the road and it's nothing. 60mph is a small boat is really moving. fastest i've ever been was ~50 in a fountain 38, and i decided that i didn't want to outrun my ability so i backed off the throttle.