Waterford Invitational - Melton 2014 VIDEO

Credit: Mike Smith

Can someone explain what may have happened to the boat on the inside at the start?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAetVq04Lws

Wow that thing was out of shape but did'nt crash. He is lucky they were not bunched up closer.

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Originally Posted by HotWater

Wow that thing was out of shape but did'nt crash. He is lucky they were not bunched up closer.

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Crazy how much it runs to the right then hops multiple times. No doubt that was a great save.

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Originally Posted by GotHalos

Credit: Mike Smith

Can someone explain what may have happened to the boat on the inside at the start?

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Not enough down pedal for the amount of gas applied. Just a guess. :)

Yea not enough down pedal and he aired it out and it just fell on its side - chined over, it wasnt so much a save by the driver as a tendency of the hull design to save itself...

These are not flat bottoms and the V hull tends to let them fall on their low sides like that, but under power they still seem to be more stable than the flats sometimes.... If that was a flat, it probably would have been all over.

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Originally Posted by ptc

Yea not enough down pedal and he aired it out and it just fell on its side - chined over, it wasnt so much a save by the driver as a tendency of the hull design to save itself...

These are not flat bottoms and the V hull tends to let them fall on their low sides like that, but under power they still seem to be more stable than the flats sometimes.... If that was a flat, it probably would have been all over.

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Thanks for explaining.

So these are closer to the GN's we have here with more power?

I'm thinking if that was a flat it would have for sure been over. That is the most forgiving race boat I have seen.

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Originally Posted by HotWater

I'm thinking if that was a flat it would have for sure been over. That is the most forgiving race boat I have seen.

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X2 I agree