Power boat lost control video

[Zing]

Here a powerboat does a spin out, maybe a hook turn and comes pretty close to killing his crew. Note how he trashes his throttles just before the crash. An innocent trip turns into near disaster. Perhaps we can learn something.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp50CSUKBbc

 

[petem]

That's quite an old video and was discussed here at the time. But I'd be interested to know if any boats made by Sunseeker, Fairline etc could be made to hook in such a way. Is a Hawk 34 for example immune to this?

 

[CharlieAlpha]

Yes we can but that is a very old clip

 

[BruceK]

My Formula comes with a warning label at the helm not to turn sharply at speeds in excess of 40knts. I get a bit irate when I see it because my engine combo cannot reach 40 knts and makes me wonder what I'm missing out on not having big petrol V8's

 

[Zing]

That's quite an old video and was discussed here at the time. But I'd be interested to know if any boats made by Sunseeker, Fairline etc could be made to hook in such a way. Is a Hawk 34 for example immune to this?

Sorry if I reposted it. I searched first, but could find nothing. The video seems to be from 2013.

 

[petem]

Sorry if I reposted it. I searched first, but could find nothing. The video seems to be from 2013.

That's ok, I can't expect everyone to remember every video ever posted! The video does show the very violent way that a boat can react.

 

[omega2]

The navigator has the right shaped head, is his name Richard?

 

[TheOrs]

wonder what I'm missing out on not having big petrol V8's

Huge fuel bills?

 

[scubaman]

That's quite an old video and was discussed here at the time. But I'd be interested to know if any boats made by Sunseeker, Fairline etc could be made to hook in such a way. Is a Hawk 34 for example immune to this?

Not an expert on these high speed boats, but I would imagine they mostly are immune due to lack of speed?

 

[MapisM]

Not an expert on these high speed boats, but I would imagine they mostly are immune due to lack of speed?

ROTFL!
K, you just got my vote for the most hilarious post of the month.
And if I can quote Jim Davis, quite often when someone laugh at a strip, it's not because it's funny - it's because it's true.

The F38 in that video is a double stepped hardcore speed machine.
If highly powered, she can achieve 120+ mph - but IIRC, even the most sedate version is still capable of 80+.

That said, it is indeed possible to hook and spin also at much lower speeds - in this respect, the warning for 40+ knots that was mentioned for the Formula makes good sense.
But hard steering at high speed is not something anyone in his right mind would do, and has nothing at all to see with what happened in that video, where they were going straight but (I think) the helmsman just underestimated a wake crossing.

Btw, the "throttle trashing" mentioned in the OP is quite normal on these boats, and actually required whenever the outdrives get out of the water, in order to avoid destroying them.