Sorry but it's the truth. Water is deadly at high speeds (anything over 50mph).
150 mph in a 50ft boat!
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Sorry but it's the truth. Water is deadly at high speeds (anything over 50mph).
Back in highschool we did alot of waterskiing. Barefooting was fun but for me it always was a extreme wipe out. Since I was 6' & 185lbs as a freshmen I always had to run on the high end of comfortable speed to foot (45mph on a rope). At that speed I could slide a long way across the top of the water or I tumble like someone threw me out of a moving car. One of my firends had a finger ripped right off his hand (at the knuckle) while footing. It some how dug into the water while he was skipping and his body kept moving along!!!!
When we were kids back in the 60's, we had a ski club on our lake called "The Cedar Skiers"
We did all the tricks back then (bare foot, 5 person pyramid's,ect) included me flying a kite with a 300 ft two rope on it.
It was a regular kite design, not the delta wing.
The faster the boat went , the higher you went.
If the boat lost power, you went down like a rock.
We used family boats and our biggest motors and boats back then were 16-18 feet and 75 and 60 hp motors.
We did shows up and down Lake Michigan in Wis and the U.P. but mainly on Cedar Lake in Manitowoc county.
We did all the tricks back then (bare foot, 5 person pyramid's,ect) included me flying a kite with a 300 ft two rope on it.
It was a regular kite design, not the delta wing.
The faster the boat went , the higher you went.
If the boat lost power, you went down like a rock.
We used family boats and our biggest motors and boats back then were 16-18 feet and 75 and 60 hp motors.
We did shows up and down Lake Michigan in Wis and the U.P. but mainly on Cedar Lake in Manitowoc county.
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Since were talking boats and going fast read what my fire department dive team was called out to this morning. Note the "day and time in the article."
NWI Newspaper Article
NWI Newspaper Article