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a controlled explosion you sit inside, daring the water to keep up.
means A small, fast motorboat powered by a strong engine, built for speed rather than cargo or comfort.
from A plain English compound of "speed" and "boat," bolted together in the early 20th century as engines finally grew powerful enough to make "fast boat" a category worth naming. "Speed" descends from Old English "sped," which once meant success or prosperity (the same sense surviving in "Godspeed") before it narrowed to mean swiftness. "Boat" comes from Old English "bat," a word shared across the old seafaring Germanic tongues.
- power-to-weight
- Can outmuscle sports cars per pound easily
- hull trick
- Planing lifts the boat atop its own wake
- land speed
- Water records exceed 300 miles per hour
- fuel thirst
- Some guzzle gallons per single mile
- the lean
- Sharp turns throw spray and stomachs sideways
miss budweiser — unlimited hydroplane that won 8 national championships and holds 264+ mph water speed record
cigarette boat — 37-foot high-performance powerboat built in miami since 1968, used by us coast guard and drug smugglers
spirit of australia — jet-powered hydroplane that set world water speed record of 511 mph in 1978 on blowering dam, australia