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Originally Posted by secondcurve
After reading the press release the other day I couldn't understand how "wind" could possibly tip a boat upside down. I Just watched the video and I was astonished by the estimated 170-195MPH speed the boat was traveling at before the crash. 50MPH in a boat feels like 100MPH in a car. I can't fathom what those type of speeds feel like. How fast can those boats go?
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As we can see in the video, the "wind" hardly raised a ripple. If helicopters were present at this event—
that's a game-changer.
The reporters also described the boat as a "catamaran"; however, the boat in the fatal crash would be better described as a "tunnel-hull", given that the space between the hulls is a solid material. In other catamaran craft, that same space is given heavy netting to
discourage lift and avoid capsize. The benefit to the "tunnel-hull" in powerboats is to
gain lift, which increases speed. Even at less than half those speeds, the tunnel-hull scarcely leaves any wake!
