Entertaining debate with 'gassey bloke' last night over beer ( his ) .. who claimed 'you' electric Boffins had a looooong way to go before becoming accepted within the worldwide boating fraternity..
I reminded him if it were not for 'us' electric Boffins, and rapid assimilation into 'the worldwide boating fraternity' . you would still be running tether boats.
hahaha
he handed me a 6pack and said it was time for him to leave !
Every seen a tether boat go ?
In South Oz is South AustralianModelSteamEngineers ( SASME) who have a site in Millswood where they run scale steam engines..dragging enthusiasts around 1/8th scale scenery .. ..and past a tether pond...fastest thing Ive ever seen is a flash steam driven boat tied to a cable tether.. 10Yd radius.. and more laps per sec than able to comprehend.. wicked !
Off switch was a switch of wood ( stick) he placed in path of boat to trip onboard valve.
The fellow who ran it looked like a deckhand from the Ark ....... !
:thumbsup:
I reminded him if it were not for 'us' electric Boffins, and rapid assimilation into 'the worldwide boating fraternity' . you would still be running tether boats.
hahaha
he handed me a 6pack and said it was time for him to leave !
Every seen a tether boat go ?
In South Oz is South AustralianModelSteamEngineers ( SASME) who have a site in Millswood where they run scale steam engines..dragging enthusiasts around 1/8th scale scenery .. ..and past a tether pond...fastest thing Ive ever seen is a flash steam driven boat tied to a cable tether.. 10Yd radius.. and more laps per sec than able to comprehend.. wicked !
Off switch was a switch of wood ( stick) he placed in path of boat to trip onboard valve.
The fellow who ran it looked like a deckhand from the Ark ....... !
:thumbsup:

and were made of quality ABS plastic they were so strong and lasted so well. Now the Chinese use such low quality products such as Fiberglass, Kevlar and Carbon Fiber our boats are just not surviving those 80+ mph crashes. The 

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