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Here is one I just can't find the logic for. I hold the e hydro record at 17 seconds for two laps, so I was there when it happened. I understand and saw how it was done. LOL. The boat was running between 98 and 100 mph on the radar gun. The boat ran 8.5 seconds per lap. Here is what I don't understand.... The record certificate says the boat traveled at 70 mph average speed. So here is the math.... It takes 2.2 seconds to travel 330 feet at 100 mph. That is the length of the straightaway from buoy six to buoy one. It Doesn't matter how close to the buoys........330 feet is 330 feet. If the boat was running 100 mph and it traveled the front and back straightaway at 100 mph that's 4.4 seconds of the 8.5 total for one lap. That only leaves 4 seconds to go around the corners, so that equates to 2 seconds per corner. Seconds vs mph figures ok at 100 mph as I saw it happen.
Now, lets use the IMPBA rule book chart to see how the theoretical speed is calculated.....
According to the IMPBA chart in the rule book it takes 3.2 seconds to travel the 330 foot straightaway at 70 mph. That's 6.4 seconds of the 8.5 total, so that means the boat would have to get through each of the two corners at just a tad over one second. I don't care how close you hang on the buoys......I don't see a one second trip through the corners at 70 mph. It just does not figure to me.
Now, lets use the IMPBA rule book chart to see how the theoretical speed is calculated.....
According to the IMPBA chart in the rule book it takes 3.2 seconds to travel the 330 foot straightaway at 70 mph. That's 6.4 seconds of the 8.5 total, so that means the boat would have to get through each of the two corners at just a tad over one second. I don't care how close you hang on the buoys......I don't see a one second trip through the corners at 70 mph. It just does not figure to me.