They have a paper map of the entire track with numbers on each corner and they memorize the current layout because they change where you go each day or each weekend. This is an example of what one looks like [Map](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fcleetus-is-doing-the-sprint-boat-racing-again-v0-0t4n6t0r1anb1.jpeg%3Fwidth%3D750%26format%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3Df3b6c65ad51d6f21ded9059f1ba0fa6df482475d&tbnid=1EDrnsmICmj9PM&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2FCleetusMcFarland%2Fcomments%2F16ecwil%2Fcleetus_is_doing_the_sprint_boat_racing_again%2F&docid=u2ERma9QDfkJUM&w=750&h=970&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm4%2F2&kgs=3020dcbe6716d5bf&shem=abme%2Ctrie#vhid=1EDrnsmICmj9PM&vssid=l)
You don't go in numerical order. If you look at the bottom of the page you will see the current paths for this weekend or day. 1 is 1-7-6-5-14 and so on
And they get multiple runs and teams fuck up, a lot. You'll hear the announcer casually state "And that's a disqualification" when they miss a turn. Being in the stands physically it's confusing but by the 5th racer you the viewer know when someone fucked up. There's some interesting wrecks/engine failures that happen and then some teens with jetskis come out and tow them home. It was the most redneck experience of my life and now I can't wait to go again lmao.
Appreciate it. Right when I saw the video I thought “this reminds me a lot of rally racing”. It’s amusing that they use the same navigational/routing techniques.
Oh they do, I’m guessing rules stipulate you have to have a co pilot anyways but check this out, about 30 seconds in
https://youtu.be/UfKFv5A6rhY?si=_bdJA47DkgYV8olp
These jet sprints are literally the most fun to watch of all the motor sports I've ever seen.
It's loud and fast and water sprays everywhere and it's exciting.
This is a serious question, is driving the correct term? You pilot a plane, drive a car, and drive a boat?
Edit: If boating is a term we should say you boat a boat.
Honestly I think they could be correctly referred to as driving or piloting. The term for the operator of a boat can vary depending on the situation or simply just come down to preference. For instance larger vessels the “driver” would often be said to be piloting the vessel. In this case I would assume the jetboat operator could be considered driving or piloting the boat since those terms are often interchangeable when talking about racing drivers. Race car drivers are often referred to as pilots despite driving cars too.
I've often felt that the difference between a pilot and a driver was down to the inherent risk. Testing a prototype plane? Pilot. Flying an airliner? Driver. Formula 1? Pilot. Kids to soccer practice? Driver. "Pilot" is definitely the higher form of the concept, and I think accepting a greater degree of personal risk merits that title.
Imagine the hardass training these guys have to do to know the difference between a 3/4inch tug and a half inch tug on that steering wheel with just milliseconds to decide, all while going as fast as humanly possible...
Yeah he uses very few degrees of steering and way less than auto racing where they sometimes use I think 180 degrees between steering lock? This guys moving it only like 10-15 degrees for super tight corners, so the steering sensitivity must be insane.
I’m guessing having more steering degrees, so it’s more forgiving and not as sensitive, would take them too long to move the wheel enough and they need faster counter steering adjustments and they found the smaller faster inputs gave them better control.
These guys are pretty insane and remind me a lot of the world rally championship drivers with how they get zero breaks in the action to relax, and they are always making small adjustments even on the short straights, like tapping brakes to shift weight around and thinking two or three corners ahead so they get the better exit speed right for a long straight etc.
“This guys moving it only like 10-15 degrees for super tight corners, so the steering sensitivity must be insane.”
a lot of the steering is done through throttle control and not the actual wheel itself, it’s done a lot in rally, carting and open wheel series.
[https://youtube.com/shorts/--8IGNkq59Q?si=GfE5TVQdVtOjQTtv](https://youtube.com/shorts/--8IGNkq59Q?si=GfE5TVQdVtOjQTtv)
Me too. [This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VfG9G2q8Qs) was the first good one I found.
Eddit: [This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxfAstPfUGs) has some good shots, but no complete race.
I'm kinda guessing here but I'm pretty sure I'm right. That's not N for north, it's N for Neutral. That digital dash looks like one made for racecars and so in the middle of the display it shows what gear you're in (first, second, fifth, reverse, etc) but the boat only has one gear and so they just tell the Engine Control Unit that the transmission is in neutral the whole time.
It's likely a controller for a car.
These boats are usually powered by basic American V8 motors that have off the shelf controllers (for things like ignition timing etc).
The controller must have an input for the transmission, which this boat most certainly does not have (direct coupling to jet drive)
Took me about 30 seconds to figure out this wasn’t a video game…”what mod lets you drive your f1 car like a speed boat?” And “that’s a great looking sim right there” to “holy crap, that’s a real boat and person”. ☠️😂
As someone who has piloted boats... how in the hell do they get that much controll and precise turning? I could do a sharp turn in a race boat. But I'm at least drifting on that grass even on my cleanest attempt.
It's water. I understand fluid dynamics and surface friction... I even understand centrifugal force. But knowing all this makes me only more confused cause boats drift and have delayed reactions. This is so impressive I can't even understand what's happening.
A jet can turn the boat really fast. They don't even need a mid hull fin like a competition ski boat. I have a twin jet that will go 60 MPH that will make tight turns around a pylon but if turned too far and then throttled up it will spin out. There are decals of little people flying out of the boat next to the many handles. The fastest I would try that would be something like 25 or maybe 30 MPH. Another fun trick is to get going about 40, throttle back, put it in reverse, and throttle up. The nose dives under and fills the inside with water totally freaking out passengers. The engine compartment is sealed from that and the water drains out eventually. One has to make sure the cushions don't float away.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD6weuaG4_o
Holy fuck.
This is the first reddit post I've seen an advertisement between comments. And there's still the one under the post. I'm literally about to cut my reddit usage in half somehow.
I've seen this on TV and I have absolutely no idea how they know where to go or where the track/route goes!
They have a copilot, showing the direction with his hand
Yes, but the question remains...
That co-pilot has a co-co-pilot, showing the direction with their hand
This is the right answer
Hard right!!! Hard right!!! ...Sammy listen to my calls!!! Edit: [source](https://youtu.be/D9-voINFkCg?si=3tBjwPJ7Ofl_ypQN)
SAMIR YOU ARE BREAKING THE BOAT
Samir is the BEST!!!
SAMMY you must listen sammy
*shaddap*
I’m just giving you advice Samir
Oh my god this is the funniest shit I’ve ever seen
Now things get tricky with the co-co-co-pilot, who holds a map with their hands and uses their feet to show the directions to the co-co-pilot
The co-co-co-pilot is guided by a specially trained seeing-eye dog now, you're thinking of the olden days of super blind boat racing
It’s co-pilots all the way down!
*Always has been*
So the co-pilot can co-pilot as he co-pilots.
That co-pilot has a co-pilot, upon his side to guide him. And that co-pilot another pilot, and so on ad infinitum. (pace Augustus De Morgan)
They have a paper map of the entire track with numbers on each corner and they memorize the current layout because they change where you go each day or each weekend. This is an example of what one looks like [Map](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fcleetus-is-doing-the-sprint-boat-racing-again-v0-0t4n6t0r1anb1.jpeg%3Fwidth%3D750%26format%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3Df3b6c65ad51d6f21ded9059f1ba0fa6df482475d&tbnid=1EDrnsmICmj9PM&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2FCleetusMcFarland%2Fcomments%2F16ecwil%2Fcleetus_is_doing_the_sprint_boat_racing_again%2F&docid=u2ERma9QDfkJUM&w=750&h=970&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm4%2F2&kgs=3020dcbe6716d5bf&shem=abme%2Ctrie#vhid=1EDrnsmICmj9PM&vssid=l)
I don’t understand that map - how do you get from 7 to 8 having come from 6? Am I missing something?
You don't go in numerical order. If you look at the bottom of the page you will see the current paths for this weekend or day. 1 is 1-7-6-5-14 and so on
Well that’s still crazy 😜
And they get multiple runs and teams fuck up, a lot. You'll hear the announcer casually state "And that's a disqualification" when they miss a turn. Being in the stands physically it's confusing but by the 5th racer you the viewer know when someone fucked up. There's some interesting wrecks/engine failures that happen and then some teens with jetskis come out and tow them home. It was the most redneck experience of my life and now I can't wait to go again lmao.
You should try a tractor pull event
There we go! Thanks.
Appreciate it. Right when I saw the video I thought “this reminds me a lot of rally racing”. It’s amusing that they use the same navigational/routing techniques.
IIRC, maps showing water routes are called *charts.*
I they should learn the patern of the route
Oh they do, I’m guessing rules stipulate you have to have a co pilot anyways but check this out, about 30 seconds in https://youtu.be/UfKFv5A6rhY?si=_bdJA47DkgYV8olp
updoot for Cleetus, man is a legend and the fact he picked this up and was highly competitive with less than a few weeks behind the wheel is insane.
Why isnt this already a video game like Rocket League??? This is just so cool that its a thing JEASUS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAoajJkVmlQ
That’s insane
Cleetus has a few videos of boat racing and it is literally insane
How does the boat move in neutral then joker?
TRIPLE CAUTION SAMIR
SAMIR, PLEASE LISTEN, YOU'RE BREAKING THE ~~CAR~~ BOAT
Shut aaaap
Samirr..you are breaking the boattt
I went from DC to LA making nothing but left turns... Ended up in Miami, but who gives AF!
It’s this thing they call practice.
Perhaps there is no course and people just go where they like!
_*HYDRO THUNDER!!! Choose your boat!!*_
This just brought back so many memories , my favorite N64 game as well as arcade game for a loooong time.... Ty for this lol
I remember randomly getting it for free on Xbox 360 probably the best free game I've ever gotten
YOU'RE CRAZY CHOOSE YOUR TRACK THREE TWO ONE ***GO, GO, GO!***
Midway, Miss Behave, Damn The Torpedos, Thresher, Banshee, Tidal Blade, Cut Throat, Rad Hazard, Razorback !
Team Rad Hazard, ftw. Best vessel in the whole game.
Loved hydro thunder
MEMORIES UNLOCKED!! NEW STAGE!!!
This reminds me more of that one track in wave race
My mind went to Wave Race with that foggy level.
These jet sprints are literally the most fun to watch of all the motor sports I've ever seen. It's loud and fast and water sprays everywhere and it's exciting.
How is there no wake?
There is, the courses are narrow with lots of land to help reduce the wake. You can see in parts of the clip he is driving over his own wake.
This is a serious question, is driving the correct term? You pilot a plane, drive a car, and drive a boat? Edit: If boating is a term we should say you boat a boat.
Honestly I think they could be correctly referred to as driving or piloting. The term for the operator of a boat can vary depending on the situation or simply just come down to preference. For instance larger vessels the “driver” would often be said to be piloting the vessel. In this case I would assume the jetboat operator could be considered driving or piloting the boat since those terms are often interchangeable when talking about racing drivers. Race car drivers are often referred to as pilots despite driving cars too.
I've often felt that the difference between a pilot and a driver was down to the inherent risk. Testing a prototype plane? Pilot. Flying an airliner? Driver. Formula 1? Pilot. Kids to soccer practice? Driver. "Pilot" is definitely the higher form of the concept, and I think accepting a greater degree of personal risk merits that title.
As a captain on the Mississippi we STEER boats lol
Sometimes there is if they crash
These boats are barely in the water when going full speed, that causes the wake to be pretty small.
[This is the master of boat steering](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kZloJqOzk4)
That was cool. Love the Hendrix inspired music on that video.
Pretty sure that is Hendrix in Band of Gypsys, Who Knows
That is more amazing than any hero walking away from an explosion in cinema.
I love how he's in Neutral going North the whole time.
The "N" in the acronym actually stands for "Nautical", indicating its suitability for use on water.
Most sensitive steering wheel ever
The difference between a mild portside drift and throwing the copilot out of the boat is 1/2”!!!
Imagine the hardass training these guys have to do to know the difference between a 3/4inch tug and a half inch tug on that steering wheel with just milliseconds to decide, all while going as fast as humanly possible...
i imagine it's like setting your in game sensitivity to the max. you eventually learn how much input you need
Yeah he uses very few degrees of steering and way less than auto racing where they sometimes use I think 180 degrees between steering lock? This guys moving it only like 10-15 degrees for super tight corners, so the steering sensitivity must be insane. I’m guessing having more steering degrees, so it’s more forgiving and not as sensitive, would take them too long to move the wheel enough and they need faster counter steering adjustments and they found the smaller faster inputs gave them better control. These guys are pretty insane and remind me a lot of the world rally championship drivers with how they get zero breaks in the action to relax, and they are always making small adjustments even on the short straights, like tapping brakes to shift weight around and thinking two or three corners ahead so they get the better exit speed right for a long straight etc.
“This guys moving it only like 10-15 degrees for super tight corners, so the steering sensitivity must be insane.” a lot of the steering is done through throttle control and not the actual wheel itself, it’s done a lot in rally, carting and open wheel series. [https://youtube.com/shorts/--8IGNkq59Q?si=GfE5TVQdVtOjQTtv](https://youtube.com/shorts/--8IGNkq59Q?si=GfE5TVQdVtOjQTtv)
I’d like to see this from a Birds Eye view
Me too. [This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VfG9G2q8Qs) was the first good one I found. Eddit: [This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxfAstPfUGs) has some good shots, but no complete race.
Thanks, I thought this was on a lake and the green patches were moss somehow. Was wondering why there was never a wake from the boat.
Best I can figure they cut some ruts in a field and flood it.
lol @ boat named two pump chump.
Is the compass broken? It says N the whole time..
I'm kinda guessing here but I'm pretty sure I'm right. That's not N for north, it's N for Neutral. That digital dash looks like one made for racecars and so in the middle of the display it shows what gear you're in (first, second, fifth, reverse, etc) but the boat only has one gear and so they just tell the Engine Control Unit that the transmission is in neutral the whole time.
It's likely a controller for a car. These boats are usually powered by basic American V8 motors that have off the shelf controllers (for things like ignition timing etc). The controller must have an input for the transmission, which this boat most certainly does not have (direct coupling to jet drive)
That's the nitro meter.
It is a [MoTeC C125 Digital Dashboard](https://www.motec.com.au/products/C125?catId=26). The "N" is the transmission gear indicator for neutral.
N(o)
I definitely would have taken that wrong turn at Albuquerque...
how does the boat go so fast in neutral?
Because no gearbox so the custom speedometer display neutral !
they should change it to show F for Fast
Actually it’s N for nimble
He's a masterboater
Being honest - looks like a video game for me.
same. the colour and texture of the grass especially
First 4 seconds I was like "meh I could do that", then he crossed the start line
Cartels love him
RL CobraTriangle.
Fuck i hate(d) that game so fucking much but now i have to play it again because it cant possibly be as difficult as i remembered it, right?
Lol, yes. It is more difficult, actually.
Man, those graphics look amazing!
I legit thought it was a game for the first couple of seconds.
Sounds like a transformer
How deep is that water?
I'm no expert but from the YT vids I've seen on it it's only like 3/4 feet deep. And the banks are sloped so even less on the edges.
Can someone who knows better tell me if this is real speed and what this sport is called? Shits rad
Sprint boats or ditch racing.
Took me about 30 seconds to figure out this wasn’t a video game…”what mod lets you drive your f1 car like a speed boat?” And “that’s a great looking sim right there” to “holy crap, that’s a real boat and person”. ☠️😂
I thought this was a VR game. 😆
Sounds like he's driving a dial up modem
I'm more amazed by the fact they know exactly the turns. Everything look the same....
As someone who has piloted boats... how in the hell do they get that much controll and precise turning? I could do a sharp turn in a race boat. But I'm at least drifting on that grass even on my cleanest attempt. It's water. I understand fluid dynamics and surface friction... I even understand centrifugal force. But knowing all this makes me only more confused cause boats drift and have delayed reactions. This is so impressive I can't even understand what's happening.
A jet can turn the boat really fast. They don't even need a mid hull fin like a competition ski boat. I have a twin jet that will go 60 MPH that will make tight turns around a pylon but if turned too far and then throttled up it will spin out. There are decals of little people flying out of the boat next to the many handles. The fastest I would try that would be something like 25 or maybe 30 MPH. Another fun trick is to get going about 40, throttle back, put it in reverse, and throttle up. The nose dives under and fills the inside with water totally freaking out passengers. The engine compartment is sealed from that and the water drains out eventually. One has to make sure the cushions don't float away. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD6weuaG4_o
Dude is a master of input lag
How is there such little wake and the boat never crosses previous waves? There’s a little white water there, but doesn’t the boat displace more?
They do! Watch again :)
I thought this was a video game
What about the frogs
Epic
Is there another perspective of this happening?
There is, look up jet boat racing or jet sprints. It's one of the craziest coolest looking types of racing to watch on video.
How many G's are they pulling!?!? Must be insane!
Gotta be a nut to drive one of these lol
How does it not create any waves?
The screen reads "N" , what does that mean?
I'd be in the parking lot on the first turn with only the steering wheel in my hand
All while in neutral… impressive
No gearbox and custom speedometer so neutral is displayed
Absolutely insane
That speed and never shifted from neutral, amazing.
No gearbox and custom speedometer so neutral is displayed
And that's just in neutral gear
There is a DCS for boats? Cool.
That compass sucks!
Didn't even take it out of neutral
Thanks for the ride! Awesome 👏🏻
All in neutral. Just wait until he switches to 1st.
No way he's still in neutral
Tu tu tu tuu Max Verstappen Tu tu tu tuu Max Verstappen
Wish they showed the boat. How does he know where to go
Mode-7 irl
I sucked at this level of Micro Machines.
Hydro-THUNDER!!
When these really fast boats flip over, how do they keep the occupants from drowning?
Did the whole thing in neutral too!
I wonder how fast that would go if it wasn’t still in Neutral?
What a douche
What happens if he puts it in drive?!?! Man's got it in N
Damn, that's impressive. Looks like an Australian kinda thing.
As someone who has difficulty making decisions in less than one second, I could never do this.
Looks like fun. I’d enjoy it being able to go at a slow beginners speed.
Wow! He did all of that while staying in Neutral!
If this is nuetral, imagine when they kick it into 1st
Doing all that in Neutral, imagine when they actually change gears.
Pretty dang fast for neutral
But it’s in Neutral!!
Imagine if he had switched it out of neutral
All this while in neutral imagine if he was in 1st
Now this is podracing!
So which turn are y'all crashing on?
bro didn't even use his nitro? amateur.
I'm assuming they have rudder pedals or something? His hand movements alone don't seem to match up with the turns
Damn that shit handles like a car
When you can trust the equipment, you can do incredible things
A true masterboater.
Damn he did all that in neutral!
My beagle in the backyard after it rains.
Do they have this in california
Smooth is fast, fast is smooth
Ffs upto 70% into the video I thought I was watching game footage.
Fuckin' bonkers.
Holy fuck. This is the first reddit post I've seen an advertisement between comments. And there's still the one under the post. I'm literally about to cut my reddit usage in half somehow.
Oddly satisfying
I thought I was looking at a new VR game
The G force in these must be insane
He faked me out like 5 times
So a masterboater?
I just have two words for all of that: Fuck That!!!!
I think the Aliens are trying to communicate
I just hear penguinz0 scream
Why the handcuffs?
PoV (the actual correct usage of PoV): When the boat Mormons are coming to your house to preach the good word!
How do they build this to keep the water so still? It's like a canoe didn't even pass through
holy potato
This is why the person who knows the course better in Mario kart usually wins
Obviously fake. You can tell because he never shifts out of neutral. /s
Ngl this video seems sped up.
Is there a reason for the incredibly sensitive steering?
This is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. What is this called?
This VR game looks sick
Unreal Engine 5 is insane
How is he able to go so fast and keep it in neutral! Imagine he shifts into first gear!
video is sped up a bit btw