Boat race in bad weather - GIF

[Altair]

Boat race in bad weather.




Previously:

Boat goes airborne on rapids, lands on bank - GIF
Head-on collision at sea - GIF
Hydroplane somersaults and sticks landing - GIF
Racing yacht collision - GIF
Racing yachts weaving through boat traffic - GIF

[Ralphxyz]

Need to fasten your seatbelt!

[hemmjo]

Too late to fasten the belt at that point. Time to unhook and get out!!

[bob_3000]

"Need to fasten your seatbelt!"

Too late to fasten the belt at that point.

Ya...the idea is to fasten the seatbelt before hand...

[Gadgeteer]

Missed the ripcord pull to soften the splashdown.

[Philip Davies]

Clearly more money than sense.

[Toolmaker51]

Clearly more money than sense.

Perhaps, but 7 miles is child's play.
The real version is Long Beach CA to Catalina Island, one leg at about 26 miles. There is one class that continues around the island and back, talk about endurance.
Why?
It's with a skier in tow. . .
https://www.catalinaskirace.net/ceremony/

I've had the pleasure of viewing it while on the water, watching greats of the Southern California automotive performance, or wealthy industrialists like Vic Edelbrock, Bob Nordskog, and many representing Keith Black, to name a few.
I'm positive Donald Joel Aronow, greatest offshore powerboat hull designer of all, smiles down with pride at every such event, worldwide.