BOAT RACING RULES

Do you want to grow up and be a boat racer? here is some information about boat racing rules. 

1. TYPES OF RACES

A. ALL SPEED RACES ARE HELD ON LAKES AND RIVERS. CLOSED-COURSE RACES RANGE IN DISTANCE FROM 5 MILES FOR LIMITED OUTBOARDS TO 30 MILES FOR UNLIMITED HYDROPLANES. SPEED TESTS FOR UNLIMITED HYDROPLANES ALSO TAKE THE FORM OF RACES RAN AGAINST THE CLOCK OVER STRAIGHT,MEASURED MILE COURSES. LONG DISTANCE OFF SHORE RACES ARE HELD EVERY YEAR NOTABLY IN THE BAHAMAS AND OFF THE NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY COASTS AND LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA. 

B. IN PREDICTED LOG RACING THE VARIOUS ENTRANTS WEIGH,PRIOR TO THE CONTEST,SUCH VARIABLES AS COMPASS COURSES,TIDAL CURRENTS AND ENGINE SPEED 

C. ESTIMATE THE TIME REQUIRED TO COVER THE COURSE,AS WELL AS THE TIME AT WHICH THEIR CRAFT WILL PASS CERTAIN BUOYS OR MARKERS ALONG THE COURSE. BUOYS ARE THE SIZE AND SHAPE OF THE COURSE VARY ACCORDING TO THE BODY OF WATER ON WHICH THE RACE TAKES PLACE.

2. IMPORTANT RECORDS AND RECORDS                

A. THE SPEEDS ATTAINED BY RACING RUNABOUTS AND HYDROPLANES VARY WIDELY. THE MEASURED- MILE RECORD FOR PROPELLER-DRIVEN,UNLIMITED HYDROPLANES, SET IN 1962 BY THE AMERICAN BOAT MISS U.S. I,IS 200.419 MPH.

B. THE RECORD FOR AN OUTBOARD HYDROPLANE,SET IN 1984 BY THE AMERICAN BOAT AMERICA'S CHALLENGE,IS 157 MPH. THE WORLD WATER SPEED RECORD,SET IN 1978 BY THE AUSTRALIAN CRAFT SPIRIT OF AUSTRALIAN IS 319.63 MPH.

3. CRAFT CATEGORIES

A. THE TWO TYPES OF SPEED-RACING HULL,OR BOAT FRAME,ARE THE RUNABOUT AND THE HYDROPLANE. THE RUNABOUT IS  A V-BOTTOM  CRAFT USEFUL ALSO FOR EVERYDAY UTILITY BOATING,WHICH WHEN IN MOTION,PUSHES THROUGH THE WATER.