Lee Taylor's Discovery II rocket boat crashed because he was running it in water too rough for a boat with sponson angles that steep. If he'd stuck with running the boat in glass smooth water he might have been alright.
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01-27-2013 09:58 PMDiscovery II was an incredible project.
Lee held the record for a long time with his Hustler boat at 285.21mph, (almost 11 years?), before Ken got it .....Last edited by Ratickle; 01-28-2013 at 06:12 AM.
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01-29-2013 06:06 AMI remember the attempt well. I was still young then and wanted an American to get the record back in the worse way.
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01-29-2013 06:09 AMIn better times, RIP.......
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01-29-2013 06:13 AMI still remember that boat and some of the technology they were using that had never been used before. I was living out in SW Washington at the time, and we went to Lake Tahoe at least once a year on long weekend road trips.
I remember being pissed because there was a lot of speculation at the time the only reason he went out, the water was too rough, was to put on a show at the pressure of the media.Getting bad advice is unfortunate, taking bad advice is a Serious matter!!