For anyone who has ever wondered what it is like to race across the water in a small 8 foot long hydroplane boat, this is a good video! Apparently the owner of this small racer boat built it in a day! Not much to it really, but it looks like fun! I think this is just a flat bottom boat, made from a couple pieces of plywood. I had a plan for one like this but can't find it. A true hydroplane has 'sponsons' in the front that the boat rides up on. The idea is that there is very little boat touching the water, it sits up on the two sponsons and the cavitation plate of the outboard, that would be called a 'three point hydroplane' I don't think that's what this is, but it's still a fun to drive, speedy little boat!
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