[White-water] Awesome Jet Boat Action Video on Wild Rogue!!

[james]

Assuming their engines are well-kept and modern there isn't any more 
pollution than your typical automobile.  Many of the newer marine 
engines have the same emissions systems that a car has.  Unfortunately, 
they aren't exactly regulated and most of the custom boats aren't going 
to bother adding the complexity of emission control.

The carbon pollution from their engines under normal operation isn't 
really significant enough to concern me personally.  Of greater concern 
is the errosion of river banks caused by boat wakes, noise pollution and 
any pollution as a result of a crash.

Fortunately, there is unlikely to be enough jet boat traffic on that 
section of river to cause any issues.


thedave at frozenplanet.com wrote:
> while it does seem that they are doing nothing illegal, i do see some 
> wanton destruction of nature.
>
> correct me if i'm wrong here, but i'm under the impression that those 
> engines dump quite a bit of crap into the river during normal operation. 
>
> d.
>
> "What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless,
> whether the mad destruction is brought under the name of totalitarianism
> or the holy name of liberty or democracy."
> -Ghandi
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Kephart" <kepharda at yahoo.com>
> To: bkayaker at yahoo.com, "Roman Androsov" <romanandrosov at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "White- <Water at Maillist.Peak.org>" <white-water at maillist.peak.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2009 10:45:40 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Re: [White-water] Awesome Jet Boat Action Video on Wild Rogue!!
>
> Please define "open season" as far as I can discern they did nothing 
> illegal.  Nor did I see any wanton destruction of nature, sure it 
> would not be fun to meet a boat like that while running a rapid, but 
> to be honest you sound to me just like the fly fishermen that don't 
> like us on the river because we "destroy the experience". 
>
> All that being said, those guys are completely foolish for not 
> strapping on a helmet.  Catching that type of air will lead to someone 
> being throw from the boat and striking a rock, then likely drowning.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Steve B <bkayaker at yahoo.com>
> *To:* Roman Androsov <romanandrosov at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* "White- Water at Maillist.Peak.org" <white-water at maillist.peak.org>
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 31, 2009 8:49:44 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [White-water] Awesome Jet Boat Action Video on Wild Rogue!!
>
> I think it should be open season on anyone taking a powerboat on a 
> river like this.  This is a shamefull display of arrogance and I can't 
> imagine any intelligent American doing this.  Let's see how much of 
> Nature we can possible destroy in a weekend, YAHOO!
>
> --- On *Wed, 1/28/09, Roman Androsov /<romanandrosov at yahoo.com>/* wrote:
>
>     From: Roman Androsov <romanandrosov at yahoo.com>
>     Subject: Re: [White-water] Awesome Jet Boat Action Video on Wild
>     Rogue!!
>     To: "White- Water at Maillist.Peak.org"
>     <white-water at maillist.peak.org>, "Gary Adams" <bigdog660 at comcast.net>
>     Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 8:29 PM
>
>     awesome... unless the boat stalls... next time they should also
>     have someone water ski all the rapids with them :)
>
>     --- On *Wed, 1/28/09, Gary Adams /<bigdog660 at comcast.net>/* wrote:
>
>         From: Gary Adams <bigdog660 at comcast.net>
>         Subject: [White-water] Awesome Jet Boat Action Video on Wild
>         Rogue!!
>         To: "White- Water at Maillist.Peak.org"
>         <white-water at maillist.peak.org>
>         Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 1:37 PM
>
>         Whoa! Blossom, Rainie Falls, they run it all!
>
>         http://current.com/items/89752722/bohhica_racing_2009.htm
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