Kiwi fast boat

Hi,

While it looks good, being on one is akin to being a sardine in a tin and they do sometimes come unstuck.

http://www.scene.co.nz/queenstowns-shotover-jet-back-in-business-/282202a1.page

Do they carry the same type liability insurance you find down in Mexico with dive operators? (snicker.... i.e.: none)

There's a job I wouldn't take. Insane! Surprisingly good tract record considering the risks though. Wonder if the captain has the passengers sign a seperate release covering him specifically. Sure wouldn't trust one written by the company's lawyer, who might want to use me as a scapegoat for his client.

Hi,

FWIR Passengers are required to sign an indemnity exempting everyone and everything from any blame for anything.

Here is their current T & C's: http://www.shotoverjet.com/terms

"to the maximum extent permitted by law," and there be the rub. Anybody think a company is going to spend half as much defending the captain in this as themselves? Personally, I'd want a release from the company assuming full and total responsibility, but the likelyhood of that happening is...0. Maybe I'm just getting old though. Their safety record does seem to be good. Also, maybe it just looks more dangerous than it is. One heck of a ride though, but I couldn't give anyone that much control. Heck I won't even ride on the back of a MC. lol.

Hi,

I am afraid to say that even with your telepathic psychoanalytical powers you will not be riding on that boat unless you by it outright or sign the release.

Judy, When you said Kiwi Fast Boat, I thought you were referring to Ermis2. However, that video is one awesome ride. I'm sure the "terms and conditions" would not be allowed in the States.

Sure, if you consider 1 death and a long list of others injured in 145K people.

In another life, when I was young and invincible, I too was a jet pilot. And a human crash dummy. Some would attest, I still am. I spent my 20-something years developing high speed jet pumps and parasitic items that made unstuck power manageable. Although I was a lab rat, I also slipped into a superhero suit and tested the difference between theory and reality. Have to say, reality sometimes sucked. Case in point, sometimes we came unstuck.

I'm absolutely amazed that 145,000 people have twisted that stream of jagged rocks, with only one person paying the ultimate price.

Hi,

That was in the preceding financial year to June 30 2010.

From web article:

In its last financial year ended June 30, Shotover Jet carried a record 145,337 thrill-seekers.

Kiwis

What is it with the KIWIS!!!
To wit:
Bungee Jumping = jumping off cliffs, bridges cranes etc. to see how close you (not me!) can scrape your skull before crushing it. FWIW my wife's good friend hit the bottom of the Sydney Harbour promoting the first time Bungee tried to open up in Sydney. It turned out to be the last time

Jet Boats = how fast can you go in rocky rivulets before you bite your own lip off in fear!

Marlin Catchin' from a helicopter = let's scare the sh*t out of a happily cruisin' 200 kilo fish with a razor sharp blade used to impale lunch or aggressors who thinks a giant crazy gannet has just decided it’s a sardine, what is wrong with using a fish rod like normal people?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsiSQTZdrlY

Tinkering in your garage for 20 years to finally fly out on a HOME BUILT jet pack!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...tic-transport-gets-closer-commercial-use.html

I am sure there are a dozen more examples of this KIWI craziness but they are probably the New Zealanders that evolution removed from the gene pool for civilisations sake!

Over to you K1W1

Should have waited for high tide ...

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