Midget Boat

I am unsure of how well known Jet Sprint boats are around the globe but I know that most NZers are familiar with the small 2seater V8 900hp+ power boats that race around the tight shallow tracks of Meremere and such as a sport. See this site for Jet Sprint NZ......­<< link moved by admin to links area, below >>

Well I was considering an alternative to the fun times of go-kart racing which is basically motor racing on a smaller scale resulting in loads of entertainment and competition for a fraction of the cost of real motorracing. Would it be possible to operate a facility where families/groups of friends or people in general come along and have 30minute race together in minature single seater power boats? I guess I want to know..... Would you beable to get the effect of the real thing where the boat aqua planes lifting the front end up whilst only using a small motorcycle engine say around 60hp? Do you think there are ways of making it safe as I dont think the goverment would allow a profit based company to operate if there were risks of people drowning (and I wouldnt want that to happen anyway!)

Due to the tracks consisting of shallow water I was thinking of a tall rollcage so that if the boat was to roll, it would keep the occupants head above water as long as they are harnessed in correctly. Also stabilizer bars could be added to resist roll over unless of course you got in a savage high side type position throwing the boat up and onto its top.

I realize I would need a big piece of land to run this but thats not to think of right now.

And most importaintly do people think this would be marketable......are there people out there who would try this out, I think it would be more fun than go karting or atleast on par.

Cheers in advance for your comments people.

Lance