I once watched a power boat race in northern Michigan. It was loud and fast, and I loved it. I'd like to see one again. If I was a multimillionaire, I'd definitely do this. Thank you.

This is one of my favourite pieces of television

Steve is a pioneer in the sport and an absolute gent to go with it! 🇬🇧

@doubleoakridge

3 жыл бұрын

Richard Comben amen! Steve Is the man, great guy

Good to find this clip. I'm the fresh faced young fellah on the left at 11.14. The Capri race itself was actually cancelled because of the excessive wind and rough conditions. Clarkson also came to Dubai a few years later and we let him loose in a Victory Class 1 boat with Saeed Al Tayer on throttles. You could say he enjoyed himself... kzread.info/dash/bejne/eaB7r8SffMbeZZs.html

I believe this is episode two of extreme machines.

I love watching the power of this boat it will make you melt Godbless and keep it comin'

Fantastic footage,Nothing beats this sport.

@pedermartinjakobsen3369

6 жыл бұрын

Best team ever. Pro mekanic team and a lot of funn

@pedermartinjakobsen3369

6 жыл бұрын

Eny now more than me?

You never go to Capri "for nothing." Even if you get there and your plans fall through, at least you got to go to Capri.

Steve Curtis is basically the Adrian newey of the race boat world

I've got to turn! So TURN!

Funny to see how much faster boats have gotten.

We want to see in a rough seas that boat.....

Steve Curtis is now racing for Miss Geico in the US. Had no idea that he was on top gear until seeing this clip again.

@AB-80X

4 жыл бұрын

He's been on a few times. He also drove the boat with May when they did the race with the Ferrari Daytona.

@patrickanderson9023

4 жыл бұрын

@@AB-80X This wasn`t Top Gear. This footage is from 1997, Top Gear started in 2002. It is from a programme Clarkson had before Top Gear.

@AB-80X

4 жыл бұрын

@@patrickanderson9023 Top Gear also existed long before the current format. The original TG ran from 1977 to 2001 and Clarkson hosted it for years. What started in 2002 is commonly referred to as "New Top Gear".

@patrickanderson9023

Жыл бұрын

@AB-80X This clip is from «Jeremy Clarkson’s Motorworld» and it aired in May 1997.

Obviously clarkson is not really driving the boat. He isn’t even shaking.

@AB-80X

4 жыл бұрын

Wrong. They are very smooth in a situation like that. What is your powerboating background?

@patrickanderson9023

4 жыл бұрын

@@AB-80X Anyone can drive thiese boats. It is the throttleman who does 90% of the job.

@AB-80X

4 жыл бұрын

@@patrickanderson9023 I owned a Skater 36 for 11 years, you are dead wrong. Yes the throtleman does many things, but the driver/navigator still has to be good. You think Ben Robertson is just a ride-along with Johnny Tomlinson? He isn't.

@patrickanderson9023

4 жыл бұрын

@@AB-80X I heard Gjelsten (Steve Curtis driver for many years) saying that the most important in order to be successfull in this sport is to have a great throttleman. Anyone can steer and navigate these boats.

i build powerboats, and 140 is pedestrian now for 40 plus footers.......we build boats for pleasure that are faster than that......the big cats can go up to 245 now, pleasure boats are not uncommon at 165, we built a 28 that went 155

What I wouldn't have paid to get a run with Curtis in SoN. Legend.

normal times

Not a F1 car. An Indy car, as they don't turn much.

lol... 2000 HP to barely do 50 MPH... F16 canopies... I can't watch this.

@AB-80X

4 жыл бұрын

You know very little about powerboats it would seem.

@Prototheria

4 жыл бұрын

@@AB-80X it sure would appear that way, wouldn't it?

@AB-80X

4 жыл бұрын

@@Prototheria Yup...

@Prototheria

4 жыл бұрын

@@AB-80X So how's this going for you? Are you enjoying that thrill of telling someone off online? Does judging a strangers entire knowledge base from one single poorly constructed sentence tickle your pickle? Are you proud of yourself, now?

@AB-80X

4 жыл бұрын

@@Prototheria Very.