Jet Boats in New Zealand

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Jet Boats in New Zealand

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In the 1950s, driven by a desire to power around the shallows of the Mackenzie Country's braided rivers, inventor and "South Island sheep man" Bill Hamilton developed an improved method of jet boat propulsion. This NFU film explains the concept and Hamilton demonstrates the 'turbo craft': cruising Lake Manapouri, waterskiing Lyttelton Harbour, and heading up the Whanganui. Then it's spin outs and shooting rapids (and deer) with Commander Philip Porter from the icebreaker USS Glacier...who cle...

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Video

Date created

1961

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nfu / new zealand national film unit / national film unit / waterskiing / water skiing / stag / deer / fishing / hunting / antartica / antartic / commander porter / john hamilton / wellington harbour / icebreaker / glacier / quail island / hamilton jet / number eight wire / invention / waimakariri river / waimakariri / whanganui river / lake manapouri / manapouri / river / braided river / jet boat / lyttelton / phil porter

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