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Dr. X
01-09-2013, 05:57 PM
Lee Taylor's Discovery II rocket boat crashed because he was running it in water too rough for a boat with sponson angles that steep. If he'd stuck with running the boat in glass smooth water he might have been alright.

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Ratickle
01-27-2013, 09:58 PM
Discovery II was an incredible project.

Lee held the record for a long time with his Hustler boat at 285.21mph, (almost 11 years?), before Ken got it .....

Dr. X
01-28-2013, 02:44 PM
Lee Taylor's Hustler. Rich Hallett hull with J-46 jet engine. Hallett described it as a "big banzai."

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Ratickle
01-29-2013, 06:06 AM
I remember the attempt well. I was still young then and wanted an American to get the record back in the worse way.

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww310/ptrose/Misc%20and%20Personal%20Boats/LeeTaylor4.jpg

Ratickle
01-29-2013, 06:07 AM
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww310/ptrose/Misc%20and%20Personal%20Boats/LeeTaylor1.jpg

Ratickle
01-29-2013, 06:08 AM
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww310/ptrose/Misc%20and%20Personal%20Boats/LeeTaylor2.jpg

Ratickle
01-29-2013, 06:08 AM
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww310/ptrose/Misc%20and%20Personal%20Boats/LeeTaylor3.jpg

Ratickle
01-29-2013, 06:09 AM
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww310/ptrose/Misc%20and%20Personal%20Boats/LeeTaylor5.jpg

Ratickle
01-29-2013, 06:09 AM
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww310/ptrose/Misc%20and%20Personal%20Boats/LeeTaylor6.jpg

Ratickle
01-29-2013, 06:09 AM
In better times, RIP.......

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww310/ptrose/Misc%20and%20Personal%20Boats/leetaylordiscoveryII.jpg

Ratickle
01-29-2013, 06:13 AM
I still remember that boat and some of the technology they were using that had never been used before. I was living out in SW Washington at the time, and we went to Lake Tahoe at least once a year on long weekend road trips.

I remember being pissed because there was a lot of speculation at the time the only reason he went out, the water was too rough, was to put on a show at the pressure of the media.