If you ever needed a reminder of why you're not a racing powerboat driver, here is one that worked for me anyway! Ten spectacular and crazy powerboat crashes caught on video that have you very thankful you're not onboard!

From racing powerboats big and small, crashing into one another or nose-diving, to ferries on the verge of capsize. More than a few of these examples of crazy powerboat crashes involve boats flying through the air, some completing a number of somersaults before landing. There's even some amazing footage of the crews being thrown out of the boat and dragged through the water - I do hope nobody was seriously injured.

 


 

One thing you can say for sure, had these crashes happened on dry land, they would have been fatal... the water provides a relatively soft landing. Still when you hit the water at high speed it can feel like a pretty hard surface to hit. No I shan't be taking up powerboat racing, as exciting as it looks, the powerboat crashes look just too scary!

Hungry for more powerboat crashes? Takes a look at Ultimate Boat Failures: Crashes, Capsizes and Wrecks.

 

Powerboat crashes

Powerboat crashes: some amazing footage is captured on video.

Written by: Gael Pawson
Gael Pawson is the editor of Yachts & Yachting Magazine and the founder of Creating Waves. A keen racer, she has sailed all her life, and started writing about the subject whilst studying journalism at university. Dinghies and small keelboats are her first loves, but she has cruised and raced a huge variety of boats in locations across the world.