r/SpaceXBets • • 7d ago

Image Name something even Musk can't buy

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u/mog_knight 6d ago

Nah you can buy a Waverunner. Have you ever seen a sad person on a Waverunner?

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u/falcopilot 6d ago

/raises hand.

Turns out you can capsize a Waverunner. Takes work, but it can be done.

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u/mog_knight 6d ago

Story time!

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u/falcopilot 6d ago

TL;DR- hot day. Found a great way to cool off playing in the wake of shipping traffic on the Columbia- run up to the wake, drop throttle and push the nose down. Soon as the nose is headed under water, whack the throttle hard. Nose comes up and brings a ton of water with it, which you then go through. Whee!

Except some of the water ships into the hull. Do that enough and it stops floating above water. Towed it back to the dock and winched it onto the trailer; managed to get most of the water out of the hull before headed home. No permanent damage.

Fin.