Name: Competing in One of the Craziest Boat Races in the World
Uploaded: 2020-10-24T01:15:29.000Z
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welcome to South Australia and one of the craziest boat races on Earth.

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My name is Amanda, and I like to race really fasting geese down very tiny creeks.

The Murray River is about 2.5 1000 kilometers long, and it waves and intersects the town of Brand Mark upon which we race.

Dingy racing in the river land started in 1981 originally as a bet between two gentlemen at a fishing spot to see who could get back to the pub, the fastest over the last 36 years.

That bet has now evolved into a global competition, attracting competitors from ALS corners of Australia and across the globe.

They're not normally designed to race way.

Modify them, and we turn them into extreme race boats.

These are rated to take a 10 horsepower motor, but we put a 30 horsepower engine on it.

We flight down the creeks at about 90 kilometers an hour.

The race is absolutely a great fun, but it's also underpinned by some very serious competition, trying to modify the boat and engine to go as fast as possible and win the race.

The dingy derby has approximately 100 race boats in the event, which equates to about 200 competitors.

You have the driver and they're responsible for piloting the boat.

You also have the navigator, and they're responsible for moving their body weight forward and backward in order to control and steer the boat.

We've also got in the order of 3000 Spectators.

They'll come down and they'll watch the event because they're seeing the mechanic that fixes their car or the coffee shop owner that serves in their morning coffee.

It's really family event, and there's a strong camaraderie and spirit within the town.

I decided to get involved in dingy racing when my dad unexpectedly passed away, and his best mate and driver, John, asked me if I would take my dad's place in the boat.

I really missed my dad, and being involved in this race was a way that I could feel close to him by following in his footsteps.

But it was also a really great way of progressing his legacy about showing it to as many new people on competitors as he could.

 Now I'm fully fledged as a competitor, in the dingy Derby, and I will race this event until there is no more water left in the Murray River. 