Imagine a go-kart on water. With the style of a Riva yacht. Accelerating like a Tesla and sliding like a surfboard – that is the Cocktail racer.
Imagine a go-kart on water. With the style of a Riva yacht. Accelerating like a Tesla and sliding like a surfboard – that is the Cocktail racer. Riding a Cocktail Class Racer clearly is a one-(wo)man show. Smaller than some people’s bathtube (240 cm) it is designed to only cater one person. Further, it spares anything not required to race – even a seat. Wheel, engine, battery – end of story.
Riding a Cocktail Class Racer clearly is a one-(wo)man show. Smaller than some people’s bathtube (240 cm) it is designed to only cater one person. Further, it spares anything not required to race – even a seat. Wheel, engine, battery – end of story.
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The hull entirely made out of plywood is held together by epoxy and a hand full of srews. Convex shapes, just a small straight strip around the “cockpit” desperately trying to mimic a windshield. The bow would keep the gas tank and now in the all-electric world the battery. Without engine and battery the boat weights less than 3 crates of beer and with a fairly flat hull (yes, no fins!) it rides on the water like a surfboard. This also means body movements really having quite some impact on the driving behaviour and making Cocktail racing a pretty active kind of motor sport.
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You basically race with 4 to 6 boats at the same time with multiple options to design the course. The full regelement you can find at CCWBRA.
Depending on the engine configuration you can get as fast as 40 km/h. This might sound not crazy but imagine how this speed feels with your face like half a meter above the water line! And mastering a curve at zero gauge and without fins is what makes a champion.