ON YOUR MARKS, GET JET…

In my spare time, I build unusual, cool things in my garage. I recently finished a jet boat with a difference. If you are not sure what a jet boat is, it’s a boat that doesn’t have a propeller; it has a water pump and a nozzle to steer it, like a Jetski, but in boat form.

The first- ever jet boat was invented by Bill Hamilton in my home city of Christchurch, New Zealand, and was launched to the world in the Colorado river with fellow New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary, first man to Climb Mount Everest.

My boat is different to any other and gets a lot of attention wherever I go. It is 3,5 metres long, has a hard aluminium