Bet You Didn’t Know a Dinghy Could Go This Fast

Since 1981, the tiny South Australian town of Renmark has hosted the annual Riverland Dinghy Derby on the serpentine Murray River. This year, Red Bull sponsored and shot this hair-raising video of the two-man, outboard-motor-rigged dinghies doing top speeds of 50 mph. Watch the video below to see the boats in action.

 

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