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

By Will Levith
July 10, 2016 11:00 am

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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