Longtail boat racer reaches speeds of 100kmh on modified craft

An enthusiastic longtail boatman shows off the blistering speed of his engine on a canal in western Thailand.

Manop Ruaprasert, 25, took his boat onto a canal in Ratchaburi and showed off the extreme speed and manoeuvrability of his craft, as well as his skill and reflexes as a boatman.

He bought the wooden body of the boat then modified it by attaching a 1-litre car engine which is more powerful than the standard 150cc drag racing engines.

Manop's boat, which he modified himself, can reach speeds of more than 100kmh. He started for fun when he was in his late teens.

The canals in central Bangkok can’t be used for motorboats but on the outskirts, where passenger canal boats aren’t used, they can be. They’re easy to navigate as they’re straight and flat.

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[tekrit]

Words cannot describe how badass this man looks as he casually wrangles his boosted diesel powered death sled

[Goldpenguin-groj]

When she’s the next village over and she says her parents aren’t home.

[ScoundrelSFB]

This man has inspired me to put an engine on my kayak.

[mr.gunzaku]

Sounds like a freaking jet engine my bro. You handle that like you were born to do it. Much Respect.👊

[rodneymil]

The only thing keeping this tiny boat from going airborne is this man giant balls. That's fast as hell and idc how fast it says he's going if you've ever rode a jetski at 45-55mph you know it feels like you're going 200 on the water and of you ever fell into the water going and kind if actual speed you know how bad it hurts lol this guy is a legend

[EcuXP_Chiptuning]

That is not a 1Liter engine, they use 3L Isuzu diesel engines with big turbos for 400+ power, and he is beyound 100km/h by far.

[imanuel]

When you fishing but she's home alone

[ktmracer]

I wonder why he's looking back this often, perhaps he just wants to check if he already broke the sound barrier

[InfiltrateIndustries]

These guys are true racers, freaking balls going red with zero brakes

[ricksmead]

that's much closer to 100mph. that is absolutely insane

[-Bond]

*Her:* "Babe come over."
*Him:* "Can't, I'm in Venice right now."
*Her:* "I'm home alone ;)"
*Him:*

[eeehmmwhat]

When you hear that the Corona-Virus reached your village.

[Calthecool]

When you hear that turbo you know it’s going to be fast.

[diecksl]

Did 80 km/h on a jetski in holiday and it felt like a near death experience to me. But this... mental!

[tommahnke]

The ease that he moved around on the boat and handled it, remaining cool as a cucumber the entire time. What a badass.

[karim]

Greetings from Germany. Looking at the trees passing by, it looks like 150-180 km/h. That’s speeds I often get to see on the Autobahn.

[d-op]

I want to see a view from shore to get a scale of speed. I too think way faster than 100 kmh! That is insane!

[mathiasebbesen]

Give this man another boat, that can hold his massive balls

[MrDavidelliottjr]

He is a good operator of this boat that's for sure. Well done.

[pieterklaaskrugmann]

No helmet, no rules, and he looks damn cool doing it👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻