Editing Jetboat (section)

==Applications==
[[File:EFV hydroplaning.jpg|left|thumb|USMC [[Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle]]. Note the bow, which is extended into [[Planing (boat)|hydroplaning]] position.]]

Applications for jetboats include most activities where conventional propellers are also used, but in particular passenger ferry services, coastguard and police patrol, navy and military, adventure tourism (which is becoming increasingly popular around the globe), pilot boat operations, [[Lifeboat (rescue)|surf rescue]], [[farming]], [[fishing]], [[exploration]], [[Pleasure craft|pleasure boating]], and other water activities where motor boats are used. Jetboats can also be raced for sport, both on rivers ([http://www.nzjbrra.co.nz/ World Champion Jet Boat Marathon] held in Mexico, Canada, USA and New Zealand<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.outlaweagle.com/race-division/|title=Race Division – Outlaw Eagle|website=Outlaw Eagle|language=en-US|access-date=31 January 2017}}</ref>) and on specially designed racecourses known as sprint tracks. Recently there has been increasing use of jetboats in the form of [[rigid-hulled inflatable boat]]s and as [[luxury yacht tender]]s. Many jetboats are small enough to be carried on a trailer and towed by car.

As jetboats have no external rotating parts they are safer for swimmers and [[marine life]], though they can be struck by the hull. The safety benefit itself can sometimes be reason enough to use this type of propulsion.

In 1977, Sir [[Edmund Hillary]] led a jetboat expedition, titled "Ocean to Sky", from the mouth of the Ganges River to its source. One of the jetboats was sunk by a friend of Hillary.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hillary|first1=Edmund|title=From the Ocean to the Sky: Jet Boating Up the Ganges|date=November 1980|publisher=Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd|location=Leicester|isbn=0-7089-0587-0|edition=Large print|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ipe5VGHlmlkC&q=jetboat+sunk|page=16}}</ref>