LOL ... I guess becuase I LIVE currently in Iowa , means that this is where I was born ? Up , untill 15 yrs ago , I was in Florida , BORN AND RAISED . ( Still own a home on 7.5 acres in Brooksville on Old California - for those that know/live in the area ) Also ... I did a WHOLE lot scuba diving ( down at John Penacamp park ) went sking ALL the time ( mostly out at Homasassa Springs and Hernando Beach - had a buddy who had water front property ( in Hernando beach )where my boat was docked - since I was "land-locked" LOL ( as well as snow sking on Mt Diamond in R.I. ) , and tried surfing ( but did NOT like it . )
So , yes , I DO know about these .
Background - Was born in Andytown Fl ( which is no longer there , was at the junction of US27 and Alligator alley ( when both were skinny 2 lane ) , then moved to Davey , lived there for quite a few years , then went down and thought I was rich and lived on the inter-coastal in Ft Laud , then moved to Brooksville .
Did LOTS of sking ... so yes , I DO know about it .
And why did I move ? Because I got tired of all the drugs and BS there , along with NO SNOW and NO change of seasons ( per say )
here , there are NO scorpions , no swamp smelling rains , and no , N.Y.'ers .
Anywho....
If an airboat ran better with the engine located in the middle of the hull ... they would ( the manufacturers of real ones ) would have come up with something by now )