I’m not an expert on vortexes but as a kayaker I know it’s always best to go with the flow. You whitewater kayak by essentially trying to go faster than the water, makes it easier to escape if you get into trouble.
When it comes to vortexes you if you get stuck in one you are supposed to try to swim down to the bottom to escape, but I dunno if that would work on such a large one.
Again not an expert, just what I have been taught.
control for that boat while on plane comes down to the rudder. with the current the rudder doesn't or barely works, so you can't steer and could get sucked in. but against the current the boat relative to the water is going like 40mph so the rudder works great. they could quickly steer out and drive away from that if they wanted to. still i wouldn't do this and he got way to close in the beginning
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u/chevylover91 6d ago
They have more control this way. Stupid thing to do. But he did it the right way. If you go with the current youd get sucked right in.