Both teams will need a boat and wings, that's a given. The difference comes in thrust. The Sewer Rats are going for a jet powered hyrdofoil. This should give them lots of power and speed but it's a tricky bit of engineering. The Turbines are going for a prop driven design. More conventional but they will have to poke a hole in the bottom of theit boat for the drive-shaft which will increase their chances of sinking.

Sewer Rats expert Ken Malony	The Turbines' expert Jake Free
The Sewer Rats' jet powered hydrofoil	The Turbines' prop driven canoe
A hydrofoil in action	Look at that, a canoe intact...
and another boat in one piece. Doesn't seem right, does it?	The Sewer Rats want to use this jet pump to power their way to victory
This is how a jet works. Water is sucked  up the intake pipe, spun around by the  impeller and flung out the back	The Turbines finally find an engine. But  is it too big for their canoe design?
Our judge, in his Navy blues,  Captain Peter Squiccarini	Neither team has the engine they want,  so a friendly swap is arranged
The Sewer Rats get to making foils...  from wood	The judge gets the troops organized after there is dissention in the ranks

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