When I was 15 or so, there was a guy who used to come up Lake Wallenpaupack in the Pocono region of Pa where we used to vacation. He had some custom boat with a 454 in it, huge pipes out the back of it; it was a wicked, loud, terrifying thing.
We pulled 7 water skiers around the lake one day with it. THAT was cool to be part of. I was one of the skiers.
That Corvette boat is cool, but I"ll bet it gets scary MPG! lol