The brakes got wet.
Yes. Just be aware of how deep the water is. Pick a spot. Pull up slow. Put into neautral. If your in drive and the water level is low your prop could grab sending you right or left and possibly damaging your drive shaft or prop.
Pumps.
yes
to pull you through the water. just like a pull up.
Yes. You can pull it side to side and front to back
through xylum with the help of transpiration pull
Generally the pull of transpiration (evaporation of water through the leaves) will pull water in from the roots. Adhesion and cohesion also allow the water to move up the xylem of a plant (through capillary action).
By forcing currents to go over or under other currents depending on the density of the current
Plant evaporate water from the leaf and cause capillary effect to pull the water through the shoot.
The evaporating water molecules pull up more water molecules through the tracheids and vessels of the xylem tissue.
Wells are naturally occuring and have natural spring water in them. In most wells the makers have dug deep into the ground and struck water. The water, in turn wells up (hence the term well) and fills the deep gap. To get water out of a well, first you need to construct a bucket lowering mechanism, lower the bucket, and pull it back up. There you have it.
I don't believe you can accelerate into warp drive. I do think you do need a certain amount of speed and some type of math that will pull you into it rocketing you through to the other side.