Thread: Up the river

Nice work, what’s the details on the Jetboat? Bow looks like a Scott?

Originally Posted by outdoorlad

Nice work, what’s the details on the Jetboat? Bow looks like a Scott?

@outdoorlad She is a home build ,we built 3 of them . I had a client while l was guiding who was a well respected Naval Architect and Marine Designer for the Pro Cray Fishers ,we did a swap & he did plans for these jet hulls & our 8mtr Walk Around Dive/Sport fisher that the 3 of us built .I am lucky to have been close mates with a Marine Engineer l met through diving & another who l met through my Off Road bike racing days ,who is a top welder,who was then specializing in Custom Motorbikes ,but earns a living now Hyperbaric welding around the world & we all went partners in the "Big Bitch" ,years ago .


The Jets hulls are 3.9mtrs ,with a 12mm Keel & six mm one piece, 15° deadrise, Beam @ chine 1540mm,a six mm Raex steel plate overlay,4 mm top sides & six mm one piece engine bearers .All high grade marine aluminum used through out .

We repowered them around 3 yrs ago with Direct Import ,Grey motors & then custom built them to our specs ie Blue Printed motors,Garret Turbo & hand made custom intakes, Fuel Rails & HP Injectors High Flow Performance Exhaust Headers etc, etc all pumping out a Scott Water Jet .So the Suzuki M18A Turbos are just cruising with heaps of power as l run mine at 8 or 9lbs Boost but they are set up so at 11lbs Boost the Peak power they are putting out is 238 hp & 257 lbs-ft torque.

As we all Boat builds everything is a compromise & l really like how this is still able to be man handled/winched out of any SNAFU,but now we have the Bach with a selection of rivers & prime hunting areas for the Jet to reach on our door step ,l would not mind a bigger Jet say 4.0/4.1/4.2mtr,to fit a couple of extra mates in with the Hounds in the back, loaded down with game,but then you give up a bit in access to tight Tiger Country while exploring new hunting spots .But with supply problems now that will be a way off.