Thread: 12ft Jetboat build

There are a number of small ponds with its name on apparently lol

Originally Posted by Bill999

are fly in fly out jobs like putting your life on hold for 2 weeks every month?

Worse. Much worse. When you get home, slap the cook on the arse, kick the dog. Walk past the gun cabinet it's time to climb on yet another plane and back to work.

Are you up at the island @Spanners ?

Fuck that. I don't live in a prison camp.
Offshore construction vessels is my lark

Seeing as I have no idea about engines, if I buy a EJ20 to go in a boat and supply a Scott 752 unit do they need to be "tuned" before I could use it?

Would depend on what blades are in the pump. I'm not a EJ fan. Number of reasons. Heaps of better options IMO

I've got no idea, have a few people to ask but thought I would get a rough idea here first. I have the unit but hull and engine are still up in the air.

My take, and that's only what it is...
The crank centreline is reasonably high, the headers coming out the bottom sucks and a pain to water cool and the oil filter location
In saying that heaps of cabbage cutter engines have been used in boats.
There are a couple of newer Toyota and Nissan engines that would be higher up my list

Many people use bike engines?

Nope

Can do it but lot of work , better to use ski or car engine

Pipe laying?

Originally Posted by Wirehunt

Pipe laying?

Was pipe laying last year. Hated it with a vengeance
ROV hookup and diving at the moment

Originally Posted by Spanners

Was pipe laying last year. Hated it with a vengeance
ROV hookup and diving at the moment

I was an ROV Pilot/Tech many many years ago and then I made a full recovery

I just sign their paperwork, make sure the lights are on and point the finger to someone to make sure the noisy things in the bottom of the ship work

Selling any of the motors yet spanners?