Thread: Inflatables

Jet boats I mean!!!!!
Anyone on here have one of these??

Intereted in how they go. Intended use would be river, lake and some close inshore coastal and estury fishing.

No, but I’d love one. Powered by jet bottomed outboard with rubber intake. There is a couple of YouTube videos of guys doing the Wanganui. Awesome bits of kit I reckon, but (for me) rather expensive.

I showed a bunch of professional jet boat drivers those videos. They pilot their own alloy mini jet boats in the weekends, and said they would never even try and take them the places those went. Deep into the Kaimanawas and Kawekas if you know which YTs to watch, and know the terrain

Theres a few of these around, Goatracing has one on youtube and it seems very capable! Couple options on trademe for them aswell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwpMHUAMa88

found this too, bloody amazing

My mate has one here in north canterbury they are very very capable and robust, being inflatable they are great at low speed no getting up on the plane really as its already floating. I have been in his though some very boney and shallow rivers and there's no way I would've taken any of my old jet boats up some of the places they can go.

Originally Posted by Southerner223

Theres a few of these around, Goatracing has one on youtube and it seems very capable! Couple options on trademe for them aswell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwpMHUAMa88

This Dannyb's mate referred to below

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

This Dannyb's mate referred to below

Ummmm yeah he's a mate too but not the one I was reffering to, I haven't been on Goats boat

I still like the idea of this.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

I still like the idea of this.

So stop liking and make one

Originally Posted by longrange308

So stop liking and make one

I don't want a jet. Would like to make something in HDPE for an outboard. Had lined up the supplies to make one a couple of years back but body went too feral to attempt it and was scheduled for house repairs, which we're still waiting for.

be interesting to see what happens when one hits a rock side on in some decent current , I would think itd wrap like raft,s can do .

No, they are remarkably sturdy. The ruskies use them on some atrocious rivers, often carting hundreds of litres of gas as its three days up a river to spot 'X'.

But yes, they can wrap, just like all inflatables. But running twin tubes makes them an awful lot more resilient when the shit hits the fan!

Here's something to whet your appetite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxsOEqGUxWg&t=196s

Also closer to home in Jap country: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od4fukQsZfs