Thread: Jetboat - someone spend my money

Best days of a boat owners life.

the day he buys it
the day he sells it



My experience of jets is building these bad boys



And my mate Stu71's colorado.

I think 50years of running jets behind car engines vs maybe 5-10yrs of jetski units dropped into boats will tell which one has more mileage and durability.

So I now have a jetboat in my garage, thanks guys

This one? I bags a seat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFmu...Y#action=share

Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

So I now have a jetboat in my garage, thanks guys

I hope some pictures are in the pipeline...

Didn't take any pictures on the water but sure goes well. Had it farkin stuck on the riverbank already but lucky we had 3 of us.
Details are
Hamilton 132a 4m Ali hull
350 chev
Hamilton 3 stage unit

Jumps up on the plane pretty good and seats 3 people. Heaps of space for gear on engine cover and in bay.

Cheers to @mohawk who has helped out with heaps of advice, have had him on the phone good knows how many times and have sorted a few little issues.




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now it just needs a turboed Toyota or Nissan v8

na more like a jet ski motor

Nice ride.
Rear mount starter , D2 forward/reverse , Kodiak mixer , are all good things too see .... front bench came up ok too .
I had a big trailer plug on my wiring loom that was always playing up so keep an eye on it and if something don't work give it a wack .

Nice, you'll have a lot of fun, get a couple of push poles if it didn't come with some. If you want a driving lesson & some tips on river reading I'd be happy to go for a spin with you.

Here's the beast in action!

Is that a selfie stick being used on a jet boat?.... I'm usually too busy holding on for dear life when my mates are driving to worry about taking photos!

Originally Posted by JoshC

Is that a selfie stick being used on a jet boat?.... I'm usually too busy holding on for dear life when my mates are driving to worry about taking photos!

Wait till they come to a sudden stop.................
We where way up the Dart river once, universal started beating itself up big time........
Old man was driving, I jumped over the back seats lifted the engine cover and went in beside the V8 to have a look see at the terrible noise.....
Right then the old man hit some shallow water ( in a big fuck of river....) and we came to a complete STOP.....I carried on like a Patriot missile for anther 40 odd yards before hitting Mother Earth real hard.....I learnt a lesson then that has stuck forever.


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No selfie stick. I've trained a rainbow trout to use the camera.

The biggest problem with this project to I lose a heap of camera's when other muppets spook my fish. Getting them to jump out of the water and hit the button at the same time is the point of difference between other trout trainers and myself. I believe I've master the art of this.

The next step is to teach the trout to sky dive with the camera.

Lastly, Jock is going well driving the boat, we only got airborne once.

Originally Posted by BRADS

Wait till they come to a sudden stop.................
We where way up the Dart river once, universal started beating itself up big time........
Old man was driving, I jumped over the back seats lifted the engine cover and went in beside the V8 to have a look see at the terrible noise.....
Right then the old man hit some shallow water ( in a big fuck of river....) and we came to a complete STOP.....I carried on like a Patriot missile for anther 40 odd yards before hitting Mother Earth real hard.....I learnt a lesson then that has stuck forever.


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We did the Dart last weekend, took a relative new river boater with us. He was stuck twice within 30 metres of the lake

River runs pretty dirty due to the lake. The lake is pretty impressive, a few guys got their boats up into it over xmas. One is still sitting on the river bed in a deep hole up there though...

We hit a railway iron once that was just under the surface, it stopped us dead in our tracks, I got two black eyes and a crooked nose from headfirsting into the windscreen. Mate cracked a couple of ribs as he caught the windscreen flying out over the front. Boat had a foot long gash through the bottom right up beside the motor. Good times.