Jetboat - someone spend my money

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Originally Posted by JoshC

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

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.

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After reading that im not so keen to make one now :(

Was thinking 500ci with 6pounds of boost

Now im studying steel hull :)

Sandy shelfs are the worst, you stop instantly! @JoshC have you been into the rock burn pool on the Dart, that's a neat wee spot to visit.

Fuk, you guys have got better/worse injuries than 'rodeo riders'........

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Originally Posted by outdoorlad

Sandy shelfs are the worst, you stop instantly! @JoshC have you been into the rock burn pool on the Dart, that's a neat wee spot to visit.

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Yes sand bars stop boats on a dime. In our big jet boat (7.8m alloy hardtop) we use for crossing our local bars we've hit sand bars a few times at 60+kmph and sand stops the boat within metres...no sliding at all. The estuary channel changes all the time and at 1/2 tide or less you really have to go hammer down. I always make sure passengers are holding on properly or wedged in between the cabin wall and the seats as we make the ~2km run out to the bar. Once you're in the surf you're safe! Haha. Most times you're sweet but there have been occasions when we've only made a few hundred metres from the trailer :D


Yep been in there a few times. Was back in there last weekend for lunch. Looking down into it from the lookout bridge at the top is pretty freaky. I came screaming up the creek quite quick because it was pretty low and there were about 20-30 inflatable kayaks in there choking the pool up, fortunately the guide had heard us coming and told them to keep out of our way. . Guides were top blokes/chicks, their job looked like fun but they reckoned it was a bit like herding cats with absolutely no control over where they were going! :thumbsup:

How to take care of those pesky sand bars....

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v...622133&fref=nf

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Originally Posted by outdoorlad

Sandy shelfs are the worst, you stop instantly! @JoshC have you been into the rock burn pool on the Dart, that's a neat wee spot to visit.

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I used to stay in the Rockburn hut for weeks on end about 25 years ago. The dart river jet boat operator used to tell all his clients that a hermit lives there(I was only 20),they'd leave me all sorts of goodies.