Thread: Outboard Jets

Is anyone running an outboard jet, on a mercury or tohatsu 30hp or similar? Thinking about doing one on the duck boat for low tidal areas.

Cheers.

Used to rent one out on small boat on Taupo many years ago, was a great little unit, could bury it in the gravel and start it with no ill affects

Thanks, I quite like the idea, not too many around though.

This was just a little two stroke, from memory a tohatsu, gotta say sounds idea for what your going to use it for, we used to hire boats with seagulls on them but were forever putting new drive pins into the prop

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call Monty at Southbridge Engineering.He imports and sells them.Top bloke.

Thanks for the info guys.

Yep we run a Mercury, it's on a 25 but they call it a 20 because the jet soaks up power compared to a prop outboard. the snail drive jet they use is pretty good at chewing up gravel & stuff, much better than the standard Hamilton type. It'll run up braided gravel type rivers with only a few inches of water under the intake.
Not exactly sure how well it eats weed though?

Great, thanks Mistral, I'm pretty convinced about them, just have to find one for the right price. There's a nice 30hp Yamaha OB Jet on a RIB in trademe now but I don't want the RIB...

Got one of these coming..

Tohatsu 25 Jet

Should be quite good at low tide on the estuary...

That'll be interesting, good plan I think

Originally Posted by ishoot10s

Got one of these coming..

Tohatsu 25 Jet

Should be quite good at low tide on the estuary...

What are the worth ? If you don't mind me asking

Unfortunately, almost twice the price of the equivalent prop model. The guy supplying the jet units to the outboard manufacturers must make a killing. I'm lucky, this one is new old stock that has been sitting at Tohatsu in Aussie for a few years, no one wanted it. The same 30 horse prop model was NZ$3650, this jet model with the same powerhead was originally over NZ$7000. Im getting it for somewhere in between.

It has to be the price that puts people off, I can't think of any other reason not to have one over a prop model.

My jet turned up and I've just finished mounting it. Have to get it over to the dealer so he can finish his checks before sea trials... I brought the big arse bracket back from the states last week, it will enable my to find the sweet spot in terms of height of the intake.

Looks the berries, just rember power on for steering, haha, I don't think you'll be disappointed. That brackets good