Thread: Outboard Jets

Originally Posted by Maca49

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

Cheers Maca, it's certainly going to be a new experience with a jet. After sea trials, I'm thinking about ditching the two standard fore and aft alloy thwarts and building a modest centre unit like jet ski seating config, a wheel and remotes, under seat stowage etc. I was a bit staggered by the size of the bracket when it turned up at the office from amazon. I had no idea of the size, it weighs 20 lb, but the other great thing is it sets the motor back about 5" so there's more room at the transom.

How big of a tinny are you pushing? Will it always be tiller or will you rig up some steering?

It's a tiny tinnie, 3.6m and I want to do a wheel and remotes.

Originally Posted by ishoot10s

It's a tiny tinnie, 3.6m and I want to do a wheel and remotes.

Looking forward to a performance report.

Crazy shit. Never knew they existed...
Am I right in thinking you'll rip it off the back of the transom in shallow river braids?

Originally Posted by Spanners

Crazy shit. Never knew they existed...
Am I right in thinking you'll rip it off the back of the transom in shallow river braids?

The outboard will kick up like a normal one if it hits something. On a slight Vee hull like mine, they recommended to set the leading edge of the intake slightly above the lowest point of the hull to minimise water resistance.

Originally Posted by ishoot10s

The outboard will kick up like a normal one if it hits something. On a slight Vee hull like mine, they recommended to set the leading edge of the intake slightly above the lowest point of the hull to minimise water resistance.

You could bolt a 400 wide strip of uhmwpe down the keel line.
It would smooth out water flow and help it slide over stuff.

Originally Posted by mohawk

You could bolt a 400 wide strip of uhmwpe down the keel line.
It would smooth out water flow and help it slide over stuff.

I like that idea, a sort of sacrificial skid plate cum anti-cavitation gizmo. Hmmmm

Well I got this in the water tonight after work and I'd have to say, it's a fantastic success . I have to keep it down to half throttle for the first couple hours running in, with occasional bursts of full for only a minute at a time. But it's bloody quick and very manoeuvrable. I'm quite astounded at the volume it pumps. Some other watercraft users were giving me some odd looks blasting around the shallows behind Whenuapai, I'm sure they were thinking " that dicks gonna run aground...." I have the jet intake set about 20mm above the keel line and at full tit, it's sitting in a hump of wake about 10" off the transom. Minimum resistance and no cavitation even in tight turns.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uhEdbNL_3ks

Very happy.

Looking good, my memories were much the same performance wise