Post by jessevoss on May 22, 2018 5:53:26 GMT -5
Hello,
I am thinking about building and designing a small river sled that may possibly be powered by a jet ski motor and pump. so far the applications I have seen here have been installed in small runabouts that operate in lakes. I came across this question and answer on the internet, yahoo I believe. I want to know if this answer is true, jet ski motors will not effectively operate in river environments. If this is true then its back to the drawing board because i will be out of options.
Question:
Who makes a two person, fast jet drive fishing boat for shallow, stump infested waters? Are there any? Or should I just put a jet drive outboard on a heavy duty john boat? I wanted a pwc hull design for the softer ride enroute across the lake.
Answer:
You NEVER want to get a PWC or mini-jet boat intake ANYWHERE near the bottom! There are very efficient jet drive outboards with large intake filters designed to keep the bottom out of their pumps. But, the PWC and small jet boats AIN'T IT! You'd destroy the PWC pump in an hour trying to run it in shallow water. It's ONE BIG VACUUM CLEANER that sucks EVERYTHING IT CAN into the pump....NO!
I was skeptical about this answer because my home river is used by jet ski's occasionally. Of course I have only seen this a few times and they may have in fact been destroying their motors if this were true.
so is this true or not?
Please help
I didn't find the right solution from the internet.
References:
www.glen-l.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6361
Product video production company
Thank you
I am thinking about building and designing a small river sled that may possibly be powered by a jet ski motor and pump. so far the applications I have seen here have been installed in small runabouts that operate in lakes. I came across this question and answer on the internet, yahoo I believe. I want to know if this answer is true, jet ski motors will not effectively operate in river environments. If this is true then its back to the drawing board because i will be out of options.
Question:
Who makes a two person, fast jet drive fishing boat for shallow, stump infested waters? Are there any? Or should I just put a jet drive outboard on a heavy duty john boat? I wanted a pwc hull design for the softer ride enroute across the lake.
Answer:
You NEVER want to get a PWC or mini-jet boat intake ANYWHERE near the bottom! There are very efficient jet drive outboards with large intake filters designed to keep the bottom out of their pumps. But, the PWC and small jet boats AIN'T IT! You'd destroy the PWC pump in an hour trying to run it in shallow water. It's ONE BIG VACUUM CLEANER that sucks EVERYTHING IT CAN into the pump....NO!
I was skeptical about this answer because my home river is used by jet ski's occasionally. Of course I have only seen this a few times and they may have in fact been destroying their motors if this were true.
so is this true or not?
Please help
I didn't find the right solution from the internet.
References:
www.glen-l.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6361
Product video production company
Thank you