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ben23Mon Feb-06-06 03:39 AM
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#867, "JET OUTBOARDS??-have a few ?'s"


          

Well i'm in search of a boat, and me n dad recently checked out a nice 16 foot tracker jon boat. It had a 20hp jet outboard motor.

I will be going to places that have lots of vegetation, like the Potomac river.

Heres the question: ARE Jet outboards able to handle vegetation, or will it get clogged with the grass/ lilly pads???


THANKS

BEN

PS: the boat is riveted, about 4 years old. I was wondering if rivets are really bad for the boat. The hull is welded, but the seats are riveted to the hull

god bless

  
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magmasterMon Feb-06-06 12:04 PM
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#868, "RE: JET OUTBOARDS??-have a few ?'s"
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I think the purpose behind jet outdrives is to run in skinny water. I have never been in a boat that has had one but I know they're popular at Lake Havasu in AZ to run way back in super shallow water on the river.

  
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ben23Mon Feb-06-06 04:11 PM
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#869, "RE: JET OUTBOARDS??-have a few ?'s"
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 Mon Feb-06-06 04:12 PM by ben23

          

yeah, i figured that, but I want to know how they handle in depper water and weeds

anyone tried a jet motor?

BEN

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Sacto JohnMon Feb-06-06 04:18 PM
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#870, "RE: JET OUTBOARDS??-have a few ?'s"
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You will be fine in deeper water, not sure about the weeds. I do know that they rob horsepower, something like 20-30%.

Lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what have-yous

  
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ben23Mon Feb-06-06 04:23 PM
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yeah, A 20hp jet is really a 25HP motor, but with jet propulsion instead of prop.

BEn

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