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Skinny Water jet Boating Up North

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:39 pm
by Bodofish

Re: Skinny Water jet Boating Up North

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:46 pm
by kzoo
Watched the whole thing. COMPLETELY NUTS! Especially when I just took the Washington Safety Boating Class.

I wonder how long the hull has before it's just tin can.

Re: Skinny Water jet Boating Up North

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:54 pm
by Bodofish
The boat was designed to do that. .25 and .50 bottom with .50 of UHMW over the aluminum.

Re: Skinny Water jet Boating Up North

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:59 pm
by A9
Was going to add onto Kzoo's comment and ask you Bodo about how those things can handle that beating... I'd imagine that aluminum thickness on the hull has to be pretty rigid compared to the standard aluminum boats around here (Weldcraft, Alumaweld, Hewes, etc) and those intake grates gotta be pretty tough too??

Looks like fun to me.....

Re: Skinny Water jet Boating Up North

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:41 pm
by edge540
Dang that looks fun! One of the best 5 min I ever spent on youtube =D>

Re: Skinny Water jet Boating Up North

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:36 am
by Augwen
Absolutely nuts!!! I would not mind going on a ride like that but it would have to be someone else's boat!

Re: Skinny Water jet Boating Up North

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 1:16 am
by spindog
That guy has to be drunk.

Re: Skinny Water jet Boating Up North

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 6:20 am
by tnj8222
Big logs, big rocks, even straight over land! Coolest craziest video ever!

Re: Skinny Water jet Boating Up North

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 5:20 pm
by reelman
Too much money or alcohol or both.

Re: Skinny Water jet Boating Up North

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 7:29 pm
by Bodofish
Why all the hate 'in? That's the kind of rivers they have up north and the kind of boats it takes to run them.

Re: Skinny Water jet Boating Up North

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:20 am
by coretron22
WHOA! That is one fun looking trip!
When you ride with that guy and he says "Hold On!"...he's serious, you should listen.

Re: Skinny Water jet Boating Up North

Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:33 am
by Ruffneck18
Bodofish wrote:Why all the hate 'in? That's the kind of rivers they have up north and the kind of boats it takes to run them.
LMAO no way you would catch my sled skiffin on the rocks like that, but i would have enjoyed the hell out of that ride if i were on his boat ;)

Re: Skinny Water jet Boating Up North

Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:29 pm
by The Quadfather
Bodo, Just curious to ask what is the alarm sound that you hear when he goes over basicly what is dry ground? Is it an alarm saying that there is not enough water in the jet, i.e. warning. Or some kind of a stability alarm?
It is interesting to look carefully at the surrounding shoreline flying by.... those of us who drive any kind of boat on the water only know, this guy is REALLY moving. Those bushes were flying by. [woot]

Re: Skinny Water jet Boating Up North

Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 3:15 pm
by Amx
My guess it was loss of water pressure alarm.

Re: Skinny Water jet Boating Up North

Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:05 pm
by Bodofish
The Quadfather wrote:Bodo, Just curious to ask what is the alarm sound that you hear when he goes over basicly what is dry ground? Is it an alarm saying that there is not enough water in the jet, i.e. warning. Or some kind of a stability alarm?
It is interesting to look carefully at the surrounding shoreline flying by.... those of us who drive any kind of boat on the water only know, this guy is REALLY moving. Those bushes were flying by. [woot]

Probably cooling water to the heat exchanger. I can't see loosing oil pressure going over gravel..... [woot]

Re: Skinny Water jet Boating Up North

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:17 pm
by Bigtrk
Pretty cool !

Re: Skinny Water jet Boating Up North

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 1:50 pm
by Ruffneck18
heres a cool link if you like skinny or lack of water
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Re: Skinny Water jet Boating Up North

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:10 pm
by Bodofish