For those wanting a bigger Jet Boat...

[Matt Phillips]

Here ya go...

http://www.boattest.com/review/hunt-yachts/3463_hunt-80

 

[Julian]

Not sure I agree with the following paragraph:

While Hunt Yachts has a wide range of propulsion options available, this newest launch, and now flagship of the product line, is powered by Hamilton Water Jets -- a Hunt specialty. Jets give the Hunt 80 a draft of only 4’ (1.22 m) – exactly the hull draft -- that makes her ideal for shallow cruising grounds such as Florida and the Bahamas -- to say nothing of eliminating the problem of lobster pots.
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I can't imagine the nightmare of sucking in a rope into a Hamilton Waterjet.....!!!!

Cool looking boat though

 

[Scuba_ref]

@MikeyL I'm pretty sure they come in red!!!

 

[rkluck]

Do you think I can trade mine in? Ha I don't think I could afford the fuel! But it would be fun!

 

[Topper232]

I was interested until I realized that I can't trailer it

As if.

 

[ChrisM]

Not sure I agree with the following paragraph:

While Hunt Yachts has a wide range of propulsion options available, this newest launch, and now flagship of the product line, is powered by Hamilton Water Jets -- a Hunt specialty. Jets give the Hunt 80 a draft of only 4’ (1.22 m) – exactly the hull draft -- that makes her ideal for shallow cruising grounds such as Florida and the Bahamas -- to say nothing of eliminating the problem of lobster pots.
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I can't imagine the nightmare of sucking in a rope into a Hamilton Waterjet.....!!!!

Cool looking boat though

Seems there are a few precautionary features to aid in blockage removal around the 5:25 mark. nice pump system indeed.

 

[Speedling]

Hamiltons are about as stout as the Jets come and will either block it from going in or just "process" almost anything that gets through. Has to do a bit with the impeller design if I recall.

 

[OrangeTJ]

Those drives do look quite awesome. I wonder how large the units on something like that 80 footer are. I have to imagine they use a significantly larger volume pump than what you'd find on a smaller boat. The bucket design shown in the Hamilton video seems pretty similar to what the Rotax packages use.

 

[tdonoughue]

Ok, so who is going to be the first to volunteer to try to retrofit their Yammi with a couple of these puppies?

 

[Speedling]

Hamilton makes smaller pumps but I believe they need like 300 hp or more. If you had our two engines hooked to it that would be perfect but otherwise wasting the money.

 

[scot71]

They run at a much lower RPM than what our boats run.

http://www.hamiltonjet.com/global/hj-series

 

[elcue]

Hinckley Yachts are some of my favorite boats. They also use the Hamilton jets and their draft is under 2 feet.