JoshCanSwim
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- Messages
- 24
- Reaction score
- 4
- Points
- 12
- Location
- Las vegas, Nevada
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 1995
- Boat Model
- SX
- Boat Length
- 17
EDIT as I had bad info:
I was TOLD that a jet boat is 30% less efficient in HP usage or rather applying the HP of the engine into moving the boat.
The claim was with the same HP engine the jet boat gets 30% less 'power' than the same HP rated engine in a prop boat. So for a jet boat to match a 175 HP prop boat the jet boat would need a 250HP engine.
IF it is true that the jet boat engine design is less efficient for horsepower, why still get a jet boat?
How can I talk myself into the jet boat, I love the safety and everything else about them, but that MPG and HP loss.... that hurts if it is true
I was TOLD that a jet boat is 30% less efficient in HP usage or rather applying the HP of the engine into moving the boat.
The claim was with the same HP engine the jet boat gets 30% less 'power' than the same HP rated engine in a prop boat. So for a jet boat to match a 175 HP prop boat the jet boat would need a 250HP engine.
IF it is true that the jet boat engine design is less efficient for horsepower, why still get a jet boat?
How can I talk myself into the jet boat, I love the safety and everything else about them, but that MPG and HP loss.... that hurts if it is true

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