Seadeals
Jetboaters Admiral
- Messages
- 1,273
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- Location
- Greenville, South Carolina
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2006
- Boat Model
- SX
- Boat Length
- 21
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Wow, those ramps look fantastic. Compared to those, mine are all shit. I would be embarrassed to post pics of the ramps around here and on this side of Lake St. Clair.
One of the many perks of a jet boat. There’s a shallow ramp we used to use and all the other prop beaters would stare at us or even “let us know” how shallow it was.Short video of picking up a passenger at our ramp.
The minimum recommended depth of my 192 is about the same as my Max. Even though my jet boat could technically get in shallow areas before anything hit the bottom I tried to always maintain the recommended 3ft of depth. The jet creates a vortex underneath the boat and is constantly acting like a vacuum cleaner. Be careful what you boat over as that eventually becomes what flows through your engine, cooling system and impeller. Just imagine what all kind of crap is sitting on the bottom and it gets stirred up making it’s way through the jet drive. All it takes is a little twig to ruin your day because of bad cavitation and you have to go swimming to get it out or worse limp back to the ramp to fish it out on the concrete. IMO it’s best to avoid that annoyance.One of the many perks of a jet boat. There’s a shallow ramp we used to use and all the other prop beaters would stare at us or even “let us know” how shallow it was.
Yup, I agree, that's why we don't start our engines until we're in 3ft or more of water. At the ramp we walk the boat with dock lines to the far end of the dock where it's safe to start the engines. Plus this allows others to come in and pull their boat out of the water without us being in the way.The minimum recommended depth of my 192 is about the same as my Max. Even though my jet boat could technically get in shallow areas before anything hit the bottom I tried to always maintain the recommended 3ft of depth. The jet creates a vortex underneath the boat and is constantly acting like a vacuum cleaner.
Same, 3' is min depth - however if I need to get moving in less than 3' I'll give it more thrust than idle as (from the underwater video referenced on this site) it appears that more thrust = more water from in front of the great instead of beneath it. Also, your buckets open more so if you're ingesting debris it's flowing through and not banging around.Yup, I agree, that's why we don't start our engines until we're in 3ft or more of water. At the ramp we walk the boat with dock lines to the far end of the dock where it's safe to start the engines. Plus this allows others to come in and pull their boat out of the water without us being in the way.
Yeah... we're going to need the full story there...3' is minimum depth for me too...while surfing.
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Now back to pictures from the ramp.