Took the new boat build a little TOO skinny

[gotmuddy]

54 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I do it at the ramp before I take off for the day.  Stick a paddle in the water to see what 4" looks like on that river and that day. I think you talked about this before @fishinwrench.   It's a lot easier to tell at noon than it is at day break...   Trust me😁

For sure it is.  The marsh is way easier with a jet boat.  If there is any breeze I can run anywhere there is ripples.

[snagged in outlet 3]

It measures 1.5”.  The change in color above that is where it drafts.  4” almost exactly.  I know the 4” mark is correct because my son measured it in the water with me on the front deck.  
 

[snagged in outlet 3]

Due to the angle of the camera picture it's an inch and 5/8's  

[jdmidwest]

12 hours ago, gotmuddy said:

I have pods on the back so it actually sits higher in the water.

The tunnel does two things.  One it raises the motor above the bottom of the boat.  Second and most importantly, it funnels water to the jet.  Coupled with the pods the water stays "compressed" further out of the tunnel.  Will it run shallower than other jet boats, that I don't know, but it will run plenty shallow for me.

That is why then.  The good water to the jet foot means alot.  The vortex in the impeller is pretty sketchy, any bubbles off a dent in the bottom of a flat boat, leaf, rock, stick, can mess up the vortex and lose power.

We went over a log on the 11 Pt one time and put a small dent under the boat in front of the motor.  That messed up the flow of water back to the impeller and we had to limp back home.  Barely.

[snagged in outlet 3]

6 minutes ago, jdmidwest said:

That is why then.  The good water to the jet foot means alot.  The vortex in the impeller is pretty sketchy, any bubbles off a dent in the bottom of a flat boat, leaf, rock, stick, can mess up the vortex and lose power.

We went over a log on the 11 Pt one time and put a small dent under the boat in front of the motor.  That messed up the flow of water back to the impeller and we had to limp back home.  Barely.

Did you get it fixed?   How?

[jdmidwest]

1 minute ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Did you get it fixed?   How?

That one was fiberglassed or bondo.  Don't remember, but I am the owner of that boat now.  Took it over in Dec.  Been doing a few things too it this winter.  Will probably replace the hull part this summer.  Stick Steer Panfish 16 from 1988 with a 25 Merc 4 stroker.

[gotmuddy]

13 hours ago, jdmidwest said:

That is why then.  The good water to the jet foot means alot.  The vortex in the impeller is pretty sketchy, any bubbles off a dent in the bottom of a flat boat, leaf, rock, stick, can mess up the vortex and lose power.

We went over a log on the 11 Pt one time and put a small dent under the boat in front of the motor.  That messed up the flow of water back to the impeller and we had to limp back home.  Barely.

I was very careful when building the pods/tunnel to keep that issue to a minimum.  So far so good.