Jet Boats
Submitted by Tawihiri on Tue, 2017-10-31 09:19
Morning everyone,
Looking at getting an old Crayboat to fit out and use for trips offshore and extended trips etc.
Came across a jet boat around 10m but I dont know much about maitenance and fuel consumption for these particular styles. Are they any good ? Or are they just good because of being around alot of rope?
If anyone on here can give some insight into them it would be appreciated.
Thanks
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Stumpytail
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ring dave at westjet
ring dave at westjet propulsio hes your man
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Walfootrot
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Unless you plan on doing a
Unless you plan on doing a bit of reef hoping, leave them alone. more $ on maintenance, not to good on the fuel.
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ranmar850
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Ali hull? What exact size?
Most of the jets in the industry were ali 23-32 ft. A lot were built by Millmans in Geraldton, as they really were Abrolhos specialised. Jet is a pretty inefficient way of converting horsepower to forward thrust, and they were always thirstier than the equivilant size hull/motor configuration in a shaft drive. Used mostly for access across shallow water--don't be driving across slack rope because they WILL suck it up and then you've got problems. Tend to be flat bottomed so also rode pretty hard for their size. Ever driven one? Not for the faint hearted, bags of fun if you know how. Heaps of revs needed to provide thrust and steerage, try to idle around and you'll be blown sideways. And you'll always be the bloke who can take the shortcut home
Rob H
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Yep, crap with a following
Yep, crap with a following sea as when you back off theres no steering at all.
I have been looking very closely for a while contemplating building a jet boat for islands but just cant get past the open water handling
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Browndog
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Jets
Jets can actually be one of the most efficient propulsion systems available, all depends on the application and engineering that goes into them. Many of the large ferries that Austal build have jet propulsion, for one reason - high speed fuel savings. Also popular for tugs due to ability to vector the thrust.
That said, agree with most of the comments above, fantastic for shallow water capability, different to drive (no throttle = no steering) but also highly nimble.
Cheers,
BD
Rob H
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Interesting, I have never
Interesting, I have never seen a proper tug with a jet?
Usually tugs for vectoring have Z pellors/Schottel azimuth drives.
Can you chuck up a link to one, curious to see the setup?
Generally jets are quite inefficient unless planing as the "action reaction" principal requires the nozzle to be above the water
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Browndog
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Sorry - Workboats
Hi Rob, sorry I may have given the wrong impression when I said "tug:, I'm not talking about the very large units that bring in iron ore carriers, I'm thinking more your smaller workboat type of arrangement like this: http://www.boatersresources.com/bfs_detail.php?adid=400328
Agree that they need to be planing to be most efficient, that's why a lot of the larger military/ferries have a combination of diesel driven props for low speed work, and a turbine driven water jet for sustained high speed planing - best of both worlds, but not really practical for a fishing boat lol.
Some good reading here: http://articles.maritimepropulsion.com/article/Combat-applications-for-waterjet-powered-ships20428.aspx for those that are interested.
Cheers, BD.
Rob H
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yeah no worries, I work on tugs and never heard or seen of any
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pemboss
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buy it
ive got an 8m custom with a steyr 305hp turbo diesel running throgh a hamilton jet unit. will get anywhere and do anything. good on juice and if you know how to drive a boat they steer just fine... like the first comment said give dave a call...