lillykira
20.05.2021 23:28:21
As for shifting, you need to be more gentle and fluid. Instead of being fast and confident like with a regular boat. more
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As for shifting, you need to be more gentle and fluid. Instead of being fast and confident like with a regular boat. more
A regular boat will have a transmission that slips into and out of gears. These gears are forward, neutral, and reverse.
When it comes to jet boats, slow and steady always wins. more
Any fast movements on a jet boat will mean you’ll bang into the dock. more
Re: Outboard Jet Reverse Problem
Jet Drives are Famous for having Lousey Reversing capabilities. [links]
hief 100,<br />The engine is at the position the dealer set it at. I tried to lower it "one notch" which was about 1", but the foot of the jet was submerged and the top speed dropped considerably. I raised it back up to the dealer setting. Could be I need to drill holes 1/2" below the current setting? I don't know. I don't want to loose any top speed.<br />Thanks,<br />otterbfishin. here
I'm assuming that you have the same outboard jet pump as mine, and if so I don't know what modification to the bucket you can do. It just sounds like you are running the engine too shallow. In reverse the whole jet pump should be submerged, and if not will not pick up water and that will cause the same problem you are having. Reverse isn't great with an outboard jet, but it is positive. The tunnell hull should have no effect in reverse, only in forward.
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The optional center-mounted Big Tiller offers optimal control for the 35hp and 40hp Jet. A longer tiller grip incorporates a convenient power trim switch, the shift lever is close at hand, and an optional digital troll control adjusts engine speed as low as 700 rpm in 10-rpm increments.
Mercury® Jet Outboards are specifically designed to pilot boats in shallow waters where propeller-driven hulls are unable to operate. Because there's no lower unit extending below the hull, the jet drive permits passage over obstacles that would restrict access to a propeller-driven outboard boat.
Off the top of my head there are 3 ways of propelling a boat, either through the use of a conventional propeller, an impeller (or ‘jet drive’), and aircraft style propellers typically found on flat bottomed air boats used in marshlands where below waterline propulsion is impractical.
These procedures apply regardless of whether your engine has a prop or jet attached to it, however there are a couple of clear advantages of jets that make them slightly less of a headache than outboard propeller driven engines in particular:
Thus, lower speed = poorer directional control.