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Well, i'm still a pretty "new" member on this forum, but as some know, i've been through a divorce recently, and I'm flat broke. I used to advertise gun safes for a friend of mine when he was starting up his business, and well, his business has taken off and he's offered me the opportunity to...

thanks psg... i knew it was bound to happen one day, but i didn't think it'd hapen this soon! :) i don't have the $$ resources right now to do the modificatoin that i'd truly like to do, so i'm just trying to do my best while i'm under the boat right now. i layed some glass to repair the...

well, i had just finished the fiberglass jet jon a couple weeks ago. been having a lot of fun with it.... until this saturday! going about 35 mph up a river that feeds a local lake.... and WAMMO... huge underground rock formation. solid rock. put a baseball size crack in the hull, about 2...

my guess is 115! thanks!

well, i bit the bullet and ordered an intake grate for the boat. should be here monday. it's used, but in great shape, and it should fit my ski (it's hard to find accessories for an xl700 yamaha hull!) plus it was next to nothing in price. i want to see if that helps at all first. next...

i built mine using a 13.5 ' x 48" fiberglass hull. my buddy has a 14 36 and i'm not sure how stable it would be. we put a front casting deck on his and i'm not too fond of standing on it, but i'm sure others will tell you it's fine. i can tell you this... i really wish i would have bought a...

it does porpous just a little bit when i'm the only person in the boat. with a friend up front, it's completely gone. i think once i get another battery up front for the trolling motor this will be completely eliminated. i was thinking about trying out spoons like you said, but would tape...

hmmm.... that's really weird psg... so basically you have a similar hump in front of your intake, and didn't have the issues. only difference is your intake grate. i really think i'm going to try that first... just get a top loader grate. i'd rather try a bolt on accessory before i go and...

videos...you don't have to have a facebook acct to see them! https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/video/video.php?v=2245966422186 https://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=2245960382035

thanks for all the input guys! definately know what i need to do now... basically redesign the entire bottom of the boat between the ribs :) i'll get it done, but it's going to be a while before i can get started. unless someone wants to donate a bunch of resin to me..... :)

dang it... doesn't work. i have to get my buddy to upload them to another site. gimme a little while :) ranchero / psg, here's a quick pic looking from the FRONT of the boat, down the bottom. you can see that the intake grate is about 1 inch BELOW the actual bottom of the boat... but you can...

got two videos posted! well, my buddy posted them on facebook, and i can't download them! working on it!

good to have affirmation of what i'm thinking. it's actually a bit more complicated because there's some weird angles going on from the jet ski hull portion, but i'm going to get it all rounded out. i'm sure it'll take some time espescially working on my back under the boat. i'm not about to...

yeah, the more i think about it that's probably a lot of the problem. here's a quick drawing of what the boat technically looks like from the side view, but exaggerated a lot. i'm thinking i can profile it down this winter and create a gradual slope under the boat, and integrate a spoon like...

Ranchero / PSG. I found a little better picture of the bottom... still dont have a camera yet. this was before it was painted. the circled areas are what i think are causing the problem now. i did a bit of research on the purpose of a spoon on a jet boat, and now i understand what you're...

thanks for the help guys! i've got a couple things i want to try, but it may have to wait a little while. i think first thing will be an intake grate. always a good upgrade anyways. as far as the "step" you speak of, are you referring to the left and right sides of the intake grate as...

lookin into the intake grate as we speak... impeller i didn't think of. what's the purpose of the ride plate? how would that affect the intake?

oh, and sorry about the pics.... i will update with some more. i built the boat in my buddy's garage (he had more room at the time) and he didn't want pictures of all stuff all over the internet, so he made my blot them out. i'll take some pictures either today or tomorrow showing the...

Ranchero. Thanks a lot for the response! We took a video on my buddy's phone and we're working on getting it uploaded. I'm pretty sure that it's not a weight issue. It actually ran BETTER with only two people in the boat, than with a third sitting up front. (37 mph with 3 people in it...

TODAY WAS THE FIRST TEST RUN! I need some help though to all whom have built one of these. please look at my pics in my first post to reference bottom of boat. i'm having MAJOR cavitation issues. like BIG TIME. on perfectly flat water, i hit 41 mph via gps. if there is ANY waves, it...