A pretty sick Mini Boat!

[RitcheyRch]

Ever been in the cockpit of a plane before?

Do you like ...Gladiator movies?

 

[whiteworks]

Badass, what is the distance between the transom and the back of the seats?

 

[Trond]

Ever been in the cockpit of a plane before?

Yup,I have... I have even crashed an ultralight into some trees at 70mph

 

[Guest]

Yup,I have... I have even crashed an ultralight into some trees at 70mph

A vacuum bagged repair.....awesome!:thumbsup

 

[Trond]

Badass, what is the distance between the transom and the back of the seats?

The distance is about 3ft...

 

[Deleted Account]

Nice setup! Those pics ought to get a few of the boys over here thinking about building one...

 

[Trond]

It's so damn easy... Took me one day to get the ski-part in...
The hole boat was made in 4 month, and almost everything is custom.

 

[Trond]

 

[Trond]

I can also mount the seats and steering for center position in five minutes...

 

[Deleted Account]

That last pic better beat feet, fast, LMAO:skull

 

[HolyMoly]

Well...it is final. Lake Lice + Mini Jet Boat = 1 sick bastard.

I guess that is what happens when you boat on a fjord.

 

[shintoooo]

WTF uke::gayfight

 

[Trond]

I thought you guys said there's 10% gays here, so I gave you 90% build pics, and twisted pic for the gays

 

[Vmjtc3]

I thought you guys said there's 10% gays here, so I gave you 90% build pics, and twisted pic for the gays

I would suggest removing that pic before you get the RD boot to the chest ban:thumbsup Unless you don't like posting here the see ya........

 

[Trond]

Sorry guys.... photo removed

 

[HolyMoly]

I thought you guys said there's 10% gays here, so I gave you 90% build pics, and twisted pic for the gays

100% of the gay pics are posted in the jet boat forum. :rules

 

[Vmjtc3]

100% of the gay pics are posted in the jet boat forum. :rules

LOL, yeah what he said, but by gay pics he means pics of jet boats

 

[shintoooo]

LOL, yeah what he said, but by gay pics he means pics of jet boats

:rotflmao::rotflmao:

 

[Trond]

You guys are killing me!! :drnkfr:champagne:

 

[HolyMoly]

LOL, yeah what he said, but by gay pics he means pics of jet boats

There is no need to be redundant.

 

[Tom Brown]

Awesome picture series. :thumbsup

I have a couple of questions.

Is that the hull mold I see in your shop?

Second, what is the material you're using as braces beside the engine? It looks like a composite of some sort.

 

[Trond]

Awesome picture series. :thumbsup

I have a couple of questions.

Is that the hull mold I see in your shop?

Second, what is the material you're using as braces beside the engine? It looks like a composite of some sort.

Thanks man

Yup, that's the mold I made... I made the mold from a boat my father used to build and sell a few years ago. The mold was a pretty big job itself...

Im mainly using polyester and fiberglass for the hole build, but I used epoxy and special fiberglass to bind the jetski part to the hull.

 

[mbrown2]

Is it lake lice or a jetboat?? :headscratch::hmm

Hmm...that is the like asking someone if they are gay or homosexual. :gayfight

Yup,I have... I have even crashed an ultralight into some trees at 70mph

Ouch...not only have you outdone all the jetboaters here....but now also all the pilots

It's so damn easy... Took me one day to get the ski-part in...
The hole boat was made in 4 month, and almost everything is custom.

Riverdave could get it done in two weeks....just ask him!


In all seriousness cool boat...amazing work you have done..

 

[Trond]

Thanks guys!!

Here's a vid of the first startup...

[video=youtube;iFeZwnCMhYM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFeZwnCMhYM[/video]

 

[RiverDave]

I'm glad I missed the gay pic.. LOL

Trond, I don't know that anything about that is what I'd call "easy." LOL..

I love the boat though, and I love the work that went into it! I'm not sold on the steering wheel, but different strokes for different folks..

Can you video other angles of the boat? Perhaps one facing the driver from the dash, and facing forward?


As well can you take a better picture of the dash and put it up?

RD

 

[Vmjtc3]

There is no need to be redundant.

Some people are slow on the uptake Hi my name is John and I am from the department of redundancy department have a good day:thumbsup

 

[Trond]

I'm glad I missed the gay pic.. LOL

Trond, I don't know that anything about that is what I'd call "easy." LOL..

I love the boat though, and I love the work that went into it! I'm not sold on the steering wheel, but different strokes for different folks..

Can you video other angles of the boat? Perhaps one facing the driver from the dash, and facing forward?


As well can you take a better picture of the dash and put it up?

RD

The steering-wheel only moves about 80-90 degress from left to right, so its very space-friendly... and it gives that little jet-fighter look

I will make more videos as soon as the spring is here... I also have some more performance parts going on

This is the best dash-pic I have so far...

 

[Trond]

 

[Vmjtc3]

Is that a maxima you are towing with? TB school of trailering :thumbsup

 

[Vmjtc3]

Oh and nice mini for sure, not to many people have the skills to build a boat from scratch that looks good and performs well! Nice work:thumbsup

 

[Trond]

It's my badass peugoet 306

 

[Mini Kat]

Ouch...not only have you outdone all the jetboaters here....but now also all the pilots

Welcome Trond
Do you know a Gay OPPS I mean a guy name Frank H out of corona ca.
His a Pilot to?:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:joke


Hey Trod I talk to you about a year ago about doing one of my mini kats. I have to say that boat of your is BAD ASS BOAT!!!!!!!!!! Congrats

 

[WTRR]

It's my badass peugoet 306

You should seriously think about upgrading your tow vehicle to a Jeep.

 

[Trond]

Ouch...not only have you outdone all the jetboaters here....but now also all the pilots

Welcome Trond
Do you know a Gay OPPS I mean a guy name Frank H out of corona ca.
His a Pilot to?:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:joke


Hey Trod I talk to you about a year ago about doing one of my mini kats. I have to say that boat of your is BAD ASS BOAT!!!!!!!!!! Congrats

Nice to meet you again!! Did you start on your Mini Kat yet?

 

[Trond]

You should seriously think about upgrading your tow vehicle to a Jeep.

I know i know... I gave the "good" car to my ex when we split. I wanted her to have a safe car when she's driving with my son.

I'm about to build a house by the seaside, so the cheap car suits me very good right now

 

[Mini Kat]

Nice to meet you again!! Did you start on your Mini Kat yet?

Not the jet project yet. But the new mini kat molds done and ready to lay up some boats. I'll be retiring my old mini that I have been running to try doing the jet setup like we talk about.

 

[Deleted Account]

We were building yacht tenders with all Yamaha motors and pumps in the late 80's. We built about 450 boats and then Jim Slemons went BK and that was the end of that...

Used a boston whaler hull as a template, cut it up a bunch and went from there...

http://cooljetboat.blogspot.com/

 

[mbrown2]

We were building yacht tenders with all Yamaha motors and pumps in the late 80's. We built about 450 boats and then Jim Slemons went BK and that was the end of that...

Used a boston whaler hull as a template, cut it up a bunch and went from there...

http://cooljetboat.blogspot.com/

Novurania, Nautica, and the others still offer smaller RIB tenders in Jet...the guy I got our rib off had a 22' Diesel Jet Rib...thing was sick...100K rib....but still a Jet.

 

[460]

lake lice, dont go tossing that dude in with us.

 

[Deleted Account]

Novurania, Nautica, and the others still offer smaller RIB tenders in Jet...the guy I got our rib off had a 22' Diesel Jet Rib...thing was sick...100K rib....but still a Jet.

Exactly...

 

[Racey]

check out the utube vids......it's no slouch-80+mph...@3/4 throttle!:boobeyes:

3/4 throttle doesn't mean 3/4 power, in fact in many forced induction applications a throttle position beyond 3/4 won't add any manifold pressure, so it's basically full throttle. :thumbsup just a little bit of trivia for ya

 

[Trond]

3/4 throttle doesn't mean 3/4 power, in fact in many forced induction applications a throttle position beyond 3/4 won't add any manifold pressure, so it's basically full throttle. :thumbsup just a little bit of trivia for ya

I know.... and i mean @ 3/4 power, not throttle position

If I'm easy on the throttle I hit the rew-limiter @ 80mph with only 14-15psi boost @ 8650rpm. The throttle position is a little above 1/2...

I want to run 22-24psi @8400-8500rpm.

As you can see in the latest movie, the hull is very stable now.

 

[RogerThat99]

Do you like ...Gladiator movies?

I picked the wrong week to quit sniffin glue!!

 

[RiverDave]

lake lice, dont go tossing that dude in with us.

You jealous because his 11' boat would wax your jetboats at 1/2 throttle? LOL

RD

 

[Trond]

Well it's kind of fun to race the local speedboats... Only a very few of them can do around 80mph, so they are quite surprised when the 11ft rocket pass the much larger boats
It sure turns some heads during the summer

 

[HolyMoly]

What was the material you made your lifting strakes out of? It looked like angled fiberglass?

 

[Guest]

About that picture you posted yesterday......Brown has been hyperventilating all night after seeing it.....:swear

 

[Trond]

What was the material you made your lifting strakes out of? It looked like angled fiberglass?

It's homemade angled fiberglass....

 

[Trond]

I noticed in your river vid that the porpose was considerably less that before, in fact it only seemed to jump when you really got going.

Is that from being aware of when it will porpose or did you add tabs or change something on the bottom?

Yes the porposing is totally gone... and the scary chinewalk...

The thing who mainly fixed it was the rideplate and also a little from the tabs, but the tabs are mostly for rough and windy days.

The new rideplate is a fullsize Seadoo aftermarked rideplate

I just to have a shortened OEM one before...


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[Trond]

About that picture you posted yesterday......Brown has been hyperventilating all night after seeing it.....:swear


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