On Jul 5, 2:45 am, "Steven Vaughan" wrote:
Now, I would like to find this all out for myself, BUT, you cant
really go down to your local boat dealer, show you drivers license and
take a couple boats for a spin. At least not at the dealers that I
know of.

Does anyone have some light to shine on this subject? Any
experiances? They would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Justin Van Dyken

The rule of thumb for the small-river-jet-boaters in my neck of the woods is
that switching from prop to jet setup equals a 50% reduction in real HP at
the business end. This is probably why you see (used to see?) lots of
2-stroke jet boats- higher power-to-weight ratio. This is probably also why
jet boats suck twice as much gas as prop boats.

See I have not heard that it was a 50 percent loss......but I have
heard of a 70 percent loss in HP