Does anyone own a Mokai jet boat? I'm looking for a boat to navigate
the Schuylkill River above Reading, Pennsylvania. My research
indicates the boat can draft in 6 inches of water. The river is
usually at least 12 inches deep. A good friend has a jon boat with a
30 HP jet but the river usually isn't high enough during the summer to
travel with it.

On Apr 27, 4:51*pm, Kevin Andreyo wrote:
Does anyone own a Mokai jet boat? *I'm looking for a boat to navigate
the Schuylkill River above Reading, Pennsylvania. *My research
indicates the boat can draft in 6 inches of water. *The river is
usually at least 12 inches deep. *A good friend has a jon boat with a
30 HP jet but the river usually isn't high enough during the summer to
travel with it.

No, I can't say I've heard of them, but did check out their website,
and watched their video. Then I wen't to Youtube and watched what they
had there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98yzDuNZqjk

Pretty noisy. and seem really cramped. But it is a unique concept. But
one must remember that when they say it will draft 6" of water, please
understand that's dry. Start adding fuel, yourself, and what ever gear
you may take and that draft will drop quite a bit.

There is a local guy that has done stuff like this. (This isn't his
video) but has taken light, small jon boats and has adapted wrecked
jet ski engines to them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnJI0cKLh5E&NR=1

and actually they work quite well. I wish I had a pic of his.

On Apr 27, 7:05*pm, wrote:
On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:51:51 -0700 (PDT), Kevin Andreyo

wrote:
Does anyone own a Mokai jet boat? *I'm looking for a boat to navigate
the Schuylkill River above Reading, Pennsylvania. *My research
indicates the boat can draft in 6 inches of water. *The river is
usually at least 12 inches deep. *A good friend has a jon boat with a
30 HP jet but the river usually isn't high enough during the summer to
travel with it.

Is that 6" dead in the water or on a plane? Once a jet boat sits down
and starts sucking mud you are getting out and pushing.
I did see a cool trick from a jet ski tour operator. *One of his
rentals was sitting in the mud and choked up solid.
He dragged it out in deeper water and jumped up and down on the back,
flushing *the mud out. It took a couple tries but he did get it going

i would imagine that if the mfj. is mentioning draft, they're like
most other mfj's. So, they're probably talking 6" dead draft.

On Apr 27, 7:30*pm, Tim wrote:
On Apr 27, 4:51*pm, Kevin Andreyo wrote:

Does anyone own a Mokai jet boat? *I'm looking for a boat to navigate
the Schuylkill River above Reading, Pennsylvania. *My research
indicates the boat can draft in 6 inches of water. *The river is
usually at least 12 inches deep. *A good friend has a jon boat with a
30 HP jet but the river usually isn't high enough during the summer to
travel with it.

No, I can't say I've heard of them, but did check out their website,
and watched their video. Then I wen't to Youtube and watched what they
had there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98yzDuNZqjk

Pretty noisy. and seem really cramped. But it is a unique concept. But
one must remember that when they say it will draft 6" of water, please
understand that's dry. Start adding fuel, yourself, and what ever gear
you may take and that draft will drop quite a bit.

There is a local guy that has done stuff like this. (This isn't his
video) but has taken light, small jon boats and has adapted wrecked
jet ski engines to them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnJI0cKLh5E&NR=1

and actually they work quite well. I wish I had a pic of his.

That's cool as hell!

On Apr 28, 12:29*pm, wrote:
On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:58:05 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
taken light, small jon boats and has adapted wrecked
jet ski engines to them.

I thought of that the first time I really looked at a jet ski up
close. I assume you have to toughen up the jon boat quite a bit to
take that many horsepower. These things are 60+HP aren't they. That
should make a 14' jon boat fly. I know they move right along with a
25.
They were selling a jet, RIB around here for a while but I haven't
seen one in years.

Heck, I think some of them are up around 100hp! I think I'd find the
smallest one I could...well, maybe not!

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On Apr 28, 12:29 pm, wrote:
On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:58:05 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
taken light, small jon boats and has adapted wrecked
jet ski engines to them.

I thought of that the first time I really looked at a jet ski up
close. I assume you have to toughen up the jon boat quite a bit to
take that many horsepower. These things are 60+HP aren't they. That
should make a 14' jon boat fly. I know they move right along with a
25.
They were selling a jet, RIB around here for a while but I haven't
seen one in years.

Heck, I think some of them are up around 100hp! I think I'd find the
smallest one I could...well, maybe not!


You're not even close. Sea Doo currently offers a couple of models with 255
hp, provided by a 1500cc supercharged, intercooled, 4-stroke engine. Yamaha
and Honda have models in the same league. Currently, PWC manufacturers have
a gentlemen's agreement with the Coast Guard to electronically limit the max
speed of these watercraft to 65 mph. That speed can be reached in about the
blink of an eye, and could easily be exceeded if not for the electronic
speed limiters.

On Apr 28, 10:58*am, wrote:
On Apr 27, 7:30*pm, Tim wrote:



On Apr 27, 4:51*pm, Kevin Andreyo wrote:

Does anyone own a Mokai jet boat? *I'm looking for a boat to navigate
the Schuylkill River above Reading, Pennsylvania. *My research
indicates the boat can draft in 6 inches of water. *The river is
usually at least 12 inches deep. *A good friend has a jon boat with a
30 HP jet but the river usually isn't high enough during the summer to
travel with it.

No, I can't say I've heard of them, but did check out their website,
and watched their video. Then I wen't to Youtube and watched what they
had there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98yzDuNZqjk

Pretty noisy. and seem really cramped. But it is a unique concept. But
one must remember that when they say it will draft 6" of water, please
understand that's dry. Start adding fuel, yourself, and what ever gear
you may take and that draft will drop quite a bit.

There is a local guy that has done stuff like this. (This isn't his
video) but has taken light, small jon boats and has adapted wrecked
jet ski engines to them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnJI0cKLh5E&NR=1

and actually they work quite well. I wish I had a pic of his.

That's cool as hell!

Yeah. The boats this guy builds are short but really wide for their
length. His chair sits up high, but not WAY high. actually about as
high as a front fishing seat on a typical bass boat and he uses a joy
stick control with motorcycle throttle mounted on the end. Actually
with him on it he looks quite top heavy, but because of the width, the
craft is quite stable, actually.

Next time I'm over at Salem IL, I'll try to go by his house and snap
some pics of one. He's made about 20, all trial and error, but they
seem to work well.

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On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:58:05 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

taken light, small jon boats and has adapted wrecked
jet ski engines to them.

I thought of that the first time I really looked at a jet ski up
close. I assume you have to toughen up the jon boat quite a bit to
take that many horsepower. These things are 60+HP aren't they. That
should make a 14' jon boat fly. I know they move right along with a
25.
They were selling a jet, RIB around here for a while but I haven't
seen one in years.

I have two 160HP jets in my boat. Yammie uses the same engine (single) in
their larger "skis." That little boat would become airborne, and not in a
good way.

--Mike

On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:07:19 -0700, "Mike" wrote:


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On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:58:05 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

taken light, small jon boats and has adapted wrecked
jet ski engines to them.

I thought of that the first time I really looked at a jet ski up
close. I assume you have to toughen up the jon boat quite a bit to
take that many horsepower. These things are 60+HP aren't they. That
should make a 14' jon boat fly. I know they move right along with a
25.
They were selling a jet, RIB around here for a while but I haven't
seen one in years.

I have two 160HP jets in my boat. Yammie uses the same engine (single) in
their larger "skis." That little boat would become airborne, and not in a
good way.

Someone made a RIB with two 450 hp Cummins Diesels and Hamilton jet
drives. Could of bought it in 2000 for 180 grand, but in Iowa? We have
had a Turbocraft for fifty years, hull number ten of the first model
sold in the US, back in the fifties. Came with a 109 hp flathead six.
Put in a Buick V-6 and got 3700 RPM, up from 3200 with the Graymarine.

Casady