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.