On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 02:23:12 GMT, "Calif Bill"
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 19:25:45 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

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Dungies are only related to king crab in that they are crabs. They taste
better than Kings but are a lot smaller. Minimum size for sport is 5
3/4"
across the back and for commercial 5 1/4. I run a 21' boat. Jetcraft
Bluewater. Is a higher side, pointy front version of the aluminum
whitewater river boats. 351 Ford driving a Kodiak Jetpump. And a Yamaha
T-8 kicker. Alumimum is 0.190 thick.

Just looked them up - that's a neat looking boat.

How does that jet pump do in a short chop - can you set the trim angle
to prevent cavitation?

No trim on the pump. Is what is called as a low pressure pump as opposed to
the Berkeley pumps. The 3 stages of impellers are the same diameter all the
way to the exit. No big necking down. Works better as to reprime if come
out of the water. Short chop, just slow down or get beat to death.

So is it direct drive then? Or does the pump work on volume of water
vs water pressure?

Sorry for the questions - just curious.

Later,

Tom

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On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 02:23:12 GMT, "Calif Bill"
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in
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On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 19:25:45 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

~~ snippage ~~

Dungies are only related to king crab in that they are crabs. They
taste
better than Kings but are a lot smaller. Minimum size for sport is 5
3/4"
across the back and for commercial 5 1/4. I run a 21' boat. Jetcraft
Bluewater. Is a higher side, pointy front version of the aluminum
whitewater river boats. 351 Ford driving a Kodiak Jetpump. And a
Yamaha
T-8 kicker. Alumimum is 0.190 thick.

Just looked them up - that's a neat looking boat.

How does that jet pump do in a short chop - can you set the trim angle
to prevent cavitation?

No trim on the pump. Is what is called as a low pressure pump as opposed
to
the Berkeley pumps. The 3 stages of impellers are the same diameter all
the
way to the exit. No big necking down. Works better as to reprime if
come
out of the water. Short chop, just slow down or get beat to death.

So is it direct drive then? Or does the pump work on volume of water
vs water pressure?

Sorry for the questions - just curious.

Later,

Tom

Direct drive. Spicer double U-joint coupling from motor to pump. Mostly
volume of water. There is a slight necking at the diverter nozzle. No
problem on questions.

On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 21:55:57 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 02:23:12 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in
message
.. .
On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 19:25:45 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

~~ snippage ~~

Dungies are only related to king crab in that they are crabs. They
taste
better than Kings but are a lot smaller. Minimum size for sport is 5
3/4"
across the back and for commercial 5 1/4. I run a 21' boat. Jetcraft
Bluewater. Is a higher side, pointy front version of the aluminum
whitewater river boats. 351 Ford driving a Kodiak Jetpump. And a
Yamaha
T-8 kicker. Alumimum is 0.190 thick.

Just looked them up - that's a neat looking boat.

How does that jet pump do in a short chop - can you set the trim angle
to prevent cavitation?

No trim on the pump. Is what is called as a low pressure pump as opposed
to
the Berkeley pumps. The 3 stages of impellers are the same diameter all
the
way to the exit. No big necking down. Works better as to reprime if
come
out of the water. Short chop, just slow down or get beat to death.

So is it direct drive then? Or does the pump work on volume of water
vs water pressure?

Sorry for the questions - just curious.

Direct drive. Spicer double U-joint coupling from motor to pump. Mostly
volume of water. There is a slight necking at the diverter nozzle. No
problem on questions.

Neat - thanks. I have a couple of Kaiser/OMC V6s that I took out of
two Chris Crafts of late 60's vintage. I junked the old outdrives and
have been looking around for a way to use the engines in the one Chris
Craft I have kept to turn into a winter boat. This might be a
solution.

I'll have to look into this a little more. Are these Kodiak pumps
significantly different than a Hamilton or similar pump?

Later,

Tom

On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 04:41:31 GMT, "Calif Bill"
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"John S" wrote in message
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On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 19:31:30 GMT, "Calif Bill"

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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 08:08:56 -0500, John S wrote:

Um curious too. How big is your boat that you can go out into a 10-12'
swell? That would scare the dickens out of me.

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As long as they are not steep and breaking you can go in almost any
size boat, you just experience a lot of vertical motion.

If the 12 footer is breaking however, you really can't have a boat big
enough.


If in a carrier a 12' breaking would be ok. Depends on the period of the
swell. If they are short and steep, about 5' is the limit we will go out
in. As then you get a wind causing 3' seas on top of the swell and you
travel about 5 mph and still get wet. When we get big long period, as
long
as you are not at the surf or the reefs, is fine. Pillar Point Harbor
where
I launch from is home to the famous surfing Maverick's break. We can get
some nice days on the water, with the big swells the cause 50' surf at
Mavericks. And that is not far from the harbor entrance. The entrance
is
protected by Colorado Reef, and the swells were breaking big time on the
reef.
Bill


Enjoyed reading your experiences. I had a quick peek at what I think is
Pillar Point Harbor on my mapping program. Is that the area next to the
Half
Moon Bay Airport?

If it is, it looks pretty open to the Pacific to me. I would guess the
harbor has some pretty good size waves unless the wind is blowing out of
the
NNW.



Regards
John S

I would rather be boating!


BIG WAVES!
http://www.surfpulse.com/contest-mavs1.shtml
http://www.mavsurfer.com/

This is the reef in front of the point that makes the north side of the bay.

http://www.smharbor.com/pillarpoint/ is the harbor website.


I read the links and all I can say is WOW!

Thanks so much for the links, I enjoyed them!



Regards
John S

I would rather be boating!

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 21:55:57 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in
message
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On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 02:23:12 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in
message
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On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 19:25:45 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

~~ snippage ~~

Dungies are only related to king crab in that they are crabs. They
taste
better than Kings but are a lot smaller. Minimum size for sport is
5
3/4"
across the back and for commercial 5 1/4. I run a 21' boat.
Jetcraft
Bluewater. Is a higher side, pointy front version of the aluminum
whitewater river boats. 351 Ford driving a Kodiak Jetpump. And a
Yamaha
T-8 kicker. Alumimum is 0.190 thick.

Just looked them up - that's a neat looking boat.

How does that jet pump do in a short chop - can you set the trim
angle
to prevent cavitation?

No trim on the pump. Is what is called as a low pressure pump as
opposed
to
the Berkeley pumps. The 3 stages of impellers are the same diameter
all
the
way to the exit. No big necking down. Works better as to reprime if
come
out of the water. Short chop, just slow down or get beat to death.

So is it direct drive then? Or does the pump work on volume of water
vs water pressure?

Sorry for the questions - just curious.

Direct drive. Spicer double U-joint coupling from motor to pump. Mostly
volume of water. There is a slight necking at the diverter nozzle. No
problem on questions.

Neat - thanks. I have a couple of Kaiser/OMC V6s that I took out of
two Chris Crafts of late 60's vintage. I junked the old outdrives and
have been looking around for a way to use the engines in the one Chris
Craft I have kept to turn into a winter boat. This might be a
solution.

I'll have to look into this a little more. Are these Kodiak pumps
significantly different than a Hamilton or similar pump?

Later,

Tom


The Kodiak 105 I have is a licensed copy of a hamilton. The new hamilton's
are more efficient, but I am too cheap to upgrade.
Bill