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BucketBack
05-26-2020, 05:39 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=97&v=SUzo1YIzXO0&feature=emb_logo
Dwight55
05-26-2020, 08:11 AM
I'll just bet that little tug wasn't cheap . . . but it did look like fun.

May God bless,
Dwight
shootbrownelk
05-26-2020, 08:44 AM
What kind of engine in that washtub? I didn't see any rod holders or downriggers either, some fishing boat.LOL
Dwight55
05-26-2020, 11:45 AM
What kind of engine in that washtub? I didn't see any rod holders or downriggers either, some fishing boat.LOL

It's a little "inboard" uses jet propulsion, . . . runs water thru a turbine and out the back in a jet nozzle, . . . same as we had in Vietnam with the PBR boats.

PBR's were 33 ft long IIRC, . . . and their draft when popping along at 30 knots was only like 14 inches or so.

This one takes advantage of that same principle.

May God bless,
Dwight
shootbrownelk
05-26-2020, 12:53 PM
It's a little "inboard" uses jet propulsion, . . . runs water thru a turbine and out the back in a jet nozzle, . . . same as we had in Vietnam with the PBR boats.

PBR's were 33 ft long IIRC, . . . and their draft when popping along at 30 knots was only like 14 inches or so.

This one takes advantage of that same principle.

May God bless,
Dwight

That engine, whatever it is sure sounds like it puts out a lot of horsepower for as small as it would have to be.
BucketBack
05-26-2020, 02:20 PM
AquaHull = AquaHull Boat Repair back 15 years ago. Metro DeeTroit area.
Sparkyprep
05-26-2020, 03:55 PM
That is one tough little boat!