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<blockquote data-quote="Ranchero50" data-source="post: 330460" data-attributes="member: 1523"><p>I wouldn't run an iron engine in a jet boat that you expect to run through skinny water. I think you could easily get the performance of a I6 out of a jetski powerplant.</p><p></p><p>.250" bottom? Aluminum grabs rocks, put a 3/4" skin of UHMW on the hull and it'll slide over them.</p><p></p><p>I'd aim to have a 3/4" UHMW skinned 16' x 60" hull that weighs under 700lbs empty.</p><p></p><p>I'm at 600lbs without poly with an 85hp powerplant that weighs 80 lbs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ranchero50, post: 330460, member: 1523"] I wouldn't run an iron engine in a jet boat that you expect to run through skinny water. I think you could easily get the performance of a I6 out of a jetski powerplant. .250" bottom? Aluminum grabs rocks, put a 3/4" skin of UHMW on the hull and it'll slide over them. I'd aim to have a 3/4" UHMW skinned 16' x 60" hull that weighs under 700lbs empty. I'm at 600lbs without poly with an 85hp powerplant that weighs 80 lbs. [/QUOTE]
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