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01-23-2015, 11:08 AM
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Hippy Mod, Bergermeister Meisterberger, Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Ewing
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New toy for the summer (if all goes well)
I'm in the process of buying one of those sprint jet boats but it has to be transported from OR to NJ. It's a 14' aluminum sprint boat with a crate 350 in it. The jet drive should work better for me than the speed skiff for when the river gets low. Hopefully, it makes the trip safely but it won't be picked up for 10-12 days. It should be able to do 60-70 mph depending on what impeller is in the jet drive.
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01-23-2015, 11:40 AM
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BadMod
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: hamilton, nj
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Holy crap
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So much stupid, so little time.
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01-23-2015, 11:58 AM
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Admin.
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hamilton, NJ
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you're out of your mind lol
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The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.
Hey everybody, it's good to have you on the Baba-too-da-ba-too-ba-ba-buh-doo-ga-ga-bop-a-dop
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01-23-2015, 01:56 PM
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Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: brick/pt. pleasant beach
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Now this I want a ride in! I'll bring a gopro!
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01-23-2015, 02:03 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: North Jersey
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hahahaa, Hang the F on......
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01-24-2015, 04:44 PM
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The Mayor / 2009 Member of the Year / Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Northwest
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I want to see you find a jet sprinting club around here!
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03-02-2015, 06:32 PM
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Hippy Mod, Bergermeister Meisterberger, Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Ewing
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The boat finally showed up this morning (talk about bad timing with the driveway being a sheet of ice). But all looks good so I can't wait to see how this thing runs. It actually looks more insane in person, it's a pretty small boat. Now we just need to get some warm weather and melt all the ice in the river!
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03-02-2015, 07:42 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
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Is it legal in any river?
It seriously looks like a death trap. Fun but deadly....
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03-02-2015, 10:05 PM
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Hippy Mod, Bergermeister Meisterberger, Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Ewing
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Sure, it has all the lights and safety equipment, so did the speed skiff I sold last year. But the speed skiff needed like 2' of water to get going and this probably only needs 6-8" of water so it should be a little safer in that respect.
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03-03-2015, 06:07 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Millstone twp
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Jeff, kinda like the argument for 4x4s in the snow, they work so much better than regular cars, but when going faster, it takes longer to stop  In 6"-8" of water, by the time you are going bat-outa-hell, there will be this submerged rock that is only 2" from the surface, ouch! But have Fun!
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03-03-2015, 09:13 AM
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Power Member/NJFBOA Bookie/Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: North Jersey = Best Jersey.
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Yeahhh, I'm going to need a ride come July...
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04-05-2015, 08:50 PM
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Hippy Mod, Bergermeister Meisterberger, Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Ewing
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I was hoping to take it for a run this weekend but with the wind and the river came up 4 feet, it wasn't good enough conditions so I spent a couple of hours cleaning up all the salt and road grime from its trip across the country. After I removed the OR registration numbers, I found ID numbers underneath and they were painted on. It took me a week of slowly wet sanding in a cold garage to get the old numbers off. If you look at the lettering across the windscreen, you can see the different shades. The paint is 3 layers to create the shadowing type of effect. Thankfully, there's a lot of clear coat on it so it cleaned up nicely.
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69 Z28 JL8 4 wheel disc brakes - being restored
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04-05-2015, 09:04 PM
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Hippy Mod, Bergermeister Meisterberger, Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Ewing
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The seats and carpet were really dirty with the salt so it took so scrubbing but they are pretty faded and started to tear so I couldn't be too aggressive trying to clean them.
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04-13-2015, 12:41 PM
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Hippy Mod, Bergermeister Meisterberger, Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Ewing
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Finally got the boat out for a run yesterday. The river is running high so I took it easy and just ran upstream for a couple of loops. Wow, this boat is really sensitive and you have to hold on to get it running straight. I wasn't sure how the turning was going to be and I thought I was taking it easy, but it whipped a 180 instantly with a slight turn of the wheel. There is hardly any movement to the steering nozzle, but the turning is incredible. There was still quite a bit of debris in the river so I took it easy for the first run. My legs are too short and I can't get the pedal all the way down, so I need to move the pedal back because the seats don't move. Definitely a wild ride and completely different from the speed skiff.
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04-14-2015, 09:09 AM
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NJFBOA Co-Founder
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: All up in your kool aid!
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LEt me know next time you are going out. We can hook up a GoPro and film of the action.
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04-14-2015, 07:19 PM
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10 Second Club / Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Roxbury, NJ
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that boat sounds WILD scary fun
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05-09-2015, 09:44 AM
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Hippy Mod, Bergermeister Meisterberger, Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Ewing
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I've had it out about 5 or 6 times now and still getting a feel for it, but it's a lot of fun and not nearly as loud as the speed skiff was. There was a slight leak at the riser gasket so I'm replacing that now. I took a couple of pics last weekend with it next to my 16' Lowe modv fishing boat. The Lowe will run pretty shallow being a jet tunnel hull.
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05-09-2015, 10:11 AM
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Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: brick/pt. pleasant beach
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Man that thing is awesome
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07-27-2015, 05:54 PM
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Hippy Mod, Bergermeister Meisterberger, Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Ewing
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My buddy got a shot of the rooster tail but by time he took the picture I was already letting off so it was not a full rooster. I couldn't tell how big it was when I'm driving the boat and it doesn't look big at all but it turned out to be a lot longer than I realized.
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69 Z28 JL8 4 wheel disc brakes - being restored
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07-27-2015, 06:33 PM
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Stalker
Join Date: Aug 2004
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hahahahaha love it!
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07-27-2015, 07:27 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Arm pit of the world... NJ
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Don't forget, 35mph speed limit on the river!
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07-28-2015, 07:17 AM
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Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: brick/pt. pleasant beach
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Someone wants a little attention  too cool!
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07-28-2015, 07:17 AM
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Hippy Mod, Bergermeister Meisterberger, Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Ewing
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Featherburner
Don't forget, 35mph speed limit on the river!
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I know, tell that to the jetski's, ski boats and jet boats!
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07-28-2015, 05:32 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Arm pit of the world... NJ
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Quote:
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I know, tell that to the jetski's, ski boats and jet boats!
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I just did!
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07-28-2015, 08:50 PM
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Hippy Mod, Bergermeister Meisterberger, Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Ewing
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My speedometer only goes up to 3400 mph so I'm good.  It's those SeeDoo and SeeDon't boats you need to watch out for.
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