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<blockquote data-quote="PSG-1" data-source="post: 224372" data-attributes="member: 6937"><p>I've never actually measured the distance that my jetboat will run in shallow water, but I know on at least one occasion, I ran through a shallow area over a shoal, for at least 100 yards, and I churned sand once or twice in that distance, but kept going, until I hit the deeper water on the other side. Yeah, I was concerned about running out of water, I thought for sure I would end up grounding, but it didn't happen. However, if you back off the throttle while doing something like this, the boat will gain more draft in the stern, then it will come to a very rapid stop, and you are screwed!</p><p></p><p>I have also run outboards with manual tilt across narrow shoal areas, hit the throttle right before reaching it, then lifting the motor and sliding across the shoal, then dropping the motor and hitting the throttle once I reached deeper water (I don't recommend doing this, as it can be very abusive to a lower unit)</p><p></p><p>I don't have problems judging distances, depths, or lengths of fish, either. I know what 4" of water looks like.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not touting my boat as some magic carpet that will just glide over an oyster rock, no boat can do that, except maybe an airboat, and even then, it's probably going to tear up the hull. But I will challenge anyone with an outboard, either prop drive, OR jet drive, to follow me anywhere, and let's see which boat runs aground first.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PSG-1, post: 224372, member: 6937"] I've never actually measured the distance that my jetboat will run in shallow water, but I know on at least one occasion, I ran through a shallow area over a shoal, for at least 100 yards, and I churned sand once or twice in that distance, but kept going, until I hit the deeper water on the other side. Yeah, I was concerned about running out of water, I thought for sure I would end up grounding, but it didn't happen. However, if you back off the throttle while doing something like this, the boat will gain more draft in the stern, then it will come to a very rapid stop, and you are screwed! I have also run outboards with manual tilt across narrow shoal areas, hit the throttle right before reaching it, then lifting the motor and sliding across the shoal, then dropping the motor and hitting the throttle once I reached deeper water (I don't recommend doing this, as it can be very abusive to a lower unit) I don't have problems judging distances, depths, or lengths of fish, either. I know what 4" of water looks like. I'm not touting my boat as some magic carpet that will just glide over an oyster rock, no boat can do that, except maybe an airboat, and even then, it's probably going to tear up the hull. But I will challenge anyone with an outboard, either prop drive, OR jet drive, to follow me anywhere, and let's see which boat runs aground first. [/QUOTE]
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