Nice "ramp." What you should do is fly the drone low over rocks, then superimpose your bow on the bottom of the frame so it looks like your boat is running over the rocks. Maybe add some bumping to make it more realistic.
Great footage. I'm interested where this is, how far up the river you went, some general background would really boost this vid. Thanks for posting, good to see jet boats in far away lands
Thanks! Placer River in southcentral Alaska. Its only about a 15-mile river from the ocean to Spencer glacier. Snowmelt is late this year so it's a bit lower than average.
I was wondering how you have your winch set up on your trailer to pull off and on your boat? I saw the video you pull your boat off in your garage. Love the boat nice size and cool color.
I just run the bow line back to a pulley near the back of the trailer. Then tie off to my trailer winch and start cranking. The pulley allows the trailer winch to pull the boat off the trailer. I am going to upgrade the trailer winch to a 3500lb very soon. Currently I use a portable capstan to get the boat back on the trailer. Saves me the strain.
That steep ramp is the only reason I never tried that river and even with a winch on my truck I gave up the ideas to try to launch there. I build my own jets boats, and I have a new one in my head that I am saving one of them Chevrolet 140 Hp MerCruiser engines for this jet boat project. I am going to use a 6-degree V bottom with the bottom back end will have a 15-inch-wide flat in the V in the 6 degree that runs forward for some 8 feet to get proper water feed for jet intake, I should be able to do streams like that.
@@RichardNateMiller Thanks / my current jet boat is on the design of the Wille predator only built it to be 30 feet long - 6-2 wide bottom - 8-6 at the beam and powered by a 1969 Chevrolet 402 Big block that left GM at 425 Hp and now is 60 over pistons and 2x larger carb than GM had on the motor - the jet pump is a Berkeley JC with the improved drive shaft installed the stainless 3 blade inducer impeller in front of the main impeller and what a change to how the pimp works. The next pump-up grade is going to be a slot boil & drop snoot to put water force all into the water and reduce the water blown on the surface and then an electric shift. I sell unguided moose hunts with camps at the forks of the Yenta R or in the Tanana R area, so I need a jet boat for transport camp gear with the less amount the travel to get all the gear to camp. As for fishing I offer fishing on the Gulkana R and Kutina R which you should try the Gulkana R it is loaded with Chinook and Sockeye - Steelhead & large Rainbows. Your boats would work great to reach the Tbay River up the Chitna R about 3 miles run for nonstop Chinook on catching! The Tbay R flows into the Chitna R on a bend at the bottom is a left side round clear water pool chuck full of brought Chinook that eat eggs under a bobby as fast as the eggs sink under the bobber. Other ways to fish here is anchor above the pool then soak eggs in the blending water of clear and glacier water because many salmon are here also. The Chinook are already here just before dipnet season starts in the Copper R and they are chrome bright with dark lavender backs of the salmons Ocean colors
Your boat sounds like it packs a load up some skinny water. I wouldn’t wanna be pushing that thing tho! Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll be internet scouting that area all winter!
@@RichardNateMiller I had a shop that sews canvases make me a large like parachute bag that 4 corners a rope connects on, and it is use in case of grounding to rope to the boat and let the river current fill the canvas bag full of water and the power of the current pulling the parachute bag full of water pulls the boat to deeper water. Water current is so strong if the boat is facing upriver to the current the canvas bag fills with water and massive water weight and current pulls the bow of the boat down river starting the pulling effect on the boat to move on the gravel bar stuck on. I now have built a winch connection on the front of the boat, and I have a new Electric 18.000-pound pull winch for if getting grounded stuck. Yes, the jet boat can carry massive loads and runs over 4 inches of water loaded, just give the Big Block 402 gas and it is smoking fast up or down river. Past lake creek from the Yentna during moose season some areas of the river are down to 4-inch-deep water for a long way. Where my Moose camp is at the forks of the Yentna R that becomes 4-inch water for 200 yards. The odd thing is a beautiful house is there may be a fishing lodge?? At the house is a small stream that runs into the Yenta R which is loaded with dead rotting salmon
@@RichardNateMiller With these smaller jet boats you own I can also recommend a river many miles up the copper from the Gulkana R and like all tributaries of the copper R they have salmon so look on an atlas map of Alaska is how I found the river on far side of the Copper R that stream has smaller clear water streams you will see salmon just packed in together. Down river from the Kutina R many don't know the Bison often roam the banks of the Copper River and tags do go out for them
What motor are y'all running? Sounds like a sportjet. Any upgrades to pump or motor?
Yep. 200 Optimax sportjet. Stainless sleeve. High skew impeller.
Nice "ramp." What you should do is fly the drone low over rocks, then superimpose your bow on the bottom of the frame so it looks like your boat is running over the rocks. Maybe add some bumping to make it more realistic.
Or I could just record the part where we do hit the rocks!
Unfortunately I can never find brain space to think of the camera in those moments….
Have fun Nate but don't forget hockey😂
Great footage. I'm interested where this is, how far up the river you went, some general background would really boost this vid. Thanks for posting, good to see jet boats in far away lands
Thanks! Placer River in southcentral Alaska. Its only about a 15-mile river from the ocean to Spencer glacier. Snowmelt is late this year so it's a bit lower than average.
I was wondering how you have your winch set up on your trailer to pull off and on your boat? I saw the video you pull your boat off in your garage. Love the boat nice size and cool color.
I just run the bow line back to a pulley near the back of the trailer. Then tie off to my trailer winch and start cranking. The pulley allows the trailer winch to pull the boat off the trailer. I am going to upgrade the trailer winch to a 3500lb very soon.
Currently I use a portable capstan to get the boat back on the trailer. Saves me the strain.
That steep ramp is the only reason I never tried that river and even with a winch on my truck I gave up the ideas to try to launch there.
I build my own jets boats, and I have a new one in my head that I am saving one of them Chevrolet 140 Hp MerCruiser engines for this jet boat project.
I am going to use a 6-degree V bottom with the bottom back end will have a 15-inch-wide flat in the V in the 6 degree that runs forward for some 8 feet to get proper water feed for jet intake, I should be able to do streams like that.
Sounds like a winner.
@@RichardNateMiller Thanks / my current jet boat is on the design of the Wille predator only built it to be 30 feet long - 6-2 wide bottom - 8-6 at the beam and powered by a 1969 Chevrolet 402 Big block that left GM at 425 Hp and now is 60 over pistons and 2x larger carb than GM had on the motor - the jet pump is a Berkeley JC with the improved drive shaft installed the stainless 3 blade inducer impeller in front of the main impeller and what a change to how the pimp works.
The next pump-up grade is going to be a slot boil & drop snoot to put water force all into the water and reduce the water blown on the surface and then an electric shift.
I sell unguided moose hunts with camps at the forks of the Yenta R or in the Tanana R area, so I need a jet boat for transport camp gear with the less amount the travel to get all the gear to camp.
As for fishing I offer fishing on the Gulkana R and Kutina R which you should try the Gulkana R it is loaded with Chinook and Sockeye - Steelhead & large Rainbows.
Your boats would work great to reach the Tbay River up the Chitna R about 3 miles run for nonstop Chinook on catching!
The Tbay R flows into the Chitna R on a bend at the bottom is a left side round clear water pool chuck full of brought Chinook that eat eggs under a bobby as fast as the eggs sink under the bobber.
Other ways to fish here is anchor above the pool then soak eggs in the blending water of clear and glacier water because many salmon are here also.
The Chinook are already here just before dipnet season starts in the Copper R and they are chrome bright with dark lavender backs of the salmons Ocean colors
Your boat sounds like it packs a load up some skinny water. I wouldn’t wanna be pushing that thing tho!
Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll be internet scouting that area all winter!
@@RichardNateMiller I had a shop that sews canvases make me a large like parachute bag that 4 corners a rope connects on, and it is use in case of grounding to rope to the boat and let the river current fill the canvas bag full of water and the power of the current pulling the parachute bag full of water pulls the boat to deeper water.
Water current is so strong if the boat is facing upriver to the current the canvas bag fills with water and massive water weight and current pulls the bow of the boat down river starting the pulling effect on the boat to move on the gravel bar stuck on.
I now have built a winch connection on the front of the boat, and I have a new Electric 18.000-pound pull winch for if getting grounded stuck.
Yes, the jet boat can carry massive loads and runs over 4 inches of water loaded, just give the Big Block 402 gas and it is smoking fast up or down river.
Past lake creek from the Yentna during moose season some areas of the river are down to 4-inch-deep water for a long way.
Where my Moose camp is at the forks of the Yentna R that becomes 4-inch water for 200 yards.
The odd thing is a beautiful house is there may be a fishing lodge??
At the house is a small stream that runs into the Yenta R which is loaded with dead rotting salmon
@@RichardNateMiller With these smaller jet boats you own I can also recommend a river many miles up the copper from the Gulkana R and like all tributaries of the copper R they have salmon so look on an atlas map of Alaska is how I found the river on far side of the Copper R that stream has smaller clear water streams you will see salmon just packed in together.
Down river from the Kutina R many don't know the Bison often roam the banks of the Copper River and tags do go out for them