An inside look at my rare mini boat collection
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ส.ค. 2023
- Ever thought about owning a mini boat? Maybe what its like to drive one? i thought the same, about 2011 i started a mini boat collection, and i do mean mini, currently we have 3 Mercury watermouse or "disney" boats, two aqua larks (owned 3 total) one addictor mini, a kawasaki jetmate (owned 5 total) and a very rare mercury mercub! These are a blast to drive and if you ever get the chance to drive/own one, do it! Thanks for stopping by!
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That jet mate brought back memories from my childhood. So much fun.
That's definitely a unique collection. 👌
Had a cougar cub as a 10 year old in the early 90’s. 👍🏻. I remember it was a very wet ride.
They're all cool in their own unique way. Thanks for sharing
Super fun video and thank you for making it. Your mini-boat collection is wonderful.
Finally. Some one who shares in my addiction. Im working to get to your level. Seriously impressive collection!
Best collection of the most well known (and best condition) mini-boats I’ve ever seen. That is coolest way possible to keep the pond scum and algae off of a pond!!! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for the kind words! I truly appreciate it!
Those boats are so cool! Real collectors toys! Congratulations!
I’ve always have have “2 ft envy” every boat in my life has been 2ft longer than the last. I see the fun and attraction to these fun mini boats!!!!!
Very cool boats. We had them in Australia in the 80’s too.
What an awesome collection an piece of property how do you not have any mini jet boats I can't think of the name but you know the all aluminum mini jet boats the ones Cletus McFarland has
Wow! That is a pretty special collection! Thanks for sharing your collection with us....
This is really badass cool. These were never seen in the states back in.....the 🙄. Been boating for 45yrs +. Thanks for sharing my friend. Well done.
Watermouse is unbelievable fun to drive. We had 2 at my dad's boat business and they were so cool
I would be addicted to these 😂
Awesome collection! Impressive that they all appear to be in perfect working order! You also have a dream property! The new one will no doubt be even better!
My dad has a jetmate growing up. That this was a blast. Small but fun and wouldnt mind having one again
U have an amazing collection!❤ id be super happy to just have one of these!
These are really cool! I’m from central Wisconsin, I work in Oshkosh almost daily and have never heard of those Mercubs!! Great video!
Cool video and sweet collection. I've have a 10' funjet in southcentral WI love the little boats.
Great collection
Cool collection.
Hey just wanted to let you know your addictor mini boat 190 is in fact called a woody model there was only 500 made and yours looks to be repainted as the original would have some wood grain but not a bit on it. The sport model doesn’t have the rail on the front or the canopy top from factor. Another way to tell is to see if the wind shield came on it Because the sports model also didn’t have a wind shield and because the rub rail along the outside seems to be aftermarket just from looking at it addictor never manufactured a rub rail larger than the regular size they used.
Beautiful collection!
Great video. Great collection.
I apologize, having a private pond that is too small for your collection of mini boats must be challenging.
very cool... I live in Canada and I have a 1970 14 ft Purple metal flake Sidewinder with a Mercury Thunderbolt ignition Kiekhaefer 80 H.P. 2 stroke..... Not as small as those but on the same street.
I forgot to mention I have 11 foot Hydrostream hustler I had a Yamaha 50 on that but I now use the motor on 16 ft pontoon
The hydrostream is a mini tunnel hull
Cougar Cub out of Hamble, Southampton, England. As you probably know they built very successful championship Catamarans. We had one here years ago and was great fun to play about with. Got hooked got an 86 Cougar US1 33 now, Remember the Cub being a lot cheaper to run haha
This video is so awesome!!!!
I’ve been waiting for you to publish it since I saw the Tic Tok.
I’m guessing the two Mercury’s we around where you live cause of the plants being in WI.
Nice you got the Disney mini boat
Great collection man!!! That’s every boaters dream pond!!! I was born and raised in Orlando and always wanted to find a mouse boat bc they were a blast as rentals!! I love the black speed boat!! And we had a jet mate on trade army dad’s dealership on
That merc needs a tower of power... Would be a blast.
Your my new hero!👍🏻
I want one now
I have a 1987 Funjet dt60 2 stroke inboard. Needs paint. Comes with trailer.
Cool collection
Used to live on Lake Bomoseen in Vermont. The campground at the north end had a handful of these mini boats. As far as I know they’re still sitting up there in storage always wanted one.
That Jet Mate sure has a...'commanding' driving position!
I see an Addictor 190...! I had 1 and had a ton of fun jumpin' that thing. I was even able to waterski behind it with 2 skii's and then drop 1 off and ride 1 ski. Had a Tohatsu 40hp.
You might risk the engine in the Kawi by converting to premix. Main bearings might not get sufficient lubrication without the oil injection. I hope you have checked.
Kawasaki my favourite that is superb
Awesome collection!!! U need either smaller boats or a bigger pond! Would love to se them really stretch their legs.
They're all super cool but that mouse boat design is pretty cool in my opinion. I used to go swimming near SeaRay's factory in Oxford MI as a kid and it looks like some of the small RC hulls they'd test on the flooded gravel pit lakes.
Loved my jet mate. My dad loved it too. Would have been nicer with a 750cc engine. $4800 new with trailer in Indy in 1990. Miss it (and dad too!).
Sweet collection but the Aqua lark (I have a 1973 model) was around before the addictor and from what I heard is the someone split from Aqua lark and essentially made a copy of the hull and changed the cap.
I have the addictor, , my uncle has the skylark. And we would set up milk jugs and race . So much fun
I'm jealous of your Disney boat. I want one so bad
Sick. I love watching boats go three feet and turn around.
That's so cool
Having that many miniature boats in not normal, dude.
Im more looking at that beautiful property...
You can never have enough boats, even if they are tiny!
Who wants to be normal if you’re having that much fun?!
It’s living the dream!
yeah , well tell that to my friend with 4 dusters and 3 darts .
Almost positive my uncle had that picklefork back in the late 80’s. Same thing, took forever to get on a step, but was bright red. Now i need call uncle Steve to see what he remembers about it.
incredible collection . Great video. Did Disney world use the aqua larks before the mouse boats? I remember as a kid in the 80s seeing mini boats on the lake that were not the mouse boats. Just curious. I would have to pick the merc cub Its too cool. But the jet mate is total 80s. Love it.
The light blue one is the same color as the old Fort Wilderness rentals from the 70s at Disney. Looks the same too.I think the Disney Sprites had black hulls though.
I still have my 89 16 ft charger with a 91 150xr2 mercury racing engine. It’s got a mod vp lower end, stainless chopper high speed prop, custom gas tank, hot foot pedal drive so you can drive with two hand. It does does 87mph and is the loudest boat around. You can hear it from a ways out.
I had the 10 foot GW Invader. That was in the late 60s. Started with a 20 HP. Later got a 60 HP. 55 was legal but they didn’t make a 55 so I dot a sixty. It would do 70MPH. Later more stringent HP came in and that ended the making of the boat.
I had one of those cub’s with the same stickers on it a few years ago still kick myself for selling it see it pop up for sale here and there try to get it back every time but I miss is had number plate of 4
A W E S O M E collection! Those look like a ton of fun.
Are you gonna make a video when you get the black one to a bigger lake? Got a feeling that one is gonna be moving right along once you get air in the tunnel. Might get a little too sketchy to hold a camera at the same time. 😂
I feel like the Theo Vaughn needs one of those jet boats
I have an addictor 190 dlx. I bought it in collage. It was the original florida gators mascot boa. Still have it 35 years later… oh yea it has a 30hp evinrude.
I had lark outboard model, with a merc early model with a 350 merc 2 stroke stroke raced in Sport C class in Calif years ago. trude the bottom and SS prop, i,d out the OMC,s but not the Tohhatus 30,s, did won two races., sold it with 30 hp chrysler on it.
1st boat looks like a Baja Scat cat. your missing a mini-hawk ! had one and put a 56ci 3 cyl OMC 70 on it. thing was an absolute rocket.
I love the mercub
But would gladly buy any of them from you
Dear Nick,The YT Gods love you. Why else would your wonderful vid be suggested this morning to me?
My only son was sot of named after you. We call him “Nick Danger”.
Hell yes subscribed in seconds. My guess is that you are a neurosurgeon specializing in spinal deformities in painted turtles.
Educational and entertaining. The highest calling. Thanks.
Man that Mercub is begging for some more HPs
Nah this dude just drives it like a bible salesmen. Those rip
I just bought a SOS express 12' with a 50 Mariner on it. I was looking to get more speed out of it before I even took it out. Theses things don't need to go any faster.
The sound of that Kawasaki reminds me of snowmobiling.
Thoughts on the Exhilarator 109 boats thinking about picking one up!
I crashed one of those mickey boats as a kid, that's right they let kids take them out alone!! Actually another kid hit me broadside, and when he did his bow rode right up onto the top of mine which turned it luckily but still left huge prop scars right down the side of the boat just above the throttle 😇
Are you going to do a will it run on the barn find delorean?
awesome x5
How big of motor can you go before hull can't take? Would like to see the extreme. But cool non the less.
I have a 12' Mini eliminator Pickle Fork tunnel hull with a 2.5 60hp Mercury 2 stroke converted to a custom short shaft lower unit that I just pulled out of the water last winter to repaint the hull. I have had it for 3 years; my father had it before me. It is gnarly out on big lakes. My father has ringed her out wide open which was sketchy. I still haven't had it over 40mph. It gets sketchy. I want to get a mini V-hull for the engine that would be much more manageable to drive around. Something that can sit 3 or 3 people. I have been looking at kits. I might DIY my own mini Catermaran with foam and fiberglass. I make my own Fiberglass and carbon fiber RC boats from scratch. Should not be hard to scale one up and build. The build process is almost the same. Foam mold stringers and fiberglass. One day. Thanks for the inspiration. I really do love the Addicter boat you have. It is awesome! They are all incredible!
What the trim for the engine you add on the grey boat . I can’t understand the name . Yeah night and day for sure !! Nice collection
I wanna collect them all!
Not bad. Any size Cutoff on the upper end? How rare do you want them to be before considering them?
I think the one that has the cut off on the top is the pickle fork, im almost considering a long shaft for it thanks for checking out the vid!
@@NotNormalNick I got a small-ish boat as well, but its not rare... GW invader, I take it you have heard of it? Would like a jetstar as well...
Hello from southern Ontario Canada I really enjoyed the video are mini boats similar to a sea flee as I have a sea flee with a 15hp outboard mercury fiberglass built thanks
I have two aqua larks one has the same bottom hull as your green one mine is all white with a Yamaha 30 three cylinder two stroke
1989. I bought it direct South Holland Illinois factory owner ( who was a dentist) I then saw on line a fiberglass company was
Selling the molds and fiberglass boat parts. I bought a new bottom half of a updated aqua lark with a deep cutting V hull
And I payed them to spray up a top half from the mold and they has no tops left in parts. I have a 2018 Yamaha four stroke 25 hp
The. 30 ho stays on Torch Lake Michigan and the 25 with the deep V stays in my garage Marengo Illinois
Are you looking to sell one of your aqua larks?
Like the Pickle cat boat...
Nice collection!
What's the blower for in the Kawasaki one?
to keep fuel fumes from collecting in the compartment and going BOOM!
Kawasaki one is also called the nut buster
The mouse boat I race in the South Africa 🇿🇦 national it had a 15hp outboard mercury on it
Got a Bradley GT surfer currently 4 sale in mn. a complete restoration needed sadly.
Recently found an old Viking marine super dink on the facebook marketplace. Do you know anything about it? Would be a pretty cool project I imagine
Mannn if you ever have some space that mercub could prolly handle a 50hp 2 stroke “170 ish lbs” also w the right prop can hop right up on plane and be a thriller 😅. Don’t know much about their transoms tho…..
Ha a funcat 13 looks similar to black #1 just has a merc 90 on it
I just picked up a baja scat cat, how come you don't have one in the collection
It would suck to have a pound that small. Just kidding. They look brand new. It would be soooo fun
where did you get the boats
I have an 84 cougar cub with a 30 horse tohatsu on it pretty fun boat n they're not pickle forks its a catamaran
I regret selling my cougar cub
Your rental Lark, could have come from Lake Geneva, they had a ton of them there.
A good chance for sure! Any history you know about the rentals down there? I’m not far from there
@@NotNormalNick If I remember correctly and this goes back to the mid 70's-early 90's there were a few places that rented water craft on Lake Geneva. One of the places I remember was "Leather Lips".
Good luck. Some were rented off the dock at the pavilion and I remember the early side by side jet skis were rented out of the little "harbor" to the east.
Where can I purchase the disney mini.
My addictor had a windshield but it was gone when I bought it in 1989 wow my rail is gone too.
do you fish in that pond
The Cougar boat company from
England and at that time Miami, made your Merc Cub. Have you heard of Steve Curtis? Greatest Throttle
Man in Offshore boating. Not being a know it all just know some offshore knowledge. Cougar in England is still in business. I live in Florida now but am from Eagle River Wisconsin
Wow that’s pretty awesome! That’s where our cabin is being built so these minis will be on the chain the rest of their life!
when are you going to finally finish the deloreon restore videos ???
and the 4x4
The barn find delorean is still on our rack, after attending several delorean shows we are thinking of turning one of them into a Time Machine and we are pushing towards the barn find one. It has the lowest miles, black interior and frame is bad unfortunately but it’s our best candidate for now. I have a few of the parts collected to make one just need the last “push.” As for the 4x4 I have a good insight on a box I am trying to buy for it, and Sterling equipment is back on board for roll bars and bumpers but unfortunately I’m on their list and am unsure of when my build week is for those.
I only have one mini boat and it’s a Schiada and it’s for my kids
I have a mini boat I was told there are 2 and mine is only working model.1998 Capri by catalina. Not sure the truth but it's like new