Thread: Jet vs. Prop
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Old 04-01-2005, 05:10 PM   #2
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Hi Wilson,

On Jetboats there are probably as many ideas as there are jetboats...
Very short, and this you already know, but anyway a jetboat has less draft and is (when you learnt) easier to handle in tight corners. It often gives less vibrations and a quiter ride as well.

Less good fuel economy in certain yachts and speeds, more costly to buy new, sometimes tricky to learn how to handle and a reputation of sliding sideways in following seas at lower speeds. (A keel can reduce this).

Like with the famous Hinckley you can get a joystick steering which is easy to learn. But even Hinckley has props as an option on their new 55īso it is clear that people have different opinions. Why donīt you talk to them about it? http://www.hinckleyyachts.com/
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