That's a early Hamilton unit (chinook 2 stage) with a UA tail section on it.. That boat hull / Hamilton unit is a bit of jet boat history ... Look up( jet boats for all) on UA-cam. I'm guessing it's one on that footage..👍😁
You wouldn't. I had one, it was damaged by a taxi hittin it in 1998. 2 broken steering flaps cost £1250 to cast a new pair becuase parts aren't available anymore and they're a manganese aluminium alloy. To replace the cutlass bearing in the pump it took a 250 ton press to get the old one out. I live in a town that worked around its harbour and pulled in favours right left and centre to get her back in the water. Cost of the boat to buy was 400, cost nearly 6k just to get her back in the water and that wasn't restored, it was done cheap
Dennis seems super sweet and genuinely enjoys what he is doing, which is the most important when you take on a project. What's the deal with the presenter constantly trying to kill his spirit!
I suspect the radiator was to avoid corrosion and to allow it to run in very mucky water that would likely clog engine cooling passages. Of course this is not a consideration for sane boaters, but maybe someone was trying to run it in a peat bog. In the US, we use airboats in Florida and even the ones with liquid cooled engines use radiators instead of trying to use the water around the boat.
They all ran a car radiator from a Ford zephyr (the engine too) with a water to water heat exchanger and a cooling pipe through the sump for oil cooling. It was done for longevity of the car engine that was used, at speeds below around 15 miles per hour mines wouldn't pass enough water to cool the engine properly, it didn't take more than a minute or two and the radiator fans kicked in
What a lovely guy. I’m sure it was guys like him that made Britain Great!
Thanks Terry - very true!
@@BoatYardBuilds Fred DIbnah would say " Did you like that?". cheers and thanks from Vancouver Island .
I don't believe anyone there has ever launched a boat before.
That's a early Hamilton unit (chinook 2 stage) with a UA tail section on it.. That boat hull / Hamilton unit is a bit of jet boat history ... Look up( jet boats for all) on UA-cam. I'm guessing it's one on that footage..👍😁
You are correct
this is actually a good looking boat , i would do a full blown museum quality restoration
You wouldn't.
I had one, it was damaged by a taxi hittin it in 1998. 2 broken steering flaps cost £1250 to cast a new pair becuase parts aren't available anymore and they're a manganese aluminium alloy.
To replace the cutlass bearing in the pump it took a 250 ton press to get the old one out.
I live in a town that worked around its harbour and pulled in favours right left and centre to get her back in the water.
Cost of the boat to buy was 400, cost nearly 6k just to get her back in the water and that wasn't restored, it was done cheap
Really like stuff like this fixing up an old jet boat 👍
Nice looking boat , it has style.
It has a normal car engine, NOT a "jet" engine. It has a "jet" drive.
Dennis seems super sweet and genuinely enjoys what he is doing, which is the most important when you take on a project. What's the deal with the presenter constantly trying to kill his spirit!
...and patronising too!!!
In the US we back or trailers up all the way gust help you out
Epic launch ramp fail 😆
Very funny!
These videos are not "Restorations"
please amend the title its misleading!
Painful to watch.
There is a big difference between jet DRIVE and jet engine. Get the title right please.
I suspect the radiator was to avoid corrosion and to allow it to run in very mucky water that would likely clog engine cooling passages. Of course this is not a consideration for sane boaters, but maybe someone was trying to run it in a peat bog. In the US, we use airboats in Florida and even the ones with liquid cooled engines use radiators instead of trying to use the water around the boat.
They all ran a car radiator from a Ford zephyr (the engine too) with a water to water heat exchanger and a cooling pipe through the sump for oil cooling.
It was done for longevity of the car engine that was used, at speeds below around 15 miles per hour mines wouldn't pass enough water to cool the engine properly, it didn't take more than a minute or two and the radiator fans kicked in
:)
TRYING TO GET AN EMOJI BUT FAILED HA HA
if you back the trailer deeper in the water,, this usually works..... i have never seen a jet engine with pistons.... CLICK BAIT
Eh up lad where there's muck there's brass.