OUTLAW EAGLE MANUFACTURING

wayne · Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Posts: 1

Just bought my first jet boat, 1997 21 foot eagle sabre 351 redline. I live on the South Nahanni River NWT and have had some great trips, but have only travelled where I feel it was safe to put my old prop boat for fear of getting hung up on a sand bar in the middle of nowhere. Have searched the internet for info and looked for books addressing the same with no luck. Anyone have any pointers for a beginner with a morbid fear of getting "stuck" in the mud.

Snikwah · Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 10 Location: Auckland

These pics are mainly stucks on stones but may give some ideas on how to get out

http://www.nzjetboating.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=5454.0

Peter

Xerophobic · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 5:29 am Post subject:

Wayne you're probably more concerned than you need to be Im sure. I can tell you as one who has also only had an alloy boat for short while that hitting the bottom and running dangerously shallow water takes some getting used to but it is so much fun at the same time.
Work you way into it and by all means surf the NZjetboating.com site for all the tips and tricks on how to get unstuck when you push your luck too much.
Does your boat have any bottom protection?
Seems alot of Kiwi's carrry "push sticks" which look like a cross between a paddle and a cricket bat lol If you hull is light enough to get the bow up some cruiser bumpers can be used to "roll" the boat back to deeper water.
I even carry a small 12V winch altho luckily have not had to use it(yet)!
Post some pics of your boat and hopefully other will chime in about running your model boat. I do this stuff with a 21 tunnel <shrugs>
You have some absolutly beautiful stuff to run up there from what I saw in Vince's video

Cheers

ntjetboater · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:05 am Post subject:

Wayne,
This is the only community on the SNahanni.
Grab someone with a Park Liscence and head to the falls, it will be one of the best trips you can do in a jetboat! Also when you get past third canyon you can head up the FLAT rvr which can almost take you into the Yukon, tons of moose and sheep.
Back to the stuck issue...bring buddies to help push, just don't hit a sandbar on the liard, gravel is good to push on, over, but sand is like a suction cup.
Wayne did you look at an outboard jet this spring in YZF?
Welcome to the 4M and enjoy your boat.

YKX · Joined: 21 Jul 2005 Posts: 181 Location: Yellowknife

looks like that could be a good run up to the mountains.

Try it next spring and give us a shout, we might be there.

YKX

JamesS · Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:59 pm Post subject:

Wayne here's a link to Google Earth Viewer, it's a site that contains satelite photos of the entire world, you can zoom in on particular areas, tilt the camera, see roads, cities, etc....,.......it's a very useful site.