jet pump in salt water

[lokidog]

The only time I've been close to the salt in a pump boat below Astoria), it blew air whenever we went over a swell, was not a great ride.   Would probably be fine most of the time in the sound but out in the open I don't know.   

[huntnphool]

I've had mine 10+ miles off buoy 10 and not had any issues, as well as up the inside passage, sounds like a impeller pitch problem, what kind of pump was it?

[lokidog]

Don't know, it was a buddy's brother's many years ago.

[cohoho]

Properly designed Jet hulls don't need trim tabs....

 Well, you can keep thinking that about Thundercrap inboard's . I like my tabs in the salt just fine, my TJ skipped like a rock, same degree hull as yours .

If you stay on top you don't got to worry about the chop...   But TJ's do have a trim tabs (it is along the bottom of every jet boat they build) it sticks about 1 1/2 inches out and you have to bend it up or down with heavy duty pliers.  For speed and crappy ride pull it up and for no chop and loss of speed bend it down.  Of course you need to be on a nice flat lake that you can jump in and out of to tune it then forget about it, not recommend doing that in the Columbia, alittle too chilly for me...  Besides that there is this fact- because I own a TJ doesn't mean I think they are the best...     Again you'll never find the perfect boat, if you want to go everywhere you'll atleast three boats or have friends with different type boats...  So as of right I need a friend with a big ocean boat...lol  Honestly if you want a jet boat with outboard, you'll have a tough time ever beating a Wooldridge, ever!  I ran all types of boats in AK on skinny water and rough water the Wooldridges were simply the best for that type water.  If you want an ocean boat buy an Ocean boat cause you'll never get the best of both worlds with one boat....   

[Antlershed]

the problem with a jet in salt is you have to go to fresh water to flush it

I would hope you would flush any motor with fresh water after going in the salt. Oh, and the sportjet has a port to hook a garden hose to for flushing.

[Dmanmastertracker]

Properly designed Jet hulls don't need trim tabs....

 Well, you can keep thinking that about Thundercrap inboard's . I like my tabs in the salt just fine, my TJ skipped like a rock, same degree hull as yours .

If you stay on top you don't got to worry about the chop...   But TJ's do have a trim tabs (it is along the bottom of every jet boat they build) it sticks about 1 1/2 inches out and you have to bend it up or down with heavy duty pliers.  For speed and crappy ride pull it up and for no chop and loss of speed bend it down.  Of course you need to be on a nice flat lake that you can jump in and out of to tune it then forget about it, not recommend doing that in the Columbia, alittle too chilly for me...  Besides that there is this fact- because I own a TJ doesn't mean I think they are the best...     Again you'll never find the perfect boat, if you want to go everywhere you'll atleast three boats or have friends with different type boats...  So as of right I need a friend with a big ocean boat...lol  Honestly if you want a jet boat with outboard, you'll have a tough time ever beating a Wooldridge, ever!  I ran all types of boats in AK on skinny water and rough water the Wooldridges were simply the best for that type water.  If you want an ocean boat buy an Ocean boat cause you'll never get the best of both worlds with one boat....   

[Dmanmastertracker]

 The only thing I would add is that the weight of the boat really makes a difference too. My Storm is twice as heavy as my old TJ, it tend's to push through bigger waves under power better.