Mirage Jet Boat

email Dave Braun at dave@dbraun99.com (click here)

The 1995 Sugar Sand Mirage Super Sport Jet Boat (whew!) is a 14 foot boat with a four cylinder 120 hp Mercury Sport Jet engine. Fun and highly maneuverable.
The boat had been submerged, about halfway up the verticle inline engine and needed total rebuilding, engine and electrics.

Engine Rebuild
Submerging the boat had corroded the engine. It required a new crankshaft, new pistons, machining and other work. It cost almost the value of the boat in parts, but it was fun to rebuild.
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General Boat
The boat was fun, but the river seemed to not like it very much. I was constantly sucking up a chunk of granite into the impeller which would lock up the engine. On a lake, I was always having to get in and clear weeds off the intake grate. A lot of fun, but a wet boat!
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