Help please trying to find anyone who does boat jet drive

[Jack D]

Looking for a company who may have used or reconditioned pump jet drive for small/medium size boat (not jet skies or Seadoo stuff) but a proper unit for a boat. Many thanks

[mickrick]

Can't help you find a used unit, but if you do, make sure it's a Hamilton.
Stay away from the Italian stuff.

[hidetheelephants]

Why, are Castoldi made of cheese? What about RR/KaMeWa? OP, I think jets are such a niche product(in the UK at any rate) that you will need to buy new in order to avoid an indeterminately long wait for the right size used jets to appear for sale, and even then you may need expensive modifications made(typically changing stator/rotor sets) depending on the mass/drag of your proposed hull and the power/rpm output of your engines. Then there's the issue of CFD software making modern jets much more efficient than those of even a decade ago.

[The Boy Lard]

Maybe post in the NZ part of the forum?

[Fishtigua]

Lancing Marine do Castaldi drives, give them a call.

http://www.lancingmarine.com/

[shunaphil]

hidetheelephants said:

Why, are Castoldi made of cheese? What about RR/KaMeWa? OP, I think jets are such a niche product(in the UK at any rate) that you will need to buy new in order to avoid an indeterminately long wait for the right size used jets to appear for sale, and even then you may need expensive modifications made(typically changing stator/rotor sets) depending on the mass/drag of your proposed hull and the power/rpm output of your engines. Then there's the issue of CFD software making modern jets much more efficient than those of even a decade ago.

Yes , Castoldi are made of cheese.

I now run Hamiltons , and would use no other jet - check out their website for UK distributors.

[mickrick]

I swapped out a Castoldi for a Hamilton in a Novurania, which we picked up second hand in New Zealand (The Hamilton). best thing I ever did.
The only thing I'd do with a Castoldi, is weigh it in for scrap.

[Simpo Two]

Is that the same Castoldi as in Macchi-Castoldi?