SXIPro
JM781 Big Bore
- Location
- Here on the 'X' mostly
You're obviously new here, otherwise you'd just ignore his posts like everyone else does. Good luck on the build. If you do it, post pics!
Have you or have you thought about making your own Hull?
- Thread starter HarryConnolly
- Start date
You're obviously new here, otherwise you'd just ignore his posts like everyone else does. Good luck on the build. If you do it, post pics!
- Location
- West Roxbury, Boston
You’re a real piece of work and you don’t behave like this in real life. You’re probably a grown man and that’s certainly not how grown men give opinions. Unless you’re some emotionally charged butterfly?
You didn’t give me an opinion either, atleast not one based on the literal words in my post…
I love the internet, you come to a nice community asking completely normal questions and there always has to be one loser gate keeper with emotional issues lashing out.
Listen whoever hurt you isn’t my problem, you should probably take a step back from the internet if this is how you react to strangers asking questions on a general forum.
Yikes, grow up
Big Kahuna
Administrator
- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL
God Damn, I swear you have to be the most abrasive Mother Chucker on this site...........
There is a lot of stuff out there about building boats that is applicable too. For some reason when people want to build a boat it seems to spark less rage. Evidently boats have not been perfected to the extent that jet ski hulls have 
Also I guess nobody answered that there is not in fact any kind of mold or kit that you can buy, the vast majority of hulls are built by starting with an existing hull and modifying it to whatever you have in mind, using that as a plug, taking a mold from it, then laying up the hull in that mold.
Once in a while somebody does that then sells the mold.
A huge amount of the effort is in getting a nice finish, everybody wants to lay visual carbon fiber. If you're willing to do some bodywork on the final part rather than make a perfect plug with a perfect mold, there is a bit less sanding involved. Most of the job is sanding. It's a lot of sanding.
Also I guess nobody answered that there is not in fact any kind of mold or kit that you can buy, the vast majority of hulls are built by starting with an existing hull and modifying it to whatever you have in mind, using that as a plug, taking a mold from it, then laying up the hull in that mold.
Once in a while somebody does that then sells the mold.
A huge amount of the effort is in getting a nice finish, everybody wants to lay visual carbon fiber. If you're willing to do some bodywork on the final part rather than make a perfect plug with a perfect mold, there is a bit less sanding involved. Most of the job is sanding. It's a lot of sanding.
- Location
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
Every hull ever made was with someone with a dream. There is still room for improvement, you can do it!
Making of the SNX Hull
Sprayed the tubby plugs with a high gloss enamel and made some progress on the top deck today. You can really see how much shorter the bottom deck is here. I like the sano sticker on this pile of poo. Measured and marked off the gunwales to lower them down to 5.5" from the rails. That's...
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I'm kinda bummed that all of the pictures are gone from this thread.
@Big Kahuna is there any way to get the pics back?
It was a great thread.
Watching that carbon X2 being built was pretty awesome. I got distracted building a house and didn’t ever see if it got finished. I’d love to have my x2’s with a more modern hull design.
- Location
- Red Bluff CA
You should see me in real life
Wanna bet if this dude does it. He's back on this site in 2 or 3 years saying he should have just bought an aftermarket hull. Like EVERYONE else
WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
- Location
- Alabama
Wait I have been replaced, I am really hurt , you didn't even give me a notice or anything jeebus man !
- Location
- West Roxbury, Boston
Are you slow? You seriously cannot comprehend this situation can you?
Some people enjoy making or building things in their free time. Some people have money and not everything they do is about cost savings. Try to understand that some people aren’t in your position and maybe just maybe someone might want to build their own ski hull for fun.
You’ve already assumed wrongly that I want to improve the hull design and bring a hull to market. You could have avoided looking stupid by actually reading the post first.
Listen kid, if I wanted to go spend 30k cash on a brand new ski…I would. I’m a big boy! I can buy things!
In your world where you can’t afford things, you’ve NOW made the assumption that I’m attempting to build my own ski now to save money.
If you don’t have enough money or time for a hobby / project like this, don’t project that insecurity on me lol. Clearly you’re the outlier here.
I can’t believe I’m explaining to a grown ass man that other grown ass men might like to do things for fun.
Edit: I just can’t help but laugh at the “You should see me in real life” and then not addressing me directly at all. We all know exactly who you are in real life.
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WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
- Location
- Alabama
Damn Sparkplug has been fouled !
- Location
- West Roxbury, Boston
Yeah what I think he’s trying to say is that it’s a novel idea for most, very difficult and people try but mostly fail. It’s probably not cost effective if you’re just trying to get on the water.
I like building things, I’ll keep thinking about it and researching.
I’ll probably start by cutting up a SJ, many kind folks have builds up here with loads of information. I’m trying to make this my winter project.
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It really is a novel idea, and it really does take so much time, effort, and money few actually complete their project. And even after you get your first functioning hull made, youre probably gonna want changes. By now you spent 500 hours, thousands of dollars, and dont even have a mold yet. The plug is heavy as all hell now, so you dont even know if itll ride the same once 50 pounds are off on a fresh hull.
Depending on how new you are, you probably have more time with a sander and grinder than tray time. So you might not know if its any good. If it is good now you have to make them and sell them at a price you at least break even.
One of the best a/m hulls ever, the buyer had to do all the work from paint to all the inserts and alignment, to keep the hull price low enough to sell them.
Im just trying to keep it realistic so you know this is something you do because you really want to.
- Location
- Red Bluff CA
I don't race man. Sketchy. Take a turn to sharp and fall off. Get your head taken kff by a 13 yr old. No thanks
Big Kahuna
Administrator
- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL
Nope.....
- Location
- West Roxbury, Boston
Yeah seems tough,
I’m leaning towards cutting up a SJ and using it on the thames and ct river inlets. I figure I’ll learn how to flip on surf. My research has me believing I can flip a super jet off surf waves. Hope so
The thing is I have a lake / private beach access with storage, I thought about trying to build or find something for both but that doesn’t seem like a smart plan.
That being said, I also want a fresh and salt water ski, don’t feel like moving the same ski around a bunch. Plus I figure the salt ski is gonna get abused bad
Any recommendations on which SJ to go cut up this winter? Or any ski to go cut up for surf riding?
I also saw a krash 50 cal with a 701 locally for $6500, I have thought about looking at it but everyone seems to agree krash is trash?
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Old skis that run are usually a bad deal economically since they were almost always poorly maintained. NOBODY will ever maintain anything they have lost interest in. I separate the hull from everything thats inside it. That way its easy to become an expert on keeping all the parts in good condition. Collect good parts and assemble a good engine. A hull that you are experimenting with and cutting up can be ugly junk while you figure out what fits you. You will always have good guts to transplant into whatever hull you get.
- Location
- Cleveland, Ohio
Welcome to the stand up community. Where people strive off of negativity and slandering one another.
Although i do agree, starting from scratch is kind of a waste of time, if you’ve got the time and you enjoy doing it, do it. Prove em wrong. There are a lot of good hulls out there already that will allow you to do exactly what you want for decent pricing nowadays. For example that krash that’s ready to ride for $6500.. You can barely get a healthy RN superjet with equal modifications for that price and at the end of the day, that krash will be able to do more.
Although i do agree, starting from scratch is kind of a waste of time, if you’ve got the time and you enjoy doing it, do it. Prove em wrong. There are a lot of good hulls out there already that will allow you to do exactly what you want for decent pricing nowadays. For example that krash that’s ready to ride for $6500.. You can barely get a healthy RN superjet with equal modifications for that price and at the end of the day, that krash will be able to do more.