1000 HP Jetsprint boat build Episode 6

[@scottyshaffer6103]

This sport and boats have hovered in a mystic- there is no information out there.... respect you're tried and true secrets, but you posting has helped tremendously... thank you!!!

[@JollyRoger907]

I’ve noticed the void of information too! Hoping to fill that!

[@gafrers]

The beginning got me. I was thinking "What kind of boat is that? It's look like the cockpit of a passenger plane" 🤣🤣

[@JollyRoger907]

Lol yep! Got the idea from a comment on the last video

[@USN_Ret-]

Looking really good. Retired Aircraft Electrician, spent 15 of my 20 years in the Navy on Whidbey Is. Loved that area but cheaper living here.

[@JollyRoger907]

Ahhhh Go Navy!!!!

[@danielhumphreys5089]

Another great video for the build series. Love watching how patient and meticulous you are to get the result you were looking for. Overall the boat is looking great, engineering and metalworking at its finest. Great to watch. 👍

[@JollyRoger907]

I appreciate that Daniel. I think patience is the key when you’re doing a one-off like this.

[@fredericrike5974]

Good to see you "in the office". Have directed friends to your race cam- think most will catch on- they are at least as crazy as I am, anyway. Nouvelle 907 is lookin hot, Eric! FR

[@JollyRoger907]

👍. Thank you!

[@foxguyday]

The more you do it the better you'll get! I have a feeling jolly Rogers is going to get super popular super quick

[@JollyRoger907]

I hope you’re right. 👍

[@scottyshaffer6103]

Thank you so much for sharing a part of the whitch craft and sorcery that these demons are built upon-- May the winds bless you sir!!!

[@JollyRoger907]

Lol thanks Scotty!

[@gregorycollas6530]

Watching Cleetus has brought me to your channel but I've stayed because of the content. Love your vids, love the racing, is there anything better than a jetboat on full noise. Keep up the good work , im looking forward to seeing the end product.

[@JollyRoger907]

So glad to have you on the channel Gregory! Welcome!

[@robertjezek2867]

Keep doin what you're doing, from the videos at the races to the fabrication going on in the fab shop/ garage. I enjoy it all! I think you do a great job of explaining yourself and the reasons why. Thanks!

[@JollyRoger907]

Thank you Robert, that’s good to hear!

[@countryracer69]

We build race car bodies from aluminum. A trick you might try is to attach a 6" pvc rigid pipe to the side of a table or bench. Like the bench there next to the welder. You can use it to roll a slight curve in the sheet of aluminum. Just grab sides and push against the pipe. A little practice and it becomes easy. Very cool to see one of these hulls built. One day I at least wanna ride in one!

[@JollyRoger907]

Great tip, thank you

[@jessecrow5034]

Boat is looking great!!!! It’s cool seeing the innovation that goes into making the metal form how you want it to form!!!! Very cool videos please keep them coming!!!!!

[@JollyRoger907]

Straps! Lots of straps lol

[@CLCIII]

For something that you said was "frustrating and challenging", you sure made that look easy! That's how you KNOW someone is good at anything, they make it look easy, no matter how difficult it actually is! It looks great with that "Looks Fast sitting still," look! As Always, May God Bless you and yours! 😇

[@JollyRoger907]

Lol well I should clarify that positioning, strapping & clamping by myself is the frustrating part lol

[@CLCIII]

@@JollyRoger907 I can understand why. Often wondered why God didn't give us an extra hand. It would come im handy for sure. Pun intended. Lol!

[@johnbeck845]

Buddy that looks amazing!! One mean jet boat!! Well done Sir!!👍🇺🇸

[@JollyRoger907]

Thank you John, I love how it’s starting to take shape!!!

[@MidwestOutlaw86]

Swirl like madman and move super fast. Better fitment than a jet stream headwater kit.

[@JollyRoger907]

Lol yep! Travel speed is everything!

[@ChrisTexas]

It looks fast just sitting there without being finished. Great job!

[@JollyRoger907]

I think so too Chris! Thanks!

[@davidjohnson8474]

I like the idea of the straps underneath.I had an idea of something like an airbag (a round one in the middle)to hold it up or a round tank with straps around the outside?It waas just something that popped in my head.But, you got a beautiful curve in it!Anyway loving the build

[@JollyRoger907]

Yep straps work great!

[@skwyrz1]

Great video again, Keep them coming. Aloha, Oregon.

[@JollyRoger907]

Thanks Scott! Will do! Lots more to come for sure!

[@tommypointer7876]

Brother you don't give enuff credit to yourself, the plans are in your head and you make them come to life!! I'm totally impressed and Lil overwhelmed at how much work really is in one of these kayak rockets !! Great video as always.

[@JollyRoger907]

Thanks Tommy! Well said, it really is in my head

[@562LBLegend]

I was a Coastie stationed in PA and loved going to the races back in 2011-13. Definitely need to make a trip out and go see more next season.

[@JollyRoger907]

Come say hi when you do!!!

[@562LBLegend]

@@JollyRoger907 Absolutely will. Would you have any interest in a Laser cut Jolly Roger logo for the new build? Have free access to a cnc laser for a couple more weeks

[@DanWA]

Looking forward to seeing it come together. I really struggled TIGing my mini together, mig looks way easier for those hard to get to areas. Inspiring me to have a go at designing and hand cutting my next one.

[@JollyRoger907]

If you’re doing a full scratch build, I’d recommend doing a scale model. I did that with river boats, scaled the templates and it worked amazingly well.

[@joelblair8339]

Lol, wasn't sure you were gonna show it till next episode and I was getting bummed, it looks great.

[@JollyRoger907]

Hope you liked!!!

[@foxguyday]

What is amazing is you see this stuff built but you have no idea it comes out of a tiny little garage like this by one man

[@JollyRoger907]

Lol I’ve build many boats out of this garage!!!

[@clutch5sp989]

You're a pilot? That's very neato. Polar opposite from the grubby bugger we see working in his garage...lol. You do clean up nicely !

[@JollyRoger907]

Lol grubby bugger 🤣. Yep, pilot is my day job

[@pollycat1294]

thanks for cabin footage. looks like fun

[@JollyRoger907]

Thanks for the comment!

[@TheOffD]

+100 Cool Points for showing in the cockpit, thanks for sharing!

[@JollyRoger907]

Glad you liked that!

[@Glide1992]

You make it look easy to weld aluminum. Very impressive.

[@JollyRoger907]

Ha! Not sure about that but thank you!

[@krisd.9768]

Thanks for posting this up, and the settings review. Much appreciated!

[@JollyRoger907]

Hope it helped 👍

[@keithwicks6828]

Looking good, great content.

[@JollyRoger907]

Thanks Keith, I really appreciate it!

[@killorkubed]

Fan from the Cleeter crew here, (In my defense I've thought jet sprint racing was cool way before I knew about Cleetus, it's one of the main reasons I bought the game The Crew 2 back when it launched) As a farm boy I love all the hand fabrication techniques and I'm absolutely taking notes, but as an engineering student, I'd freaking love to try to Cad model like your next boat if you'd have any interest in that sort of thing... I've done a decent amount of bent and curved and rolled sheet metals parts that have been laser cut and welded together so I have a bit of experience... would be super neat to have something you could iterate on in the computer and then have laser cut (which really is not expensive in most places, even on my student budget...) and weld together... Maybe even get someplace like sendcutsend to sponsor the builds... anything to get Cleeter in his own boat faster ;) If you have an idea of dimensions/angles/etc for the next build you'd share with me I'd love to take a swing at it

[@JollyRoger907]

Love the enthusiasm and I think you’ll do great things. I am sorry though, I don’t really share dimensions of my race hulls. I can say: start with a 60” x 144” sheet for bottom plate and put a 20* - 24* deadrise in the delta and you’ll be in the ballpark

[@killorkubed]

@@JollyRoger907 I absolutely understand not sharing your critical dimensions out, and I may take a swing at it just based on that and what you have in your videos, but I'd probably only finish the model out if it would benefit you (like I said I'd love for you to be able to just laser cut the pieces and put it together and then be able to iterate from boat to boat a lot more accurately) sort of thing that everyone is doing with the mini-jet boats...

[@vehdynam]

Great video and explanation. The boat is really looking good. I can appreciate the " one man show " comment as I am in basically the same position ; ingenuity required. Looking forward to the next one. Thanks.

[@JollyRoger907]

Yes sir, figure it out as you go!

[@dirtman2678]

Great video like Marshall said true master of your Craft 🏁

[@JollyRoger907]

I really appreciate that!

[@corry685]

Great Job 👍

[@JollyRoger907]

Thank you!

[@HalfCutGarage]

Hell ya buddy! Love how you brought the contour of the bow up with the straps! Really showing how to think outside the box when it comes to custom builds!!!

[@JollyRoger907]

👍 it worked out great!

[@deckert618]

First, I am not a metal worker in any way, shape, or form, can't even spot weld. So, this is new to me. I have been building wood and composite boats for 40 years though. When you first laid that deck panel on top, I saw those gaps at the front, and thought no way that was going to work. I started thinking about how I would have cut the panel differently from the materials to whichI am accustomed , but then you pulled it off beautifully! You're teaching an old dog new tricks! :) And yes, it does look fast!

[@JollyRoger907]

You really do have to trust sometimes just knowing that it’ll come together. The layout & marking is the time consuming part, once that’s done correctly, it will go together, just trust it lol

[@sjv6598]

That looks like a winning boat to me 👌🏻🙂

[@JollyRoger907]

It should definitely be competitive!!!

[@darylSKYTZOwillis]

Looking good 👍🏼

[@JollyRoger907]

Thank you! 👍✌️

[@marshallbrowne5371]

I really enjoy seeing a true master at his craft. Beautiful work!

[@JollyRoger907]

Thank you so much, that’s very kind!

[@dontask8979]

The shape worked out great.👍

[@JollyRoger907]

Thank you! I really like it!

[@bentoombs]

I can't wait to see it next year. Catch ya at the races

[@JollyRoger907]

Right on Ben, can’t wait to compete with the big dogs again!

[@bentoombs]

@@JollyRoger907 It is fun to watch🤟

[@Matty.Hill_87]

It's so cool how these boats are all hand made like this instead of having everyone build the same boat

[@JollyRoger907]

Every boat I’ve personally made is different!

[@SledorFish]

The inside look at the process is great. I'm looking forward to the rest of the build.

[@JollyRoger907]

Oh it’s on the way! 🤣

[@rogerrandolph6197]

It's getting there!!! Looking good! Love the vids! I'm in Idaho so I'm sure I'll get to see this on the water some time in the future in person.

[@JollyRoger907]

Awesome Roger! Definitely make a race if you can!

[@davidanderson2393]

I really enjoy the build, really gets the brain going thinking of different ways to get the end result, when your working alone you really get creative.

[@JollyRoger907]

Absolutely! I almost prefer working alone so I can just think through things without distractions. There’s times through an extra set of hands would be helpful

[@jasonmundy9702]

B737-NG, maybe Max... just because the paint is so clean😀 I love the new content, keep it up

[@JollyRoger907]

That was a NG 900ER

[@v4yt126]

00:01 I thought the jet boat cockpit had come a long way

[@JollyRoger907]

Lol right? 🤣

[@vinceimp9581]

Great stuff as always and thanks for sharing. If you need it, furnace filters zip tied on box fans can help clear the air inside the shop and move it around a bit. Take care and be well.

[@JollyRoger907]

Ahhhhh great tip! 👍

[@delfco12]

Looks great!

[@JollyRoger907]

Thank you 🙏

[@IrvingBlitzer]

Awesome progress Eric! Boat is really starting to take shape. That curved top piece looks perfect.

[@JollyRoger907]

Thank you!

[@robwigglezz944]

Looking fast

[@JollyRoger907]

Thanks Rob!

[@darryntodd5890]

Looking good mate

[@christiancampbell7621]

Keep up the good work Eric. I enjoy watching the build videos and am looking forward to seeing the boat race. I would like to make it to a race in person at some point but not sure when or even if I’d get to due to living in the other side of the country. If I never get to, it’ll just make the videos worth that much more.

[@JollyRoger907]

I hope you make a race!!!

[@jimgoss9026]

Really enjoying watching this process!! What a beautiful outcome on the bow, it's gonna be a awesome boat!! can't wait to see the finished product! you definitely have great talent!!

[@JollyRoger907]

Thanks! It will only get better as it all comes together!

[@gaz0463]

That intro was so cool. You have such a cool and blessed life. You have a great family and you get to do the 2 things you’re obviously passionate about. Hopefully I’ll take a vacation in the US, maybe next year, and time it so I can actually watch you guys race and hear those boat for real. Take care.

[@JollyRoger907]

Glad you liked it, wasn’t sure how that was going to be received.

[@Rebar77_real]

Arches are always stronger than they look.

[@JollyRoger907]

Bingo 👍

[@justinclement589]

I can’t wait to see the shape with the roll cage in

[@JollyRoger907]

It’s really exciting because there’s so many transformations as you go! The cage going in, cutting the curve in the bow deck, and the sides with the tail fin is the finishing touch!!!

[@darinmckinney7724]

Sir, I have been a fan of jet sprints for about 10 or 12 years, I have watched every video on KZbin of them. Been a subscriber for a good while as well, hope to meet you and your team in person someday. Keep the content coming, I can’t get enough.

[@JollyRoger907]

Thanks Darin, come to a race and come say hi!

[@timmummert63]

You need to get Juan Browne on a boat.

[@JollyRoger907]

Don’t know Juan ? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@timmummert63]

Juan has the Blancolirio KZbin channel. He is a 777 pilot and sits in the right seat. He produces some great aviation safety related content and has over a 100k followers.

[@timmummert63]

kzbin.info

[@JollyRoger907]

@@timmummert63 gotcha. I honestly don’t want to mix my channel with aviation. I just did that because someone asked for it. My passion is 100% building & racing these boats. Aviation is my job, I need the escape lol

[@koby4284]

As always, Watching this wishing I was there to help lol looks great Eric. Gonna be a fast boat! Can’t wait for next year! Gonna be getting me a pit pass for the year lmfao

[@JollyRoger907]

Lol now you’re talking! Look forward to it!

[@koby4284]

Me too buddy me too

[@hunterwanabe]

cant wait to see this complete. I'm in Everett and deffintly going to see the races next year

[@JollyRoger907]

Oh dang you’re close!!!

[@charleshenshaw9099]

Its really starting to take shape now.

[@JollyRoger907]

Yes indeed! Loving it!

[@Coopsfixeruppershop]

Thanks for cool content and explanation! I’ve done some similar stuff with stainless plate and not had it come out as flat as it should or as good as you would hope for. I’m loving this you are making Cleetus a great boat, JK😂 He is a daddy I saw, named him Ripper!

[@JollyRoger907]

I saw that too, what a cool name!!!!

[@charleswakelin7074]

Your very motivating great work !

[@JollyRoger907]

Thanks Charles. I’m very driven when it comes to my passions!

[@foxguyday]

Awesome man!!

[@JollyRoger907]

Thanks! 👍

[@jesscneal]

Lookin pretty sleek on the front Eric. I am a CAD guy and draw nearly everything I build in 3D so it's pretty cool to see you just using your eye and creating this from scratch essentially. Nice work 👍

[@JollyRoger907]

That means a lot to me thank you!

[@GDA_Sam]

😉 that intro got me good .. - Here I am living the high life don't mind me, meanwhile watch me make a missile for the water 👌

[@JollyRoger907]

🤣. Ha!

[@Matty.Hill_87]

Humans aren't supposed to fly, your job scares the shit out of me 😂😂

[@JollyRoger907]

Lol whaaaaat? It’s safer than driving!!!

[@jnichols2839]

Vids are getting better and better, a year from now probably be an old pro

[@JollyRoger907]

Lol thanks! It’s a process

[@justaguynamedmax8207]

I don't always comment because I usually watch KZbin on my TV, but I enjoy the videos. What kind of plane do you fly?

[@JollyRoger907]

B737. Thanks for taking the time!

[@justaguynamedmax8207]

@@JollyRoger907 cool, I've always had a love for aviation.

[@gprguy]

Beautiful work, keep the videos coming. I saw in the last video you like Alaskan Copper & Brass for your aluminum supplier - any recommendations on steel suppliers in the area? I'm over on Kitsap and would appreciate any recommendations.

[@JollyRoger907]

I usually go close by…Everett Steep or Skagit Steel & recycle

[@lukeburkill7767]

Hey pal new to your channel, love the content, nice work👌🏽 any chance I could make a suggestion... 😅 I keep finding myself turning the volume up and down as the music is much louder than you are haha.

[@JollyRoger907]

Thanks for the input Luke. I do need to figure the volume out. It’s not as easy as one would think but I’ll keep working on that!

[@lukeburkill7767]

@@JollyRoger907 haha cheers and thanks for the reply!👍🏽

[@kellywagner4473]

what fun would it be If it was easy !!!! its a bitch working with sheet metal in your application, great vid

[@JollyRoger907]

Lol so true!!!

[@foxguyday]

Do you ever use a circular saw with a carbide tip blade to cut aluminum? It works really well I used to cut 3/4 inch aluminum with a carbide tipped circular saw

[@JollyRoger907]

I use them to cut long panels! Use a stop/guide to get long, straight cuts. The meat saw works best for cutting curves

[@rolokyber]

New boat for Cleetus

[@GDA_Sam]

No. New JRR boat 👍

[@JollyRoger907]

No sir.

[@mtsledhead08]

yo eric its hayden. tell Alaska airlines to give you a raise so you can buy some new work boots ha ha ha!!!!!!

[@JollyRoger907]

🤣🤣🤣

[@bgd5339]

What size planes do you fly? 🤔

[@JollyRoger907]

Boeing 737s

[@v4yt126]

I watch your time lapses at .5 speed so I can see the weld process far better, but when you come back in you sound like Forest Gump. so back to normal speed ASAP, great work BTW

[@JollyRoger907]

Lol that’s funny

[@AlaskaTony]

This is such a cool winter project! Glad I found you through ol Cleeter. Are you from AK or why the 907 in your name and the boat?

[@JollyRoger907]

Yes sir! Born & raised in AK

[@bgd5339]

How come you couldn't make the bow deck one piece instead of three pieces? 🤔

[@JollyRoger907]

The deck is one piece 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@EDMDoc]

Thanks for the step by step how-to and why series you are creating bro. If your flying turboprops with Pratt Canada's on them, that's some of my former handy work for over a decade of my life. Former tool designer/manufacturing planner and e.d.m/small, shaped hole guru. Cheers from Van Island

[@JollyRoger907]

Thanks! Flying B737s

[@timothywalsh1001]

Geometry meets Origami... This is where science and art meld. I'm obsessed with knowledge and learning everything applicable to the subject. ... If you look at the cowl from driver perspective... there's 3 arcs that need to connect with flat sheet. The issue is the bow comes to a point. >> the cowl piece is a cone shape that ends with 0" radius. ... I'm wondering why you don't use wood bucks to pre shape panels like this. Especially at the bow.

[@JollyRoger907]

My boat building mentor of 25 years experience taught you don’t ever want to force plate. It will take its own natural curves and those curves need to be fair. So unless you 100% perfect with the buck concept you’d be trying to force a shape that may or may not be the same as the opening you’re trying to fit it to. Besides, I think it’s faster and just as accurate to throw a piece of plate on there, get the shape you want, mark it accurately, cut it accurately and you’re golden! 👍🤷🏻‍♂️

[@timothywalsh1001]

Your mistake is learning your craft from just one person... one source. ... and you don't take constructive criticism well.

[@timothywalsh1001]

@@JollyRoger907 What gets me... You're in aviation... and don't know how aircraft are fabricated.

[@timothywalsh1001]

One of my mentors taught me the most important lesson of all. He didn't teach me "his way" of fabrication, he showed me EVERY method he knew !! ... I see knowledge and the ability to constantly improve my crafts as the most important tool in the box. .. Your mentor is correct.. and you went ahead and clamped the bow to pinch it. Forced it into place, but not shape. ... the only "issue" is that it's now pre-stressed. Not a big deal in your application, mostly in auto body repair. ( something that I have also done ✔️)

[@JollyRoger907]

@@timothywalsh1001 sir, you asked me why I don’t use wood bucks, I explained why I don’t. That doesn’t mean I don’t take constructive criticism. I learn from so many comments from everyone on here! ✌️