Outback boats Extreme 47 inflatable jetboat reveiw , made in New Zealand

Heres a bit of a reveiw on the Outback boats extreme 47 model, have taken this boat to a lot of different rivers , from big white water to the shallows - cant fault its handleing in any way , it a vast improvement on the previous orange boat that I still have sitting in the shed .
If you are looking for one of these Inflatable outboard jets talk to Graeme at www.outbackboats.nz/
thanks to Shane for the drone footage and Larry at Thirsty work films for the extra footage / @thirstyworkfilms514

[@klac1024]

I can see a lot of innovative thinking went into the design of that boat . They seemed to have addressed a number of areas that certainly needed upgrading on the competitions boats. As always thanks for the great videos.

[@Motumatai3]

Comprehensive review thanks Goat. I wonder if conventional jet boat owners know just how much of the year they limit themselves to not going out and having fun in their boats, 'cause there's not enough flow. They head out in winter, all rugged up in Winter wet weathers whereas the inflatable crowd are out all summer long exploring gin clear shallow rugged rivers. And so many boaters on the West coast this past autumn said we would not be able to boat many rivers were stunned when we told them that evening we went a couple of hours up 'that' river. An awful lot of boaters have never heard of or seen an inflatable jet boat. But I think as the average ago of jet boaters increases that will change.

[@andymack5093]

What a great review, cheers mate! Any chance of doing one on the outboard motor/jet - they have got to be up there with the Outback boats. Love my jetboats, but yeah.........that final shot of being marooned sure gets a bloke thinking, eh?

[@clipperprospecting8445]

Do you guys ship to Canada? Love your boats ..

[@PaulMcBreen]

A good review, I'd be interested in your thoughts on the forward control boats.

[@goatracing610]

The forward controls is just like being in a normal boat, with the 60hp fourstroke suzuki its a nice boat

[@zacharybell5496]

Great review Goat Graeme really is great to deal with A point that was not discussed and I am sure many are wondering about How is the bottom holding up compared to Solar Correct me if I am wrong but Solar is a TPU coating versus TPU material on the Outback? Thanks

[@goatracing610]

funnily enough I ripped a hole in the side of the solar in the first two months of owning it, and had to send it up to Graham to get repaired. When it came back the back 2/3 of the hull had been replaced with the same material thats on the bottom of the new boat, so for the last two years I have been putting to the test with no problems or issues, its a thicker/tougher material thats on the bottom of the solars, from my experiance with it , its only got a couple of scuff marks on it ,which is remarkable for all the rocks it must bounce off, with the original solar hull the clear coating on the bottom was starting to tear and pull off at the back end of the boat

[@tonystewart7287]

Nice review, did you take them Down the Hidden Falls Rapid?

[@goatracing610]

Went down and up them last year, you can find the start of the trip here kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqTaqGNnZ7eMl7c

[@timothycrooks9123]

Awesome Kiwi design and product. Do you have a sale agent in Europe?

[@Motumatai3]

They are already dispatching boats all over the globe from NZ. Just contact Graeme

[@tsin65]

How do they go with tree snags?

[@goatracing610]

So far just seems to bounce of the stumps, like most most dont try and hit them at speed and it will just slide along the side, have seen a river barge hit some logs at speed down at Haast, ripped the 4mm alloy side to bits and sunk the boat, any boat can sink , you just need to take a bit of care

[@bensnell5018]

Do you think it's worth all the extra money?

[@goatracing610]

Yes its worth the extra money for the thought thats gone into it, complely different shape underneath, thicker material and weldded hull, that step up that you where trying to get through in one of your videos, the outback boat would have sliced its way up there with no issuses due to the hull having a lot more "lift", the hull has a distinctive vee in the front of it that slices a lot better through the water and feeds the water under the boat giving a lift to the hull, the solars tend to push through the water which is why you got water over the front instead of slicing/floating through it,try that next time with all the weight in the back to stop the nose from digging in, keep the videos coming , looks like you have a nice life style up there