Mini jet boats

Small boat.Big reach.

Light, welded aluminum jet boats for shallow rivers and gravel bars. Set up the way you fish and hunt.

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What a mini jet is

No prop. No problem in shallow water.

A mini jet is a small aluminum boat with a jet pump instead of a propeller. Nothing hangs below the hull, so it can run rivers that would wreck a prop.

Most of ours use a personal watercraft engine. That keeps the boat light, quick, and easy to work on.

12 to 13 ft

Our most common hull sizes

3/8" center bottom

Thick aluminum where the hull takes the most hits

UHMW bottom

3/8" or 1/2" plastic armor that slides over rocks

Freshly welded aluminum mini jet hull on a trailer, seen from the bow

The hull

Proven designs, welded here.

Most of our mini jets start as an Atom Boats hull kit. We weld it in our Homer shop. The Atom hull has a three-piece bottom with a thick center section, which is where a river boat takes its hits.

We also finish hulls you bring us. In 2023 we set up a 10 foot Jetstream hull a customer had already welded.

Personal watercraft engine installed in a bare aluminum mini jet hull

The power

You pick the engine.

We run Yamaha, Kawasaki, and Sea-Doo watercraft engines. You can buy the engine yourself and we install it. That way you stay in charge, and you know we aren't adding fees on top.

Want more? We built a 3.9 Atom with a 500 hp LS3 V8 and a Southern Jet pump from New Zealand. It fits in about the same space as a watercraft engine.

See the V8 Build

Options

Set it up for how you boat.

These are options we've put on real customer boats. Pick what you need. Skip what you don't.

Walk-through windshield
Full enclosed top
Diesel cabin heater
Bucket seats or a rear bench
Fuel tanks up to 40 gallons
Chine guards
Rail package and grab bars
LED headlights and nav lights
Garmin GPS and fish finder
Electric winch
Rifle racks and storage trays
Stereo and 12V and USB plugs
Vinyl wrap in your colors
UltraDeck flooring
Electric trim and tilt steering
Trailer

Top-down view of a finished mini jet cockpit with two seats and a dash screen

Blue mini jet stern with the jet nozzle and a stainless grab bar

Transom of a black mini jet with UltraDeck on the swim deck

Blue and black FineLine mini jets side by side on trailers

Silver mini jet sitting on calm water near a steep shoreline

Mini jet nosed up on a riverbank with a moose rack and meat loaded in the bow

Tested every season

We use our boats too.

Our shop boats go out hunting and fishing every year. That's how we learn what holds up and what doesn't, before we build yours.

A boat that hauls a moose out of a shallow river is ready for your trip.

How to buy

Three ways to get your mini jet.

Turnkey boat

We build the whole boat: hull, engine, layout, and finish. It leaves our shop ready to run.

Welded hull

We weld the hull and you finish it yourself, or with a shop near you. We ship to the Lower 48.

Finish your hull

Already have a welded hull? Bring it in. We set it up with power, seats, and the extras you want.

Questions

Before you call.

Can I bring my own engine?

Yes. Many customers buy the engine themselves and we install it. If you'd rather not, we can help you find one.

Can I buy just the hull?

Yes. We sell welded hulls you can finish yourself or with a shop near you.

Do you ship outside Alaska?

Yes. We ship to the Lower 48. Call us and we'll work out the details for where you live.

What does a mini jet cost?

It depends on the hull, the engine, and the options you pick. Call us or send a build request and we'll talk it through with you.

Will you work on a mini jet you didn't build?

Yes. We finish hulls other people welded, and we can add options to the boat you already own.

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