Marine Adventure River Jet Boat

Kingfisher 1975 Fasterwater X9R 2.3L - Review 2025

By: Matt C. & Bradley Axmith - Updated: April 2025

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Matt C.

Boating Expert at Boat & Sail Magazine

Matt has been living full-time on the water for almost ten years. Numerous adventures have been had cruising the US east coast and the Bahamas on his 38-foot sailboat, Dulcinea.

Bradley Axmith

Editor at Boat & Sail Magazine

Spent summers sailing and fishing as a boy. He built a viking ship and cruises every year.

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Kingfisher Boats

The 1975 Freshwater X9R is the latest version of Kingfisher’s popular jet-powered family boating platform. It takes the same great hull of other Kingfisher sports boats and couples it with a river jet boat. The boat has an ultra-beefy quarter-inch hull and has further reinforcement panels on the keel and chines.

The X9R’s Indmar engine produces 310 horsepower and 350 foot-pounds of torque at mid-range speeds. This incredible engine has closed-circuit cooling and is gasoline turbocharged direct injection (GTDI). The swim platform has a built-in service port to clean the jet, and an optional stainless steel impeller is available.