It's just not what I see the jetboats around me being used for. They
seem to mostly be filled with younger adults/teenagers and they
generally are just running around. They do corner on a dime. That's
not particularly useful for any watersports though. They seem to drive
a lot more like a big jetski than a boat. I hear reverse is a joke.
Plus there is not a lot of selection. I see that they do have a pretty
good holeshot but I haven't seen what the effect of putting a few
people on a rope behind them is on the holeshot. I'd want to try that.
I think most of the ones you are probably considering are basically 2
stroke powerheads attached to a jet. Just an opinion but hey that's
what you asked for :-)

kyle wrote:
We
like to cruise, ski, tube, wakeboard, kneeboard, swim, and just loaf
around on the water.


TO cruise, ski, tube,wakeboard, kneeboard, and swim,etc. how would a
jetboat not be as good (or even better) as a traditional boat? Jetboat
has way more pickup at the beginning, can corner turn on a dime, and as
far as swimming around the boat, very safe when the boat is on because
you don't have to worry about a propeller... what am I missing??

the gas thing, right? on a 30 gallon tank it says you can get about 90
miles.. so like 3 mpg.. not that hot.. but a lot of 2strokes get
worse/same i bet. let's say 4strokes get double at 6mpg -- that would
be a savings of about $500 a year if you averaged about 180 gallons for
4strokes and 360 gallons for the jetboat.. for going 61 miles per hour,
$500/yr extra is worth it to me.

HOWEVER, if maintenance is more costly (specialized mechanics
required??) or more frequently that adds up really, really quickly..
any opinions there?




kyle wrote:
i'm thinking about purchasing the speedster 200. i read that the 2006
model has a nice 1 touch suck-everything-out-of-impeller system going
for it that its younger models never had. nice feature in my book --
not fun sticking your hand up there plucking weeds out. it's somewhat
pricey (i've found $26K out the door on the 2006 model)... that
wouldn't be the only reason, there are some other important emission
reductions that happened in 2006 as well and like 100+ more HP...

my question to the group is, are there any other models that i should
be comparing the speedster 200 to? or does anyone know anything wrong
with the speedster 200?


thanks,


kyle