Thanks all. Two questions;

When Wayne says the Rotax engines are not known for their longevity -
how do I (or my mechanic) screen for that? I guess one thing would be
the hours meter - one for each engine/where? I'm told the servicing
history is available - anything special to look for?

In addition to the usual splashing around/water skiing, I'd like to do
a bit of trolling on lake ontario - other then a bad directional
problem at this slow speed with a jet boat (not the end of the world
in a huge lake) are there any gotcha's here? Again - the sole reason
for this type of boat is that it fits in my garage - I realize
trolling in a jet boat is unusual.

The boat itself can be seen here;

http://www.boatcan.com/showboat.php?ad=1136942651

On Feb 23, 11:35*am, P wrote:
Thanks all. Two questions;

When Wayne says the Rotax engines are not known for their longevity -
how do I (or my mechanic) screen for that? I guess one thing would be
the hours meter - one for each engine/where? I'm told the servicing
history is available - anything special to look for?

In addition to the usual splashing around/water skiing, I'd like to do
a bit of trolling on lake ontario - other then a bad directional
problem at this slow speed with a jet boat (not the end of the world
in a huge lake) are there any gotcha's here? Again - the sole reason
for this type of boat is that it fits in my garage - I realize
trolling in a jet boat is unusual.

The boat itself can be seen here;

http://www.boatcan.com/showboat.php?ad=1136942651

nada guides say about $4k US for that boat. My main concern would be
the engines. I've watched those things around here and they mostly
get run hard and put away wet if you know what I mean.

"P" wrote in message
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Thanks all. Two questions;

When Wayne says the Rotax engines are not known for their longevity -
how do I (or my mechanic) screen for that? I guess one thing would be
the hours meter - one for each engine/where? I'm told the servicing
history is available - anything special to look for?

In addition to the usual splashing around/water skiing, I'd like to do
a bit of trolling on lake ontario - other then a bad directional
problem at this slow speed with a jet boat (not the end of the world
in a huge lake) are there any gotcha's here? Again - the sole reason
for this type of boat is that it fits in my garage - I realize
trolling in a jet boat is unusual.

The boat itself can be seen here;

http://www.boatcan.com/showboat.php?ad=1136942651

I can't really address your concerns about the engines, but trolling is no
problem. I do it in mine all the time. I kill one engine and idle the other
in forward. You MUST get jet steering from he
http://www.cobrajetsteering.com/ if you get that boat. When I put them on
mine, it all of a sudden handled like my old I/O.

--Mike