Hi all,

Fairly new lurker here.
I'm looking to buy a used Seadoo Sportster jetboat.
Use will be 50-50 lake and sea.
Is there much risk using in the sea apart from drawing in debri,
and if flushed after each use will salt harm anything much by virtue of
being sal****er?
thx
ron

On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 05:18:30 GMT, Ron wrote:

Hi all,

Fairly new lurker here.
I'm looking to buy a used Seadoo Sportster jetboat.
Use will be 50-50 lake and sea.
Is there much risk using in the sea apart from drawing in debri,
and if flushed after each use will salt harm anything much by virtue of
being sal****er?
thx
ron

Ron, see the 'anyone have a jet boat' thread also. I know nothing of jet
boats, other than falling off ski's behind one and breaking two ribs. But,
I've spent a lot of time in the Chesapeake Bay, and I can tell you that
I've never, to my knowledge, seen one out there.
--
John H

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Ron wrote:
Hi all,

Fairly new lurker here.
I'm looking to buy a used Seadoo Sportster jetboat.
Use will be 50-50 lake and sea.
Is there much risk using in the sea apart from drawing in debri,
and if flushed after each use will salt harm anything much by virtue of
being sal****er?
thx
ron


My nephew runs one..mostly on fresh water but occasionaly on salt.
I'm thinking that if you used it in salt, it wouldn't hurt to take it
for a short spin in fresh water afterwards to cleanse it.
I'd be more concerned which engines you gave. His twin Rotax engines
needed expensive work right after he bought it and luckily there was
some kind of warranty to cover it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ortersLake.jpg

I wouldnt consider those boats ocean boats at all.

Very flat bottomed boats, if you hit any kind of chop
you'll be hitting the hard vs cutting through them.
The do have some V to it but not much.

I have seem them used in the back bays here and
there. Never really hear any complaints. But what others
have posted here about running them in salt water
should be a concern.

One thing I like about those jet drives is that they can
go into really shallow water without too much of a problem.
Take the same with a prop and an outdrive you have
have some fun overheating.




Ron wrote:
Hi all,

Fairly new lurker here.
I'm looking to buy a used Seadoo Sportster jetboat.
Use will be 50-50 lake and sea.
Is there much risk using in the sea apart from drawing in debri,
and if flushed after each use will salt harm anything much by virtue of
being sal****er?
thx
ron