PWC & Ho's general PWC discussion thread

[ktraver97ss]

knock it off

Never.

I need a new board though, the big heavy learners board is too damn slow.

 

[1quick]

I don't know now a days pretty much every runabout runs damn near 60, I've got walked by fucking crown lines while I was running upper 50's, but you can buy pretty cheap smaller boats that run that and look cool while sounding good for in the 5k range quite often, I'd just rather be in a boat myself I guess

 

[Yaj Yak]

I don't know now a days pretty much every runabout runs damn near 60, I've got walked by fucking crown lines while I was running upper 50's, but you can buy pretty cheap smaller boats that run that and look cool while sounding good for in the 5k range quite often, I'd just rather be in a boat myself I guess

that's what i was saying though, for every 10 4-8k used pwc out there, there's one fiberglass boat that runs 60 and costs the same. the cheap entry price, ease of use i think is what people find attractive about them.

 

[1quick]

I guess boats just seem more versatile to me, that and I always have at least one kid with me normally 2, and a ton of shit for those kids to eat drink and play with

 

[Yaj Yak]

they are completely, and one thing you haven't mentioned is boats can be out at night... pwc's can't.

 

[Yaj Yak]

i think i might break this off to it's own thread about pwc's since we got away pretty far from the OP's spark talk.

 

[ktraver97ss]

What? this isnt about windsurfing? wtf

 

[Yaj Yak]

[MENTION=917]1quick[/MENTION], how many 60 mph under $8,000 boats are out there at a given time though?

 

[Yaj Yak]

maybe another PWC appeal portion is the physical size of them- they are small so they fit in garages easily and other places?

 

[1quick]

[MENTION=917]1quick[/MENTION], how many 60 mph under $8,000 boats are out there at a given time though?

I'm limited to my phone today at work but I'll run through craigslist lol, pretty much everything that says baja will run 60ish and there is a fuck ton of those flexible flyers out there lol

 

[Yaj Yak]

used pwc's on clist that will probably run 60+ for 8k or less:


2010 seadoo rxtx

Kawasaki stx 15F jetski

2008 Kawasaki 250 supercharged Ultra x

Jet ski kawasaki ultra 250x 2007year

Kawasaki ultra 250x

oh and gp1300r's and 1200r's cuz blah blah they go 95 mph up hill blah blah

 

[Yaj Yak]

I'm limited to my phone today at work but I'll run through craigslist lol, pretty much everything that says baja will run 60ish and there is a fuck ton of those flexible flyers out there lol

from a quick look that i just made... 60 mph ish stuff for sale currently for chicago c-list that isn't a bass boat and actually runs...

Hydrostream!!

1987 Liberator 261

twin engine 26' liberator

1987 Liberator 261

Baja Boats Sport 190

 

[bikrboy128]

maybe another PWC appeal portion is the physical size of them- they are small so they fit in garages easily and other places?

ding. i would LOVE a boat, and was looking very seriously a couple years ago. but i dont have the space, and don't feel like paying $100+ a month to have it stored somewhere. my pwc fits anywhere though.
when i buy a house it will have room for a boat though. 20' bowrider with a small block v8 will do nicely i think

 

[bikrboy128]

those ultra 250s are CHEAP.
you're also making me want to buy a boat again

 

[1quick]

Boats under 8k that will run 60, this is just real quick I'm sure some digging I could come up with more a few of these may fall a mph or two short but realistically should be right around there

1970 Donzi Sweet 16

I actually want this it's a smoking deal

1983 Baja 200 ss

1980 Baja Carerra


BAJA 1984 w/115hp Tower of Power


Also want

Hydrostream!!

Custom Baker Mod VP Race Boat

18' Marlin Baracuda Jet Boat

Great jet boat

Also want this doesn't look turn key though
1979 tahti jet boat

84 20' taylor

### FAST BOAT 60+ MPH ###

 

[Yaj Yak]

i think the next thing is, i'd rather be in rough water on a pwc than some of those suuuuper low old baja's or hydrostreams.

 

[1quick]

The river isn't rough enough to worry about, but yeah many of those boats would probably sink in real rough water

 

[Yaj Yak]

a rough day on the chain would be sketchy in one of those.

 

[1quick]

Probably, they run just like any other boat keep it bow high and you won't sink it, but it wouldn't be a comfortable ride and you wouldn't be out hot rodding on it

 

[Yaj Yak]

the problem would be waves come from behind you too so even if you are bow high, a 3 foot roller coming at your ass end wouldn't be good.

 

[1quick]

I've never been up there, I've taken small boats out in bad stuff before though it's not like your going to die (if you know how to run a boat) it would just not be optimal, we took a 16 foot wellcraft bow rider down to lake of the ozarks once and ran it all over the lake it was pretty sketchy lol, and a 17 Larsen and a 19 searay almost every time I went down there it was in a sub 20 foot boat, my dad used to take his boats out on Lake Michigan all the time I remember crossing the southern tip of the lake on the 17 Larsen, sometimes it's not comfortable and a wave runner may be a better choice in that instance but it's doable and you can take more people and stuff with while doing it jamming to your tunes and eating your sandwiches lol

 

[Yaj Yak]

yeah i mean it'd be doable but it'd be sketchy and not comfortable.

 

[1quick]

Agreed

 

[1quick]

I would rather do lake of the ozarks in my 18' powerplay than a wave runner though, I got the living shit beat out of me down there on a wave runner and it was during the week, at least I can put the tabs down and plow in my boat

 

[jason05gt]

Is there a reason you guys would rather take out a wave runner than a small boat? Just wondering I've ridden wave runners a hand full of times and aside from jumping wakes they do nothing for me

For me....It's easier. I can be on the water in minutes as I just drop the shore station and go.

I see PWC's as the watersport cousin of motorcycles. They are cheap, go fast and you get the experience of wind and water in your face. Plus they are more maneuverable than boats, so you can take turns fast or jump wakes. Most of the forced induction performance PWC's will do high 60's on a GPS, so there's not many boats that do that for cheap.