Are the seadoo boats just for lakes/fresh water ?

[Benpa]

Hi all!

I am thinking about buying a speedster 150 next summer, but after reading a while here and there it seems like it is not good using it in salt water? or am I wrong?

Isn't there a closed cooling system on them now? so you just have to run it in fresh water when you take it up for the season like all other boat engines?

My intention is to have it in the water all summer, if I can do that, what do I have to think about regarding maintenance etc.
I do not want to take the boat up after each time i have used it just to run fresh water trough it, that is to much work.
I mean, it seems very strange if they build those new expensive boats only for lakes, it must be better quality than that.
I guess I have to paint the bottom of the boat also, or is there any other trix like wax or something else?

Hope someone can answer those questions, I am new to this so I just want to be sure before buying a boat.

Thanks in advance.
Benpa

 

[timmyboy76]

no tricks,...that salt water, once dried on boat, looks like ceiling acuostic..but just need to wash off, however, keep'n that in mind, just imagine then what it'll look like in the exhaust pipe/ports...ride'n them all day in saltwater, just need to flush out...

 

[Benpa]

Thank you for the answer!

Ok, so if I understand you correctly, all I need to do is to flush it sometimes with a hose? or after every time? that is something I can live with for sure, as long as I dont have to take it up from the water, seems easy enough. I think I understand now, so THAT is what the flush mount is for?

EDIT: I guess I made a fool out of myself again.......flush mount might not be what I thought it was hehe, oh anyway, I guess the how the flushing procedure are done is explained in the manual when I buy the boat.

 

[JPX]

Let's get started on the right foot.

Download the manual for the Speedster model you are looking at - link below. This will get you started on what you should expect for regular maintenance.
http://www.operatorsguide.brp.com/

After EVERY salt water use, you should flush with fresh water and if possible a salt inhibitor fluid that stabilizes any salt that cannot be removed.

Flush after every non-salt water trip is not necessary, but recommended. This is very true for brackish water or any location where the water is particularly polluted (would you ride there anyway?.....oh wait, there isn't pollution in Sweden!)

I use my Seadoo PWC in the ocean. But maintenance principles are the same - just more surfaces to work on.

Bottom line, you can freely use these boats in salt water. But if just means you need to be much more careful with your maintenance practices.

 

[sporsterjoel]

Im on a fresh water lake and i will only leave it in the water for the weekend, I do believe that leaving it in the water viods the hull waranty. plus you cant flush out the salt water when its in the water, if you can put it on the trailer when your done with it, or find a slip to keep it that has a lift. So DONT LEAVE IT IN THE WATER, AND DONT PUT BOTTOM PAINT ON IT you will kill your resale value, In the long run you'll have more head aches from the salt eating away at your pump, then the 3 mins it takes to load it on a trailer.

 

[Benpa]

Thank you JPX for the good explanation and links to the site. You took me one step closer to buying a seadoo!
btw they do have shitty water in Stockholm, brackish water, and they do use seadoo jetboats there a lot, but where I live there is just clean almost drinkable saltwater uhmmm

but then again.......here is one step back......
SPORTSTERJOEL: you scare me man! :redface: hehe, I mean comon! the "hull warranty" what kind of crazyness is there to your warranty? isn't it fiberglass? it shoult resist saltwater with ease.
Whats the point of "like me" owning my own boat pier when I cant use it?
And if I cannot use bottompaint on it then what should I use instead?
Im trying hard here to find a reason why they manufacturing boats that you can't use in water all the time and not in saltwater, it sounds all wierd to me.
But im not saying that you are incorrect, since you do own such a boat and I do not, you should know this better then I do.. naturally, these are the kind of answers I need to make my decision if I should buy a seadoo or stick to the outboard alternative.

anyway, thanks a lot for the informative answers I have got so far

 

[Jeffy]

You can't leave the boat in fresh water or it will void the warranty? I find that ridicules and hard to believe. How would they every really know anyhow?

If I end up getting one of these boats it will be left in the water next to my dock from June until the end of August.

Jeff

 

[sporsterjoel]

No boat jet drive or prop should be left in the water..... yes i know most people do but things will wear out quicker if you leave it in the water, im going by what my dealer told me about the warranty thing, most boat hulls are white but leave it in the water for a week and it will start to discolour and stain your hull and after a season your pump/outdrive will be all corroded. And most boats you see with bottom paint are to big you put on lifts or take in and out of the water so they put that on to protect them, I could write a novel about all the reasons not to leave it in the water, but bottom line boat are ALOT of maintenance WAY more then cars and it doesnt matter if it a jet boat or prop boat or even who makes it. My best advice it to do what ever it take to look after your boat so that you have a safe fun reliable time on the water, I dont like takin mine in and out ill leave it in for a week at the most then when i take it out i wash it all down and clean her up. Im looking at buyin one of these http://www.ez-dock.com/ I dont mean to scare you but if your going to go spend 10,000 or more on one of these boats youll want to keep it in the best shape you can and protet you investment. and its not that you cant use them in water it that you shouldnt store them in the water for "LONG" periods of time.

 

[Benpa]

Yes, I was just looking at that drydock thing a few minutes ago here in Sweden since I remember seeing it somewhere, it is not that expensive and I dont have to paint the bottom of the boat, this might be it! :hurray: things are getting better by the minute.

 

[sporsterjoel]

Yes, I was just looking at that drydock thing a few minutes ago here in Sweden since I remember seeing it somewhere, it is not that expensive and I dont have to paint the bottom of the boat, this might be it! :hurray: things are getting better by the minute.

Ya man just dont paint the bottom, thats like putting gravel guard on the side and bottom of a corvette cause you want to drive it in the winter LMFAO... bottom paint will look like a**