Marcusknight23
Member
Well I have had my 1994 SP Seadoos for over a month and I finally had the chance to take them out today. Never have been on a PWC before! Some observations:
1. The Seadoos sit awfully low in the water compared to my 16 foot Starcraft boat. I see how it can be a challenge to keep the dock from scratching up your hull. Fortunately I had come prepared for that. I attached two fenders that say they are designed for PWCs. They seemed to help keep a buffer between the dock and the hull, though not perfectly.
2. These things are tippy! Kind of curious how they compare to newer ones.
3. Once I was out on the water it was a lot of fun. Not as much water as I thought hitting my face once I was up on plane, that was nice.
4. I opened up the throttle maybe 3/4 of the way at most today. Given how tippy these things are, I didn't want to overdo it the first time.
5. These things seem to idle pretty fast. It was very tricky coming back to the dock on these. I wanted to coast in the last few feet before i reached the dock so I killed the engine. But what happens is the Seadoo will turn either to the left or right depending on what direction the last motion of thrust was pushing you in before cutting the engine. In other words, it's hard if not impossible to keep the unit going perfectly straight at idle to effect coasting into the dock after shutting the engine off.
6. Related to the last point, how would I know if the machine is idling too fast? There is no RPM gauge on this machine and I wonder if the machine is idling too fast which is causing it to be harder to dock the machine when I am done.
Cheers!
1. The Seadoos sit awfully low in the water compared to my 16 foot Starcraft boat. I see how it can be a challenge to keep the dock from scratching up your hull. Fortunately I had come prepared for that. I attached two fenders that say they are designed for PWCs. They seemed to help keep a buffer between the dock and the hull, though not perfectly.
2. These things are tippy! Kind of curious how they compare to newer ones.
3. Once I was out on the water it was a lot of fun. Not as much water as I thought hitting my face once I was up on plane, that was nice.
4. I opened up the throttle maybe 3/4 of the way at most today. Given how tippy these things are, I didn't want to overdo it the first time.
5. These things seem to idle pretty fast. It was very tricky coming back to the dock on these. I wanted to coast in the last few feet before i reached the dock so I killed the engine. But what happens is the Seadoo will turn either to the left or right depending on what direction the last motion of thrust was pushing you in before cutting the engine. In other words, it's hard if not impossible to keep the unit going perfectly straight at idle to effect coasting into the dock after shutting the engine off.
6. Related to the last point, how would I know if the machine is idling too fast? There is no RPM gauge on this machine and I wonder if the machine is idling too fast which is causing it to be harder to dock the machine when I am done.
Cheers!
