Hello, purchased a used 06 SCIC 215hp Sportster/Speedster two weeks ago from a local Austin boat dealer. It only had 22.8hrs on it, came with bimini top and full Sea Doo custom boat cover.
Idles at around 1900rpm. I now know this appears to be normal, but why?
Difficult to handle, at first(this was a surprise in that I've owned jetski's for 15yrs)
Took it out this past weekend and put 3.8hrs on it. Gas consumption seems to be OK when compared against my jet ski. Used a little over a 1/2 tank of gas.
Unfortunately it was rather rough this weekend with winds 18-20mph.
Getting boat off and onto trailer was a little scary. I initially did the spin around (scary moment) when pulling off the trailer. I cell phoned onto the internet to see whats up with that and found out that you shouldn't float the boat entirely off the bunks when backing off the trailer. And same when pulling back on the trailer.
Fastest I could get it up to was 50mph but this was probably due to waves and maybe paddle wheel coming out of the rough water alot. Seems to handle best with two people aboard for good weight distribution, but still performed nicely with four people aboard.
After doing my spin out at the boat ramp I practiced pulling up to a buoy and then backing off from the buoy maybe 15-20 times. I think I'm getting the knack.
Going into the wind I was getting a lot of spray over the bow until I decided to try and adjust my speed so I could keep the bow higher out of the water(not on plane). This seemed to work pretty good. But overall the boat, for being a small boat, handles pretty well in the chop, much better than I expected, and I'm coming from the experience of my old boat being a deep-V 19.5ft outboard.
Didn't do any high speed turns like I do on my jet ski. Was just too rough and I was too unfamiliar with how the boat handles at this point in time.
Surprised there is no user accessible hour meter, so I purchased an inductive hour meter and wrapped the main wire around the upper part of the coil on plug. This worked pretty darn good for an $18 hour meter.
Re-carpeted my bunks while boat was in the water. Old carpet was cr_p.
So far, other than the bunks and a bad tach (dealer replaced before I picked up boat), I have had no other electrical or mechanical issues, yet.
Maybe this winter I will replace the ceramic washers, before I have that a problem with that.
I love all the storage this little boat has, simply amazing amount of space.
Idles at around 1900rpm. I now know this appears to be normal, but why?
Difficult to handle, at first(this was a surprise in that I've owned jetski's for 15yrs)
Took it out this past weekend and put 3.8hrs on it. Gas consumption seems to be OK when compared against my jet ski. Used a little over a 1/2 tank of gas.
Unfortunately it was rather rough this weekend with winds 18-20mph.
Getting boat off and onto trailer was a little scary. I initially did the spin around (scary moment) when pulling off the trailer. I cell phoned onto the internet to see whats up with that and found out that you shouldn't float the boat entirely off the bunks when backing off the trailer. And same when pulling back on the trailer.
Fastest I could get it up to was 50mph but this was probably due to waves and maybe paddle wheel coming out of the rough water alot. Seems to handle best with two people aboard for good weight distribution, but still performed nicely with four people aboard.
After doing my spin out at the boat ramp I practiced pulling up to a buoy and then backing off from the buoy maybe 15-20 times. I think I'm getting the knack.
Going into the wind I was getting a lot of spray over the bow until I decided to try and adjust my speed so I could keep the bow higher out of the water(not on plane). This seemed to work pretty good. But overall the boat, for being a small boat, handles pretty well in the chop, much better than I expected, and I'm coming from the experience of my old boat being a deep-V 19.5ft outboard.
Didn't do any high speed turns like I do on my jet ski. Was just too rough and I was too unfamiliar with how the boat handles at this point in time.
Surprised there is no user accessible hour meter, so I purchased an inductive hour meter and wrapped the main wire around the upper part of the coil on plug. This worked pretty darn good for an $18 hour meter.
Re-carpeted my bunks while boat was in the water. Old carpet was cr_p.
So far, other than the bunks and a bad tach (dealer replaced before I picked up boat), I have had no other electrical or mechanical issues, yet.
Maybe this winter I will replace the ceramic washers, before I have that a problem with that.
I love all the storage this little boat has, simply amazing amount of space.
