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[cavitatorhater]

Alright, so we got the boat back from the dealer and they were not able to see anything wrong with the pump.  They called Seadoo's tech line and were told to replace the wear ring and reseal the ride plate and the pump.  After waiting the few days required to allow the sealant time to finish curing we took it out for about 90 minutes.  The thing worked awesome - very impressive.  Still had a tiny bit of reasonable cavitation from a dead stop but other that that fine.  The thing ran great until we shut it off at loading.

My parents came up for a visit the very next day so we decided to take them out and the friggin' exact same cavitation issue came back right off the trailer!  We had a lot more time to figure it out but top speed was literally 22kph which would be around 15mph.  It does seem to cavitate less easily if the operator put it into a turn - even with a slight turn a person can grab a few hundred rpm, then a few more and then a little more until finally the boat gets up on plane then wide open throttle is obtainable with a top speed of around 84kph.

Perhaps we have a ventilation issue??  Anyone know a thing or two about that?  Or maybe the factory ride plate is very slightly warped and that's why it sealed for a day but then perhaps it lost it's seal??

Taking this boat to a dealer costs me 10 hours of my life due to the significant distance, any helpful insight would be appreciated.

cheers!