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[jpeezy]

Do any of you use your jet boats in salt water very much? Should I avoid salt water? Curious?

jpeezy

[Kevin Leclair]

I know one of the members here, RobbieLex, boats on Florida's salt water. You can check out some pics of his Speedster 200 in the water here, http://seadoosportbo...owtopic_56.html. Maybe he can shed some light on this as I myself have never put my doo in salt water.

[thumper]

most seadooos in the uk are used in salt water as we dont have too many lakes and none as big as in the us and canada - but these boats are fitted with sacrificial anodes so there should be no problems.

[robbiev]

Do any of you use your jet boats in salt water very much? Should I avoid salt water? Curious?

jpeezy

riding the swells offshore can be a rush in a doo, especially when you open it up. There is no trouble runnin in the salt just need to flush and use some kind of crosion block to spray down the engine and pump. Have fun and don't be scared of a little salt its just a little more work when you get home. Here in florida if you live on the coast you just got to doo it.

[thumper]

because there is no trim adjustment do you find porpoising a problem when dooing in swell or does it ride fairly well?

[gsod11]

because there is no trim adjustment do you find porpoising a problem when dooing in swell or does it ride fairly well?

Hi I use my sportster 4tec 2004 in salt water with no problems. I also keep it in the water all summer still with no problems so far. My dealer said with the closed loop I shouldn't have a problem . We shall see. I also had the bottom painted wasn't to happy about that because I thought i would lose some speed. I clocked on my gps top speed with the wind almost 47 mph and when I was taking it out for winterizing one final run I clocked 45-46 mph. I will run the same test this year.

Also I am curios about taking this boat in the ocean if anyone has experience please tell me about it.

[robbiev]

because there is no trim adjustment do you find porpoising a problem when dooing in swell or does it ride fairly well?

Hi I use my sportster 4tec 2004 in salt water with no problems. I also keep it in the water all summer still with no problems so far. My dealer said with the closed loop I shouldn't have a problem . We shall see. I also had the bottom painted wasn't to happy about that because I thought i would lose some speed. I clocked on my gps top speed with the wind almost 47 mph and when I was taking it out for winterizing one final run I clocked 45-46 mph. I will run the same test this year.

Also I am curios about taking this boat in the ocean if anyone has experience please tell me about it.

took my sporster in the ocean this weekend and got some big air off the swells, was fun but a little scarry too. You could easily capsize if you got it sideways. I was surprised it really flies like 8 to 10 feet of air. Was fun but not something you want to do all day or every weekend. Make sure the baot is empty because anything on board is going to fly out. Happy flying!