drmarvell

At the suggestion of a friend of ours, we put 3 bags of concrete (wrapped in trash bags and taped up of course) in the foot locker at the bow. Worked like a charm! It's great for when it's just us or just our little family....i.e no one riding up front. They're 80# bags, so it's like having 2 adults up front. Hubby and I went out alone this past weekend and were able to get her up to full speed with not one bounce! Yipee!

I was even so brave as to try a few tricks. Still no guts for the sub moves, but we did the hard turns at about 40mph, some figure 8's, and even jumped a few wakes! Talk about FUN. It's still scary as hell when someone else is driving, but not so bad when you get to doo it yourself.

We took the family out for a ride yesterday and weren't out an hour before we had a problem. We drove across the lake, swam for a bit, and then pulled my daughter and I on a tube. About 3-4 minutes into the ride, my huband stopped the boat. He said the motor started sounding like it was bogging down. My daughter and I weigh a total of 140lbs together, so I know it wasn't too much weight. It sounded fine just trolling along, but if you tried to accelerate at all, it sounded awful! The left engine sounded like it was working really hard, was louder than usual, and the entire bottom of the boat vibrated. WTH! I've read on this board about problems with the grate, so we trolled back to the ramp, pulled out and took a look. They're all there and fine, so that's not it.

My husband is ready to sell this boat. The ride is rough, it purpoises like nothing we've seen, and he was already worried about buying a jet boat because he knows nothing about it, and now this. He's angry because something is wrong now and he has no idea what it is or even how to begin to figure it out. Ane help would be appreciated. Also, just in case we do end up selling, how much should be expect for the 2005 Speedster 200/370hp with the ski tower and bimini top?

Rachael

We just purchased our 2005 speedster 200/370hp about a month ago. We've only had it on the water a handful of times. Just wondering if anyone else found the ride to be really rough? We are a family of 4 with 2 little ones, so topping out speed isn't an option with the kiddos on board. Plus, it freaks me out (yes I'm the wife ). We purchased the speedster because we liked the jet engine safety with our girls. Maybe this was a bad family boat choice?