What are the gotcha's with this type of boat?

Thinking about buying this '96 bombardier jetboat, twin rotax engines,
guy wants $6450, boat looks nice.

There no traditional transome issues, what do I need to watch out for
with this kind of boat? Compressions test?

"P" wrote in message
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What are the gotcha's with this type of boat?

Thinking about buying this '96 bombardier jetboat, twin rotax engines,
guy wants $6450, boat looks nice.

There no traditional transome issues, what do I need to watch out for
with this kind of boat? Compressions test?

I'd have a trustworthy mechanic look at the engines.
My nephew bought one and the engines failed right away. Seems someone
didn't mix oil with the gas. It was a fight but the $1800.00 repair bill
was covered by the selling dealer. (brother-in-law knew him and had bought a
number of new vehicles from him)

Don White wrote:
"P" wrote in message
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What are the gotcha's with this type of boat?

Thinking about buying this '96 bombardier jetboat, twin rotax engines,
guy wants $6450, boat looks nice.

There no traditional transome issues, what do I need to watch out for
with this kind of boat? Compressions test?

I'd have a trustworthy mechanic look at the engines.
My nephew bought one and the engines failed right away. Seems someone
didn't mix oil with the gas. It was a fight but the $1800.00 repair bill
was covered by the selling dealer. (brother-in-law knew him and had bought a
number of new vehicles from him)





The best advice: it's a 10-year-old jetboat. Walk away from it as fast
as possible. It's worthless.

What are the gotcha's with this type of boat?

IMO...they're useless, unless you're tubing every trip.

"P" wrote in message
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What are the gotcha's with this type of boat?

Thinking about buying this '96 bombardier jetboat, twin rotax engines,
guy wants $6450, boat looks nice.

There no traditional transome issues, what do I need to watch out for
with this kind of boat? Compressions test?

The use gas like it's water. And they are generally ragged out when they
are that old.

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:28:12 -0400, hk wrote:

Don White wrote:
"P" wrote in message
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The best advice: it's a 10-year-old jetboat. Walk away from it as fast
as possible. It's worthless.

Of course. I plan to hang on to my fifty year old jetboat. A
turbocraft with a Buick engine.

Casady

Richard Casady wrote:
On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:28:12 -0400, hk wrote:

Don White wrote:
"P" wrote in message
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The best advice: it's a 10-year-old jetboat. Walk away from it as fast
as possible. It's worthless.

Of course. I plan to hang on to my fifty year old jetboat. A
turbocraft with a Buick engine.

Casady


We're talking jetski boats here. They don't live too long.

On Aug 18, 8:36*am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:28:12 -0400, hk wrote:
Don White wrote:
"P" wrote in message
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The best advice: it's a 10-year-old jetboat. Walk away from it as fast
as possible. It's worthless.

Of course. I plan to hang on to my fifty year old jetboat. A
turbocraft with a Buick engine.

Casady

Your go fast jetboat has about as much in common with this sea dodo as
my runabout does.

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:09:58 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Aug 18, 8:36*am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:28:12 -0400, hk wrote:
Don White wrote:
"P" wrote in message
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The best advice: it's a 10-year-old jetboat. Walk away from it as fast
as possible. It's worthless.

Of course. I plan to hang on to my fifty year old jetboat. A
turbocraft with a Buick engine.

Casady

Your go fast jetboat has about as much in common with this sea dodo as
my runabout does.
You flatter it with go fast. 35 or so. It started with a Graymarine
flathead inline six and turned 3300 RPM. We marinized a Buick V-6 and
got 3700 RPM. Early jet drives were inefficient. A slow 16 ft
runabout. Fast enough for a five by four lake [Spirit Lake in Iowa].
Pulls waterskiers just fine. Ours is SN#10. A 58 I think. Three like
it were the first boats to go up a long stretch of the Colorado River.

Casady

Casady

Casady

On Aug 18, 1:08*pm, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:09:58 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Aug 18, 8:36*am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:28:12 -0400, hk wrote:
Don White wrote:
"P" wrote in message
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The best advice: it's a 10-year-old jetboat. Walk away from it as fast
as possible. It's worthless.

Of course. I plan to hang on to my fifty year old jetboat. A
turbocraft with a Buick engine.

Casady

Your go fast jetboat has about as much in common with this sea dodo as
my runabout does.

*You flatter it with go fast. 35 or so. It started with a Graymarine
flathead inline six and turned 3300 RPM. We marinized a Buick V-6 and
got 3700 RPM. Early jet drives were inefficient. A slow 16 ft
runabout. Fast enough for a five by four lake [Spirit Lake in Iowa].
Pulls waterskiers just fine. Ours is SN#10. A 58 I think. Three like
it were the first boats to go up a long stretch of the Colorado River.

Casady

Casady

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If you're only able to 3,700 rpm then you have to little engine on too
big a jet drive. Why don't you try a small block.