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Posted: 7/14/2020 1:20:36 AM EDT

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Great way to entertain ladies in the summer and spring

Posted: 7/14/2020 11:34:21 AM EDT

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150hp on a ski enough to tube behind?

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On most boats, yes.

Posted: 7/14/2020 11:44:10 AM EDT

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We were at the marina buttoning the boat up last week when a guy who keeps two jetskis in the slip down from us motored in with his fishing rig on the back of one. I laughed and asked if he was trolling at 40 mph...

He had a cooler on the back with two good sized bass and a couple of lake trout. I stopped laughing.

Didn't know this was even a thing. Depreciation is a factor...I'd go in low, but not insultingly low. I'd offer $12K and figure on splitting the difference if you really want it, bearing in mind $15K will buy a pretty sweet used fishing boat.

Posted: 7/14/2020 11:47:23 AM EDT

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Didn't we have a member here who was doing that on a jet ski for awhile now?

Think his name was Slug-O or something like that.

Posted: 7/14/2020 11:47:32 AM EDT

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Yes, you can pull a tube behind it. You can even pull a wake board or water skier.

If you don't do it now, it's likely going to be gone in a week. They're selling out all over the place. My local power sports shop is usually stocked to the roof. Went in yesterday and they don't have a single PWC to sell. Been sold out for 3 weeks and Sea Doo can't keep up with production.

I picked up a left over 2019 Sea Doo Wake 155 before the "Panic" and we've been using it every weekend. Wife and 2 boys absolutely love it.

Posted: 7/14/2020 11:53:02 AM EDT

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That's pretty cool and I'm not even a boat person

Posted: 7/14/2020 11:53:57 AM EDT

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There's one local to me for 15k

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Wave runners can be a blast.

IMHO, You need two of them, a trailer with two Bunks and something that will pull it..
Doesn't take much to pull them, but a good hitch, preferably frame mount.
Also, 4Wd is a plus, many of boat/launching ramps are pretty slick.

I say you need two, because riding by yourself or taking turns gets really old really fast, so you need a second one for a friend that does not have one. Its kinda like playing Paintball by or most other sports by yourself... You can do it, but it gets old fast.

On of my best friends and I had Wave Runners, well I had one and he had two. He always let our 3rd friend use his 2nd one.
1st year, we rode the shit out of them.
2nd year we went out maybe 6 times.
3rd year we went out maybe twice
4-6th+ years they sat in the back yards and deteriorated.

I finally sold my Wave runner(Yamaha 1200 GPR, I think) , double bunk trailer, cover, Life Jacket/vests, and a bunch of other accessories for like 600.00 Might a been able to get more out of it, but I was moving and wanted it gone.

I sold it to a close friend who did a bunch of work too it and in the 3 or 4 years hes owned it, I bet he has not took it out 6 times total.

Posted: 7/14/2020 12:09:09 PM EDT

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Didn't we have a member here who was doing that on a jet ski for awhile now?

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Yeah, thats @Slug-O

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Posted: 7/14/2020 12:10:28 PM EDT

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you need to buy it

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That first post thing

Posted: 7/14/2020 12:13:07 PM EDT

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Very cool. Needs sun cover and the seat needs to be redesigned to allow for better reclining.

Which one of you left the first comment in comment section?

opie999
11 hours ago
can you catch imitation crab meat fishes with this?

Posted: 7/14/2020 12:17:39 PM EDT

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For 4 years my grandfather and I flipped boats and skis for extra cash

Every single Seadoo we ever owned had electrical or mechanical issues

I would suggest a 4 stroke Yamaha ski,or a 4 stroke Yamaha Boat such as the AR or SX 230 series

Seadoo is like the Taurus of guns

Posted: 7/14/2020 12:19:35 PM EDT

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There's one local to me for 15k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmafMzZ8ve0

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For my own use, I wouldn't give $1500 for it.

What somebody else said...Put the money in a retirement account.

Posted: 7/14/2020 12:23:31 PM EDT

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We throw a tube behind a ski that had 100hp maybe twenty years ago and it’s just enough to make it fun for adults. More of course would be better.

Posted: 7/14/2020 12:28:58 PM EDT

[#14]

Great... now I need one of these.

Thanks

Posted: 7/14/2020 12:31:56 PM EDT

[#15]

Buy a fully loaded solo skiff for about 4K.

Posted: 7/14/2020 3:19:57 PM EDT

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I don't really feel like i'm being talked out of this gents.
Wife is going to be pissed.

Posted: 7/14/2020 3:21:52 PM EDT

[#17]

You haven’t bought it already?

Posted: 7/14/2020 3:22:08 PM EDT

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It's worth a lot more than that..If you dont buy it you will regret it for the rest of your life. I mean seriously, you would be a fool NOT to buy it. It just makes. so much. sense !!

Posted: 7/14/2020 3:30:11 PM EDT

[#19]

Post pics when you do buy it

Posted: 7/14/2020 3:33:29 PM EDT

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Just thinking about function - when you stand to fish you would have to be on the back, right? how easy is that going to be stepping over the cooler all the time? Reclining to fish isn't going to work with the cooler on there either.

Posted: 7/14/2020 3:41:19 PM EDT

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I've been really kicking around a pair of GTR-230s. I have a pontoon, and a runabout; I think a pair of jetskis would round out the flotilla nicely.

Posted: 7/14/2020 3:52:59 PM EDT

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Buy this instead:

Posted: 7/14/2020 3:55:58 PM EDT

[#23]

This thread needs more bikinis.

Posted: 7/14/2020 4:03:31 PM EDT

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Posted: 7/14/2020 4:15:26 PM EDT

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I wouldn't do it if its just for feshwater use, but depending where you are, you could do some damage to saltwater fish on that.
Look up "Jetski Brian".

Posted: 7/14/2020 4:17:14 PM EDT

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Look, you're a young man (I assume). You can blow that money right now and have, what--a few years of fun, fishing and screwing bikini models before you decide you want something bigger? And then you buy the upgrade and have a few more years of the same tons of fun and sex in the sun? And so on.

ORRRRR....

You could put that same $15k in a respectable financial instrument returning a solid 2.5% APR, and in just 50 years--a mere blink of a Half-Century--the magic of compound interest could turn it into over $50,000! (Minus any concurrent inflation, of course.)

You do you, but I think the correct choice is quite clear!

Posted: 7/14/2020 4:47:52 PM EDT

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Look, you're a young man (I assume). You can blow that money right now and have, what--a few years of fun, fishing and screwing bikini models before you decide you want something bigger? And then you buy the upgrade and have a few more years of the same tons of fun and sex in the sun? And so on.

ORRRRR....

You could put that same $15k in a respectable financial instrument returning a solid 2.5% APR, and in just 50 years--a mere blink of a Half-Century--the magic of compound interest could turn it into over $50,000! (Minus any concurrent inflation, of course.)

You do you, but I think the correct choice is quite clear!

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I like you.

Posted: 7/14/2020 5:05:02 PM EDT

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~~Put the money into your retirement account.~~

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buy this and enjoy it when you retire

Posted: 7/14/2020 5:13:40 PM EDT

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For 15K I'd just buy an actual boat. Just me.

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Maybe a down payment on one...

Posted: 7/14/2020 5:20:07 PM EDT

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I don't really feel like i'm being talked out of this gents.
Wife is going to be pissed.

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buy her one too

Posted: 7/14/2020 5:21:21 PM EDT

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Edited ~ medicmandan

Posted: 7/14/2020 5:26:48 PM EDT

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I've skied behind boats with less power.

Posted: 7/14/2020 5:44:31 PM EDT

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I would get tired of standing to fish most of the time. It needs a flip up anglers chair of some type. I guess for the money I would rather have a real boat to fish off of.

Posted: 7/14/2020 8:50:07 PM EDT

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Posted: 7/14/2020 8:53:35 PM EDT

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Put the money into your retirement account.

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What you talkin' 'bout Willis?

Posted: 7/14/2020 8:57:46 PM EDT

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Take 15k and set it next to your house, then leave it there for a few years and sell it for 8k.

Posted: 7/14/2020 10:41:35 PM EDT

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I have skied behind a 65hp with no problem.

Posted: 7/14/2020 10:47:52 PM EDT

[#38]

No. I will not talk you out of it. What I will say is you need a 2021 Bronco to tow it. Do it!

Posted: 7/14/2020 10:56:35 PM EDT

[#39]

Looks fun to me. And for all those saying boats are a money pit, I’ve had quite a few boats over the last 30 years and haven’t seen much expense or depreciation. Boating has been very good to me.

Posted: 7/14/2020 11:28:49 PM EDT

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For 15K I'd just buy an actual boat. Just me.

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This add 10k and you could be into a well kept 20-foot bay boat with a 150 on it, the pick-up truck of inshore nearshore fishing and fun. Jet Ski's do not hold value.

Posted: 7/15/2020 7:51:07 AM EDT

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After years of PWC ownership, I realized that renting was cheaper than owning.
One thing I missed was watching the boat ramp show.

Posted: 7/15/2020 7:56:12 AM EDT

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You never see a sad person on a jet ski

Posted: 7/15/2020 7:58:09 AM EDT

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Just throw the money in a roaring fire, end result is the same.

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Posted: 7/15/2020 8:22:21 AM EDT

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Fishing from a jet ski seems cumbersome.

Posted: 7/15/2020 1:28:04 PM EDT

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I guess floating in the water a mile from shore next to your non functioning jet ski is not exactly on a jet ski. It happened to all jet ski peeps at some point.