Hey Josh, if you aren't going to fish and want to be comfortable on fairly big water like Grand or Eufala, you might look at something in a 18 or 19 foot I/O with a Mercruiser drive. There are a lot of lightly used boats out there with not many hours on them that you could save some money on and get into a little nicer boat with less sticker shock.
I haven't ridden in the Seadoo jet boats, but they strike me as a little small for big water and they look like they'd beat you to death in any kind of chop. Like I said though, no experience in them. I know our Skeeter is a great boat but not the smoothest ride on the water when it's rough
Of course, lots of people fish out of I/O ski boats too and you can put a trolling motor on them pretty easily now. That deep vee hull is just going to be the most comfortable ride most of the time, have alot of room, and let you do pretty much anything you want to on the water.
Ah, I miss the lake