Waverunner General Knowledge

05 210 wrote: horkn wrote:    but winterizing them is really as easy as starting it up out of water and clearing any water from the cooling system simply by revving it up a little. I do not agree Horkn. I know people who have been bit in the ass doing that. Best to use antifreeze, unless its getting stored in an area that stays above feezing. I'm not saying it would freeze, i'm saying it could. Not a risk I would take. Mike

None of the PWC I have ever know have ever been stored with anti freeze. No problems on any of them and none were ever stored indoors over winters.


If the PWC was not run long enough out of water, yeah, you could have a problem with freezing, but not running them long enough to clear all water from the motor is not a good thing to try. You would have to runt he motor a long time before you would risk engine trouble from overheat out of water.
It certainly would not hurt to use some AF, but it's more of a PITA to do on a PWC than a boat.

Mine had a fitting at the highest point in the cooling system, just unscrewed a cap and poured in till it ran out the back, about half a gallon or less. Far easier than my skinautique

Hollywood wrote: All the bouncing around when riding the sit downs tear the hair off my ass cheeks if it's rough out, f that. Stand ups are cool, and not just any idiot can pilot one.

Some are better in the rough, but yeah I agree with you. I miss my hurricane though. As a sport class craft, it could handle as good as the stand ups, but still technically carry 2 people and wouldn't tip over if you came to a stop.

I also had a limited class built race kawasaki stand up. that ski was crazy fast up to 50 mph, and I had several of my sit down PWC riding friends attempt to ride it, and only 1 besides me could even get up on it and do more than swamp it. fun times...

Back to the bilge pumps o these PWC, most of the sit down ones have traditional bilge pumps, just like in our ski boats. Some only have the ones that use water pressure (or actually vacuum) to evacuate water from the hull at speed. I had an electric one on my kawi 650 standup because I liked to do a lot of submarining.

I don't think this has been mentioned. Buy a bunch of fuel cans. Notice the fuel can on the wall. It is rare to see just one can. There were weekends last season where we went through 75 gallons of fuel, mostly in the PWC's. When you do the math, it makes sense. ≈100hp each, running close to full throttle when the kids are on them = many trips to the gas station.   
This photo must have been taken in the morning. The bay is calm, and the boats, minus the pontoon, are docked.

Horkn

(We once had one ski get a clam caught in the jet intake)   

peter1234 wrote: Horkn (We once had one ski get a clam caught in the jet intake)

Yeah, that was funny. At least is was fresh water and not a giant clam in saltwater. LOL