Re: [MBZ] EVEN MORE OT Seadoos
Another thing that is of some interest to me is a Seadoo. I am not inclined to buy a highpowered new one but a year or two back there was one advertised locally that I now wish I had gone to check out. It was one of the original Seadoo models. A bit rustic looking compared to the new ones but neat in its own way. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] EVEN MORE OT Seadoos
The original Seadoo came out in '68 but they were terrible, they didn't have enough power and sank a lot. We went on a cruise last spring and took a jetski tour, it was an awful lot of fun and of course I'd just come off snowmobile season so I was very fast. The guide said that I was the only one he'd ever led that kept right on his tail, he said to be 100' back and I hung there like we were on a string. That was with both Angie and I on the machine and I kept the throttle wide open almost the whole time, even when we hit a boat's wake, the jet drive made a very interesting noise when it came out of the water running full bore... -Curt Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 11:08:56 -0600 From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] EVEN MORE OT Seadoos Message-ID: 53078828.8080...@bennell.ca Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Another thing that is of some interest to me is a Seadoo. I am not inclined to buy a highpowered new one but a year or two back there was one advertised locally that I now wish I had gone to check out. It was one of the original Seadoo models. A bit rustic looking compared to the new ones but neat in its own way. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] EVEN MORE OT Seadoos
On 21/02/2014 3:58 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: The original Seadoo came out in '68 but they were terrible, they didn't have enough power and sank a lot. We went on a cruise last spring and took a jetski tour, it was an awful lot of fun and of course I'd just come off snowmobile season so I was very fast. The guide said that I was the only one he'd ever led that kept right on his tail, he said to be 100' back and I hung there like we were on a string. That was with both Angie and I on the machine and I kept the throttle wide open almost the whole time, even when we hit a boat's wake, the jet drive made a very interesting noise when it came out of the water running full bore... -Curt The one that was advertised here on Kijiji was an original one. I don't recall the asking price but it was not silly. Not sure if parts would be available so I did not go to look at it. I remember a lodge on Dryberry Lake had 2 or 3 of them around that time too. I did not see any of the run but they were at the dock when we went in by boat to do some electrical work at the lodge. That would have been in the summer of 1969 I think. I worked as an electrician's helper that summer. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
