# «OFFICIAL» Watercraft / Jet Ski / PWC Thread + Boats
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-watercraft-jet-ski-pwc-thread-boats/269132
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [April 22, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-watercraft-jet-ski-pwc-thread-boats/269132 "2014-04-22T16:58:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-watercraft-jet-ski-pwc-thread-boats/269132/1421 "2019-06-28T18:07:30Z")
Just a little money cruising the canal last night. Yeah, that’s QUAD 350 Verados. Still gotta feel bad that he couldn’t afford the quad 400 Verados that are an option on that boat.
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-watercraft-jet-ski-pwc-thread-boats/269132/1422 "2019-06-28T18:08:06Z")
Boat name checks out.
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-watercraft-jet-ski-pwc-thread-boats/269132/1423 "2019-06-28T18:40:22Z")
fuuuccckkk that’s sick
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-watercraft-jet-ski-pwc-thread-boats/269132/1424 "2019-06-28T18:56:52Z")
Was playing around on the configurator and was over $600k in no time just based on the options I could see.
I mean, one 350 Verado is $27k so that’s $108k just hanging off the transom, before you color match them.
Seems pretty dumb around here. Be a nice rig if you lived in S. Florida and wanted to run to Cuba or the Bahamas a lot. Going from Buffalo to sunset bay is like trying to use a fast RC boat in your bathtub with 1400 hp.
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### Author:  [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-watercraft-jet-ski-pwc-thread-boats/269132/1425 "2019-06-28T19:13:49Z")
This is a south Florida rig:
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2019, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-watercraft-jet-ski-pwc-thread-boats/269132/1426 "2019-06-29T13:16:16Z")
Interesting for anyone on the water in Canada:
> "It’s in my view from a common sense perspective, canoeing is an extremely dangerous activity even in favourable conditions,” he wrote. “In many ways the risks and dangers involved in canoeing are greater than those involved in driving a motor vehicle such that impairment caused by the consumption of alcohol and marijuana can and often do cause serious bodily harm and death.”
Basically drinking / smoking weed while on the water, even if you’re not in a motorized vessel, can result in charges.
> **[In a case that made Canadian legal history, Ontario man convicted of impaired...](https://nationalpost.com/news/in-a-case-that-made-canadian-legal-history-ontario-man-convicted-of-impaired-operation-of-a-canoe)**
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> It is easy to laugh at the idea of drinking and canoeing. But the Sillars case shows how devastating the consequences of a boating accident can be
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2019, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-watercraft-jet-ski-pwc-thread-boats/269132/1427 "2019-07-01T12:56:38Z")
> [@fairgentleman\_Z](#):
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> This is a south Florida rig:
Those Seven Marine motors are amazing. That’s literally an LSA turned into an outboard.
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-watercraft-jet-ski-pwc-thread-boats/269132/1428 "2019-07-08T17:54:14Z")
Grass Island drama:
> **[As Grass Island slips away, compromise sought over Niagara River hangout](https://buffalonews.com/2019/07/07/as-grass-island-slips-away-compromise-sought-over-niagara-river-hangout/)**
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> Boaters are unhappy about the state's plans to protect Grass Island, which has dwindled from a narrow upland island near Buckhorn Island Sta
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-watercraft-jet-ski-pwc-thread-boats/269132/1429 "2019-07-08T18:23:29Z")
Only NYS could take an island that didn’t even exist until the 60’s when dumping from a dredging project created it from nothing in 12-15’ deep waters and claim it’s critical to the environment of the Niagara and try banning the 100’s of people who enjoy it every weekend.
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-watercraft-jet-ski-pwc-thread-boats/269132/1430 "2019-08-14T16:24:34Z")
Hummmmmm
> **[Amazon.com: 6-Person Inflatable Bay Breeze Boat Island Party Island: Toys &...](https://www.amazon.com/6-Person-Inflatable-Breeze-Island-Party/dp/B07NQ3GTTW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&th=1&linkCode=sl1&tag=theawes-20&linkId=16abd2d3c467c718b27f3cc3c189d3d9&language=en_US)**
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-watercraft-jet-ski-pwc-thread-boats/269132/1431 "2019-08-14T16:48:57Z")
Oh, also:
> **the 1952 ferrari arno XI racing boat was built to shatter the speed record in the 800-kg class.** achille castoldi had been setting records on water since 1940, and to achieve the record, he commissioned cantieri timossi to build a 3-point hydroplane from hardwood, covered in mahogany veneer. when enzo heard he had painted the upper body in ferrari red, the scuderia F1 team was sent to lend their expertise. this culminated in a world record in the flying kilometer: 150.40 miles per hour, which still stands to this day.
> at first, castoldi had planned to use a ferrari engine, so he purchased a 4.5L V12. **when enzo understood he was going for the record, he realized they needed more power.** using lessons learned on the track, they nearly doubled the compression ratio to handle methanol. a hotter spark was needed, so the distributors and coils were replaced by twin magnetos. each cylinder had twin spark plugs to ensure a clean burn. it wasn’t enough, so two giant superchargers were driven by the crankshaft. each one had its own weber 4-barell modified to dump meth into the engine with an air/fuel ratio of 5:1. what started at 385 horsepower made between 550 and 600 in race tune.
> **[the only ferrari-powered boat in the world is up for sale](https://www.designboom.com/technology/1952-ferrari-arno-xi-racing-on-sale-08-14-2019/)**
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> back in the 1950s, ferrari powered the 1952 ferrari arno XI racing boat for one thing: to break the world speed record on water.
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### Author:  [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-watercraft-jet-ski-pwc-thread-boats/269132/1432 "2019-08-14T17:25:15Z")
Thanks @Josh for the boater safety hookup! Got my license a few weeks ago, added it to my enhance adventure ID so I have the anchor now along with my deer for my lifetime sportsmen license lol. It’s like collecting stamps.
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-watercraft-jet-ski-pwc-thread-boats/269132/1433 "2019-11-01T16:52:47Z")
It didn’t really look that bad all summer, but I guess that ice tsunami really hurt it:
> **[Part of Bird Island Pier crumbling into Black Rock Canal](https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/part-of-bird-island-pier-crumbling-into-black-rock-canal-due-to-rain-and-wind)**
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> The pier separates the canal from the Niagara River.
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-watercraft-jet-ski-pwc-thread-boats/269132/1434 "2019-11-01T18:12:59Z")
Wow, I didn’t notice any issues with it this summer. I figured if we got a real strong SW wind (which happened last night) we’d get more damage than usual because the water was already at record levels. Add in the seiche that happens with a SW wind (picture Lake Erie as a bathtub and someone at the Cleveland end keeps lifting the tub in the air sloshing the water to our end) and it’s a real mess.
I know the lake level dropped a little going into the fall compared to when I shot the video several posts up early in the summer but we took a run to Riverworks in early Oct and the water levels are still well above normal.
> **[See Lake Erie water levels from 1918 to 2019](https://www.cleveland.com/news/2019/07/see-lake-erie-water-levels-from-1918-to-2019.html)**
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> Lake Erie is at record-high water levels. But just how do the levels compare to the past? See the graph from 1918 until the present.
It was 33 inches higher than normal early in the summer, which was a record. It’s now “only” 28 inches higher than normal.
[http://lre-wm.usace.army.mil/ForecastData/weekly.pdf](http://lre-wm.usace.army.mil/ForecastData/weekly.pdf)
The seiche added another 10" to that so you’re talking about pushing the lake to 38" above normal. Not a big surprise some of these walls start failing at that point. I heard on the news on the way to work this morning that Dunkirk’s new multi-million dollar breakwall got fuuuuuucked.
> **[Breakwall, road suffer due to wind and water in Dunkirk](https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/chautauqua-county/dunkirk/breakwall-road-suffer-due-to-wind-and-water-in-dunkirk/)**
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> On Friday morning, Dunkirk resident Rob Rosplock shared photos of the damage done along the shoreline.
They JUST built that:
> **[City of Dunkirk announces commencement of the Pier and Harborfront...](https://www.observertoday.com/news/local-region/2019/04/city-of-dunkirk-announces-commencement-of-the-pier-and-harborfront-improvement-project/)**
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> Mayor Wilfred Rosas is thrilled to announce the commencement of the City Pier and Harborfront Improvement Project. “This project is one that has gone through many revisions in order to comply with the various concerns of our residents, businesses and...
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-watercraft-jet-ski-pwc-thread-boats/269132/1435 "2019-11-01T21:53:20Z")
One of the shorter break walls has a huge hole in it. Spotted it when I was on the 190 today. Not the one you can walk on but the one further out.
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-watercraft-jet-ski-pwc-thread-boats/269132/1436 "2019-11-03T13:32:39Z")
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-watercraft-jet-ski-pwc-thread-boats/269132/1437 "2020-02-05T21:59:37Z")
> wouldn’t it be great if you boat owners didn’t have to buy fuel at all?
Not sure how fast it could go, but it’s an interesting idea:
> **[Hydrogen Is A Bad Car Fuel, But It's The Perfect Boat Fuel](https://jalopnik.com/hydrogen-is-a-bad-car-fuel-but-its-the-perfect-boat-fu-1841435502)**
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> There are issues inherent with hydrogen as a fuel for cars. It is incredibly expensive and energy intensive to create, it is difficult to pressurize and transport, and the infrastructure for hydrogen as fuel is far less developed than battery...
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-watercraft-jet-ski-pwc-thread-boats/269132/1438 "2020-02-06T16:17:58Z")
I could see this being scaled up for cargo ships but it will never work for recreational boats. Let me cover every square inch of my bowrider in solar panels and stick a couple wind turbines on it. Still a pretty cool idea. It doesn’t take all that much power, relatively, to keep a massive cargo ship moving once you get it up to speed.
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-watercraft-jet-ski-pwc-thread-boats/269132/1439 "2020-02-06T16:34:17Z")
I want a jet pump that also converts water to hydrogen fuel, then fuels a jetski. Although I can imagine the videos on Qualified Captain where skis already go out of control and slam into things, lol.
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-watercraft-jet-ski-pwc-thread-boats/269132/1440 "2020-06-09T12:23:48Z")
> Mousseau admitted he owned a submarine seized by U.S. Border Patrol agents on April 23 from the Zug Island shoreline, according to the affidavit.
> **[Feds torpedo alleged submarine smuggler in Detroit River bust](https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2020/06/05/feds-torpedo-alleged-submarine-smuggler-detroit-river-bust/3158181001/)**
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> Federal agents rescue unconscious man in Detroit River, discover 265 pounds of marijuana and ties to alleged underwater smuggling ring
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