I like stand ups, they’re just not my thing. These are more fun IMO. They’re so simple and light weight. You can throw them around and even bounce them right out of the water. And it takes some level of learning and balance to ride one, but it’s not impossible.
Early 'Blasters get pretty good air and are a pretty good wave jumping ski. I’m running a 96 seadoo XP 800 which is much the same way. IMO the smaller lighter mid-late 90s 2 stroke skis are a ton of fun for the money and pretty simple to work on. I think a lot of skis nowadays have great power but at the expense of size and weight, with some being like small boats.
Agreed. My 14 FX SVHO is like 13.6ft long and prolly weighs 900lbs. But, it’s a 70+mph boat and rides like an S-class on the A2.
That article says a waveblaster could be used as a 2 person sit down? Lol
I was looking at the specs on that ski, looks like it weighs 833 (dry), in comparison my XP is only 8ft long and weighs 412lb, and runs about 58mph vs the yamahas 70+… I believe the 'Blaster I is classified as a 1 seater regardless of what that ad says. Trying to ride 2 up on a 'Blaster I or II for that matter, is impractical and a challenge to say the very least.
There are people all over Craigslist that are practically begging to buy these. That is soooo Clean! I cant wait to see that thing out this summer.
Awesome grab, Josh. Are you keeping the old one?
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You ever get your seadoo sorted out?
I’ve done it! Don’t knock it 'till ya try it. The GF and I rode around for 30min like this over the summer. If you fall off there is no way you’re getting 2 people back on unless they both have perfect balance. But from a dock it’s easy and fun.
Last year I took a friend’s kids out on it. They sat down while I stood up. Cornering was just silly as I had to really lean in at high speed, but part of the fun of it was falling off, lol. We were close to a dock though.
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^^^ Now that’s incredible, lol.
Yeah it was only for sale for a few days before I spotted and snagged it. I’m sure if I ever wanted to get rid of it I could very easily.
Yep, keeping both of them! This way my GF has something to ride. We’re not doing tandem back flips anytime soon, lol.
Holy crap. Could you imagine the extra weight, and still likely sporting a 22RE motor?
lol. I’m sure it would have been a dog.
I just love overly complex '90’s Japanese vehicles. Look at how the gate lowers down behind the bumper!
Erie Basin guys @turbo_ls1_ss @Scott what are your impressions of the marina?
My friend is considering moving his 32’ sailboat there. Right now they have no 40’ slips available, only 30’. But considering that it’s so close to restaurants, canalside, etc he’s thinking it could be a more hip spot than RCR. Saves over $800 a year too.
How tight are the channels between slips? How sheltered if at all is it from the wind?
What about parking? What if you’re gone overnight or come back to the slip at say 2am? Can you get your car in and out easy? What about parking for guests? Guests who stay on the boat overnight? Ever have drunks wandering around? What about break-ins?
We’ll often sail out on a Friday to Point Abino / Crystal Beach and not come back until Sunday. I don’t want to come back to a towed vehicle or worse, lol.
FS: Kids
WTB: Boat, 50’+
The marina itself is nice. A lot of friendly people, mostly older, that have been there for years. It’s easy to get in and out of, whether we are talking about the actual boat or the parking. The only parking issue I had was for Thursday nights, when the concerts are down there and they park at the marina and there is only one way out. It can take a long time. There is a lot of stuff within walking distance as well (The hatch, Canalside, Liberty Hound, even Pearl St is walkable)
I will have to say my boat did take a decent beating in the slip. I was right up against the wall however, which probably didn’t help. It can get pretty gnarly down there, as the lake meets the river and creates some big rollers that do make its way back into the marina. I actually got sea sick in the slip while working on the boat a couple of times. Mostly everyone I spoke to about Erie Basin said the same thing, that the boats get beaten up. Also, the flies/mosquitoes/spiders were everywhere (again, may have been because I was right near the wall/land)
Other than that, I thought it was cool, and why Im still down there for the coming year, just dry docked instead of the actual slip. It should save my boat from getting tossed around, yet I can dock by templeton if I want to just chill in the boat.
Thanks for the tip!
He talked to a guy who gave him a few warnings about the martini bar. Last year I guess they had drunks sitting on cars and a few who made it onto someone’s boat.
He’s not sold on where to go yet but it sounds like RCR is MUCH more protected from wind / waves.
I agree with a lot of what Scott said. We like it because whether we go up to Grass Island/Canal or down to Sunset, it’s centrally located and easy to get to. Since Smith Boys took it over the pricing definitely went up. Couple beefs: Even as a paying slip holder, they make you pay to launch every time you do (I mean I get it, they are running a business, but WTF, at least hide it in the slip cost). Also, sometimes there will be a dumbass on a busy Sat/Sunday holding up the gate to ask a stupid question while there’s like 129023 cars waiting to get in. Lastly, parking can be rough on busy days even with a slip-holder’s tag. I know these are 1st world problems, but for what they charge it’s annoying.
We loaded up our slip with thick rubber bumpers to try to protect the boat as much as possible. Haven’t had any real issues with the slips themselves. The water level does fluctuate a little, but nothing that’s worth worrying about. Even on days with stronger currents, I’d say if you can’t handle parking the boat in there, you probably have no business owning a boat (or had too much Sailor Jerry). Like Scott said, it can get a little bumpy, but I imagine any other marina would be the same. In late summer if it’s really hot out, and you don’t attend to the boat in a while you’ll have to deal with a ton of spiders, but I assume that’d be the case anywhere. At the end of the day yes there’s a bunch you can complain about, but security isn’t much of a concern and the convenience factor outweighs the negatives.
Thanks @turbo_ls1_ss … and thanks for reminding me about the damn spiders, lol. Those and the little flies have me wanting to convert all the light bulbs on the boat to use something like these: http://zapplight.com/
So, for those who have been to the boat show in the past, do they actually have 30+ foot cruisers there, or is it mostly open-bow, ski, pontoon and PWC stuff?