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The Watercraft Journal By The Numbers: July 2017

“Oh, the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry”, is a modernized translation of from the original verse “The best laid...

Realigning To Rec-Lite: A Paradigm Shift In The Rental Market

Classical economics assumes that profit equals total revenue, minus total costs. Therefore, we can assume that PWC rental companies try to maximize their profit...

Join The Club: Jetski Fanatics Club

TJ Steward, President of the Jetski Fanatics Club wrote: "Jetski Fanatics is a PWC club that was started in the Upper Chesapeake Bay outside...

Vicious Rumors & Vile Gossip: Sea-Doo To Celebrate 50th Anniversary With 6 New Watercraft

It's incredible to think that we've gone nearly half a year without an episode of "Vicious Rumors & Vile Gossip" here at The Watercraft...

Join the Club: Tri State River Rats Powersports Club

"Our club was formed in 2000, in a riverside cabin at mile marker 597 on the Ohio River, in Louisville, Kentucky, by George and...

Join The Club: Middle Tennessee Personal Watercraft Club

Mike wrote, "Middle Tennessee Personal Watercraft Club (MTPWC) meets every month of the year, starting each year off in January with lunch and attending...

The Watercraft Journal By The Numbers: June 2017

Waitaminute. It's July? Already?! Yeah, that's how we're feeling right about now. We're officially on the backside of the year, both domestic racing series...

Join The Club: Swamp Kings

" riding club was founded approximately 1992 by now deceased Bill McLean, then-owner of Pacific Yamaha BMW and multi-time Canadian Motocross Champion. His legacy...

Yamaha Australia Builds The 2018 Yamaha EX WaveBlaster You Want But Can’t Have

Last year, Yamaha surprised all with a one-two punch combination, by first retiring the lauded FZ series runabouts and replacing them with the lighter,...

Seven Deadly Questions With Chris Saxon

The Watercraft Journal: Thanks for meeting with us, Chris . As one of the RIVA Racing Support Team racers, you made a big move...

The Incredible Hulk: Behind The Man Behind The Industry’s Most Successful Forum

My friendship with Jerry Gaddis all started with a friendly email warning me that I had really screwed up. In the final months before...

The Return of The King: Introducing The 2017 Kawasaki SX-R JetSki

Before going forward, let's take a minute and look back at how we got here, shall we? Just two years shy of the Kawasaki JetSki's...

Video: Kawasaki Teases All-New 4-Stroke 2017 SX-R Standup

OK, ladies and gentlemen. Here is the biggest news to hit the personal watercraft industry since, well...ever. Kawasaki, the company who first introduced the...

Debunking Myths & Better Understanding Sea-Doo’s Carbon Ring Seal

The haters. Oh boy, the haters. If the internet has taught us one thing, it's that people sure love to dump on stuff. For...

Gallery: Introducing The 2016 Yamaha WaveRunner Lineup

The 2016 model year marks three consecutive years where the Yamaha Motor Corporation has dramatically raised the bar. In 2014, Yamaha's Super High Output...

Yamaha Caught Testing JetFish WaveRunner Center Console PWC

For those of you already subscribing to The Watercraft Journal, you're already familiar with Yamaha's far-afield-of-normal open-bow, center console WaveRunner. What we originally deemed as...