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Gallery: Six Ways to Deter Watercraft Theft

Personal watercraft are now staples in garages and boat lifts all over the world due to their ever growing fun and convenience. With popularity...

Maintenance Is Mandatory, Not Recommended

Taking proper care of your personal watercraft is a great way to improve the longevity of your motor. Just like a car, doing oil...

Gallery: Accessorizing a 2019 Sea-Doo Wake Pro 230 to The Maximum (Video)

When Sea-Doo introduced the all-new full-sized ST3 platform back in late 2017, one of the key attributes that all of the designers and engineers...

Gallery: Easy Detailing Tips to Look Good All Summer Long

Oh the pains we take to look good. Nobody likes their ski looking like it was just pulled out of the sideyard, especially when...

Gallery: The Great Sea-Doo 18.5-Gallon Fuel Tank Upgrade

It was a rainy Saturday on the Jersey Shore when two friends, Tommy Branella and Jason Frank, decided to perform a fuel tank swap on...

Gallery: Installing a Raymarine Axiom 7 Chartplotter & Transducer on a ’19 Yamaha FX HO

Yamaha rattled a few cages when it announced its partnership with accessory king RAM Mounts for its entire 2019 FX WaveRunner lineup. Replacing the...

Gallery: Sea-Doo RXT-X 300 50 Hr. Service & RIVA Racing SCOM Installation

Getting the optimal performance out of your supercharged personal watercraft really isn't all that difficult – that is, if you follow the guidelines outlined...

Get Your Exclusive Salt Series Packages At Cycle Springs

Purchasing a new watercraft can bring a huge investment in fun and excitement. After spending the money on the unit(s) that you want though,...

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...

Video: Get A Lifetime Engine Warranty With Cycle Springs Powersports

It seems these days that many of the car dealerships offer some sort of lifetime engine or powertrain warranty, guaranteeing you a worry-free ownership...

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...