BRP revolutionized Sea-Doo when they brought their popular LinQ Accessory System from their other powersports line and applied it to Sea-Doo Watercraft. This opened the door of possibilities in the way in which riders will use their Sea-Doo and it quite literally enhances the #SeaDooLife.
You can now add this versatile LinQ to every Sea-Doo platform. Whether you want to go fishing, wakeboarding, add some extra storage, or even carry some extra fuel for the longer hauls, you can do it all by simply swapping out or adding that particular accessory.
Sea-Doo likes to think of this unique system as apps, but for your watercraft instead of your phone. For more information, you can check out Sea-Doo’s latest fun-filled facts below or head on over to their LinQ accessories page.
The LinQ accessory system allows Sea-Doo watercraft owners to enhance their Sea-Doo life. What ever they want to do on the water, the LinQ accessories allow them to do it further, longer, and with more of the things that they want with them.
The incredibly versatile LinQ accessory system is now available on all Sea-Doo platforms! The exclusive quick-attach rear cargo system is the best way to carry items on your Sea-Doo watercraft. LinQ allows riders to securely attach accessories in seconds and without tools. The available accessories include; Fuel Caddy, 4.2 gallon Cooler, 13.5 gallon fishing cooler with work surface and adjustable rod holders, sport bag, LinQ box, and retractable Ski Pylon. The LinQ accessories are virtually watercraft apps, what ever you want to do that day, simply plug-and-play.
The release of the Sea-Doo Fish Pro has been widely accepted throughout the industry and people seem to be running to dealerships to reel theirs in. The Fish Pro is yet another industry-first concept from Sea-Doo.
The PWC dedicated to fishing is actually helping to spawn fishing tournaments based around fishing from a personal watercraft. Actually, people have been fishing from PWC for a long time but the Fish Pro is making that concept easier and helping to expand the sport.
Traditionally if you wanted to go fishing on a PWC, you would have to purposely outfit it to do so. That included building or installing pre-fabricated fishing rod holders, attaching cooler systems, installing and setting up fish finders, ect.
Well with the Fish Pro, that is no longer necessary since all of those items come from the factory. Sea-Doo further expands on the newfound use of the Fish Pro in their April newsletter as seen below.
Sea-Doo Fishing ambassador Andrew Hill has been fishing from watercraft for a long time (actually 70% of all PWC owners in New Zealand use them for fishing) and has begun organizing PWC fishing tournaments. PWC tournaments are something that looks to expand in 2019 and beyond with the introduction of the first factory equipped for fishing watercraft in the Sea-Doo FISH PRO. Tournaments have been planned for waters in Delaware, Florida, Texas, and New Zealand.
The 2019 AquaX race season opened with a splash literally. Six-plus foot rollers that tossed around 800-pound runabouts like so many matchsticks kept the April season opener exciting, kept racers on the edge, and kept the safety crew on their toes. But high surf was not the only big attraction at Daytona earlier this month – a roster of some of the biggest names in the watercross world meant a weekend of nonstop battles where talent, courage, mechanical excellence and fortitude were tested – and where a small measure of insanity probably didn’t hurt.
While AquaX took a brief hiatus from the popular Daytona race site in 2018, kicking off last season instead at Miami Marine Stadium, race organizers and athletes alike were glad to return to Daytona.
“Daytona has always been a p1 favorite from the beginning. It was where the first AquaX race took place. We went to Miami Marine stadium last year because an opportunity opened up for us to be the first marine power sports promoter to return after 25 years of the stadium being abandoned,” explained AquaX’s Michelle Petro. “Daytona has always given us challenging and exciting water for the racers and it has not let us down. Partnering with the Hard Rock hotel was perfect and literally icing on the cake. We look forward to going back next year. They were amazing to work with.”
There was an almost palpable sense of anticipation in the weeks before P1-AquaCross kicked off it’s 2019 season at Daytona Beach. A racer-favorite venue, Daytona Beach is known for its unpredictable surf, its sundrenched shores and its wild nightlife, and where 24/7/365 racing, adrenaline and excitement is the name of the game. Social media threads were packed with surf predictions to marine life worries, and no small amount of smack talk.
True to form, Daytona, nor the racers, disappointed. Surf conditions that were not only sizeable, but choppy, gave riders a definitely challenge to overcome. Add in sizeable lines, especially in the amateur classes, and just lasting out the clock was an accomplishment.
“Not only are you reading the water, you have to try and navigate through 40 plus riders also,” said Amateur 300 class rider Christopher Landis. “Most people say to pace yourself, but you can’t with P1 because it’s so competitive. You have to ride 110% for 30 minutes, so it’s pretty much just pin it and charge!”
Conditions were brutal,” Brian Baldwin said. “The warriors came out on top”
While the Pro Enduro line was not as populated as the amature race, the roster read like a who’s-who of watercross, and even the first laps of moto 1 proved that this was going to be a battle of the titans. 2019 AquaX champion Chris MacClugage, multi-time world and national champion Brian Baldwin, equally-titled Eric Francis, the doubly-talented Aswar brothers, Aero and Aqsa.
Rising star and 2018 Kings Cup champion Christian Daly. Sophie Francis, Eric Lagopoulos, Dennis Mack – the 2019 AquaX season opener brought together a mind-boggling pool of talent rarely seen all together on the same line.
Bringing racing back to the basics is at the core of P1 AquaX’s model, and at the heart of why so many racers have become dedicated to the series, said Petro.
“I think that P1 brought PWC back to basics. We have 1 pro endure class, 2 am classes and a level playing field,” Petro told The Watercraft Journal earlier this week. “I think that P1 has stepped up the quality of the events as far as TV and social media which makes it appealing. We are conscience of the sporting side as well as needing to make the sport appealing commercially. I think we are almost there.”
While Daytona provided edge-of-your-beach chair racing, it also highlighted some improvements yet to be made, Petro acknowledged, saying that the high surf made scoring a challenge, but adding that P1 is working diligently on making improvements to rectify those problems.
We have actually tested several different types of scoring systems, all have had issues one way or another. We are still working on looking for the system that will be most reliable on a race track on the water with multiple riders in the area. Once we have nailed that down, I think AquaX will be taken to the next level.”
Petro also gave recognition to the AquaX safety team, who were tasked over the weekend with safeguarding riders as they rode the crashing waves – and sometimes got bucked off.
“The safety team were put to the test but they all worked hard and got the job done,” Petro said. “We have the best marshals in the business.”
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Official results were posted on the AquaX website late Monday, and top finishers in each class were: Pro Enduro
1st: Chris MacClugage/Yamaha GP1800
2nd: Brian Baldwin/Yamaha GP1800
3rd: Aqsa Aswar/Yamaha FX SVHO
Amateur 300
1st: Greg Radulski/Yamaha GP1800
2nd:Christopher Landis/Yamaha FX SVHO
3rd: Dave Davidson/Yamaha GP1800
Amateur 200
1st: Scott Reeves/Yamaha HO
2nd: Benjamin Mantel/Yamaha VXR
3rd: Frankie Mojica/Yamaha VXR
Pro Sprint (Ski 4-Stroke)
1st: Johnny Smith/Kawasaki SXR1500
2nd: Mouad Salhi/Kawasaki SXR1500
3rd: David Cabrera/Kawasaki SXR1500
Sprint SE (Spark, EX)
1st: Eric Lagopoulos/Yamaha EX
2nd: Jason Lester/Yamaha EX
3rd: Tory Snyder/Yamaha EX
Sport GP/Spec
1st: Billy Dearman/Yamaha Waveblaster
2nd: Shawn Reynolds/Yamaha Waveblaster
3rd: Johnny Smith/Yamaha Waveblaster
Sea-Doo has a lot to be excited about lately and one of their celebrations this year is the tenth anniversary of Intelligent Brake & Reverse (iBR). That’s right, it’s been ten years since the release of their original version iBR system.
This system was and to this day is still so celebrated that it was awarded innovation in boating safety award from the United States Coast Guard back in 2009 when it was debuted. Those of you familiar with iBR know that it makes for effortless control and maneuvering of your Sea-Doo and gives a more enjoyable ride.
To read more about this moment in Sea-Doo history and to see even more about the latest 3.0 version of the iBR system, we have placed the full press release below. As always, be sure to check out Sea-Doo.com for more scoop on the latest watercraft.
Sea-Doo Enjoys A Decade Of More Control As Intelligent Brake & Reverse (iBR) Turns Ten
It’s hard to believe Sea-Doo introduced the first, and to this day, only on-water braking system for a PWC over ten years ago with the introduction of the Intelligent Brake & Reverse (iBR) system. It was 2009 when the United States Coast Guard (USCG) awarded Sea-Doo with their innovations in boating safety recognition at the Miami Boat Show. Now Sea-Doo watercraft are equipped* with the third generation of iBR.
The Sea-Doo iBR system provides riders with greater control making docking and loading easier. The Sea-Doo with iBR starts in neutral, shifts to forward, to reverse, and back to neutral with out ever having to take your hands off of the handlebars and eyes off of the environment. The braking system stops the watercraft in a shorter distance than any other system, a full 100 feet sooner than a watercraft with out the system at 50 mph.* Now Sea-Doo offers iBR 3.0 that stops quicker, flatter, and provides greater control in tight quarter situation. We enjoy a decade of making the Sea-Doo life easier, more fun, and safer. A look at the original video. https://youtu.be/JDGaQ-dT1yA
No really, you can score a Kickback PWC chair for $99 bucks. That’s the cheapest they’ve ever sold one – and it’s still the single-most well-built lounging accessory you could ever buy for your personal watercraft.Designed to last and made from anodized aluminum with stainless steel hardware, the Kickback chair can withstand the brutality of salt water, won’t ruin your ski’s traction mats thanks to its oversized, rubberized Vektorflex feet, and can support up to 225-pounds.
And if you’re still unwilling to pony up the cash for a new Kickback chair, you can win one for free exclusively from The Watercraft Journal by entering our giveaway – but you better because time is running out fast. All you need to do is click here, read the instructions and submit your entry to the email address. It’s that easy! Otherwise, watch the video below to get excited about the best new accessory for PWC since the second passenger!
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 a 2018 Sea-Doo RXT-X 300. Since the ST3 platform was first released, a lot of gripes about fuel consumption sprung up. Yet, when Sea-Doo released the 2019 Fish Pro this year with a 18.5 gallon fuel tank and many asked, “Can that tank be retrofitted into all ST3 models (both 2018 and 2019)?” The answer is yes! But with some slight modification, of course.
So with that said, here is the breakdown of what parts we needed to convert our 2018 RXT-X – and any ST3 hull Sea-Doo – to the Fish Pro’s larger fuel tank! First, you’ll need the 2019 Fish Pro Fuel Tank (PT# 275500997); the 2019 Fish Pro Fuel Tank Filler Neck Hose (PT# 275500999); and the 2019 Sea-Doo Front Storage Compartment Bucket Bin Compartment (PT# 264000144).
Above: Here you can plainly see the differences between the 2018 and 2019 (and up) ST3 storage bins. The concave bin on the left is the 2019 (and up) unit, while the flat-sided bin is the 2018. This relief is to fit the larger 18.5-gallon fuel cell.
Above: Of course, here are the fuel tanks in question; the 15.9-gallon 2018 model being on the left and the 2019 (and up) 18-5 gallon tank on the right. We will show you all of the steps necessary to fit the new 18.5-gallon tank in your 2018 and 2019 ST3 models.
Above: With the seats and access panel off, we removed the three pop rivets in the front; one on each side of leg panels and dead center of the front seat.
Now, if you own a 2019 model, you do not need to order the storage container as all 2019 models come with the redesigned “slanted” storage container. So that’s one less item you need being you already have it. Also note that for the storage bin, you will need to remove the foam seal strip from the 2018 bin and place it in the 2019 once installed in craft. This is fairly straightforward install; most semi-mechanically minded folks can do it themselves in 4-to-5 hours in the comfort of their own home.
First and foremost, the seats were removed and the access panel unbolted. After that, we removed the three pop rivets in the front; one on each side of leg panels and dead center of the front seat. We removed those with flat head screw driver but you should probably use a rivet removal tool. Also as seen in the picture there is more of the same bolts you removed from access panel. Well, they have the same T30 head, but just are a different type of screw. Try and keep them all separated and managed for the re-installation.
Above left: We also needed to remove our BRP Premium Sound System speakers, which was thankfully pretty simple. Above center and right: With the speakers removed, we could begin unbolting the storage bin.
Above: We looped a strap around the handlebars and a rafter in our garage to keep the storage lid from falling down.
Above: With the bin removed, you have unfettered access to the factory air box, filler neck, fuel lines and fuel tank. Above right: Next we siphoned all of the fuel out of the factory 15.9-gallon fuel tank.
For those with speakers, you’ll be relieved to know that the speakers are fairly simple to remove. They have one bolt at the top and in the bottom where the grille is. We found that there is a hole for a large long flat head screwdriver to go into. This accesses the pop rivet that needs to be pressed to remove the speakers. It’s fairly simple once you get it, but takes some forcing. Once they are pressed down and out of the way, you’ll find more T30 bolts holding the panels on – and also silver bolts 8mm head for removing the panels. All easy to access with proper extensions on the drill or hand socket.
Now comes the removal of 2018 storage compartment. The new bin was molded with an angled wall to make room for the 18.5 gallon tank, as the tank itself is longer. We removed all the T30 screws holding the compartment down. We also slid the front panel out of the way that snaps on to the exterior once the bolts were removed.
Above left: Reaching the 4 straps holding the 15.9-gallon tank down is straightforward but challenging given their position and tension. Above center and right: With the tank unstrapped, the fuel lines and filler neck can be disconnected and the tank removed with relative ease.
Above: While this next step isn’t mandatory, we think anyone who owns a Sea-Doo would be most grateful for: We removed the filler neck from the old tank (which we chose to re-use in the new 18.5-gallon tank) and bent the float arm down a bit so the low fuel buzzer no longer comes on at 5 gallons! It now comes on at 2.5 gallons! No more dreaded buzzer with ¼ tank of fuel left!
At the same time, we had to unscrew the shock from the mounting base in the storage compartment. That’s fairly simple; just snip the two small zip ties top and bottom and slide the rubber boot up, grab the shock and unscrew off the base. Then you can reach the one T30 bolt head and move the lid up and out of the way! For stabilizing it we took a tow strap and looped it around the handle bars and tied it off. This secured it up out of the way.
Now we had to siphon all of the fuel out of the 15.9-gallon tank. With the ski now empty, we were able to remove the tank. We began by removing the filler neck, unplugging the tank and removing the fuel supply line. The line snaps on-and-off but word of caution: the line could be pressurized. So have a towel and/or some rags handy to immediately place over the end of the line in case any fuel comes pouring out.
Above: Rather than purchasing new foam specifically molded to the new tank, we saved a few bucks by manually trimming the foam base to fit the longer tank.
Above: Like the foam base, which the tank sits on, the front lip of the tank also rests on the forward foam pads. These needed to be shaved down at an angle to fit the front of the tank. This took some trial fitting, requiring us to drop in and remove the tank a few times to get the shape right.
Above left: With our foam finally shaped correctly to the contour of the tank, we were able to finally install the tank for the last time. Above center: The reshaped tank also requires a new filler neck. Above right: With the straps attached, we were ready to reverse our steps and put our RXT-X 300 back together.
Once you’ve pushed all of hoses to the side, the smaller stock tank slides right out the giant compartment. Beneath it we found the foam that the tank rested on needed to be removed and slightly altered to fit the larger tank. The front lip of the foam tray needed to be cut with a sharp knife. We also shaved the front foam to allow perfect fit of the new 18.5 gallon tank. Remember this tank is longer, so we had to test fit it a few times to make sure everything was shaved perfectly and fit properly.
With our foam properly shaved to fit the new larger fuel tank, we had to install the four rubber straps. With that said, we began retracing our steps by hooking up the fuel line, installing the new re-angled filler neck tube, and of course, the new 2019-and-up center storage compartment bin. We are excited to extend our day with these 3 extra gallons of fuel, and who knows, maybe add an extra 15 miles of riding (conditions permitting, of course). Thank you to Sea-Doo for expediting these to the best Jersey Shore Dealer around, East Dover Marina and getting us these in a expedited time and price!
“What am I doing here?” a chattered, rubbing my together vigorously over the gas fire pit. The attempt to warm myself against the bristling late-winter gusts blowing across the Tampa Bay was wholly in vain. The Clearwater/St. Petersburg area was being blasted by some unseasonable weather that plummeted the temperatures and whipped in waves of stinging rain. And here I was standing on the sugary white sand trying to regain a little circulation in my extremities.
Mid-March means making my annual trek from Nashville, Tennessee to the Watercraft Superstore headquarters in Clearwater, Florida for the annual Skyway Ski Show. Carrie and Stephanie had alerted me that “things were going to be a little different this year” but not to what extent. The event’s format of inviting 6 guest judges to ride and evaluate a sampling of latest personal watercraft models hadn’t changed – The Watercraft Journal had even played a role in selecting one.
Earlier in the year, we invited readers to “like,” “comment” and “share” a post on The Watercraft Journal‘s Facebook page to qualify to win the prize of being a guest judge. Bobby Sessom earned the honor and was more than happy to join the show. The selection of craft though, has thinned. Kawasaki opted to back out for 2019; leaving Sea-Doo and Yamaha. The latter brought out an EXR, GP1800R and FX Limited SVHO. Sea-Doo presented a Spark Trixx, RXP-X 300 and Fish Pro.
Ultimately, the judges were asked to evaluate the brands’ top tier Rec Lite entries as well as their respective muscle craft offerings. In addition to some new swanky JetPilot wetsuits, gloves and side-entry vests, each judge was provided with SBT slip-on booties, SeaSpec shades, and a clipboard with a whole lot of paperwork to fill out. Evaluating a new machine takes much more than a thumbs up or down, but some well developed though and consideration. Apparently, I make it look easy.
I had ventured down to help facilitate, drive skis from the launch ramp to the beach and back, and generally be a help where I can. Retired WCJ contributor Kurt NgSaye stepped in to snap pictures, while representatives from Yamaha, Sea-Doo and Cycle Springs Powersports were present to provide walk-arounds of each unit, detailing their respective features and characteristics.
Water levels were low around Whiskey Joe’s beach-side restaurant, and riders were cautioned to follow channel buoys as close as possible. Of course, I did not follow this council and rightly ran the Fish Pro (y’know, the only ski there with the dedicated depth gauge) into 1-foot deep water. A short, laborious walk back unstuck the big Sea-Doo; and I returned to the shore to applause and laughter. This was not a great start, I thought.
Thankfully, the night before was fantastic, as it usually always is. The food was phenomenal, the company even better. Again, the annual pilgrimage is one of my favorites. Equally, the evening marked the Watercraft Superstore’s and Pickren Community Outreach Program’s presentation of Oldsmar Cares; a local outreach that “provide[s] stop gap rent and utility assistance, a food pantry, and a clothes closet – at no cost – to those in need in the greater Oldsmar area.”
Oldsmar Cares has added health screenings and dental services to children over the past decade, which simply put them over the top. For their efforts, WCSS and Pickren Community Outreach Program awarded them $5,000, and invited one of their team members to be a guest judge for the day. Steal gray skies and wafting sheets of rain nearly spelled doom for the day, but the rain ceased long enough for head judge Jeff Hemmel to guide the group through a short predetermined route, allowing riders to stop and trade craft intermittently.
Even without Mother Nature’s cooperation, the Skyway Ski Show managed to perform without much of a hitch. Yet, there was one more change still left on the table. For 2019, the Watercraft Superstore won’t be publishing its massive annual catalog. Rather, all of those products, the individual evaluations, the final analysis and awarding of “SBT’s Watercraft of The Year” will be announced on WCSS’ website and social media channels. So if you’re dying to find out who won, you’re gonna have to like and subscribe their pages.
When one thinks of personal watercraft it’s not often that functioning brakes and computer-controlled reverse systems come to mind. While not the first to offer a functioning braking system, Yamaha’s RiDE Dual Throttle Control system provides the vehicle operator supreme control over their watercraft’s ability to slow, stop and maneuver through tight confines.
Introduced for the 2015 model lineup, Yamaha’s answer to Sea-Doo’s iBR (Intelligent Brake & Reverse) features a unique approach to swiftly engaging reverse; safely and smartly bringing the watercraft to a halt; and operating the craft in small spaces like docks, launch ramps and more. Moreover, Yamaha added in new features like slowed acceleration to offer even more.
Unlike Sea-Doo’s entry that uses the left trigger to toggle through Neutral and Reverse gears and the right throttle strictly as an accelerator; Yamaha’s Dual Throttle system, RiDE allows the driver near-identical thrust through the left throttle (not “trigger”) without ever touching the right-hand throttle. While Sea-Doo’s iBR does offer some thrust when in reverse, Yamaha’s RiDE control can aptly dislodge a ski from its trailer bunks or off of a floating dock all with the left-hand throttle.
Additionally, if the right-hand throttle input is greater than the RiDE lever input, the difference of the two inputs will be what is delivered in forward momentum. That means that you could have the right-hand (ie. forward) throttle maxed at 100-percent with the left-hand RiDE throttle at 50-percent, and only move forward at 50-percent; essentially providing means of drag, which we’ve used to slow down prior to making an aggressive turn around a buoy.
And similar to iBR, RiDE permits the WaveRunner to begin in Neutral, so that the craft won’t leap forward when started. To exit Neutral, either squeeze the right-hand throttle to move Forward, or hold down the left-hand RiDE throttle to move in Reverse. (Releasing the RiDE returns the PWC to Neutral.) Because neither systems from Yamaha or Sea-Doo change how the engine operates, nor do they have transmissions, all changes of operation are actualized by the reverse bucket.
Yamaha took great care to shape its reverse buckets so that they could offer substantial drag sufficient enough to safely slow the craft from top speed to zero without jolting the rider or pitching the craft forward. Side ports offer outlets for thrust to be diverted left and right to swing the craft’s tail deftly, enabling the craft to rotate in a near-zero point turn. These differences don’t necessarily elevate one system over the next, but do help to delineate one system from the other.
Before anyone gets too excited, the vehicle you see before you is a concept vehicle. What it is not is a prototype or even a proof of concept. The unit is hollow, void of running gear, powertrain or little else other than that which is necessary to power the very attractive LED lights on display (that just so happen to be 100-percent illegal per maritime law). Now, with that out of the way, let’s talk about the bomb that hydrogen-electric transportation (ie. trucking) manufacturer Nikola Motors dropped on the powersports industry on Tuesday night at a press event in Arizona, which we were in attendance.
What Nikola Motors CEO Trevor Milton called the “future of watercraft,” is not what we had been expecting. Back in November 2017, Nikola bought Free Form Factory outright, including bringing on the upstart’s innovative founder and CEO Jordan Darling on as Vice President of Nikola Powersports. Free Form made waves with its all-electric, zero-emissions Gratis X1 standup. In collaboration with the Lawlor Brothers, Darling designed and shaped a standup ski that could rightly compete in the surf as well as be playful and forgiving on flatwater as well.
Above: Not to nitpick, but riding PWC at night, regardless of running lights, is illegal in most of the US per USCG. Moreover, headlamps and taillights are not in co-ordinance with proper maritime lighting rules, also a big no-no. While it looks like a sportbike, it won’t be allowed on the water as-is.
Darling also brought to the table his “Hulklite” patent, a thermoformed plastic material three-and-a-half times stronger than fiberglass, of his own design. The 46-horsepower electric ski topped off at a respectable 46mph in flat, ideal conditions all with a battery life of 30-65 minutes (depending upon usage). Nevertheless, once Nikola bought up Free Form Factory, the Gratis disappeared. We had hoped it would return during Tuesday’s reveal, but instead received the new WAV (pronounced “wave” but missing the necessary phonetic “ā”).
The WAV concept revealed itself brandishing features like a waterproof 12-inch, 4K display in the dashboard, the aforementioned LED lights in the front and back, and cruise control. Venturing up close, the bars showed a left-hand reverse lever hinting towards an onboard braking system as well. Interestingly, the upper deck of the WAV is similar to that of a Sea-Doo Spark, made from an unpainted polymer plastic (which we presume to be Darling’s Hulklite) in a three-point configuration, permitting a “bow-to-stern storage tunnel” for wakeboards or short waterskis.
Above: These two images show a better look at the open top deck design and how the hollowed-out deck allows for open storage of wakeboards or skis, although we didn’t see the necessary tow eye or tower to tow a skier.
Darling, vice president of Nikola’s powersports division who limped out nursing a mending broken leg, boasted, “This watercraft defies the norm and creates a new standard.” No information was given that night (or the next day or published on Nikola Powersports’ website) pertaining to weight or dimensions, but Darling did speak towards “a completely new adaptable battery architecture that Nikola developed specifically for watercraft.” What that specifically means is anyone’s guess. Battery life? Power output? Top speed? Means of recharging? All of that was left unanswered.
Equally, no hints were given towards expected price; only that the company was already taking reservations and is supposed to arrive sometime in the early 2020s. This absence of pertinent information left us to speculate – primarily for the worst, particularly as Nikola’s all-electric 590-horsepower four-wheeled side-by-side called the NZT was announced for 2021 with a starting price of …*deep breath*… $80,000. Sure it is equipped more like a luxury car than an off-roader, with an HVAC system and two big digital displays, but eighty grand? Yeah, that’s going to be a tough one for folks to swallow. Given that exchange rate, we’re speculating that the WAV could debut with a pricetag upwards of $40,000 – and that is just a bridge too far.
Final observations of the concept vehicle showed three-place adjustable sponsons hugging the hull far too close to be truly functional, a nearly chineless hull design with sharp leading strakes, and a low, nearly cushionless bench reminiscent of a sport bike. This pairs with the very low-set handlebars that reside below a chin pad making standup riding almost impossible. The nose shows no sign of being able to open for bow storage, and the aforementioned chin pad didn’t look like it contained a glovebox beneath. We also noted the very Sea-Doo inspired, faux teak traction mat on the tail.
In its current form, the WAV is a two-seater at best. The footwells are wide and angled, ideal for positioning the rider forward, up and over the low-slung handlebars. Cursory glimpses at the hull looks somewhat similar to early WaveBlasters just in larger form. Again, there is just a gaping vacuum of needful information making Nikola’s concept vehicle titillating for sure, but nothing to bank on. We’re still years away from seeing the electric side-by-side come to fruition, so christening the WAV the “future” is still extraordinarily premature.
Attention all Yamaha WaveRunner owners: Broward Motorsports Racing is proud to announce that they are now carrying WORX Racing SHO/SVHO Intercoolers. This Worx Intercooler is made to help Yamaha’s 1.8L supercharged motor gain more horsepower.
With WORX’s new design offering much better flow than the OEM Intercooler, owners can expect to see an increase of 45 horsepower depending on the application. This intercooler was designed to handle up to 500 horsepower, so if you are thinking of going big, this is a must. The way this intercooler is able to increase the horsepower is because of internal core and the upright design. The internal core is about twice as big as the OEM intercooler which translates to a better flow of air. This is ideal in a high boost application as you want to increase the overall RPM of your motor but do it reliably without anything getting too hot.
In fact, Worx’s claims that this intercooler can lower the intake air temperature by 72 degrees Fahrenheit. That is music to my ears. The upright design allows the water to come from the bottom and on its way to the top, cools the air making it more dense to help the overall performance of the motor. The denser air allows the engine to produce more horsepower.
The Worx Racing SHO/SVHO Intercoolers is offered as a kit with everything you need for $980.00. The kit includes a removable and adjustable Blow-Off Valve, silicone hoses that have been formed for their desired place in the engine bay, all hardware and brackets and the Cooling Upgrade Kit. The Cooling Upgrade Kit provides an additional water line to the intercooler and an additional line to the engine block for decreasing the engine cores overall temperature. While this is a steep price for a kit, the increase in reliable horsepower shows the true value of this kit. WORX Racing is a trusted company who has been around since 1996.
Broward Motorsports Racing is offering two deals right now. If you buy the WORX’s Intercooler through their website, you will receive 10% off of your order and free shipping since anything over $125 from Broward’s ships for free.
The PWC dedicated to fishing is actually helping to spawn fishing tournaments based around fishing from a personal watercraft. Actually, people have been fishing from PWC for a long time but the Fish Pro is making that concept easier and helping to expand the sport.
