Shuttlecraft Info

[Unknown]

Has anyone had any experience with a shuttlecraft? I know where there
is one for sale and I can pick it up with the trailer for $1500. I
believe it's a 1997 model. It currently has a 97 Seadoo GTI being
used with it. (I'm not getting the Seadoo GTI as I have a 96 GTX, so
there should be no "compatiblilty problem".)
I'm not looking for speed and will be using it mostly in a river where
it is calm. I basically would like to be able to load up a few people
and gear and cruise to a spot, unhook it and ride around with the
jetski or sometimes just leave it attached. I'm not expecting it to
be like a regular jet either. Any comments and suggestions would be
appreciated.
Thanks,
Bill
www.peaceriverflorida.com
www.peaceriverflorida.com

[Fiveforty]

There is a guy on our lake that has one with a ZXI and it works pretty well .
Goodluck.

[Matt Pollack]

My buddy toasted his motor using one those. It's a good concept, but he
had some sort of idea that he instantly had a high-po jet boat, so he was
running the thing wide open all of the time, placing a hell of a load on his
yamaha 700. I think that it would be good for your use, but it isn't to be
used like a real jet-boat every day.
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[nob...@noperwhere.net]

I know where you can get one FREE if you can get it off the bottom
where it split in two in a wake. Even has AM/FM/CD installed!

[Kelly Matchett]

Yeah, but have you heard any *bad* things about these you'd like to pass
on?
Kelly
;-)

[nob...@noperwhere.net]

On Fri, 12 Oct 2001 12:04:35 -0500, Kelly Matchett <fl...@wcnet.net>
wrote:

>Yeah, but have you heard any *bad* things about these you'd like to pass
>on?
>Kelly
>;-)
>

No more than that one that split open and a few burnt out ski motors
from the overload.

I dumped the Yam GrossPig 1200 back on them in '97 when it croaked and
they couldn't fix it. I bought a Sea Ray Sea Rayder F16XR2 with the
175 V-6 Mercury Sport Jet, in bright yellow and purple. I've yet to
regret doing so. The Rayder goes about 55 with me and a beach bunny
in it, loaded for the beach. It cruises around 40 burning only 10-12
gallons playing all day on its 25 gallon tank. Next time you're
hauling gas cans from the truck, think about that big 25 gallon tank.
I simply refill it at the gas station on the way home. My GP1200
burned 14g/hour thru it's 3 weedeater carbs at WOT. The big Sport Jet
has 5 circuit float carbs that lean out the mixture at medium throttle
settings very nicely. The pump is ALL METAL and very heavy duty. No
plastic parts to break. The cast aluminum, dual-outlet, reverse gate
can be dropped at full speed for air-brakes.

I think a Sport Jet-powered jetboat is a much better choice. I paid
$11,800 for mine, brand new, in 1997. Add up a PWC and Shuttlecraft
and two trailers to haul them and it's more money! The book price on
my Sea Rayder is still almost $10K.....not $1200....another issue.

Compare them. The little jetboats are a lot of fun and you can take
your FRIENDS AND THEIR STUFF!

larry

[WHardy1902]

>Has anyone had any experience with a shuttlecraft? I know where there
>is one for sale and I can pick it up with the trailer for $1500.

It's not going to be very fast, but then, you already knew that.
Carry extra gas, lots of it. Does it include gas cans?

Not a bad price if it's in good condition.

Life is not fair I tell ya, If life was fair, I would have been born rich,
Instead of so damned good lookin.

[nob...@noperwhere.net]

On 14 Oct 2001 04:31:17 GMT, whard...@aol.comdamspam (WHardy1902)
wrote:

>
>>Has anyone had any experience with a shuttlecraft? I know where there
>>is one for sale and I can pick it up with the trailer for $1500.
>
>It's not going to be very fast, but then, you already knew that.
>Carry extra gas, lots of it. Does it include gas cans?
>
>Not a bad price if it's in good condition.
>

I thought every sale discussed on rsj always included lots of gas
cans....(c;