Rjhoward32006
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creepycrawly said:My buddy scored a killer deal on a 2015 Yamaha VX Cruiser with 9 hours on it for $8,000. That's just more than I wanted to spend on a ski, but it's super nice. I was amazed at how much better the 3 seater handled open water.
Both yamaha and seadoo make great 4 stroke ski's. The entry level ski's that are affordable are great and usually indestructible.
Reason being the same motor is used for the highest hp boat they make it is usually just naturally aspirated, de-tuned, different intake grates, and impellers.
Thats what makes them so robust. Take a engine that will make 400hp and de tune it to 140 and you can't blow it up if you try.
Yamaha probably went to three cylinders for weight and to get a boat that is more on a level playing field for racing with seadoo, as they have ran 3 cyl for years now. It was always hard to get them on equal platforms for racing with one having alot more displacement