I'm interested in buying a Jet Boat to wakeskate behind in Orlando and was hoping to get some opinions from you guys on these boats. <BR> <BR>How fuel efficient are they? Do they tend to have more or less problems than normal non-jet boats? <BR> <BR>Which company makes the best ones? I heard some negative stuff about SeaDoo boats... is this true? <BR> <BR>I was specifically interested in a Yamaha LX2000 I saw for $11,000. <BR> <BR>Any info at all is much appreciated!!

Jetboats are great, they serve a purpose, just not wakeboarding or skating IMHO.

Jetboats are to wakeboarding as Smoking is to being pregnant

jet boats are ok if u want to hit rails only or work on surface tricks with a wakeskate...but i think thats about it.. <BR>dont know about fuel efficient though

For 11k, I would much rather have an old inboard. If you get serious about boardsports, you will regret the jetboat.

i agree with lt, but if you need a jet for just that, thats what wave runners are for. pick up a used one, they are great for shallow water rails.

I had a Yamaha LS2000. It would be good for wakeskating. 270hp twin engines. They drink just as much gas as a semi-loaded wakeboat. Mine had a 40 gallon tank. <BR> <BR>Very fun boats.

the twin engines have been known to have more problems than the single engines, GET A SINGLE if you're going to get one.

I have a buddy w/ a wake edition jet boat and no matter how much weight he puts in it it still wont produce much of a wake and the shape of the wake sucks

do not get a sea doo wake edition yamahas are alot more dirable if you go to a jet ski rental place they will most likely have yamahas because there so durable the best thing about the sea doo is the board racks

A bit oversimplified but this would be the general rank order of different boats for producing wakes. <BR> <BR>V-drive > D-drive > I/O > Outboard > Jet Boat > PWC > Pontoon. <BR> <BR>For 11K I would look into an a barely used I/O or an older d-drive. All the boats have their advantages, but the jet drives are pretty far down there in producing a wake.