This year at the Detroit Boat Show I spent some time looking at PWC's (jet skis). There were only 2 brands represented at the show Sea Doo and Yamaha. I did price out a Yamaha and it came in around $9000. I didn't price out a Sea Doo. May do that next year.

The reason I am considering buying one of these is the operational costs. Last season I took my boat out generally once a week. A ride around Grosse Ile in the Detroit River would usually burn at least $100 worth of fuel. I figure I could do the same in a PWC for quite a bit less.

One of the plus's is there is a launch ramp at my marina and it is free to use for those of us who dock our boats there so that would be one cost of operation of a PWC that would be basicly 0.

The reason I did not buy this year is I still have 4 payments left on the Carver and I did not want 2 "boat" payments going on at the same time so the decision to wait until next year should I decide to do it.

The question is, which one, Yamaha or Sea Doo. The consensus of those whom I have spoken with so far is go with the Yamaha. I was just curious as to which one members here would prefer. I guess the other question would be are there any other PWC manufacturers in the market I should look at.

Anyway, I appreciate your opinions.