anyone run Seadoos?

In the 90s My buddies were pretty serious Jet-Ski (stand up type) riders.
I bought a really nice 550 and would occasionally go with them. But no one else I knew liked them (girls) because they have a bit of a learning curve to get through.

So I found a Sea-Doo GTX three seater in immaculate condition. It was great! Very fast & the three seater was very stable even when just floating. Not as much fun as the stand up but everyone else loved it! LOVED IT! Especially ladies (now the effect on females is a totally different topic). No problems ever. Gas, oil & just to make sure I put a new battery in every year.

But Very dangerous! If you were going 40 MPH & let off of the throttle you would still go perfectly straight no matter how much you turned the handlebars. I always made everyone drive it and with me sitting right behind them and I made them go full speed then totally let off the throttle and turn as hard as possible. It was always a shock to them to be going that fast and then have the steering have zero effect on direction. Everyone was shocked even though I had just told them.

Sold both the stand up & GTX to a friends buddy almost 20 years ago, I think my buddy still uses it at his dad’s cottage.

Then a few years later around 2006 I found someone selling two Sea-Doos, one a GTX three seater and a Sp “two seater”. I was the only one that liked the Sp, it was really a one person deal and very tippy when at idle or not running. AND a big pain for an adult to get in it in deep water. When my then wife was pregnant I knew they wouldn’t be used for a few years so I sold them.

So my advice:
Try them - see how Stable they are while floating and how hard they are to get on in deep water. The Sea-Doo three seaters were great for this. I bought a tiny rope ladder for the GTX but I never needed it.
I would get another Sea-Doo.
Condition is everything. I was super lucky to find the ones I bought in immaculate well cared for condition.
And be super cautious with them. Think of them as 50 MPH chain saws.