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Okay, so, you know, we've been talking about this the last few weeks, off and on,

that Mike the Mariner's looking for, I don't know, kind of like a runabout,

a step bigger than a dinghy.

You know, he has this thing called, what's the two-seater thing called again that you have right now?

I have a Craig Cat that we're using as a mini tender, I'll call it.

Yes, and it's worked for you quite well, but you were looking for something a little bit bigger,

more maybe even traditional that you could do a little bit more than just two people

or maybe a little bit of stash of stuff, right, as far as a dinghy on your bigger vessel.

Yes.

So when we're on a normal, you know, weekend cruise or three- or four-day cruise

and it's just Colleen and me, the Craig Cat's fine.

It's perfect.

It's two seats, a 30-horsepower outboard, so we can go pretty far and pretty fast,

you know, 25 miles away if we want to, if the weather's right.

Yeah.

But if we have guests and, say, we're going to a restaurant,

then we've got to, you know, shuttle one person at a time because one person has to drive the car.

Craig Cat.

Yeah.

And if it's five people, then you're, you know, five trips to the dock and back out to wherever you're anchored.

So we are thinking about a larger boat that is a good, stable tow behind.

And you've mentioned Boston Whalers before, which you could end up dropping a good amount of money for

if you want a decent one.

But there's another one we wanted to throw at you.

I was talking to Barry the Boater right before the show today.

And we've talked about this relatively new style of vessel from, you know, in the last couple of years.

Some people really love it.

Some people think they're hideous.

But it's from Sea-Doo.

So, right?

Okay.

It's called the Switch or the Switchback.

What is it again, Barry?

Okay.

Well, what's happening is this 2025 Sea-Doo has two new boats coming out.

One's called the Sea-Doo Fish Pro Apex, which is basically a wave runner.

That's set up for fishing, which is pretty cool because I've seen them out.

Something similar.

Homemade versions of that.

People take their Sea-Doo wave runner and they put a cooler in the back and they put on rocket launchers and rod holders and all that.

It's like a wave runner, personal watercraft on steroids.

Yeah.

Like if, for example, if you were to build one for just scuba diving, you could probably put in a couple of tank racks in the back and do something like that.

Yeah.

I bet you could.

This is another type of Sea-Doo.

You've heard of the Switch.

We talked about it in the past.

It's in a unique boat.

It looks like it's made out of Legos.

Well, basically what they did is they took their wave runner, they took their Sea-Doo and basically created a pontoon boat around it.

Yes.

So it has the controls.

Yeah.

It has the controls of a wave runner.

It does have the engine, the Rotex engine of a wave runner.

Or a Sea-Doo.

We probably should say Wave Runners or Yamaha, right?

No.

Wave Runner is just a generic name like Tissue versus Kleenex.

I think, yeah, it's Yamaha Wave Runner.

It's a wave.

Sea-Doo.

Yeah.

Sea-Doo is their brand.

Wave Runner, Sea-Doo, Jet Ski, those are all brand names.

Maybe.

People use Jet Ski like Coca-Cola.

Right.

And a Jet Ski is, yeah, but a Jet Ski is not even a wave runner because you actually have to put it in a boat.

You actually stand on a Jet Ski.

Wow, this is true.

That's the thing where you stand up and it has the handlebar and you actually ride it while you're standing.

Yeah.

Whereas the Wave Runner is you're sitting on it with two or three people sometimes.

Right.

But I think in that, I do believe.

I don't know.

We'll find out.

I think that's a Yamaha brand.

But anyway, Sea-Doo.

Anyhow, so Sea-Doo has.

They're one and a half dozen of the other, right?

Right.

So they have this thing called the Switch.

They came out with it a couple years ago.

Some people loved it.

I thought it was pretty innovative.

I mean, like you said, it kind of looks a little, you know, on the cheap side, but, you know.

It's not cheap.

Well, it's not cheap, but for what you're getting, it's pretty efficient and easy to operate.

You know, people familiar with Sea-Doos and Wave Runners would have no problem operating a vessel like this.

Right.

You know, that's what the market they were going for, I think, was.

And they have a new one called the, well, it may not be that new,

but they have one.

It's a new one called the Switch Compact and the Switch Sport, as well as the Switch Cruise.

So I guess it depends on how it's laid out.

But they range in length from 13 feet to 21.

You're looking for a 13 or 14-foot boat.

Or 21, for that matter.

Well, that might be too big to tow, but this one looks towable, number one.

Number two, it has more of a beam than the Boston Whaler.

I'm not trying to turn you off to the Boston Whaler.

I know they're beautiful boats.

And if you can find the one you're looking for with all the teak wood and polished and all that stuff,

you're going to just, you know, give your left kidney for that one.

Well, or he could go with this new 25, you know, the one they're coming out with next year,

the Switch Fish, which has two fishing lounge chairs or two fishing chairs on the front of the pontoon,

like, you know, Sea-Doo boat that they've got.

And it will give you more options and more seats, for that matter.

If he decides to go fishing.

Yeah.

But, I mean, what they're doing is they're taking a certain size boat and they're adding features and taking away features.

So, do you want one where you can carry your friends around to different places?

You can still go to a beach.

You could beach the boat.

You wouldn't have to worry about it.

It's a plastic boat like mine.

True.

So, you're not going to hurt it.

I mean, you know, obviously, you never want to scratch.

But, trust me, after you scratch it a few times, you don't really notice anymore.

That's right.

I don't know.

What do you think?

So, these are jet-powered.

Right.

And the top deck is kind of configured like a pontoon boat, right?

Yep.

Correct.

It's like a deck boat.

Yep.

And then it has, yeah.

I think I've seen a couple of those on the river.

Yeah, they're interesting.

I wonder how they would be, you know, with extended technology.

I mean, you know, if you're going up the eastern seaboard and towing a tender, you know, all the way up to, I don't know, New York or even points north.

Right.

You're talking about for rain or stormy weather?

Or weight?

Right.

Yeah.

No, not weight.

I'm not worried about weight.

I can, the weight's not the issue.

But, you know, what's the interior made from?

Will it be okay in the sun for extended periods of time?

Things like that.

Mm-hmm.

Because once we're, you know, this boat that I'm planning to get, well, it's not going to replace the CraigCat.

The CraigCat will just be used for different things.

Right.

But, you know, it'll be a boat that will be out in the sun for extended periods of time on a long trip, things like that.

So, I guess the question is how seaworthy would it be in that regard?

I would think, I mean, these Sea-Doos are pretty hardcore, aren't they?

I mean, that's what they're designed to put up with the abuse of beating up.

You know, up against waves and the outdoor elements and things.

I don't think that would be an issue.

And it's made out of that.

I mean, it looks like that hardcore.

It looks like it's polyethylene.

The length on one of them is 12 foot 8 inches.

The beam is 7 foot 8.

It weighs 1,738 pounds.

That's 29 gallons of fuel.

And the base engine is a 100 horsepower gas type engine.

Never buy the base engine.

Well, I mean, I don't know if they have a bigger engine.

I mean, yeah, obviously.

I understand what you're saying.

Actually, I did see one.

I don't know if I still have a picture of it.

I didn't quite realize it was a boat until I got up right behind it.

And I'm looking at it.

And it was a Sea-Doo.

And it was one of these.

Well, and it steers like a Sea-Doo, right?

It has handlebar type thing.

Well, it has that handlebar type thing.

But if you look at it, I sent you some pictures of it.

It has a lot of seating.

So, it's very comfortable.

I mean, if you want to, again, if you're going to,

how many people would you normally,

have on Silhouette if you were to go out on an overnight cruise

or whatever you do?

Oh, on an overnight, just, you know, maybe another couple.

And if they have a kid, you know.

Five, six people tops probably, huh?

On an overnight.

But on a day cruise, we've had 15 people on the boat before.

Oh, okay.

Well, I'm looking at it.

You could squeeze them on there.

I'm seeing.

Well, it's a lot better than the Craig Cat.

Six seats at least.

Right.

Yeah, true.

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Okay, so we sent our crack team, our team on crack, to get the answers about Sea-Doo,

Yamaha, and Jet Ski.

So Jet Ski is, who'd we say?

Kawasaki.

Kawasaki owns Jet Ski.

All right.

Yes.

Yamaha does own Wave Runner.

That's their thing.

And Sea-Doo, they call them Sea-Doo.

They're owned by Bombardier, I believe, still.

Yeah.

But Sea-Doo is their slogan.

And the generic name is Personal Watercraft.

Right.

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Or as Mike likes to call them.

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I have an idea.

It's possible.

You could see, are there any...

At your marina around there or anywhere around there, could you rent one of those for a weekend

and then tow it behind?

Yeah.

Oh, you mean rent a switch?

Yeah.

Well, I don't know if you can rent a switch yet.

They're still pretty new.

Yeah.

But if you could find someone that would let you tow it for a weekend and try it out and

all that, maybe a dealership would allow you to do that.

Or they may have one that you could try for a weekend.

Right.

And see how it would work, towing it somewhere and then taking some people out on it.

Yeah.

Well, the problem is I wouldn't be able to test it in some of the conditions I might

experience once I get out of the river and into the coastal waters going up north.

I'm a little concerned that it's like a tri-hull.

Right.

It's not a true pontoon.

It does have a planing hull from what I can see, but it's still a double hull.

So I'm a little worried about what it would be towing like and, say, across sea.

What about the aesthetics of it?

Because that was a couple of years ago when these came out.

I think the crew was a little mixed on what they thought.

They were definitely different.

I don't think so much about the looks.

I like the utility.

I mean, I do like the concept.

It's got tons of deck space, and I'm all about that.

I like that.

In fact, I went non-traditional from a normal nine-foot rib to the CraigCat, because on

a normal nine-foot rib, you can really only get a maximum of three people on it comfortably,

two people relatively comfortably.

So we were like, well, heck, let's just get the CraigCat for now.

Yeah.

It was lighter and faster, too, right?

Right.

Yeah.

Oh, way faster.

Like, exponentially faster.

Well, and these Sea-Doo's, I think they probably...

They very well could be quite efficient as well, using the jet boat technology and stuff, wouldn't you think?

Sure.

I mean, those things are pretty...

They can get pretty fast.

Oh, yeah.

I mean, I don't know what the specifics are on the switchback, but I would assume they're

taking that technology from the Sea-Doo's and putting it right into a pontoon-style vessel.

Oh, absolutely.

And then also, once again, it might be more idiot-proof as far as running a boat like that.

You know, kids can do jet skis and wave runners and Sea-Doo's, you know what I mean?

They can.

Well, it's about the same.

I mean, it's the same technology.

It's just a bigger Sea-Doo, you know, or a bigger jet ski.

It's just a deck boat with the same propulsion.

Yeah, but it's more like steering a bike, though, instead of, you know...

I think they're easier, wouldn't you think, than a traditional vessel?

They handle a bit differently, so they don't have a rudder.

Right.

So, say you're going really fast in a straight line, and you need to make a turn really fast,

but at the same time, you need to slow down.

Now you're in trouble.

Now you're in trouble, because on those boats, you need thrust to make the turn.

Yes.

In an outboard, you chop the throttle, turn the wheel, you're going to turn anyway, because

you've got a skeg that is actually a rudder, right?

True.

Right.

So, there's a couple of things like that.

The other thing is for longevity and abuse.

For a tender application, an outboard is so much simpler.

The disadvantage is you don't get as much speed, and it's not going to be as fun, but the advantage

is you rotate the outboard out of the water, it's not touching the salt water, and you

can tow that boat anywhere, and it's ready to go.

Yeah.

So, there's pluses and minuses.

I would not discount.

I would not discount the switch.

Again, it's got tons of space, and for certain applications, it would be great.

I would definitely at least take it out for a ride if you can, and check it all out, because

again, we all in our mind have an idea of what we want, and then we get out there and

we say, hmm, maybe I should have gone this way or that way.

Right now, you're not rushed to do it.

And I came up with a solution with your Crag Cat, is what you could do is you tie a really

long rope to it, and let two people go out, and then they get off at the dock, and then

you pull it back, and then you could take two more.

Oh, interesting.

Well, how long does it take for the boat to float to the dock at that point, if I'm docked

on the, or if I'm anchored on the other side of the river?

You're anchored on the other side, so what they do is they just run out, and you run

out like 500 feet of rope, and then the people get off at the dock.

And then you just take the rope, and, you know, you all pull it back.

Well, that's not going to work, and I'll tell you why, because I anchor on the west side

of the river, the restaurants on the east side of the river, and there is a navigable

channel in between.

Oh, you put those little floats that you find the ropes at the swimming pools, that way

people can see it, and they don't run over it.

They just have to wait for you.

No, but there's 30 boats going through at any one time.

I mean, they're going to stop my rope with their front.

That's a dumb idea.

No, they're going to foul their props with your rope.

Well, there could be that, you know.

All right.

I guess that won't work.

We'll take that idea, file it accordingly, Barry.

Yeah.

But, yeah, maybe another option to consider.

Yeah, I mean, it's, you got to keep your eye, you know, you're in no hurry.

I mean, you're planning to go down to the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show in

October, and really kind of, that's when the big decision-making might be happening, right?

Well, not for me.

That's my dad's boat trip.

Oh, okay, okay.

So, yeah, he's changing his boat into another boat.

I'll be looking at a boat, kind of parallel, but I'm probably not going to purchase at

the boat show.

I'll be busy in helping my dad find his.

Gotcha.

But you'll have your eyes open for some other.

I'll keep asking.

Is this the one?

You want this one?

Yeah.

Yes.

I mean, what about that?

Have you ever had one of those wave runners, a jet ski, or a sea-do?

No.

Any of those?

I have not had them, but I have ridden lots of them.

My brother had one that was highly modified, and I made one of the biggest mistakes of

my life on that machine.

He had a super high modified, I think it was a sea-do, supercharged with a different impeller

and one day I just decided, well, hey, there's a nice stretch of the river there.

I'll just pull the trigger and see what happens.

And open it up.

Oh, yeah.

Last time I looked down, I was approaching speeds that I've never thought of on the water.

Yeah.

And then I talked about the thrust issue earlier when you need to make a turn with a jet ski.

Right.

That happened to me.

That's how I learned that.

Oh, okay.

You're like, wait a minute.

I have to still have thrust to turn?

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Who learned the lesson the hard way, it sounds like, when it comes to personal watercraft.

Yeah, you've got to have thrust to turn on those jet boats.

And that's one of the downfalls, especially if you don't realize that, until you're going ludicrous speed.

Yes, exactly.

Open water.

It was one of those moments that I'll always remember in my life when I was flying down this section of the river,

and when the bend in the river started to come up, I was going way too fast to make the turn.

So I took my hand off the throttle, turned the handlebars, nothing happened.

I kept going straight.

Now I'm heading towards, you know, a bank of the river.

So it dawned on me, oh, I need thrust.

So I had to make a really horrifying decision and pull the throttle back and go fast again.

Yes.

I got to tell you, I pulled through that turn.

There's only one other time I've been that scared, and that was when I was 16 in a car in a similar situation.

And I made it out.

I made it out of that turn and realized, you know, that was one of the dumber things I've ever done in my life.

And I was in my mid-40s at that point, so I was supposedly, you know, somewhat experienced.

You're supposed to know better.

Right.

Apparently, you know, some things.

Well, motorcycles work the same.

You ever seen racing motorcycles?

When they go into a turn, they lean into it, and you can do that with a wave runner.

That helps you turn.

Yeah, you can.

But you're right.

Most people.

People will rent these on holiday or vacation or something, and they don't have the experience with them, and that's when the accidents happen, for sure.

Now, in your case, what you just realized, like, wait a minute, I'm not turning.

I need to hit the throttle to get this thing to go where I want it to go, or what happened?

Did you wipe out?

No, no, no.

I didn't wipe out.

No.

But, I mean, here's the thing.

I had experience on jet skis and sea-doos and wave runners, but my brothers.

was so souped up, when I got in the throttle, it took off like a rocket.

It had, you know, probably 30% more horsepower and no governor, and last time I looked down, I was passing through 70 miles an hour.

So, I've never been that fast on a water mile in my life.

So, on one side, there's the thrill until you realize you've got to turn or avoid something.

Yes.

And then you're scared to death.

Right.

From dying, probably, but that's part of the thrill, maybe.

I don't know.

My life flashed before my eyes, and once I got back into the power and I leaned in, I was like, okay, I'm going to be all right.

I'm not going to hit that dock.

I'm not going to hit that boat.

I'm not going to hit the beach.

I made it through the turn, and then I just kind of went back to the river house at, like, a third speed.

Yeah.

Like, I've had enough high force power.

Let's get it up on plane.

That's all we're going to do today.

Right.

Yeah.

But, you know, it happens, and like you said, that is where people get into trouble.

I mean, I had an uncle years ago who did that down in South Florida, and he got a ticket from Marine Patrol for a reckless operation of a personal watercraft.

And it was purely because he didn't know what he was doing.

He was just having fun, and then he realized, you know, he was hauling ass, and there's people too close, and, you know, in the water, and, you know, at the beach, and that kind of thing.

Right.

Yeah.

And, you know, he came after him, and he didn't do too well in that scenario.

So, you've got to be careful, you know.

Yeah.

Well, there's a, I mean, there's a lot of people that look at personal watercraft, and, you know, a lot of boaters think that they're a nuisance or whatever.

I don't think that way at all.

They're fun.

I mean, they're fun, and if you operate them safely, they're an amazing alternative to a road motorcycle or whatever.

True.

You get all the experience of being on a motorcycle.

motorcycle but if you wreck you hit the water instead of the cement with all that power comes

responsibility that's uh yes what it is too what do you think barry yeah yes spider-man

spider-man okay with all that power comes responsibility well it is true so be one

it is true yes but uh you know it's like anything you know uh you know you can operate those things

safely and have a hell of a good time and uh just gotta be aware of what you're uh dealing with and

and make sure you know how to operate it i know the last time that i did uh i rented a a wave

runner or jet ski or whatever i don't i think it was a yamaha actually uh i had they made me take

a quick course on how to properly uh operate this thing i heard about you then well and i was kind

of surprised i'm like well i've done this before

now i gotta you know answer some questions i mean it was pretty commonsensical type stuff but

you know i mean they're trying to keep people you know more informed on on what they're dealing with

and one lawsuit's all you need right i mean who needs a law i don't know no i i didn't there's

no lawsuit no no not from you it's just that all all renter need not a renter but the person that's

renting this equipment needs is one lawsuit well he didn't give me a proper briefing it's not my

fault well okay

okay morgan and morgan yes exactly that's right for the money no no i think it would be really

cool to do a an excursion like a like a multi-day there there's there's a group of guys that bought

these the largest cd you can buy and they put extra gas on them and they put saddle bags so

they could carry their clothes and they actually did a trip a trip through the illusion islands

in alaska wow oh yeah there are people that

they'll do um they'll do trips across over to the uh bahamas to bimini from when the weather is when

the weather seas are flat they'll do that sure uh there's plenty of places you can go with them if

you have enough fuel i always thought that that that's another option is to buy two of those and

then colleen and i would go on a long trip you know i love this idea because i would come over

and we could go hang when when she wasn't available or you could just just take just buy one and then

get the shell of another and

attach it like a sidecar what what is wrong with my what is wrong with barry today he figured

he'd always have to be turning left to go straight well you that you would have to put a little bit

more torque on that trim tab but it would work okay well yeah two uh wave runners two jet skis

two cd's i mean and then you have that extra added element of just say let's go play uh do some

things like that what what are those things that that they're like a floating dock you know it's

like a you can run the the cd up on it if i could find a way if i could find a way to strap that to

the stern cleats and then run both cd's up and uh and just tell that from the eye hooks yeah yeah

then that would be a perfect solution then we'd have two tenders i would imagine they have those

or that's a an easy model

stratification i mean the only thing would be uh what is the bottom of those

you know floating dock things look like i mean but i would imagine they make some have

well they are generally but i bet you they make some that could be towed like that i don't know

we'll we'll look around at the boat show in a couple months yeah i mean if they're you know

attached to the transom of your vessel do they even have to have anything special to them anyway

if they were just riding in the wake like that you think well i'd have to find a way to do two

things one i'd have to find a way to tie it to

stern cleats the other thing is i would have to have it um configured so it could not go forward

also right you know but because when i'm slowing down well you could do that with um fenders

no no what i'm talking about you gotta keep it from getting swamped uh if the boat settles

if the boat settles uh you don't want that that dock to go up under the uh the swim platform

right oh you have a swim platform

oh that's not gonna work no i was thinking if you didn't have that then you could have it right up

against the stern except for fenders nah well yeah what i do now is i i use a 60 foot ski rope

i put a bridle on the craig cat and and i do a y configuration up on on this all right you know

what we're gonna ask siri and then uh come back if that doesn't exist we're gonna build it all

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this is the world of boating greg your first mate barry the voter mike the mariner okay so we looked

it up and we're going to talk about the world of boating and we're going to talk about the world of

boating and i don't know we can't seem to find any of these floating docks for wave runners jet

skis or sea dues that you could technically tow with a boat i i have to exist well exist i mean

all's it would be it was just putting on a you know a whole bottom on one of the floating docks

you think it would work fine don't you think well i did find i did find something cool it doesn't

exactly um maybe match what i'm talking about because it doesn't put the boat on a platform

but there's a device that you can use to put the boat on a platform and you can put the boat on a

device called a toadster not a not a toaster where you make bread but but a toadster and um

that that is a device that you tie to the back of your boat and then you you put uh and it's a it's

two rigid poles that go to the front of a jet ski so you can pull it with any kind of boat like a

pontoon boat a normal you know bass fishing boat or a or a cruiser and that could be your tender

in that application but i'm looking for a boat that can pull a boat that can pull a boat that can

do two in in that particular scenario so i'd have to figure out if there's a way to make that happen

yeah okay well i i know the i this has to exist i know it's out there i mean um the the thing

you're talking about is that the one that looks like uh like trawling poles on the back of a boat

i mean they're like um they you know it's like yeah they kind of mount off the back of the transom

and they're like they're like they're like they're like they're like they're like they're

like a pole over the top poles yeah and it's just no no no no no that's a davit no these are

these are poles that you tie one to each cleat and it goes out in a almost like a triangular

situation and then they meet at the front of of the personal watercraft you put it on the tow hook

right and then that that keeps it from coming forward and hitting your outboard motor right

right well i'm looking at one called the magic marina tow

and uh i mean no what are you laughing at just i don't know something i think that would

like magic mike yeah kind of kind of like magic well it looks like two long uh you know uh trawler

poles like fishing poles on the back of your transom and they they you know keep the wave

runner seadoo or jet ski kind of in alignment and under it it has a like a device that you

run the wave runner up on it brings it up out of the water and it's like a little bit of a

little bit brings the nose up at least and what's that called it was the magic marina tow

that's what i'm looking at magic marina i've never heard of that before yeah well maybe it's

maybe it is a kind of a more unique thing now this doesn't get them totally out of the water though

but it would answer the question you know as far as towing you know some wave runners behind your

boat and uh that would it would solve the problem of for instance you know making sure they don't

you know hit your boat and and all that kind of thing

that's what it's obviously for but yeah they look like they're still technically in the water

yeah that's that's okay so all everything we're talking oh okay so actually that's pretty cool

yeah let's imagine it says so right here yeah i'm looking i'm looking at that and uh that that

actually could work very well okay well you're welcome yeah you are welcome thank you man you

know i found i found a youtube video that shows how they do that so what do you mean

you sent it yeah there's a youtube video about the toadster how it works okay t-o-w-d-s-t-e-r

which will be much better than well i don't know uh i'm looking now at at what greg pulled up and

it's pretty awesome too and that actually is configured if you go down you know towards the

bottom of their website the last the last page shows a large swim platform like mine with

two yeah um personal watercraft right and that is exactly the configuration that we're well here

yeah i'm showing it to you right now cost me a lot of money well they're not that bad are they

are they do you look at the price they're not i bet they're not that bad they don't look super

heavy i gotta go buy the jet skis first well right and it says right here they're temporarily out of

stock oh i was i was gonna buy a a simple old used boston whaler and tow it with a rope and now i'm

and i don't know so now you're gonna buy three boats

and this contraption yeah he's gonna be towing he's gonna have a line of three boats tied behind

his his silhouette hey just more toys more water toys for us to play with when we visit

mike on the water there i'm gonna tow them all up the river and that's right greg cat so i'm

gonna have two jet skis a boston whaler and a craig cat all in tow behind so you're gonna have

all the fun and the yamaha switch

for uh you know when you had the big i'm not buying the switch but i'll tow a

switch if they buy it all right uh you know barry if you happen to buy a switch

to try it out okay thank you yeah well you know it is this uh yeah the more i look at that magic

marine tow it does look pretty i like it and genius because they're like uh incorporating

you know the elements of a you know a lift a hydraulic lift

and attaching that to the back but they don't they don't come all the way out of the water but

they they need most the weight of the personal watercraft in the water so you're not really

lifting it exactly just enough to lift the nose up so you don't swamp it and it creates too much

drag and all that kind of stuff so yeah see i and i think they have a bar in between so for

because you also don't want the jet skis to run into each other if the weather gets a little bit

rough and i think yes i see in that picture that they probably don't want to run into each other

put a rigid bar between um each of the jet skis too so that keeps them apart so that would make

sense that's something i'm wondering if they're going to be at the boat showing up well i don't

know it just says it's interesting on their website they says they're temporarily out of

stock uh which is maybe not good for them but maybe they're pretty popular i don't know but

yeah it looks like a pretty interesting idea and it seems like it would solve the the issue that

because you know look i mean you can never have too much toys and i think that's where

you know these wave runners and things like the you know they come into play i love them i like

uh they're so much fun and they're like them too and they're they're starting to come out with more

utilitarian versions of them like that switch you know the cdu is doing and expanding on the fun and

i i honestly i gotta tell you i i do think they're easier to operate it's like it's more traditional

like uh riding a bike or a motorcycle or something like that but i think it's a good idea to have

something like that as opposed to the cool thing about it you know twin outboards or something like

that definitely it's way easier i'd say especially entry level you think yeah absolutely in the in

the uh you know they make them now with uh fishing rigs and everything so you have the rocket

launchers and you can you can um you control and shore they have navigation i mean that

full garmin touchscreen navigation that they really do have amazing do they have they have

the wave runners and stuff now oh absolutely they do wow yes in fact in fact if you get the

the fishing version of the cdu has the rocket launchers a cooler uh the navigation with a fish

finder um it's uh i mean yeah it's a pretty amazing package okay the rocket launchers have

nothing to do with the rooster tail thing that's a fishing thing right the rocket launchers are

it is that's where you put your fishing

rod yes you're trolling so yeah what do they call the rooster thing that increases your rooster tail

i don't have a boat that can create a rooster tail well that's what the all the cdu's i mean

that's a thing that's like putting a loud muffler on your car higher your rooster tail

yes okay and then you spray everybody around probably like the uh engine cooling exit or

no this is purely for fun and showing off that's what i think what he needs one of those things

that you fly with next for his wave runner fly with what do you mean

you know you fly like a jet pack he has to get one of those then okay barry's totally lost his

mind and it's just as well we're out of time on that note we're gonna wrap it up till next time

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