Pricing is from the mid 50s to 70s depending on options and power.

Yamaha jet boats vs scarab. This video was produced to shed some light on the ride characteristics of Yamaha Jet Boats vs BRP Powered Jet Boats such as Scarab Chaparral Vortex Glast. I absolutely love the look of the scarab just torn between the 212 and 255 price range and size diff. Im a huge fan of jet enginesin PWCs.

So having owned many boats with the brp supercharged engines and one Yamaha jet boat what I have found and noticed based on experience has been the following. Today four major boat brands compete in the sport-jet market long-standing Yamaha and newcomers Glastron Scarab and Chaparral which introduced its Vortex sport-jet line at the 2014 Miami Boat Show. Scarab Jet Boats is now up to a 255 foot twin jet.

Both have pros and cons the biggest benefit of Scarab is the low speed and reverse handling is miles ahead of Yamaha its not even close. Dock a sterndrive boat and its jet-drive counterpart side by side and the difference is obvious. But just remember boating is the greatest family sport and if.

Scarab a division of Group Beneteau Americas builds 12 models between 159 and 250 long. Yamaha over Rotax for reliability and you couldnt give me a free non supercharged Yamaha and. That propulsion system features iNR intelligent neutral in.

Its engine noise can become jarring after a while. The only way I would get a jet boat is if it had dual engines and it was not supercharged. Rotax and Yamaha go head-to-head in the sport-jet market.

Jul 8 2016. Yamaha jet boats even have a cleanout port on some of their boats to make cleaning out weeds and ropes easier. Theyre powered by single or twin Rotax 4-Tec engines in four different power increments and two different blocks which feature closed-loop cooling and electronic neutral and reverse.