• Welcome to Jetboaters.net!

    We are delighted you have found your way to the best Jet Boaters Forum on the internet! Please consider Signing Up so that you can enjoy all the features and offers on the forum. We have members with boats from all the major manufacturers including Yamaha, Seadoo, Scarab and Chaparral. We don't email you SPAM, and the site is totally non-commercial. So what's to lose? IT IS FREE!

    Membership allows you to ask questions (no matter how mundane), meet up with other jet boaters, see full images (not just thumbnails), browse the member map and qualifies you for members only discounts offered by vendors who run specials for our members only! (It also gets rid of this banner!)

    free hit counter

Waterskiing behind 2017 Scarab 165 Ghost

R

Rambler2

Member
Messages
2
Reaction score
0
Points
10
Boat Make
Scarab
Year
2016
Boat Model
195 G
Boat Length
19
I'm looking at a jetboat; first deal on a 195 fell thru, now looking at the 165. How would this be for casual waterskiing behind? Can a decent water skier weighing 200 # get up easily enough?
 
Luc Lafreniere

Luc Lafreniere

Jetboaters Captain
Staff member
Scarab Forum Lead
Messages
1,273
Reaction score
740
Points
217
Location
Ottawa, Canada
Boat Make
Scarab
Year
2015
Boat Model
165 G
Boat Length
16
I've covered this before, but a 150HP 165 has ZERO issues pulling a skier unless you're some world class skier. In that case, you shouldn't be getting a 165. lol

In the words of my brother in law the first time I pulled him (weighing about 200lbs), "You damn near ripped my arms off on takeoff".

You're good. :)
 
Dean P

Dean P

Jetboaters Admiral
Messages
3,471
Reaction score
4,915
Points
357
Location
Florida
Boat Make
Chaparral
Year
2017
Boat Model
VRX
Boat Length
22
LOL, I remember being on a 3-seater Seadoo Jetski with my buddy on the back and pulling a water skier weighing more like 250 lbs. He didn't think it would pull him either. He made the same exact comment about ripping his arms off. Funny...
 
ScarabPapa

ScarabPapa

Member
Messages
5
Reaction score
1
Points
20
Boat Make
Scarab
Year
2021
Boat Model
165 ID
Boat Length
16
I haven't tried the ski mode on mine but its suppose to help with the power delivery.
 
M

mat_l_1

Active Member
Messages
15
Reaction score
3
Points
42
Boat Make
Scarab
Year
2016
Boat Model
165 G
Boat Length
16
From last weekend I skiied 1st time in 32 summers.. YES the 165 ghost can pull my 255lbs around the lake....

Also- if you don't have ski mode, dock starts help keep you from having your arms yanked & used a longer rope, to avoid the rougher patch of water behind the jet.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top