Seadoo noob who just discovered the need for this video after our maiden voyage/clean and storage this weekend lol. Great work and much appreciated!

I use a wide piece of hose and siphon out the water and the debris at the same time. Just submerge the whole length cover one end with your finger then pop it over the edge and voila.... Instant vacuum siphon. Drama and clears debris.

Got my first Sea Doo this weekend and this video was very helpful - while our floating dock angles it enough to get rid of most the water, it's a 3 seater a bunch of water is left over. The cheapo fuel pump helps get rid of the extra water in a few minutes before covering. Thank you!

As a commercial JetSki operator with over 30 years experience we’ve found the easiest and most efficient way to empty the foot wells and engine bay is to slide the skis back approximately 10 to 12 inches (30cm) on the trailer and carefully tilt the trailer up. Make sure there is still a slight weight biased towards the front but light enough that anyone can lift the trailer. Make sure you have your winch strap attached and locked in so as your ski doesn’t slide off, check your number/license plate is not being bent, you can put a small wooden chock under the back of the trailer to prevent this. Also don’t forget to Choc both trailer wheels. If you remove the bungs and the seat you can finish your wash down by giving the engine bay a final rinse as well as the footwells and leave everything to drain and dry off 👍

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

For the modern Sea-Doos? Nope

@steveward3662

2 жыл бұрын

@@watercraftjournal Yes for the modern Seadoos . We currently operate 24 of the 2022 GTX Pro skis which average around 1200 hours a year. This works very well so I’m not sure what you’re doing wrong.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

The video literally demonstrates how tilting the trailer 30º does not clear the footwells. Watch with your own eyes.

@steveward3662

2 жыл бұрын

@@watercraftjournal Not sure why you’re taking this personally I thought the idea was to help your viewers clean the water from their modern Seadoo footwells. Firstly you didn’t slide the ski backwards making it simple to lift the trailer, you didn’t leave it in the raised position with the back of the trailer on the ground and then you didn’t rinse the footwells as I mentioned. Again we do this all the time and we’ve tried every method in your video & this works the best.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Personally? No. Defending our position? Yes. The average 55-year-old is not going to drag their 900+ lbs ski partially off of their trailer so readjust the weight distribution just so that they can dead press the tongue up over 30º to empty the footwells. The suggestion of doing so is ludicrous. A 20-year-old porter making $10/hr at your rental outfit? Sure. Have him blow his O-ring out doing it. But we're talking to the average PWC owner, and the average PWC buyer is 52-years-old. We're providing useful, repeatable tips. It's all about keeping things simple.

i crank the trailer wheel all the way up then set the wheel on top of a 4' piece of heavy pvc drainpipe stood on end.. Then i crank the wheel down until its pushing the two rear bunk supports against the driveway. Its very stable and about 45 degrees so everything drains out without killing your back. You just need to make sure it's secured to the trailer. If its on the lift i use a little suction cup to hold one end of a 5 foot hose where i want it in the footwell and like many said on here put it under water then put your finger on the end and hang it over the side. My rxpx is black and water spots bad so i plumbed an outdoor faucet to run through the water softener inside.that helps a lot.

It's amazing that the most popular PWC company in the world hasn't come up with a solution for this after so many years. This video was very eye opening. Heading to Harbor Freight for the pump. That's a ton of water...And salt would be even worse.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

That's why we put this video out - to put pressure on them.

@robertmueller1406

2 жыл бұрын

@@watercraftjournal Glad you’re putting some pressure on SeaDoo for this Kevin, great vid. I’ve owned both SD & Yamaha, currently have a 22 RXP, and I can’t believe SD hasn’t added this simple feature like Yamaha has? SD normally leads the way in innovation!

....I use an old 4 foot piece of garden hose ... Submerge it entirely in the footwell and let all the air come out then put your thumb on one end and dump the other end of the hose over the side ( making sure the drainhose is lower than the end in the footwell) ,... remove your thumb, it will already be self primed and water will drain easy....I leave the hose in the storage compartment for the next use...

You would think with BRP and their incredible engineers they would have considered a different or better design than that. I'm glad I don't have to deal with that on my Yamaha. I'm guessing water being left in there for long periods will eventually damage the hull and finish. I've seen it bubble the gelcoat on older skis. C'mon Sea-Doo. You can do better than that. Great video Kevin.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

They’ve already done the work it’s just a matter of will and money

Thanks Kevin. Hilarious that I hadn’t seen any other videos about this previously. I’ve used the chamois and sponge method. With 2 skis on a double trailer I can’t lift mine (and my driveway where I wash up at would send the water into places I don’t want it if I did). Hadn’t thought of the shop vac method for some reason. I’ll look for the pump from HF. Thanks for the suggestion. My older RXT-X has a drain plug, but like you said he newer ones don’t.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Nope. Total dumb move by engineers.

My biggest complaint. At least Yamaha addressed this with drains.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Yup!

I have the rxt 260 is 2010 model. How would you remove the water from under the foot wells? I press the is button to raise the seat and I can remove most of it with a towel but not all of it. It's hard to get to. Also I lift the trailer as high as i can to empty the bilge but i still see some water on the bottom underneath the engine. Again hard to get to. Is there a way to remove all the water?

Cheap grout sponge works best for my GTX - when little water is left, let the sponge do the work - gets all the water out. And it cleans between the traction mat as well.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY

I use a milwaukee transfer pump with a 2 ft hose for mine. I wouldn't buy that tool specifically for this, but since I already have it it works really well.

Thank u!

Thanks!

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I use a manual bilge pump. My foot wells only fill up a lot when I wash my skis. But I im fixin to check on the price of that fuel pump you got there!

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

$11 at Harbor Freight

Super soaker (water cannon), works great..

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

LOL! And fun!

I use a Harbor Freight Hercules 3 gal vacuum. Battery operated portable. Easy to carry to dock. have to empty it a few times, but very fast.

I have to say that is probably one of the worst things about my RXT. What I normally do is use my hand and fling all the water out of it and take a towel and dry the remainder up. It’s not the prettiest thing probably not the most effective you end up getting soaked but it does the job.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's a mess.

Leaf blowers work great to evacuate the water in the jet pump only easy way ive found after , after i tilt it and run the motor.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

How much water do you have pooling in the pump tunnel?

@jasonmekush5280

2 жыл бұрын

@@watercraftjournal usually 5/8 " the problem is the skii that hits the salt water but doesnt get flushed out since it wasnt used--my 2016 fzs not the 21 gpr. the blades of the imp will block some of the pump sleeve and only way to get that part clean n dry is to crawl underneath and hit it from intake grate side.

You would think the giant company that is BRP would have a drain method. I mean they make AIRPLANES, Snowmobiles, ATV's, Go Cart engines, UTV's, 3 wheel motocycles, etc. I just bought a 2023 GTI SE and use the shop vac and sponge method.

I have no idea what I am doing but with my 2022 FishPro Trophy I use the leaf blower method after the wash down in my driveway.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Seems pretty messy

A $23 manual bilge pump from Amazon works fast...sop up the remaining with a towel. We also use it for our dinghy.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Or the cheaper $11 one like what Kevin said.

@joshanthony5484

2 жыл бұрын

@@watercraftjournal a link to the one in the video please? Id like to have this out on the water when I am anchors to sit in one of the wells.

I cannot imagine leaving a $22,000 (with trailer) PWC outside uncovered to fade, collect pollen, dust, bird crap etc. I get almost NO water in mine keeping it covered. Simple solution.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Most cover it. But people DO wash their skis, right? That's when they'll fill up the worst.

@mikemet1744

2 жыл бұрын

@@watercraftjournal Just cut/modify an old laundry detergent container to bail it out. Sponge/wipe the rest. When I wash mine I angle the hose to blast most of the water out then I just wipe the rest.

I must be lucky because I get maybe a quart or less of water in my Seadoo. I only have to use a bath towel to dry it out. Mind you, I only cruise when Seadoo-ing, but this video can help those who are more used to doing tricks and hard swerves out on the water.

@msgirl01

Ай бұрын

Mine mainly fills up when I'm washing them

Guys. Just blow it straight out in 2 seconds with a grass blower. So simple. I do it it so easy.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

We showed that’s the stupidest suggestion we received. Clearly you didn’t watch us demonstrate that exact thing.

I found a simple submersible sump pump with a 3 foot length of hose works perfectly.

4 or 5 feet of 3/8 clear tubing works great. Just siphon using that as you would siphon gas. Keep it in srorage .

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting

I am using Seattle Sports Paddler's Bilge Hand Pump for Kayaks and Small Boats

@watercraftjournal

Жыл бұрын

Hmm. We'll have to check those out.

as a salt water rider ive been begging for a seadoo with self draining footwells. no matter what the cushions always find a way to get more water in there even when i dry the whole thing! im now looking at yamaha! and i hate their designs lately.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

The footwell drains do not work when the ski is in the water.

@jaimesarabia9830

2 жыл бұрын

@@watercraftjournal I know my issue is when I get it out to clean.

I bet a ST3 Hull is even worse. The ski is slightly longer so... Wow... With all the telented engineers at SD SURELY they could engineer footwell drains in the ski. Somehow... SURELY!!!!

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

They have, and they're considering it. And don't call me Shirley.

Hi Keven. What about a Seadoo cover? That should keep the water out?

@watercraftjournal

Жыл бұрын

Partially yes

My trailer and fish pro will dump it all when I tilt it. Not sure what's different on mine from this one. My license plate is bent from doing it though.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Again, many cannot loft the tongue of the trailer with a laden ski. And not all trailers can tilt.

My buddy Bob works great for this if you can make it past his Square Pants :)

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Again we demonstrated the sponge method

I think I suggested the giant sponge. I was just thinking about after towing back from the ramp.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe

I use my shop-vac - quick and easy.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Very - that is for people who have one

Hi, I pre-ordered my 2023 Sea Doo fish pro trophy. I seen many videos and all that water caught my attention. Has Sea Doo though of some type of scuffer holes? Kayaks have them and the water goes right back into the ocean.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Footwell drains have definitely been considered for future PWC

Your four legged supervisor approves!

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Yup she’s a good shop dog

The best and cheapest way..... dollar store has supersoaker for 3 bux that is like a big syringe. Fits in my 21 GTX no problem. Just suck it up squirt it out.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's been a common suggestion.

I start it and accelerate it and the water leaves quite fast. But then again I keep mine on the lake during the summer The navy uses the same concept as the Australian eductor to empty their bilges at sea

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Again, this is primarily for people after they wash their skis.

Nice gadget the Australians came out with. Reminds me the old method of just fill up a pice of hose with water and the physics does the rest. Not sure, because I do know the design, but it could work on big volume just to start the process than shut the hose down, until up to the end, when the low volume / little puddles will mess the process because the air will find it way in. Or just start the process without the 3D printing part, just attaching it and the hose to deal with the little puddle remaining.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's neat but super wasteful.

@jnasjr

2 жыл бұрын

@@watercraftjournal I got you. But you can just drain 90% of the volume just with the tube that comes with it, and the remaining puddles you attach the 3D printed piece to suck the rest. This is the only test you missed. Just the good old gravity and Dynamic of Fluids. Also the cheapest one. Hehehehehe. Thanks for the video.

@okcmoparguy724

2 жыл бұрын

This is how I empty the french drain under/around my pool. 1 end of the full hose goes into the drain, other down a low spot in my yard. As the water you put in the hose leaves it creates a low pressure zone behind it.....physics want the siphon effect to continue. So the hose being under my (in-ground) pool will empty hundreds of gallons of water over about an hour.

@jnasjr

2 жыл бұрын

@@okcmoparguy724 exactly.

@jedidiah7817

2 жыл бұрын

They looked at a pneumatic vacuum and thought how could I make this terrible and decided to make it water powered. you can get a pneumatic vacuum for less than 30 bucks, suck the water out and blow dry the entire thing with a small air tank of air.

Seems like a drain from each footwell into a small sealed sump box with a small bilge pump would be a good idea.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds expensive!

@richardcarlisle6692

2 жыл бұрын

@@watercraftjournal It's a small box with a $15 bilge pump. My big boat has one mounted under the shower. The shower drain is below the water line so the shower drains into a small sump box. When the water level gets high enough, the bilge pump comes on and pumps out the box.

Just lift the front of the trailer or get a section of fuel line to siphon the water out. If these tweekers can siphon gas out of your tank at night you can siphon all that water.

@fnatomagan

2 жыл бұрын

😂 or just spend the $17 on the electric pump and you don’t need to siphon.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

It’s like they’re commenting without watching.

If Seadoo is out of the water why not just leave it covered? If dockside and full how much comes out with a hard acceleration? A regular siphon would work well too if on trailer, and you usually don't care if it's slow.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, of course. But if you WASH your Sea-Doo, the wells will fill up like these.

I don't know what you're doing letting that much water get in your footwells. You should not leave your ski outside. That much water will ruin the mats. Also when washing I usually pressure washer and the pressure blows most of the water out. What is left is enough to soak up with a few micro fiber towels. Honestly I think the bigger issue is the water that collects down inside the hall when you rinse out the engine compartment. For that I normally use a few microfiber towels as well but it can be time consuming and tedious to get underneath the engine, I'm thinking of switching to a small portable shop vac with an extension. Also if you do decide to go with the lifting method, I have a double jet ski trailer so it is very heavy, I use a long reach floor jack just in front of the tire to lift the whole thing so I don't have to destroy my back.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Lewis, did you NOT HEAR that this is mainly for people after washing it?

@rickss69

3 ай бұрын

Obviously did not pay attention. He intentionally left it outside uncovered overnight in a thunderstorm just to do this video.

Best way would be to get a Yamaha!😎

@mikemet1744

2 жыл бұрын

BRP makes BETTER products.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

How so?

@mikemet1744

2 жыл бұрын

@@watercraftjournal Well we can start with snowmobiles. If you ride you know there is NO comparison. Utvs are another product with NO comparison. Bikes are maybe equal....different styles. If you give Yammy the edge in watercraft they still lose(I don't see anyone surpassing the fit/finish/reliability of Sea Doo). Feel free to correct me.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

LOL we already have (regarding PWC - we know just about nothing regarding snowmobiles).

@mikemet1744

2 жыл бұрын

@@watercraftjournal Not a lotta snow down your way.

I use a big sponge

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Like we showed, right?

Drill a hole in footwells itll drain inside the hull and leave plugs out

@watercraftjournal

Жыл бұрын

And let it drain into the engine compartment? Not recommended

big day tomorrow. gonna see if they finally fixed this with the 2023 lineup.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Very doubtful

If you have the correct environment, I found that a pressure washer gets 99% of the water out of the foot wells. And it is FAST

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Makes a pretty big mess when spraying out soapy water.

I would just tilt the trailer and let the foot wells run off the back the pwc

Won’t be tilting a double trailer with 2 rxpx 300’s. Lol

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Gonna blow an O-ring.

Let the ski go back in the trailer to move the C of g and you can lift the trailer with one finger to dump the footwells …

Find a hill and drive up drain most of it out.number 2 set your trailer up correctly if you can't lift it you have to much tongue weight.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

No, no it won’t. Not with these.

@denniswilder3014

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulocampos6052 no tongue weight is tongue weight 10 15 percent of gross weight.20 percent on a jet ski is more than enough.

@briancollard8738

2 жыл бұрын

I have a Triton PWC II and I can tip it up high enough to get the water out of the foot wells of a new GTI SE 170 and my older Seadoo ski. My wife has to kneel on the back of one ski as a counterweight to help me lift it. I use a strap to pull the license plate up on its plastic, flexible mount. But what I dont like is I cant move my axle. Too much tongue weight in my opinion and no way to adjust the axle.

@denniswilder3014

2 жыл бұрын

@@briancollard8738 can you loosen the winch stand and slide the skis back a little.i set trailers up so the skis are flush with the bunks or hanging over a half inch just so you can get to everything like drain plugs and so fourth

@briancollard8738

2 жыл бұрын

@@denniswilder3014 The skis are set on the bunks as you mention. But I could slide them back maybe another inch or so, but I really need and want to move the axle forward, and I can't.

Why every pwc isn’t equipped with one drain hose in each footwell that goes to a tiny bulge pump is beyond me. I mean as much as we pay for these does another$75-$100 bucks really going to matter? I mean c,mon already. Seems basic

@watercraftjournal

Жыл бұрын

That’s a thought

If you have a seadoo with suspension just multiply all the math by 10

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

LOL

Start with using better leaf blower. Then use foam sprayer with ceramic soap and wash off. Dry with leaf blower, the whole ski. Re-install cover. Done!

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Idiotic suggestion

Why don't Seedoo owners just buy a couple auto drains from Yamaha.

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a whole system.

124lb

nope it's 224 pounds of extra weight

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's a lot of weight.

How about evaporation ?

If sea doo have a baler system like i think they do and yama why can't you tap into it like yama drill and make your own foot well drains problem solved permanently. Shame on the engineers who make the fish pro without footwell drains.

This is a non issue. In the water they empty as soon as you move. On the trailer they empty as soon as you move. If it's just sitting out of the water, it should have the cover on

3:30 I am not sure if you know this or not, it isnt really a pump moving anything, it is basically physics lol. You really dont need any pump for a hose in that position, water will flow by itself and quite fast. I have a piece of pipe basically for this purpose and i put one end into a footwell, then I simply suck the water from another end just enough that it ALMOST reaches my mouth, close it with a thumb, simply drop it low to the ground and voila a miracle of middle school physics is happening, PUMPLESS lol. The speed of such drain would ONLY depend on a diameter of a pipe/hose you are using, so it can be very fast if you use a thicker hose, WAY faster than this tiny pump and at a fraction of a price and zero batteries. It is sad to see to be honest how simple problems are being solved "through the ass" so to speak just because people dont know basic physics, that suckomatic is a perfect example of that, you dont need to 3d print anything OR the hose either, that last device is just perfectly dumb, sorry. It is hilarious how they used a way more complex process yet they dont understand basics to just make it simple.

@watercraftjournal

Жыл бұрын

You’re part right. Once the water level gets low enough the weight of the water in the well won’t push the water up and over the gunwale.

@VladOnEarth

Жыл бұрын

@@watercraftjournal difference in pressures yep, and now try thay with a big hose and you are gonna have a lot of waterflow! :-)

Buy Yamaha

You guys are thinking to much. My wife and I use a simple water gun from the dollar store. It takes us 5 minutes

@watercraftjournal

2 жыл бұрын

LOL

So you didn't put a cover on it. It got wet, dirty and sun burnt. Who's fault is that..... Better kill all that grass so you don't have to mow it.

Why cant they just make a drainage system for the footwells? I just spent $20k on a new RXT and have ridden it two times I don’t understand why I have to spend time doing this after I wash it.