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Jet Ski is the brand name of a personal watercraft (PWC) [1] manufactured by Kawasaki, [2] a Japanese company. [3] The term is often used generically to refer to any type of personal watercraft used mainly for recreation, and it is also used as a verb to describe the use of any type of PWC.
Sit-down: A 320cc Rotax engine was used for development. The Rotax engine required a larger planing surface and sufficient induction for its air cooling, so Jacobson developed an entirely new sit-down model to adapt. Jacobson applied for a patent on the sit-down model in February 1968 and received the patent a year later in February 1969.
A personal watercraft (PWC), also called Jet Ski or water scooter, is a primarily recreational watercraft that is designed to hold only a small number of occupants, who sit or stand on top of the craft, not within the craft as in a boat. Prominent brands of PWCs include Jet Skis and Sea-Doos. PWCs have two style categories.
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It was based on a motorcycle, replacing the wheels with skis and using a pump-jet for propulsion. It debuted in 1978, a few years after the Kawasaki Jet Ski, by Spirit Marine, a subsidiary of what is now Arctic Cat. [3] At rest, it resembles a sit-down jet ski. Gaining speed, it would eventually lift up on the skis and begin to plane.
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A sit-down hydrofoil. The sit-down hydrofoil, first developed in the late 1980s, is a variation on water skiing, a popular water sport.When towed at speed, by a powerful boat or some other device, the board of the hydrofoil 'flies' above the water surface and generally avoids contact with it, so the ride is largely unaffected by the wake or chop of the water and is relatively smooth.
Jet X2O is a 2002 racing video game developed by Killer Game and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2.It was released only in North America. The game involves the player racing a jetski on various courses while maneuvering the vehicle around various obstacles.