from http://www.jetski.com/
The new Sea-lane Speedster 200 is a beautiful and boldly designed boat that’s sure to get a reaction from boaters. You can’t help but notice the Speedster 200’s unique rear sundeck, which has a raised, wing-like profile that looks like a variation on an automobile spoiler.
With its Rotax 4-TEC four-stroke engine, the Speedster has some of the most horsepower available on a speed boat. In fact, with its twin 155 hp speed drives, the boat boasts a massive 310 hp.
We took our test boat out in two waves. We got our performance numbers during the first run, with two people and a full tank of fuel on board. Idle was at around 1,800 rpm, at which the throttle was running a little faster than it should. We took the boat up to plane, which we hit at around 4,500 rpm. As it went to plane, the boat jumped from 8.1 mph at 4,000 rpm to 23.2 mph at 4,500 rpm.
Our next step was to bring the boat to a stop, so we could time it from 0 to 30 mph. The Speedster 200 made it to 30 mph in 9 seconds, and as serendipity would have it, 30 mph also made for a great cruising speed. We played around at cruising speed for a while and then decided to see just how fast those 310 horses would take us. The boat hit a top speed of 53.4 mph, proving that it had earned the name Speedster.
One of the things we can always count on with a Sea-Doo boat is that turns will be sublime -- and the Speedster 200 continues the tradition. The only other time we’ve used the clichéd expression of “turns on a dime” was during our test of the Sea-Doo Sportster 4-TEC in 2002, but that description is just as appropriate for the Speedster 200. We can’t help but marvel when the boat literally turns around in place. That’s the power that only comes with a jet drive -- or two of them, in this case.
The Speedster 200 also gets high marks for its quietness. At wide-open throttle, there was very little vibration, and the sound in the cockpit was only 93 dB. Moreover, the boat has a great exhaust sound to it, so the small amount of noise present is not displeasing.
With the business of performance numbers out of the way, we were free to take a pleasure ride. For our second run in the Speedster 200, we had seven people on board, but even with a loaded-down boat, we were able to hit 48.8 mph at 7,000 rpm. Not too shabby.
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