Discover Summer Sledding On Sea Doo Watercraft…
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When I squeeze the throttle to go summer sledding, my Sea-Doo GTX 170 watercraft powers up like a thoroughbred bursting from the starting gate. I cut my trail across a table top-smooth surface and accelerate to cruising speed; the exhilaration grows with the thrill of the ride.
I lean into the next turn and my jet ski corners like it’s on rails. The wind whips through my hair, the sunlight sparkles like a thousand diamonds on the water, and I’m off on another Sea-Doo tour…what a minute, isn’t this supposed to be a snowmobiling post?
Summer Sledding on Sea-Doo Watercraft
Photo by Al Fletcher
In a way it is. Touring on our Sea-Doo watercraft is how my wife and I survive when there’s no snowmobiling. We’d go stir crazy without a powersports activity in our life every summer. And today, there are several good options like motorcycling, ATVing, PWC riding. But if you live for snowmobiling as we do, I recommend Sea-Doo touring.
All the info you need to know can be found on my Intrepid Cottager website. Our “summer sledding” keeps us sane and active. And hones our riding chops for the coming winter. In my opinion, it’s the next best thing to being on the snow (After all, much of that water used to be snow!)
Try Summer Sledding with Sea Doo Touring
For some unknown reason, PWC manufacturers, several of whom are also big in snowmobiles, don’t promote PWC touring. I think they’re missing the boat, so to speak. The similarities between snowmobiling and PWC riding are many. Not least their shared and amazing ability to easily traverse natural surfaces like snow and water respectively. Or to take me places I wouldn’t otherwise go. Or to provide the freedom to escape whenever I want. But that’s not all…
Photo by Al Fletcher
Just like with snowmobiling, we keep our Sea-Doo watercraft on a Triton double bed trailer. Then we travel to explore a different destination each day using the same tow vehicle we bought for snowmobiling. We also have specialized riding gear for cool weather, and to protect from the wind and sun as needed. If winter is synonymous with snow, then water is what summer’s all about. And our Sea-Doo’s allow us to take full advantage of every fabulous moment.
As with snowmobiling, there are lots of “trails” in the form of navigable, interconnected waterways that are marked and charted. Most have public staging areas with boat launches and free parking. Meanwhile, numerous marinas also provide launches for a small fee. “Trailside” services include marinas for fuel, plus restaurants and resorts, some of which have docking facilities for staying overnight. Sound familiar so far?
Summer Sledding to Water Destinations by Sea Doo
Photo by Allan Glanfield
On our Sea-Doo watercraft, we do destination touring same as on our Ski-Doo snowmobiles in the winter. None of this doing donuts out front of the cottage nonsense. We are serious riders, regularly racking up 150-kilometre days and 3,000-kilometre plus summers.
Every jet ski riding experience is a new adventure. We meet all kinds of interesting people on the water, in the locks and at waterside pit stops. Many of them also snowmobilers, anxiously a-waiting winter.
Features and Benefits of Sea Doo Watercraft
This video from 2019 is still relevant because it shows the touring capabilities of Sea Doo watercraft. You can probably use most of your winter LinQ all summer on your PWC!
If you love being outdoors and active, seeing great scenery, exploring new places, enjoying camaraderie and the thrill of the ride, you should give Sea-Doo touring a try. Heck, we even use the same BRP dealer, Gateway Powersports & Marine in Peterborough, for our Sea-Doo needs. So we also enjoy the benefits of the good and familiar relationship we’ve established as Ski-Doo customers.
We ride from May to October, putting them away just in time for the fall snowmobile shows and dealer open houses. As I said, it ain’t snowmobiling. But our summer sledding is what keeps us sane between winters!
Find out more about Sea-Doo touring at my Intrepid Cottager website!
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