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Three of a Kind: Creating The Ultimate Fishing Machines

07 Thursday Feb 2013

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fishing on a personal watercraft, fishing on a sea-doo, fishing sea-doo, fishing seadoo, how to fish from a sea-doo, jet ski, jetski, jetskis, kawasaki, modified jetski, modified sea-doo, personal watercraft, pwc, Sea-Doo, seadoo, seadoos, watercraft performance, waverunner, yamaha waverunner

Written by, Brian Lockwood

Albert Martin of Martin’s Custom Structures in Gloucester, Virginia, called me up several months ago and said he wanted to thank me. Confused, I said “For what?” Apparently, someone overseas had been looking at my website and told Albert that they wanted three fishing-rigged personal watercraft “like Brian’s.” They knew that they wanted to have the latest Sea-Doos, but other than that, they told Albert to do anything and everything he could think of. As you can tell did not let them down.

Picking The Right Machines

Although the client wanted a ski “just like Brian’s” these Sea-Doos are significantly more heavily outfitted than my own. These have everything Albert could’ve imagined including a full array of above and underwater lighting, custom GPS/sounder systems, canvas canopies, axillary fuel tanks, live bait tanks and coolers.

With his marching orders in hand, Albert went to Brian Barringer of Cycle City Corp in Newport News, Va. After looking over the available Sea-Doos, he purchased a trio of matching Sea-Doo RXT 260 iS.

The yellow-and-black triplets featured Sea-Doo’s Intelligent Suspension (iS) system, the industry’s only PWC fully-suspended top deck. Figuring that these machines would see plenty of offshore riding, the articulated coil-over suspension would come in hand.

Additionally, the units feature Sea-Doo’s Intelligent Brake & Reverse (iBR), the only functioning braking system on a PWC.

A custom-fabricated, foam-filled extra capacity fuel tank allows for the private owners of these new machines to travel further than their factory tanks would allow. Extra cooler storage compensates for the lost watertight storage in the bow. Even with the forward towers, the front hatches open without conflict.

The Breakdown

The Buildup

Each of the three Sea-Doos carry the same Garmin GPS/depth sounding equipment, switch panels and controls. All towers have windshields and canvas roofs as well as integrated pole holders in a myriad of positions.

The extensive aluminum pipework with multiple rod holders is like a work of art, I am always in awe of the perfect welds that Albert and his son Chad create. Templates were created from one and used as the pattern to build the following two units.

I stopped by this shop when they were completed and to take a look before they were to be shipped overseas.

I am glad that other people from all over are taking interest in Jet Ski Fishing. It is something I thoroughly enjoy and I encourage others to try.

With everything poured into these custom machines, truly these three of kind watercraft are one of a kind!

“Three Of A Kind–Fishing Machines!” was first published February 21st, 2012 by Brian Lockwood at JetSkiBrian.com. It can be found in its entirety HERE

Artwork and content provided by Watercraftperformance.com.

A note from BRP Sea-Doo: Do not make unauthorized modifications, or use accessories that are not approved by BRP.  Since these changes have not been tested by BRP, they may increase the risk of accidents or injuries, and they can make the watercraft illegal for use on water.

X-TEAM TUESDAY: X-Team Racer Cyrille Lemoine 2012 Season Recap

22 Tuesday Jan 2013

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cyrille lemoine, jet ski, jetski, kawasaki, racer, Sea-Doo, Sea-Doo Jet Ski, Sea-Doo RXP-X 260, seadoo racers, seadoo waverunner, waverunner, x team racer, yamaha

 

Sea-Doo‘s European champion,  France’s X-Team Racer Cyrille Lemoine had an outstanding year and here is a recap of his season. This 10x World Champion is widely recognized on the European circuit and a proud Sea-Doo racer.   For more about Cyrille click here. 

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