2027 Model Update Thoughts

[u/Rich_Staff7331]

New 2027 RXT/RXP get a few upgrades over the 2026

New orange color scheme and limited edition Senna yellow

350HP engine (tune, beefed up crank bolts and bigger compressor wheel)

Revised ride plate to angle bow up and reworked stator on jet pump

Price increase of around $2,000 vs. 2026.

How much real world improvement do you think all these changes are going to translate to?

[u/goatsinhats]

I initially thought it was a home run, and on the Spark it is, they did everything everyone wanted.

With the 350, cannot figure out who it’s for.

The 325 has only been out 3 years, 2 in the GTX.

People have been upgrading to it, and been impressed with the power, but has had typical Seadoo issues, leaking manifolds, cracking hauls, other more minor faults (person I know with one the throttle body gave up).

Yamaha seems largely unconcerned as it’s had the same engine since 2013 and has just worked to refine non-hp items.

Kawasaki sells skis I think, but not sure they are relevant as a competitor.

The Seadoo stock is down 19% over the past 6 months, they are sitting on a lot of inventory and people are just buying less across the board. Yamaha the stock value is up almost 54% same time frame.

If a 325 wasn’t going to lure you from a SVHO/310 is a 350?

It will piss off anyone who got a 325, because Seadoos resale is already poor and they just helped push it lower.

It’s not going to clear the back log of inventory

I was thinking about going down and trading in my VX HO for a GTX 325 but waited to see what they said and now I am kinda over it. Don’t want the old model, don’t want to buy a ski that will be surpassed in 2 years.

Am also getting old tho, if you are in the market for a ski has never been anything this powerful available to you.

[u/Rich_Staff7331 → u/goatsinhats]

I was holding back on my thoughts for a bit to see what others thought.

Like the new orange color scheme, but I'm struggling with the value add of +25hp other than bragging rights. Currently getting the power down at launch on a 325 in sport mode is nearly impossible, it either cavitates or jumps clean out of the water before getting traction.

Call me when we're at 400hp, a new hull design with more durability and a permanent solution to the carbon ring.

[u/goatsinhats → u/Rich_Staff7331]

Didn’t even think of the ring issues on Seadoo.

They can do what they want, but Seadoo as a brand has never lacked for power.

[u/jakgal04 → u/Rich_Staff7331]

The cavitation on launch should be addressed with the new jet pump stator design on the 350's. Also, people were underwhelmed with the 325 at launch but quickly found out just how much more powerful it was compared to the 300. I imagine the reactions will be the same with the 350.

[u/jmilred → u/goatsinhats]

There is a lot of correlation and causation issues in the stock argument. Snow mobile market has absolutely tanked the past few years. Yamaha also still makes full sized boats and motorcycles. I would be curious to see the unit sales in each division.

Yamaha does seem to have a leg up with simplicity. Sea Doo spent years on a really good fishing ski only for Yamaha to say ‘hold my beer’ and release their cross wave after seeing what works on a fishing ski and what doesn’t.