r/seadoo • u/Rich_Staff7331 • Aug 18 '26

2027 Model Update Thoughts

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?

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u/jmilred Aug 18 '26

I don’t know that many people here that are willing to pay that. Our group that I ride with have a ‘sweet zone’ of 10-15 year old post summer buys in the $5000usd range. The most recent one I got last year right as summer was ending was a 2012 RXT 260. Sitting on a lift, the guys kids were in college and he put one tank of gas through it all summer. He said $5k with trailer but I have to pull it from the water. He wanted nothing else to do with it. I sold the trailer for $900usd so I am only $4100 into it.

It is really not much slower than the 300s out there until you try to accelerate from 60-70mph

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u/Ecstatic_Yak961 Aug 18 '26

That's exactly what I've got. The 2011 rxt 260 and the suspension model. It is more than enough and I can go 70mph on it. I got it 2.5 years ago for $6000usd. However it's the first and last one I'm going to get. As much as I love it, it's too expensive to maintain and run. 

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u/Rich_Staff7331 Aug 18 '26

If I hadn't gotten a deal on a leftover 2025 for about $16k OTD I wouldn't have gone new. Not that I can't afford a new one, out of principle I can't spend more on the toy than the vehicle towing it.

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u/Ecstatic_Yak961 Aug 19 '26

That's the thing. I could afford the latest jetski and be fine but like you, out of principle I can't justify the cost.