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2002 Sea Doo Sportboat X-20 Photos
2002 Sea Doo Sportboat X-20 Test Details
| Category | Jet Boat |
| Length | 19ft 9in / 5.79 m |
| Beam | 8 ft |
| Fuel Capacity | 151 L |
| Weight | 2,200 lbs |
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2002 Sea Doo Sportboat X-20 Description
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When it comes to boating, the appeal of youth
culture inevitably reaches well beyond young people. On the
waterfront, mature individuals who wouldnt be caught dead wearing
droopy pants or listening to nasty rap music, readily adopt pursuits
that are hugely popular with the young
boating crowd.
Bombardier, builder of Sea-Doo sportboats and personal watercraft, has always had a firm handle on what appeals to the young at heart. Sea-Doos always been a style-setter, leading the design pack in PWCs and boats.
So, because wakeboarding is the hottest thing on the waterfront these days, the mid-season introduction of the 2002 Sea-Doo X-20 was no surprise. While the boat bears a strong resemblance to the companys existing Challenger 20, its been engineered and designed to meet some of wakeboardings unique challenges.
As for the usual requirements of keeping driver, spotter and passengers comfortable, the X-20 handles that with ease, with swiveling helm and
companion seat (great for the spotter) and form-fitting aft bench seat. The bow seats provide added space for lounging. The swim platform aft is a convenient place to strap on a board and theres plenty of storage for gear.
The real keys to getting big wake and big air are the specially designed aluminum wakeboard tower and the Fat Sac that fits under the aft seat and can provide up to 600-lb. of water ballast.
The X-20s tower works very well, with a towing point a full seven feet above the boats waterline and reinforcement plates built right into the hull. At the end of the day, quick-release mechanisms let it fold back. The tower is ready for whatever custom light and sound equipment an owner chooses to install, but will still fit in the garage.
In test sessions on Lake Ontario early last summer, the X-20 handled tight turns and instantaneous direction changes with ease, showing its jetboat heritage. It also cornered with enough authority to be able to handle a boarder in tow. Top speed, with Mercurys 240-hp fuel-injected M2 jet drive in charge of propulsion, was 50.8 mph, at 6,000 rpm, in radar testing. (The speedo read 50 mph reassuring accuracy in a tow boat.)
Around-the-lake cruising speeds, 27.3 mph at 4,000 rpm and 31.5 mph at 4,500 rpm, provide a combination of excitement and comfort, but the boats performance at 20 to 25 mph is more important for wakeboarding. Without the Fat Sac filled, but with three adults aboard, the X-20 ran at 18.2 mph at 3,500 mph, with the boat falling off plane at 3,200 rpm. With the Sac filled, the boat should semi-plane nicely in the wakeboarding zone, putting out wake that should readily satisfy top-end recreational boarders. Acceleration was healthy enough, from zero to 20 mph in 3.5 seconds, reaching 30 mph in 4.5 seconds.
As for the boats appearance, with a black hull, white deck, silver-grey upholstery, huge X-20 graphics and that sleek tower its hot. Thats what boaters have come to expect from Sea-Doo and its also sure to be a big factor in the X-20s appeal, to wakeboarders of all ages.
2002 Sea Doo Sportboat X-20 Test Specifications
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Test boat engine:
Mercury 240-hp EFI M2 Jet Drive,
2.5-litre (150-cid), 240-hp, V-6, two-stroke,
with electronic fuel injection, driving a Mercury jet drive.
Acceleration
mph/sec
0-20/3.5 0-30/4.5 0-40/7.2
Top Speed (RADAR)
rpm mph
6,000 50.8
Cruising Speed (RADAR)
rpm/mph
4,000/27.3 4,500/31.5
5,000/37.4 5,500/47.3
6,000/50.8
Sound Levels at Cruise (4,000 rpm)
helm aft cockpit
84 dbA 84 dbA
Sound Levels at Top Speed
helm aft cockpit
91 dbA 94 dbA
Speed testing by Stalker radar
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