We went to the Dallas Boat Show on Saturday.  I’m generally not much of a lake-goer, but I wouldn’t mind having a Sea-Doo Sportster 4-TEC.  It’s not too big, yet it has a 155-hp engine and it can seat four.  Of course, I don’t happen to have $18,000 laying around, so I suppose I won’t be getting one any time soon.

One of the good things going on in the jet ski industry recently has been the introduction of four-cycle engines (and the 4-TEC is a four-cycle).  It’s been done because of emissions rules, but I like it for convenience.  I hate having to mix the oil with the gas and I hate breathing the smoke.  I guess it comes from too many dealings with two-cycle weed trimmers over the years.