Sea Doo Jet Skis

Sea Doo Jet Skis is another term that has become commonplace. It has become a generic name for personal watercrafts just like Kawasaki’s term “Jet Ski.”

Jet Ski and Sea Doo actually have pretty similar tales, though they are manufactured by different companies. Kawasaki claims the Jet Ski, while Bombardier claims the Sea Doo.

First, let’s talk about Bombardier. Bombardier had been well-established in the market for snowmobiles. They started working on a watercraft project in the 60s that would put the Sea Doo on the market in 1968.

Bombardier’s name for their snowmobiles was Ski-Doo, so it’s not so weird to see why they chose Sea Doo for their water mobiles. Right before the new model of Sea Doo was released, Bombardier pulled it from going to market.

The reasons weren’t really understood during that time because of lack of technology. And Bombardier didn’t want to put themselves or their Ski-Doo snowmobile at risk by putting a lot of money into engineering to figure out the problem.

When Bombardier decided to halt production, Kawasaki jumped in forcefully to produce their own personal watercraft.

Clayton Jacobson II who initially gave the idea to Bombardier sold his patent to Kawasaki in the early 1970s. This sale gave Kawasaki the idea of the Jet Ski. Even though Kawasaki took advantage of the demand, this wasn’t the end for Sea Doo Jet Skis.

Kawasaki entered the market cautiously by only producing hundreds of their model. It wasn’t until the 1980s that the demand increased and Kawasaki began producing Jet Skis by the thousands.

Once the demand was there, Bombardier chose to give it a second go. It wasn’t Bombardier’s intention to take the spotlight off of the Jet Ski. On the other hand, Sea Doo Jet skis were produced for any kind of use, not just by athletes.

Sea Doo was created as a sit-down watercraft instead of a stand-up. The second round of models were not that different from the original ones that Bombardier withheld, but they didn’t have the engineering problems that were attached to the first ones.

So, Sea Doo and Jet Ski are actual brand names, even though they are commonly referenced in generic terms.