How The Seadoo Was Invented

By Samual M. Adams

Seadoos, otherwise known as personal watercrafts, resemble snowmobiles for the water. This resemblance is not at all coincidental. The company responsible for introducing the Seadoo on to the market had dozens of years experience in manufacturing snowmobiles. In fact, the first Seadoos were painted the same colour and had the same handle bars as a common type of snowmobile.

The Bombardier company makes machines that move people. They started with making snowmobiles. They called their brand of snowmobile a Ski-doo. It had a distinctive black and yellow paint scheme. The Ski-doo business was wildly successful and soon the company began to design larger machines such as trains and airplanes. It was the success of the Ski-doo that prompted speculation about making a similar type of water scooter called a Seadoo.

In the early 1960s, the first Seadoos were introduced to the marketplace. These machines were very popular and generated a lot of excitement. The concept of a snowmobile that operated on water sounded like a great idea. The idea generated a lot of excitement with boating enthusiasts all over North America. Sadly though, the first models brought to the market had problems with engines overheating and metal corrosion.

Seadoos were only on the market for two years in the 1960s before they were taken off the market to be re-designed. The re-design process did not seem to be a priority as it was over twenty years before a new model was launched. In the mid-1980s, the modern day Seadoo was introduced and newer models have been introduced almost every year since then.

Along with Seadoo PWCs, Bombardier now produces a number of different products under the Seadoo umbrella. There are Seadoos in assorted sizes with assorted engine strengths. There is also other watercraft manufactured by the Bombardier company. Seadoo brand has launched a whole series of boats.

The history of Seadoo development is long and colorful. There have been some false starts and some long absences. The modern name Seadoo brand is now a household name and is associated with a number of different products. There are personal watercraft and boats but there are also hundreds of other products such as boat trailers, t-shirts, and Seadoo covers. - 31901

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