When Kevie called the marina about recommissioning the Seadoo they said the ride plate was corroded and might need to be replaced. We went to pick it up on Sunday hoping that it would be ready or, at the very least, that our presence would spur them to action.
They took our red flash out of the rack and showed me a metal plate on the underside aft that was showing oxidation and some barnacle growth. I nodded as the mechanic told me that he wouldn't really know what was needed until they power washed($39) it. Fortunately for our bank account there was no real damage and he got to come home that day.
So what is a ride plate? Here's what I gathered by talking to the guys. It's a heat exchanger for the engine that can cost $400 - $500 just for the parts should it need to be replaced. And there's an inner and an outer plate with deterioration of the inner plate being more serious. At some point there was mention of sacrificial zinc replacement but our model (GTX-4 TEC) has no such zincs.
How can it come to such a bad end where one would have to replace it? If it sits over the season on a pad (sport port) with its tail dragging in the water that's a recipe for disaster. In trying to remember its position last year I guess this could have happened a time our two.
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