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A personal watercraft (PWC), also called Jet Ski or water scooter, is a primarily recreational watercraft that is designed to hold only a small number of occupants, who sit or stand on top of the craft, not within the craft as in a boat. Prominent brands of PWCs include Jet Skis and Sea-Doos. PWCs have two style categories.
Jet Ski is the brand name of a personal watercraft (PWC) [1] manufactured by Kawasaki, [2] a Japanese company. [3] The term is often used generically to refer to any type of personal watercraft used mainly for recreation, and it is also used as a verb to describe the use of any type of PWC.
At rest, it resembles a sit-down jet ski. Gaining speed, it would eventually lift up on the skis and begin to plane. Directional control was achieved by turning the handlebars (as opposed to a jet ski, where one rotates the hydrojet). [3] Originally, the Wetbike was powered by a Suzuki two-stroke engine. [3]
The number of personal watercraft-related accidents has increased with the popularity of personal watercraft (PWC) (also commonly known as jet skis) since their introduction during the late 1960s. The use of the term jet ski for all types of PWCs is a misnomer ; Jet Ski is a registered trademark in the United States for a line of PWCs ...
Honda Aircraft Company is an aircraft manufacturer headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, responsible for the production of the HondaJet family of aircraft. Originally a secret research project within Honda R&D, Honda Aircraft Company was formed as a wholly owned subsidiary of Honda Motor Company in August 2006 under the leadership of HondaJet designer Michimasa Fujino. [2]
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Honda Marine logo. Honda Marine is an American company headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. [1] Honda Marine is part of "Honda’s Power Products" division. [1] They build a full line of four-stroke outboard marine engines. They were the second U.S. company to build a four-stroke marine outboard engine. They manufactured the first marine ...