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Whats the difference between a jet ski, waverunner, and personal watercraft (PWC)?

April 26, 2017difference jet PwC Ski Watercraft waverunner

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Whats the difference between a jet ski, waverunner, and personal watercraft (PWC)?

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Nothing—they are all different names for the same thing. Personal watercraft (PWC) is a generic term for a type of boat. Jet Ski is a trademarked name for Kawasaki’s PWC’s and Waverunner is a trademarked name for Yamaha’s PWC’s. Some people think jet ski means it’s a stand-up PWC and waverunner means it’s a sit-down PWC. This is not true. There are stand-up and sit-down jet skis and there are stand-up and sit-down waverunners.