Iron Head,

Not that it will influence the range of opinions people here will give you, but if you said where and how you want to use your prospective sled, that could make a significant difference in narrowing the range. Without that information, when you say you want a 15-17' boat, you're going to get comments like, "that's too small" when the where and how of its use isn't even being considered.

Make a list of parameters of use. That will help narrow the field from every opinion there is about jet boats down to the ones that are useful in informing your choice of what to get.

Sincerely,

Salmo g.