Hi all, I'm new to the forum (obviously) and would like your advice please. Im looking at buying my first ski and would like opinions from the following models.

What I'm looking for is a workable power, range, reliability, stability in chop etc. If you do post a reply, please include anything that would pose a problem with that particular model. The runs I'm hoping to do will be in the vicinity of of 80-100 nm round trip. I'm not very interested in turbo or super charged variants, but am open to suggestions. For the US guys, the following list might look a bit ad-hoc, but here in Oz the following models are around the 10k range which is all I want to spend.

I have investigated sounders and rack choices so am sorted there, just waiting to find the right ski.

At the moment my preferences (in order) are as follows.

2008 Kawasaki Ultra LX
2008 SeaDoo GTI SE 155
2008 Kawasaki STX 15F
2007/8 SeaDoo GTX 155
2008+ Yamaha VX Cruiser- Underpowered though?

The intended trips as follows, works out to be about 80 nm round trip off the coast of Brisbane QLD Australia.
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Cheers for the input guys.

Brett.