Sea-Doo model line
SP
The Sea-Doo SP appears in seven model years over two separate runs, 1988 to 1992 and 1996 to 1997. Every SP year on record is a carburetted two-stroke, with the engine recorded as 587.
At a glance
- Years made
- 1988 to 1992, 1996 to 1997
- Engine, as the records hold it
- 587
- Strokes
- Two-stroke
- Fuel system
- Carburettor
- Hull type
- Sit-down
- Model years on record
- 7
- Checked
- None of the seven SP model years verified, which needs a check against the maker's own document, which the row names, and an engine figure; all seven name a source below.
Sea-Doo numbers are the ones the sport names each engine by, and can differ from the measured size: a 787 measures 781.6, a 947 measures 951.
- 1988
- 1989
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993 , nothing recorded
- 1994 , nothing recorded
- 1995 , nothing recorded
- 1996
- 1997
- Solid: a row in the table
- Hollow: nothing recorded
The Sea-Doo SP from 1988 to 1997, one square for each model year, a decade to a row; follow a square to its row.
How we know: The 7 SP rows in the year table, with each row's grade and the engine cells it prints in bold.
Year by year
| Model year | Engine, as the records hold it | Fuel system | Strokes | Hull type | What the record says | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 587 | Carburettor | Two-stroke | Sit-down | First year of the modern line, model 5801. Clamshell rear-hinged seat, unique to this year. Scarce. | Source 1 |
| 1989 | 587 | Carburettor | Two-stroke | Sit-down | Removable seat for engine access. The arrangement Sea-Doo kept from here on. | Source 1 |
| 1990 | 587 | Carburettor | Two-stroke | Sit-down | No note | Source 1 |
| 1991 | 587 | Carburettor | Two-stroke | Sit-down | Grab handle added, which made reboarding materially easier. | Source 1 |
| 1992 | 587 | Carburettor | Two-stroke | Sit-down | The white 587 replaces the yellow. Every 1992 model runs the 587. | Source 1 |
| Nothing recorded from 1993 to 1995 | ||||||
| 1996 | 587 | Carburettor | Two-stroke | Sit-down | BRP's own Sea-Doo parts catalogue for the US lists this machine for 1996 as "SP" under the SP family. | Source 2 |
| 1997 | 587 | Carburettor | Two-stroke | Sit-down | BRP's own Sea-Doo parts catalogue for the US lists this machine for 1997 as "SP" under the SP/SPX family. BRP's Operator's Guide for the 1997 SP gives its dimensions as 100 x 41.5 x 36.2 inches. The 587 here is unsourced and is contested: the shop's SP / SPX record said Rotax 717, also without a source. As of 2026-10-07 no held document states this year's SP engine (searched: this row's BRP parts-catalogue entry, and the Rotax engine table in section 8, which places the 587 in the 1988 to 1992 SP and the 717 in other 1995 on models). | Source 3 |
Sources
- SeaDooSource model reference (secondary, author-stated from memory) (model years 1988 to 1992)
- BRP, Sea-Doo parts catalogue "Sea-Doo USD" on the Sea-Doo online store, Sea-Doo Watercraft, 1996, SP, entry "SP", sea-doo-shop.brp.com (Shop by Vehicle, Sea-Doo USD, Browse Catalog; the tree is navigated in the page and has no per-model URL). Retrieved 2026-09-20. (model year 1996)
- BRP, Sea-Doo parts catalogue "Sea-Doo USD" on the Sea-Doo online store, Sea-Doo Watercraft, 1997, SP/SPX, entry "SP", sea-doo-shop.brp.com (Shop by Vehicle, Sea-Doo USD, Browse Catalog; the tree is navigated in the page and has no per-model URL). Retrieved 2026-09-20. Dimensions from BRP's Operator's Guide for the 1997 SP. (model year 1997)
Related
On the Sea-Doo model timeline
The timeline dates the SP by release year, which can sit a year from its model years here.
Cite this page
“Sea-Doo SP”, BaddJet archive, https://baddjetarchive.com/reference/sea-doo/sp/
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