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By your description, it sounds like you are trying to take off with the motor already trimmed up. Start with it fully tucked and then trim up as you get moving.
We have 2 '95 Kawasaki 750 SS. Took them to the lake last year after we hadn't ran them in a couple years and neither one of them wanted to start. Used some starting fluid and eventually got them both running. One of them ran for about 2 days and then wouldn't start again, the other one ran...
I went to the river yesterday and saw a couple idiots putting their boats in. The first was a guy that had a brand new sea-doo boat it was a large one not the old speedster type, but anyway, he had his boat backed up to the waters edge and then decided he needed to have a 10 minute phone...