Don Patrick, owner, and mechanic of Wes-Tec Jet Ski performance race team, has successfully invented and patented a Jet Ski part that is now sold and distributed worldwide. The product was debuted at the annual World Finals held in Lake Havasu Arizona, October 5-13th 2013.

Patrick has been involved in the watercraft racing and recreational arena for over 18 years and is well known in the local community for his mechanical fixes and engine rebuilds.

“I remember from many years ago, after I got my first watercraft in 1989, I started trying things to my wave runner in the quest of making it go faster but still keeping it reliable. There were only a few things on the market for the particular one I owned so it kind of forced me to come up with my own ideas and to try different stuff. The only Jet ski magazines that was around at the time was “Splash” and “Personal Watercraft Illustrated” which had a tech article every month written by professional engine builders around the world and I learned a lot of tips and tricks from them. Later I built engines and setup race crafts for many well known top notch local riders like Jason Smith, Kenny Rankin, Shane ‘Nobe’ Edwards and Billy ‘The Kid’ Ebanks to name a few.” stated Don Patrick of Wes-Tec Performance.

The unique idea first came about in 2009 during Patrick’s first build of Yamaha’s largest motor, when it was realized that the design of the oil pan would trap a lot of oil into its bottom, with no way of getting it all out completely. This was detrimental as every time the oil was changed, fresh oil was mixing with contaminated oil which was re-circulated throughout the engine. This was not good for the reliability of the engine, especially in high performance applications, as oil is the life of any internal combustion engine and the cleaner the oil the better the performance. Patrick realized there was an opportunity to create a product to improve this.

In 2011 Patrick’s vision was turned into a reality. For the duration of a period of three to four months, six different product prototypes were built and tested. This equaled to roughly 300 oil changes during the research and development of the parts. When the final prototype was developed a patent search was done to see if this product had previously been invented. Nothing even similar to it was found. Patrick quickly patented the product and holds it in his name/Team Wes-Tec’s Performance.

Patrick’s unique product was pitched to Riva Motorsports based out of Pompano Beach Florida. In which they quickly received it. The product is called “Last Drop Oil Extraction Systems” and is for sale by Riva, and is listed for sale on Riva’s website as well as on the famous watercraft forum “Green Hulk”.

“It’s been a long time coming but I am very blessed to make it this far and to have something of great importance and a first for the Watercraft Industry- it is a great achievement. As my good friend Mark B. always told me,” Don if you dream you gotta dream BIG”. I always say a prayer and thank God for giving me the knowledge to make it this far, and I’m proud to represent Cayman.” stated Don Patrick, Owner & Mechanic of Wes Tec Performance.