loved the boat show, excellent Yamaha presence. Two dealers....
The 275.... loved it. its so ridiculously overkill. lol we trailer to a skinny lake or river, and our favorite past time is anchoring and swimming, eating... as far away from other boaters as we can get... tubing on the way there and back.... IF i had a dock on a big lake oh man would it top the list! the only thing I no likey... could use a LITTLE better motor access.
We figured out the 17+ sx210 or limited 212(non tower) will be have to be our boat. Unfortunately neither were there. Ill have hit up surdyke to drive them back to back to see if the 1.8's are worth the 6k premium since I dont care about top speed...really.... either boat will leave mine in the dust. spend most of my time trying to find economic cruise. My 3.0 merc with chunk missing from prop and always full of people struggles for 30. hahaha
heres my notes on how we got there...most of which I already assumed, but finally both of us looking together. We spent a TON of time at both yamaha exhibits. For the first time really we werent hurried. Except for throngs of people in our way LOL
-a 2012+ 212ss WAS my target. but that earlier 210 seating with the elevated co captain is no good.
-she loved the blue ar210 and 240 colorways. with the blue tower. but...(no j seating too)
-Tower is a non starter-too tall 210 and 240 both. also hassle to do (but would endure this to get it in if it could)
-240 wont fit our garage either..period.
though son loved the head compartments.
-tow hook is under top step! Can still roll up mat back there and use ladder and tow. HUGE Positive, something I hadnt noticed..
-190 isnt enough better or different than our boat to jump for.(i never just buy new version of same thing-pointless)
-I'm a changed man on the seadek flooring. It isn't the same as an old welcome mat. I Always wanted carpet, its now a non issue!
-yamaha bow seating area trounces absolutely EVERY boat I looked at. There is better quality tbe found but.. for space/usability-no contest
-keel floor storage. humongous.
-242x's are good but dont feel worth the money.
only negatives really... that shiny plastic yamaha uses on the gunwhales and the console areas makes it feel cheap and its the only part that gives you the big jetski feeling some might think of....The rest of the boats are solid so that bit underwhelmed me-though I could live with it.
also.. ZERO glastron presence.. wtf. I wanted to see the GTD line.
money no object. and coolness alone...the boat id pick... Teal sparkle colored Malibu (or TIGE? i forgot ha! either way I cant afford it) with aqua led's. Wife's favorite color. cant help it. but the swim platform on that sstyle of boat sucks. And the drive system wont work for me.
Oh. absolutely NO on pontoon she says. Im not sad. I only ever lean that way for space and utility....
we had a great time there..... we will be back.
and got to watch my english football (soccer) at Tigins irish pub downtown. glorious. Caught a buzz before the show. lol You should definitely check it out for the food. and Irish coffee.
