Just post it for sale - it will be sold in hours I would imagine and probably close to what you have in it. I would be shocked if you didn't get almost full MSRP.
Boggles my mind some times - you bought a new 2021 AR 190 - single engine - 8 person capacity - and you fill it over capacity (7 teenagers and 2 adults - last time I checked 7+2 = 9) and then you hooked up one of the largest towables you can have (big mable) that has the most amount of drag... (let me guess you were towing it from the tower point as well and it was probably underinflated?) and you don't understand why it was under powered?
These boats literally jump out of the hole - sounds like you have something sucked up in it causing cavitation/hole shot issues. Also, sounds like you have zero patience with wanting to have the dealer take a look. I have an AR250 I had it full on Friday night - 12 adults - sunset cruise - half a tank of gas and it crushed it - jumped out of the hole and was running WOT 42-43 - that is freakin impressive if you ask me.
You will not be out $10K - these boats are impossible to find -just sell it outright - and then go buy yourself an awesome 1983 Rinker with a 3L Merc and an I/O drive - then come back and post pictures so we can all drool over it. Best of luck in your future boating endeavors.
I agree Lakeside, it will sell fast. The resale on these was another huge plus!
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. The tube was overinflated, not under. I'm in a better mood today. It was heavy, you're right about that too. And I was towing off the tower. I like to do figure eights, creating a "shark tank" of rogue waves at the convergence. After a few passes you can get some monsters, swing em out over that and they fly. Thats why you need the Big Mable, because they have half a chance of landing and going having another pass. So yeah, I ask a lot. No doubt. Now I can do this, with a wider figure eight, with two on the tube and three in the boat. Its still not the way I'd want it, but its passable. It was disappointing to not be able to get them out of the wake, even as overloaded as it was.
At the end of the day its an investment in fun, if it doesn't put a smile on your face, whats the return? An investment that doesn't make you smile should make you money. With tax, license and dealer fees I'm down 2-3 already. I do hope to get close to MSRP, I probably won't be too bad off. Finger crossed.
I got no real complaints with River Valley, they were nice and more than fair with me. They have been selling out of these boats before putting any in the water. I have to drive two hours to get there too. It is the closes Yamaha dealer. Nobody talked to me about a water delivery.
I don't think anything on this boat is busted, or working wrong. I just should have bought a different boat.
A thin layer of kilmat reduces resonance noise, thats how it makes things quieter. I did coat my engine box with Kilmat and adhered egg crate to that too, its done right, and it did make it quite a bit quieter. We cruise pretty nice with it.
My Rinker was nice LOL. It had a newer interior, red white and blue, the gel coat was still nice too. It was well maintained. And it was the 3.7 MERC 470 (170hp), its a huge closed coolant system industrial 4 cylinder block boat motor, not the MERC 3.0, which is also common but I have never owned. The 3.7 was torquey and the boat was light. It would've whipped those kids. I wish I still had it today. I liked the sound of that engine better too. Oh well. I'm not trying to make anybody drool. I just wish someone had told me to go buy stern drive boat. So I'm trying to help the next guy.
Life's a peach, sometimes you gotta deal with the pit.
Happy sails everybody. Enjoy your boats. Hell, maybe I'll keep the Yamaha. haha
I put some pictures of the Rinker I sold. It was 40 years old. I don't expect anyone to drool on it, unless they're passed out.