sleili
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 38
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- Points
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- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2021
- Boat Model
- FSH
- Boat Length
- 25
I joined recently myself and am very glad I found the forum as well! Thanks for the feedback! For the T-Top, I have a feeling JetBoatPilot will be coming out with something for that, whether it's a retrofit kit with hinges and a latch for a DIY application or an insert, I'm not sure. I'm planning on at least trying to add my own hinges and latch when I get mine. Worst that can happen is I need to get a new piece of acrylic to put there.I'm new to this forum, and thankful you folks are here. I picked up my 252FSH Sport last week, its been out two times now. Almost due for the first oil change. 3rd actual Yammy, and happy to answer any questions you have. Mine is exactly like the one pictured above. Gray and white, with tan interior. I ordered it in october of last year (2020). I 'returned" my 242XE due to it being in the shop more than on the water. Decided to go with an AXIS for surfing, and a CC for fishing and fun. I stayed with Yamaha after a terrible customer service experience with the manufacturer, only because my first boat was a 2012 242LS that I traded in with 460 hours on it, and never had a problem. I am not convinced Yamaha has the "E" series software bugs figured out. On my new 252FSH, I'd add a couple of things not mentioned above.
1. The 'fit and finish" of the boat is not as sharp as my 242's. Inside any compartment is unfinished fiberglass, no gel coat, and some haphazard cutting with what appears to be a recip saw.
2. There is ample room for marine radios behind the plastic on the under side of the T Top. I wont be using any additional radio equipment (I'm a lake guy) and would love suggestions for port hole or dry box resellers who might make a customer size to fit the long and skinny faceplate.
3. The "see through" bait well is the coolest thing on the boat! People just freak out when they see it full of fish.
4. Start researching Simrad graphs now, even before you get your boat because if you are a hummingbird or Lowrance guy, its very different. It has the GO12XSE on the boat. I'll be learning it for a while.
5. Dont believe ANY of the height, width, overall spec they printed. Its taller, wider, and longer than the book shows.
6. There is a trolling motor mount included, at least in mine. You will need the 72" shaft on it. Motorguide and Minn Kota do not "talk" to your Simrad graph.
7. The Yamaha wake boost from my 242XE fits perfectly on the 252FSH, and the boat throws a decent wake! Its not perfect, but it does let you step off the back and let go of the rope.
Feel free to ask anything, the boat is an hour away at the lake but I'm happy to answer anything you want to know.
I appreciate the recommendation on shaft length as the trolling motor is definitely something I want to get taken care of before the boat is even here. I thought the Motorguide could talk to the Simrad unit with the NEMA backbone support though.
That's interesting on the dimensions. What would you say the draft is typically for you then? It states 22" but if all of the other dimensions are off, I would imagine that would be as well.
Another question I've come up with is how loud are the motors? They seem to be pretty quiet based on the videos Will at JetBoatPilot has been putting out on YouTube but that could be due to good equipment. Can you hold a conversation easily when the boat is on at idol or no wake speeds easily?
Thanks so much and looking forward to your contributions!
