Tim in MD
Jet Boat Addict
- Messages
- 47
- Reaction score
- 60
- Points
- 97
- Location
- Bush River, Aberdeen, MD
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2019
- Boat Model
- AR
- Boat Length
- 21
With the forum's "help," I've decided to buy an AR210 (rather than the AR190 I was all set to buy). Thanks for the load off my wallet!
I live on a brackish river off the Chesapeake - the boat will be kept on a lift. I'll do watersports, the occasional 60 mile roundtrip journey for an expensive lunch, and general cruising around.
Before I call the dealer to negotiate, what options should I consider buying from the dealer (or asking them to throw in to the deal)?
- GPS/chartplotter? (AR210 has a depth sounder, and I don't need a fish finder - but I'm pretty sure I want a chartplotter rather than using my IPhone - recommendations on type and mounting location would be welcome also)
- Mooring cover? (I've read various threads on the topic of covers and a boat lift, and I've decided I think I'm acrobatic/masochistic enough to try the full cover rather than the pair of snap covers)
- Second battery?
- Anything?
I'm fairly handy - although much more of a home improvement guy than a car guy - but the thought of drilling and sawing into the most expensive thing I've ever purchased that I can't sleep in really scares me (I realize you folks on the forum do it all the time, but I'd need to work up to it).
Thanks for any advice!
I live on a brackish river off the Chesapeake - the boat will be kept on a lift. I'll do watersports, the occasional 60 mile roundtrip journey for an expensive lunch, and general cruising around.
Before I call the dealer to negotiate, what options should I consider buying from the dealer (or asking them to throw in to the deal)?
- GPS/chartplotter? (AR210 has a depth sounder, and I don't need a fish finder - but I'm pretty sure I want a chartplotter rather than using my IPhone - recommendations on type and mounting location would be welcome also)
- Mooring cover? (I've read various threads on the topic of covers and a boat lift, and I've decided I think I'm acrobatic/masochistic enough to try the full cover rather than the pair of snap covers)
- Second battery?
- Anything?
I'm fairly handy - although much more of a home improvement guy than a car guy - but the thought of drilling and sawing into the most expensive thing I've ever purchased that I can't sleep in really scares me (I realize you folks on the forum do it all the time, but I'd need to work up to it).
Thanks for any advice!