asevie
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- Location
- Atlanta
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2007
- Boat Model
- AR
- Boat Length
- 21
First 2 days of use have been a blast, we went from an AR210 (2007) to an AR240 (2016). Right off the bat one of the things I do not like about the Connext screen and start up is that when you turn the engines off you have to wait for the startup sequence and tach sweep before restarting, when we're out tubing or boarding I try to minimize start/stop cycles but sometimes you just have to cut the engines and I'd rather not use the keys and shut off the Connext system either. Do we have to wait every time we stop the motors for this? I was thinking about using the engine cutoff switch to cut the engines then I can simply turn the keys to start again, but I can't imagine that's a great long term solution either. What do you folks do?
The next thing, love the power in this, it's much more than we're used to but in a good way. I've noticed when I slowly and smoothly add power from idle we get a brief shudder/vibration from the engines, I can feel it under the feet and thru the throttles, it feels like it's associated with the water intakes and not like it's a problem, just bigger engines getting the water moving thru to propel the boat. Is this a common thing in larger jet boats? I have nothing to compare it to, the AR210 was our first boat so, of course, I became familiar with its intricacies and this is new.
Last thing, so far, the boat feels like it is port heavy, the boat is always leaning to the left and always turns to the left, I have to constantly hold right pressure on the steering wheel to go straight. I've moved people around, we're evenly balanced but we're always leaning to the left. We took a long cruise this morning so I got to fine tune cruising but I have to have one hand on the wheel with slight pressure and one hand on the throttles because they always work themselves down to a lower rpm. I figured the articulating keel could use a slight adjustment and I was happy to see it had threaded bolts allowing for adjustment, is this a common issue until the boat is 'aligned' so to speak? How about the throttles walking back? I was used to it in the 210 but once they stabilized the 210 stayed at the same rpm, these drift down anywhere in the 5000-6000 rpm range, faster rpms don't seem to be affected as much. The boat will just get slower and slower and the rpms drift down. Any ideas?
The next thing, love the power in this, it's much more than we're used to but in a good way. I've noticed when I slowly and smoothly add power from idle we get a brief shudder/vibration from the engines, I can feel it under the feet and thru the throttles, it feels like it's associated with the water intakes and not like it's a problem, just bigger engines getting the water moving thru to propel the boat. Is this a common thing in larger jet boats? I have nothing to compare it to, the AR210 was our first boat so, of course, I became familiar with its intricacies and this is new.
Last thing, so far, the boat feels like it is port heavy, the boat is always leaning to the left and always turns to the left, I have to constantly hold right pressure on the steering wheel to go straight. I've moved people around, we're evenly balanced but we're always leaning to the left. We took a long cruise this morning so I got to fine tune cruising but I have to have one hand on the wheel with slight pressure and one hand on the throttles because they always work themselves down to a lower rpm. I figured the articulating keel could use a slight adjustment and I was happy to see it had threaded bolts allowing for adjustment, is this a common issue until the boat is 'aligned' so to speak? How about the throttles walking back? I was used to it in the 210 but once they stabilized the 210 stayed at the same rpm, these drift down anywhere in the 5000-6000 rpm range, faster rpms don't seem to be affected as much. The boat will just get slower and slower and the rpms drift down. Any ideas?
