Finally broke her in, now upgrades and build

ken4motion · Mar 7, 2021

Great thread! Following. Looking forward to your driving impressions. Meanwhile, I'm still under wraps here on Long Island...

jocolo21 · Mar 7, 2021

ken4motion said:
Great thread! Following. Looking forward to your driving impressions. Meanwhile, I'm still under wraps here on Long Island...
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you will like it drives different from the previous hull design and the tower doesnt rattled like on the 2019

jocolo21 · Mar 7, 2021

First black boat i have ever own and from friends having them i know a pain to keep looking good so i just tried Aerolon Tech Shine , we well see how it performs.

jocolo21 · Mar 7, 2021

Raymarine Transducer, no the rudder doesnt travel far enough

jocolo21 · Mar 7, 2021

For those with the 252 series the console at tje helm is not sealed or flush with the fire wall, thats what i call it , my audio equipment is there and whe strong showers or claning the boat water WILL go there and can damage your expensive amps, i just did a bead of clear marine silicone to make sure water have a harder time getting back there.

tabbibus · Mar 11, 2021

mrcleanr6 said:
Did the exact same thing for my anchor locker. 3/8” thru hull. Thats how it should be from the factory. Not some plastic bs that dumps in the bilge.

Nice. Do you have a link for that?

jocolo21 · Mar 11, 2021

tabbibus said:
Nice. Do you have a link for that?

I’ll look on my Amazon history if it was a bit longer I could have use the nut inside the locker,all I did fill the gap with 4200 put paper inside the Darin to keep the silicon from getting in it and tapped it wit a rubber mallet

mrcleanr6 · Mar 11, 2021

this was the one i got. it was long enough for me to put the nut inside. you want a 3/8" one. that is a direct replacement for the plastic stock one. no drilling necessary.

https://www.amazon.com/keehui-Stainless-Thru-Hull-Fitting-Gasket/dp/B08GC6Q4TH/ref=sr_1_12_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=3%2F8+stainless+thru+hull&qid=1615514057&sr=8-12-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzMkxIMUM5V041VThBJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNDEwNDU2M000UERaUVVGTE9JVyZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMjY3MDg3MUxEOUtMNzdXRDZMOCZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX210ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

jocolo21 · Mar 12, 2021

mrcleanr6 said:
this was the one i got. it was long enough for me to put the nut inside. you want a 3/8" one. that is a direct replacement for the plastic stock one. no drilling necessary.

https://www.amazon.com/keehui-Stainless-Thru-Hull-Fitting-Gasket/dp/B08GC6Q4TH/ref=sr_1_12_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=3%2F8+stainless+thru+hull&qid=1615514057&sr=8-12-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzMkxIMUM5V041VThBJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNDEwNDU2M000UERaUVVGTE9JVyZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMjY3MDg3MUxEOUtMNzdXRDZMOCZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX210ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

i believe i got the link from your post, but at least on my 252 not long enough for me to be able to use the nut

mrcleanr6 · Mar 12, 2021

I could see if that locker liner has too big a gap between the hull then it would be too short. The whole problem is that the liner is not set right and there is a gap that shouldnt be there. Mine had a gap but wasnt terrible. 1/8” maybe from what i could tell. The thru hull was perfect length for that. No nut should be fine as long as you have the end sealed on the anchor locker side. Sounds like you did good with the 4200.

ken4motion · Mar 20, 2021

So today, I installed a new onboard dual battery charger. The Noco Genius 10X2 fits perfectly in there. It's a beast! My observation is after hooking up the batteries is that I have two marine starting batteries installed new from dealer. Is not this supposed to have a marine deep cycle for the "house???"

mrcleanr6 · Mar 20, 2021

ken4motion said:
So today, I installed a new onboard dual battery charger. The Noco Genius 10X2 fits perfectly in there. It's a beast! My observation is after hooking up the batteries is that I have two marine starting batteries installed new from dealer. Is not this supposed to have a marine deep cycle for the "house???"

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not really. 2 start batteries will do just as good a job

Richard Bares · Mar 23, 2021

jocolo21 said:
Almost forgot, anchor locker drain

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What fitting did you use? I am thinking of doing the bilge and pissers and with the issues I have heard about this drain I was thinking of maybe putting a fitting here also.

AZMark · Mar 23, 2021

Richard Bares said:
What fitting did you use? I am thinking of doing the bilge and pissers and with the issues I have heard about this drain I was thinking of maybe putting a fitting here also.

There’s a link to it a couple of posts up. 3/8 thru hull, lots of them on Amazon.

ADA racing makes nice pisser & bilge pump fittings but nothing flat & small enough for the anchor drain.

Richard Bares · Mar 23, 2021

AZMark said:
There’s a link to it a couple of posts up. 3/8 thru hull, lots of them on Amazon.

ADA racing makes nice pisser & bilge pump fittings but nothing flat & small enough for the anchor drain.

Thanks, found it. I was going to go with the ADA Racing fitting for the bilge and bypass fittings. I'm wondering if a 45 or 90 degree fitting would work for the anchor drain to prevent water coming in. I need to get to the boat to look at this stuff.

jocolo21 · Mar 24, 2021

Richard Bares said:
Thanks, found it. I was going to go with the ADA Racing fitting for the bilge and bypass fittings. I'm wondering if a 45 or 90 degree fitting would work for the anchor drain to prevent water coming in. I need to get to the boat to look at this stuff.

45 degrees you want the stream away from the boat

jocolo21 · Mar 24, 2021

So this past weekend I was finally able to the it to the ocean, what a difference between the 2019 and 2021 whatever changes they did to the hull are well worth it, we went thru some big boat wake the wife braced for impact ......nothing and bump then the boat stayed planted, she looked and me smile and the stood up.now she always stayed seated with the 242se she never felt too confident, on the 252 after the first wake she stood the whole time. My boating buddy all he could talk about how different it felt. The wind was blowing hard in Clearwater/Tampa area this past weekend so you can imaging the condition we were boating in.
That said docking in the wind for inexperienced yummy boaters is still a challenge, this is my 3rd Yamaha 07, 19, and 2021. For those waiting for 21 and 27 footers I would wait for the new hull, it’s worth the wait, but this is solely my opinion. Love the boat love the way it rides in the ocean, I’m only talkin 1 to 3 footers if you constantly ride I bigger ocean get a boat for that , for me I just cruise to sand bars and stay there all day the cruise to a nearby restaurant for late dinner and onto the dock.