head compartment in the 24' yamahas

[mraz72]

I am thinking of upgrading to a 24' and one of the reason is for the potential of a head. Can adults fit in there? Is it a struggle?

 

[Bruce]

The head compartment is the tallest on the 2015+ models.

I have tested the fit in the head compartment on our 2007 SX230 and at 5' 11" and 250 I can fit in there. Forunately I have never had to but I know I could if I needed to. Height was the biggest issue for me. I have heard of taller but thinner people using the head compartments and shorter under 150 people use our head compartment frequently without any concern.

 

[bumpy]

Wouldn't have a boat without it. I'm 5'7", 145 lbs, I fit. I also sit, though. No standing in there, and no way I'm kneeling. Hmmm, have I said too much????

 

[Rob9550]

I am almost 6 ft and I fit fine.

 

[Julian]

I'm 6'1" and 190 and I fit in there....wouldn't want to spend a lot of time in there as it gets hot and stuffy in there (I can tell you from when I installed a USB port behind a panel in there....it wasn't fun).

 

[jawsf16]

I think it's way too small. I am 6'4" and 210 and it feels like I'm back in "The Box" at SERE in there! Y'all are crazy to use it for a head, plus we have tons of stuff in there that would have to find another home.

 

[mraz72]

I really want a head, and I want to stay with yamaha, I love the shallow draft. I was looking at a 28' sea ray and the draft was double the yamaha (36"). I often throw anchor in 2.5 feet of water.....

What toilet are you guys using? Do you have to lift it out? Where do you empty the contents?

I wet slip, the is a bathroom about 200 yards away, would i have to carry the toilet there?

 

[bumpy]

I bought a Dometic 5 gallon; we dump it in the house toilet. The waste tank separates from the seat/flush water section, so we just carry the waste tank.

 

[McMark]

Luggable Loo.

 

[Bruce]

We use a Coleman Portable Flush Toilet. It has worked well for the last four summers. Still looks like new

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001TS6O8Y

Water for flushing is stored in the top. The waste stores in the bottom. We separate the halves to remove it from the boat. It is easiest to fill the tank in the boat.

 

[Zeus2013]

We bought a 12" tall portable toilet mostly for the kids or for when you are nowhere near a restroom. It is not easy in there to do your business but doable if you really need to.

 

[GTBRMC]

We use for emergencies only.

Getting in is not a problem. Getting back up off the seat and out of the compartment is considerably more challenging.

 

[Mainah]

Camco 41531 Portable Toilet - 2.6 gallon www.amazon.com/dp/B004RNOV9M/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_c_api_yJ0Sxb5VSHKVM

No way a guy can sit on this and pee but kneeling works (I had to use it in the day time in a crowded area). I used wide velcro to attach it in the head. Has come in handy on a couple of longer night trips on a river with alcohol and ladies on board. My wife refuses to use it so I have to be a counter balance as she squats backwards off the swim deck. I would say the need or the mood has to be right for someone to use it.

Have to say that it has been fun when ladies are alcohol induced twerking and then have to go pee. Whether they counter balance or they use the head it is always fun .... well at least for everyone else on board. There are some that won't counter balance and others that won't use the head. Once people are are relieved everyone goes back to drinking and dancing so there is a very good reason to have options on board. Of course you don't mind dumping it after a night like that Now I just need to find a way to make a detachable stripper pole for nights like those.

 

[Jim Robeson]

I think it's way too small. I am 6'4" and 210 and it feels like I'm back in "The Box" at SERE in there! Y'all are crazy to use it for a head, plus we have tons of stuff in there that would have to find another home.

Didn't know they made jet fighter cockpits for giants like you!! Does your head stick out the top??

 

[jawsf16]

Didn't know they made jet fighter cockpits for giants like you!! Does your head stick out the top??

Jim in the fighter cockpit they have something called Design Eye. It basically means where you put the seat so you can actually see the HUD, well in every jet I have flown the seat goes full down. At that setting, I can see the bottom half of the HUD until I get airborne and pull about 4 Gs. In the F-16 I couldn't see the gun cross in the top of the HUD unless I was at 7+ Gs!!

And I have several buddies a bit taller than me that flew the Viper... one guy even took out the seat cushion to gain an extra inch of room or so.

 

[Jim Robeson]

Jim in the fighter cockpit they have something called Design Eye. It basically means where you put the seat so you can actually see the HUD, well in every jet I have flown the seat goes full down. At that setting, I can see the bottom half of the HUD until I get airborne and pull about 4 Gs. In the F-16 I couldn't see the gun cross in the top of the HUD unless I was at 7+ Gs!!

And I have several buddies a bit taller than me that flew the Viper... one guy even took out the seat cushion to gain an extra inch of room or so.

Well, hopefully you want have to use those gun sights too much for awhile...or at least until you can call it quits.

 

[SCSTWG]

I have three daughters ages 6, 8 and 10. The head gets used often on EVERY trip. I literally couldn't own a boat without a head. I'm 6' 2" and have used it once. Not fun, but for smaller people it is fine. If I were to go to an I/O, it would be a Bryant Calandra. The boat is the same size but the head feels like you are on a 27' boat. Very nice.

 

[Ronnie]

One of the big reasons for me upgrading from a 23' Yamaha was to get the head compartment in the 242ls. On the first outing my normal crew, that is my wife and her friends, said that they would be fine using the compartment as a closet for their bags, no need for a toilet. I installed a dometic and no one has left anything solid in it yet, good. I empty and refill it once sometimes twice a year. It has extended a few boating trips but overall it gets very little use. When it is used it usually by the women and / or little girls on board. I think most poeple just piss in the lake.

It was an expensive upgrade for me and on many days I don't think it was worth it but that could all change with one bad day or a really bad tummy ache.

 

[Britboater]

My bride is 5'1" so make your own mind up .

 

[Glen]

With our '09 232, and kids (girls) from 6-11, the bathroom was a 'requirement' (fm momma). Believe we only used it 3-4 times.
Was worth it as it made momma comfortable to know the option was there. (= more boating)

Now with our '16 242X, and kids 13-17, the requirement has gone away.
Code word aboard is 'check the prop' (which is clearly legacy terminology), that someone needs to pee (in the water).

Where we boat, 90+% of the time we can get to a bathroom if there is an emergency. Thankfully, there has yet to be one.

Side note, had the bathroom requirement stayed, likely would not have gotten the X. Need the storage space!