Hello from Houston, Texas

[WilCo]

Hi All,
New (to me) 2013 Yamaha AR190 owner.
Based in the Woodlands, Texas - just north of Houston.
Mainly boat at Lake Conroe, but looking to try out the Trinity River (near Riverside) and will tow to Canyon Lake in late July as well.

Kids prefer tubing at the moment, but have skiied a few years ago and my oldest (11) likes kneeboarding also.

After purchase, took it to a Yamaha dealer to transfer the warranty and had them do a once over on the boat also. It had about 35 hours on the engine and all looked good! Impeller may have some slight damage, but it seems to still have plenty of get up and go so I'm leaving it alone for now.

Biggest challenge was getting the boat in the garage (7' entry), but thanks to some posts, I knew to drop the tongue as low as I could and I can clear ok. The other thing that helped is I just recently had an expoxy coating put on the garage floor. The team ground down the entry a little more which gave me another 1/2 inch clearance when all was said and done. I should get an electric tow dolly I bough on Craigslist next week which I'm hoping makes putting the boat away even easier as my driveway is pretty tight.

Happy boating all and looking forward to learning/contributing more in the future.

 

[captras]

Sugar Land here.....boat on Lake Livingston.....welcome to the forum, and I believe you will absolutely love your boat!

BTW.....PICS????

 

[Julian]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[John McLaughlin]

Welcome

 

[genwrx]

Welcome, Spring, Texas here, I also want to try out the Trinity river sometime, see ya on lake!

 

[weaselman]

Welcome. My oldest brother lives in the Woodlands, what a great place. He just purchased a home on LBJ. Trying to convince him to buy a jet boat

 

[captras]

Welcome. My oldest brother lives in the Woodlands, what a great place. He just purchased a home on LBJ. Trying to convince him to buy a jet boat

LBJ/Marble Falls is a great area....Jet boat would be fun there....but it is really getting crowded!

 

[Wayloncle]

Welcome!
Schertz, TX here, by San Antonio, I go to Canyon Lake all the time

 

[Paulie44]

Sugar Land, Texas here. We go to Livingston, Conroe and Lbj. Looking to hit Lake Travis, Canyon, and Medina.

 

[Betik]

Welcome, Spring, Texas here, I also want to try out the Trinity river sometime, see ya on lake!

if you guys do Trinity River, can someone tag me or better of start a post for it. We are thinking on doing Mississippi ( Chicago to st Luis ) on 2018 and would love to get a feel about boating on rivers.

Welcome onboard @WilCo

 

[Txjetter17]

We live in Galveston but go up to Bethy creek on the trinity river a lot. Great place for weekend trips. We'll probably be up there the weekend of the 23rd.

 

[Crlos16]

Welcome! We also live in Houston "Energy Corridor" mainly boat in lake Conroe as well, plan on visiting lake Livingston and canyon this season.

We should all plan a day in the lake!

Carlos.

 

[captras]

Sugar Land, Texas here. We go to Livingston, Conroe and Lbj. Looking to hit Lake Travis, Canyon, and Medina.

Sugar Land also!

 

[WilCo]

Thanks all!
Planning to hit the Trinity River this afternoon. Will try to do some pics and write up a report.

 

[WilCo]

Thanks all!
Planning to hit the Trinity River this afternoon. Will try to do some pics and write up a report.

changed my mind - it will double my time to the water. Lake Conroe was really choppy though so I need to find another option.

 

[rsg1963]

 

[dwightandmisty]

Welcome! We are fairly new too but love our jetboat. We are in League City but spend most weekends in the summer at Conroe, Canyon, Travis, Lake Powell (4th of July) and other lakes. Hope to see you around. I agree with the previous post, Conroe can be great but also turn choppy quick. Safe Boating.