pmorita
Active Member
- Messages
- 21
- Reaction score
- 14
- Points
- 42
- Boat Make
- Sugar Sand
- Year
- 2005
- Boat Model
- Tango Xtreme
- Boat Length
- 17
Just took my third family outing on our new Tango and wanted to give my initial impressions and share some learnings. Please reply with feedback so I can keep improving. This is my first boat and I'm looking to get comfortable with this project.
1 - This forum is fantastic. I'm glad so many people have posted before me and provided so much info. Special thanks on the links to check the jet drive and change the oil.
2 - Everything is easy to get to on this boat. It needed some love but I didn't have to contort myself or cut new inspection ports to get to anything.
3 - The interior needs love. I have yet to see a Sugar Sand that didn't need a new interior. I opted to buy a Sailrite sewing machine and create a new interior, but it would have been nice if there was a source for replacement seat covers like I see for the Sea Doos. Had to create a new front cushion also, which looks great in green/brown houndstooth.
4 - My fear of not finding parts for the motor have been unfounded. Looks like boats.net has it all.
5 - Things I changed/added to make life easier.
- Wakeboard tower. With the speakers where they are, easy to get to the parts of the hull I needed to bolt this thing in.
- New radio. Again, easy to get to everything, but it made the factory speakers sound pretty weak.
- Safety equipment. So much room in the engine compartment that I could mount everything with no worries.
- Engine cooling hose moved from the engine to the transom. My hose leaked on our first outing, shooting water all over the engine and causing some cylinders not to fire so we were stranded. Didn't realize it was happening until I opened the engine hatch with the engine running. I moved the hose off of the top of the engine to so that if it happens again, the water will go in the bilge and not leave us stranded again.
6 - Having such a light boat on a single axle trailer is great. Easy to put in and out of the water. Easy to tow. Less maintenance.
7 - Though this was going to be loud, but no worse than other 4 strokes I have heard.
8 - Family loves it. Thought I would have to sell the concept of a jet boat a bit harder, but they saw the benefits of no prop and going that fast on the first outing.
Thanks all for a great forum.
1 - This forum is fantastic. I'm glad so many people have posted before me and provided so much info. Special thanks on the links to check the jet drive and change the oil.
2 - Everything is easy to get to on this boat. It needed some love but I didn't have to contort myself or cut new inspection ports to get to anything.
3 - The interior needs love. I have yet to see a Sugar Sand that didn't need a new interior. I opted to buy a Sailrite sewing machine and create a new interior, but it would have been nice if there was a source for replacement seat covers like I see for the Sea Doos. Had to create a new front cushion also, which looks great in green/brown houndstooth.
4 - My fear of not finding parts for the motor have been unfounded. Looks like boats.net has it all.
5 - Things I changed/added to make life easier.
- Wakeboard tower. With the speakers where they are, easy to get to the parts of the hull I needed to bolt this thing in.
- New radio. Again, easy to get to everything, but it made the factory speakers sound pretty weak.
- Safety equipment. So much room in the engine compartment that I could mount everything with no worries.
- Engine cooling hose moved from the engine to the transom. My hose leaked on our first outing, shooting water all over the engine and causing some cylinders not to fire so we were stranded. Didn't realize it was happening until I opened the engine hatch with the engine running. I moved the hose off of the top of the engine to so that if it happens again, the water will go in the bilge and not leave us stranded again.
6 - Having such a light boat on a single axle trailer is great. Easy to put in and out of the water. Easy to tow. Less maintenance.
7 - Though this was going to be loud, but no worse than other 4 strokes I have heard.
8 - Family loves it. Thought I would have to sell the concept of a jet boat a bit harder, but they saw the benefits of no prop and going that fast on the first outing.
Thanks all for a great forum.
