pardon my lack of knowledge

[Crob83]

But what is this next to the front cleat? And what would it have a thin white plastic under the grate/vent?

 

[Marvin willis]

Horn

 

[Crob83]

Oh...hahaha. Well I feel dumb. Thanks

 

[FLBulldogger]

No dumb questions here just answers! Here is a LINK so you can find more about the parts on your boat!

 

[Billtex2000]

I believe the plastic is for water resistance.

 

[Crob83]

No dumb questions here just answers! Here is a LINK so you can find more about the parts on your boat!

Thanks a lot for that

 

[Crob83]

Well, the first lake trip went great. Docking, launching, etc. Cobra jet steering is amazing! But I made one mistake and it looks like a $150 mistake if I'm reading the parts list correct. The bottom latch on the Bimini ( the non stationary swinging one) kept popping off at speed, and my buddy put it back on without putting it in one of the holes. Not thinking I was taking the Bimini down before putting it on trailer and I popped it out of the bracket and the bottom piece with the gray clip thingy fell into the damn water. If I'm not mistaking that is part #7 on the Yamaha parts diagram, I would have found some goggles and looked for had I know it was $150 part....lol. I added pics if someone can confirm that is the right part before I order it. I have the pic with the good side, and the pic of the one that I am referring to. TIA

 

[Crob83]

The small tube that slides into the bigger tube is the one I am referring to. And after taking that pic I realized the the gray plastic clip fell in too?

 

[the MfM]

They look like standard Bimini parts, you can find clips for a few bucks on amazon. Measure your pipe diameter and get a ball socket. Pipe should be easy enough to find.

Something like this.

F11-0177

Our unique and patented Ball & Socket top fittings not only look amazing, but we build them to last a lifetime. Designed with boaters in mind, our Ball & Socket fittings are easy to install and manufactured from only the highest-quality Type-316L polished stainless steel.

tacomarine.com

 

[Crob83]

They look like standard Bimini parts, you can clips for a few bucks on amazon. Measure your pipe diameter and get a ball socket. Pipe should be easy enough to find.

Something like this.

F11-0177

Our unique and patented Ball & Socket top fittings not only look amazing, but we build them to last a lifetime. Designed with boaters in mind, our Ball & Socket fittings are easy to install and manufactured from only the highest-quality Type-316L polished stainless steel.

tacomarine.com

Thanks for the advice, that's what I will do. I briefly looked for parts last night but came up empty. I appreciate the tip

 

[Sugarcharged]

How was the top speed and pulling performance of the boat on your lake outing? Curious because we are basically in the same altitude neighbor!! Good to see your posts here.

 

[Crob83]

We were on Morse Reservoir, first time there as I live a few miles from Geist marina. But Morse is only 10 miles away. And wow is it much nicer and a little bigger than Geist. And a shit ton more docks to use and better positioned for use. The boat is a freaking rocket. I had it up to 48 with 5 adults ok board. Used 3/4 of a tank of gas...lol. I had test driven without the cobra jets before purchase obviously at the dealership. And the difference is night and day, at speed and very much so at low speed maneuvering. Docking was a 100 times easier than my skis, and not much more difficult than the pontoon that I traded in for it. I would venture to say due to the size of the boat due to my pontoon being a 26 footer it was even easier. I am very happy I got the AR195 over the sx210 I was looking it. There was at least 10 other Yamahas out as well. The hole shot is incredible, my buddy who has been boating for 20 plus years and has had every type of boat besides a jet was stunned by the take off speed. It also puts off a very nice wake, much much better than I expected, I'm no pro but I don't see how you couldn't wake sure behind it just how it is. I will say it was pretty choppy at times and it very rough due to the size of the boat, the bow riders were bouncing all over the place, learned my lesson really quick on that. But when I got the chance I opened her up a few times, and it is utterly incredible. I let off due to the conditions when I got 48, so idk if it would have gone faster or not...lol. Morse is a gem though for the size of the lake, highly recommend

 

[Crob83]

The only downfall was there are a few bridges that if you want under you would have to lower the tower, but there is plenty of lake without going underneath either. Next time I will probably lower and explore the other sides. One of them is a no wake zone the whole way after the bridge, but the other is not.

 

[Crob83]

If your on the fence get the 195, I don't care about having to pay for premium fuel. The thing is incredible, but I'm sure the non supercharged are also a blast

 

[Crob83]

Well I found all the parts, I saved about $50 from yahamas price after paying for shipping and what not. Thanks again @the MfM

 

[Sugarcharged]

We were on Morse Reservoir, first time there as I live a few miles from Geist marina. But Morse is only 10 miles away. And wow is it much nicer and a little bigger than Geist. And a shit ton more docks to use and better positioned for use. The boat is a freaking rocket. I had it up to 48 with 5 adults ok board. Used 3/4 of a tank of gas...lol. I had test driven without the cobra jets before purchase obviously at the dealership. And the difference is night and day, at speed and very much so at low speed maneuvering. Docking was a 100 times easier than my skis, and not much more difficult than the pontoon that I traded in for it. I would venture to say due to the size of the boat due to my pontoon being a 26 footer it was even easier. I am very happy I got the AR195 over the sx210 I was looking it. There was at least 10 other Yamahas out as well. The hole shot is incredible, my buddy who has been boating for 20 plus years and has had every type of boat besides a jet was stunned by the take off speed. It also puts off a very nice wake, much much better than I expected, I'm no pro but I don't see how you couldn't wake sure behind it just how it is. I will say it was pretty choppy at times and it very rough due to the size of the boat, the bow riders were bouncing all over the place, learned my lesson really quick on that. But when I got the chance I opened her up a few times, and it is utterly incredible. I let off due to the conditions when I got 48, so idk if it would have gone faster or not...lol. Morse is a gem though for the size of the lake, highly recommend

This is awesome. Thank you for sharing this experience, greatly help my decision here. Also, the AR195 size helps a lot going into smaller coves to relax and explore comparing to a AR210 that I initially had in mind as well. I was with my pontoon this weekend and reached a top speed of 24 mph and could do a lot of tubing with my boys and have fun but at the end of the weekend, my oldest son just said: "We really use our pontoon as a speed boat, don't we?" Besides a evening ride on Sunday evening, we basically were tubing all the time, a family of 4 with a 24ft pontoon, which really confirms that we would use a jet boat much more than the pontoon. For a once in a while evening relax ride, we can use the speed boat and the bow area is sure nice to relax in slow speed.

 

[Crob83]

This is awesome. Thank you for sharing this experience, greatly help my decision here. Also, the AR195 size helps a lot going into smaller coves to relax and explore comparing to a AR210 that I initially had in mind as well. I was with my pontoon this weekend and reached a top speed of 24 mph and could do a lot of tubing with my boys and have fun but at the end of the weekend, my oldest son just said: "We really use our pontoon as a speed boat, don't we?" Besides a evening ride on Sunday evening, we basically were tubing all the time, a family of 4 with a 24ft pontoon, which really confirms that we would use a jet boat much more than the pontoon. For a once in a while evening relax ride, we can use the speed boat and the bow area is sure nice to relax in slow speed.

Also I had 7 people on board before we dropped 2 off at first. 6 adults and one 10 year old. Honestly didn't feel crowded or cramped at all.