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Huh, I can’t believe that. That’s like saying we offer cruise control on a vehicle but only in 5 mph increments. Hopefully Yamaha addresses this.
Sounds good. I’m in Hilton Head and still recovering from tearing my hamstring so I haven’t tested yet. Should be out Saturday or Sunday this weekend.
My 2016 242x has the "set speed" in decimals, but the main current speed readout does not. You may not have been on the right screen tab to see both what decimal set speed was set at along with the Main current speed readout... Hope this helps.
This isn't true! You can set the speed in 10th's...
Setting the speed, yes. In the profile settings you can program your desired speed... to the tenth. My problem is setting my profile to 11.0, when running the program, I was topping out at 6,000 rpm and the current speed was shown as 9 (no decimals). By using the No Wake Up button I am able to increase the set speed. Bumping that up to about 14 actually got me up to a current speed of 11 (still no decimals).
Wow, that's frustrating - you have to arbitrarily set the speed control to 14 to get it to maintain at 11? There's no fix for that? Seems like kind of a useless speed control system - no? If this was the case I think I'd ditch the OEM and install RideSteady.
Got it, mine isn't quite off by that much but I do get what you're saying. We just totally ignore the main speed read out and focus on the set speed that works best. Every time out favorite or best set speed is slightly different depending on the # of people & amount of Ballast and ballast configuration we happen to be using that day. Best set speed is even a little different between Goofy or standard side.
That is a good point. The absolute true number may not vary. As long as you can set and maintain a specific speed all should be good.
Do you know of an iOS speed app that shows MPH with decimals? I haven't been able to find one...
No, I definitely would not. I'd always remove the wake booster before you start "driving around". I'm fairly sure this is intention of the warning.
I have accidentally forgotten to remove mine twice now. It’s just something new and I have forgot about it when it’s time to head. Both times I could not even tell it was still attached. You would think speed and steering would have been affected, but I didn’t notice either one. I also checked for gelcoat cracks and have found none. I just wonder exactly how much water it is catching when on plane. Haven’t had a chance to mount go pro back there to see it when underway
I don't think we have seen anyone go ropeless with just the wakebooster and no ballast. We have see ropeless with the wakebooster and just stock ballast on 242x (not sure on the 212x). If you were talking 90lb kid maybe without ballast but at 230lbs I think its pretty much a given you will need ballast with any "wake shaper/wash deflector" device. For the 21' boats success around here is usually followed by at least a swim deck bag in the 600lb range and most add another 600lb-ish bag in the ski locker.
