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What is this? Bottom of the boat starboard side

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For that boat, my guess is the thru hull for water intake/drain for water ballast system.
 

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are you laying on the ground taking the picture??
I would be concerned with a plastic fitting banging/bouncing/ rubbing on a bunk board
 

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are you laying on the ground taking the picture??
I would be concerned with a plastic fitting banging/bouncing/ rubbing on a bunk board
It's the dumbest design ever, but the 212x is in a spot right over a bunk too. It's like WTF of all the places to put a fill/drain hole you chose that spot? No idea why they didn't keep it where they had it on the old boats near the pump.
 

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I saw that and texted my sales guy and he's like yup totally normal. I said well it may be normal, but it sure as hell ain't right. 20200504_172719.jpg
 

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Yes I was laying under the boat 242xe
Thank you for the response guys. Just wanted to make sure that was normal
 

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Ah so it is on an X series.. I was thinking it was installed on an LSE (non-x) which would have been even more odd. Was about to go look under my boat, lol.
 

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Especially for a plastic fitting that looks to be sealed with black RTV. :facepalm:
Right? If you recover back onto the trailer and you're not deep enough, the chances of dragging that down the bunk and ripping it out are pretty high. SERIOUSLY Yamaha.
 

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The designer obviously did not overlay the trailer build specs., when they decided to place it there.
 

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The designer obviously did not overlay the trailer build specs., when they decided to place it there.
in the off season I'm going to notch out that bunk.
 

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Yep, same on my 2020 242x. I wonder how long it will be before the lip gets broken off.
 

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This is a better location:

 

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When launching and retrieving, I think we need to dunk the trailer little further than normal so not to drag this opening trim on the bunks increasing risk to damaging this trim piece and/or the bunk until a better solution can be identified. Not a fan of notching the bunk but we need to think of another alternative? Can’t think of one at the moment.
 

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Holy shit is that a safety hazard. A plastic thru hull fitting right over a bunk where is can easily be ripped off and sinks the boat.
Yamaha engineers aren't very bright.
 

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When launching and retrieving, I think we need to dunk the trailer little further than normal so not to drag this opening trim on the bunks increasing risk to damaging this trim piece and/or the bunk until a better solution can be identified. Not a fan of notching the bunk but we need to think of another alternative? Can’t think of one at the moment.
Can the bunks be moved in slightly?
 

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It actually just sits on top of the bunk when you pull the trailer out. It isn't on the bunk when you are sliding forward. This is a none issue of ripping it off.
 

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It actually just sits on top of the bunk when you pull the trailer out. It isn't on the bunk when you are sliding forward. This is a none issue of ripping it off.
Just like plastic suppers had no chance of cracking and sinking your boat. Sorry but this is poor engineering
 
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