Yamaha 275 Series News Releases

[Julian]

Attached are Yamaha's Press releases on the new series boats

 

[ACrews]

What are your first thoughts @Julian? I'm actually pleasantly surprised. I don't feel the urge to go buy one, but liking the new technology in it. I'm sure it'll trickle down in next few yrs.

 

[Julian]

My thoughts.....

First of all, this boat is clearly not targeted at many of the members of this forum - it is not trailerable at 9 feet wide, and most of the owners here are trailering their boats a significant amount. This boat would require a permit to trailer. Once you get past that my impressions are:

• I like the look of the boat overall. I think it has sleek lines and looks sporty. The front windshield initially made me wonder...but the more I see different angles of the boat, I think it works fine. The inset LED lights, the side panel triangle LED lights, the hard top all make this boat look pretty cool and modern.
• The paddle shifters look interesting - time will tell if they are super functional or not.
• The rear under water seats are a big hit and I love them. I can see people retro fitting these on all boats soon, and other manufacturers copying this very quickly!
• The lack of a tower tow point is baffling. No clue what they were thinking there.
• At 130k for the top end model it should have a windlass standard - its not even an option.
• The cooler storage is nice - having an optional fridge there would make a ton of sense
• The head compartment is done very nicely. Again, at 130k I'd think it would come with a pump out head.
• The Connext screen looks nice - the whole dash is designed for someone who won't mess with it. I don't see, for example, where you would put a marine radio.
• The hard top looks really nice, the sky lights are really cool. I'm suprised they didnt add mounting points for radar, radio antenna, a storage box etc. The guy that designed the FSH dash must have had a hand in its minimalist design. (not even a tow point to mess up the lines)
• The rear seats and layout are really nice. They will be really popular with the trophy wives!
• LED speakers are expected at this level.....and they look nice indeed!
• Under water LEDs are a nice touch.
• Putting charge ports at the insets where you'd put a phone is very helpful
• The seat upholstery and the carpet fabric both look top notch.

So overall, I think they've made a nice 27 footer with a number of unique features that buyers looking for a non-trailerable boat will like a lot. I do think buyers at this price and size will want a windlass standard (or at least as an option). Besides that shortcoming, I think it will sell well. I wonder if it will sell as a tender for people's yachts too?

 

[Julian]

And for those of you with this model....I was just reminded today that I never added the model numbers to the drop down for members to chose from..... I have added them now!!!

Sorry for the delay!

 

[Cobra Jet Steering LLC]

Does anyone on this site even have a 275 boat ?

 

[Julian]

Does anyone on this site even have a 275 boat ?

Yup....there are a few....one of them pinged us to get the model number added!