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Hi all. New member, first post. Been doing some reading on here as I'm in the market for a 2023 Yamaha and have some questions regarding the wake tower heights. I want to store the boat at home, I have a big 4 car unobstructed garage, but I'm limited to 8 ft high, and raising the header isn't an option. I read many posts online about ways around the height but seems it was with older Yamaha's where the tower mount and articulation was different than the newer boats. I looked at several diff models the last few weeks and took some measurements, but wanted to see if anyone here struggled with some of the same issues and has any ideas for options. Please see below and let me know your thoughts.
1) The 195S is the easy choice because it fits with the tower, but would prefer the 22'. And I don't want the SX220 because I don't want the 1.3L engines
2) My "choice" would be the 222S or 222SE, but the towers only fold down to 113" according to Yamaha. Measuring this in person though, I measured 105" which is a huge variance. I still need at least 9" though. Is there a way to get the tower to fold lower? It looks as if the restriction is it hitting the side windows whereas on the older models it appears to be just inside the windows so one could modify the mount to get it to fold lower towards the steering wheel (I watched vids for this). I don't see a way to do this with the current design unless I'm missing something
3) I considered the SX250 but to be honest, I'm not a huge fan of the one color white/green exterior option (and the boat is very light on options, even the head compartment isn't "finished"). That said, I do like the AR250 because the aesthetics are much better to my eye, but again, the tower is too high folded.
4) I prefer a new boat. I'd consider a few years older if the condition, hours and price were right and it were local - but even the older Limited 24's for example, seems to have a complicated tower/bimini so not sure I could get the height.
I'm in SE Florida and this is my first boat. It will be almost exclusively in salt (or brackish) water for our family (sand bars, light fishing near shore, hanging out, etc), and while outboards are the "go to" here, I much prefer the jets due to style of the back of the boat. The Scarabs are beautiful, but have an issue spending $70k+ on a 19' boat the way I would configure it. Thanks for reading and let me know if you have any ideas on how I can move forward.
Thanks,
Jeff
1) The 195S is the easy choice because it fits with the tower, but would prefer the 22'. And I don't want the SX220 because I don't want the 1.3L engines
2) My "choice" would be the 222S or 222SE, but the towers only fold down to 113" according to Yamaha. Measuring this in person though, I measured 105" which is a huge variance. I still need at least 9" though. Is there a way to get the tower to fold lower? It looks as if the restriction is it hitting the side windows whereas on the older models it appears to be just inside the windows so one could modify the mount to get it to fold lower towards the steering wheel (I watched vids for this). I don't see a way to do this with the current design unless I'm missing something
3) I considered the SX250 but to be honest, I'm not a huge fan of the one color white/green exterior option (and the boat is very light on options, even the head compartment isn't "finished"). That said, I do like the AR250 because the aesthetics are much better to my eye, but again, the tower is too high folded.
4) I prefer a new boat. I'd consider a few years older if the condition, hours and price were right and it were local - but even the older Limited 24's for example, seems to have a complicated tower/bimini so not sure I could get the height.
I'm in SE Florida and this is my first boat. It will be almost exclusively in salt (or brackish) water for our family (sand bars, light fishing near shore, hanging out, etc), and while outboards are the "go to" here, I much prefer the jets due to style of the back of the boat. The Scarabs are beautiful, but have an issue spending $70k+ on a 19' boat the way I would configure it. Thanks for reading and let me know if you have any ideas on how I can move forward.
Thanks,
Jeff