Blazin14
Jet Boat Junkie
- Messages
- 120
- Reaction score
- 89
- Points
- 147
- Location
- Elkton MD 21921
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2007
- Boat Model
- AR
- Boat Length
- 23
I guess I should say hello. Been using the site for a couple of months, great info and help. Bought my AR230 07 in May 2014. I boat in the upper cheasapeake and sometimes in the little chop tank MD (Cambridge)
Family of 4 - me and 3 girls (8 & 10)
Here are my first year notes:
1. Thrust Vector XL fins are a wise purchase
2. Backup battery is a wise modification
3. Docking a jet boat takes practice with trial and error.
4. Need good hose pressure to run engines on land, if not they will overheat.
5. Clean out plugs:
5.1 - buy repair kit
5.2 - Practice the reverse, kill engines open throttle trick.
6. Blue tooth to RCA input for radio is another wise purchase. (makes wife happy)
7. Buy a good oil sucker….cheap ones don’t work
8. Check oil every trip, understand the min and max levels on dipstick, and carry extra quart onboard.
9. Plug replacement is very easy, ensure to add anti-seize on plugs.
10. Don’t rip a seat b/c the grey scale fabric is hard to find, so you may need to buy a new seat….ouch.
11. Maguire’s disk break removal cleans trailer rims like a champ.
12. Trailing a boat is like docking, it takes practice.
13. Surge breaks make noise, its normal
14. Continuous trailer squeaking can mean you have a caliper locked-up. Replace ASAP. (pretty easy to do)
15. Buy a grease gun; learn how to add grease to our trailer hubs.
Goal for 2015 - mod it up - (tower speakers (M282) / amp (XC1410) / blackfin turf / boat buckels
Mat - I will add a signature soon. (p.s I hate winter)
Family of 4 - me and 3 girls (8 & 10)
Here are my first year notes:
1. Thrust Vector XL fins are a wise purchase
2. Backup battery is a wise modification
3. Docking a jet boat takes practice with trial and error.
4. Need good hose pressure to run engines on land, if not they will overheat.
5. Clean out plugs:
5.1 - buy repair kit
5.2 - Practice the reverse, kill engines open throttle trick.
6. Blue tooth to RCA input for radio is another wise purchase. (makes wife happy)
7. Buy a good oil sucker….cheap ones don’t work
8. Check oil every trip, understand the min and max levels on dipstick, and carry extra quart onboard.
9. Plug replacement is very easy, ensure to add anti-seize on plugs.
10. Don’t rip a seat b/c the grey scale fabric is hard to find, so you may need to buy a new seat….ouch.
11. Maguire’s disk break removal cleans trailer rims like a champ.
12. Trailing a boat is like docking, it takes practice.
13. Surge breaks make noise, its normal
14. Continuous trailer squeaking can mean you have a caliper locked-up. Replace ASAP. (pretty easy to do)
15. Buy a grease gun; learn how to add grease to our trailer hubs.
Goal for 2015 - mod it up - (tower speakers (M282) / amp (XC1410) / blackfin turf / boat buckels
Mat - I will add a signature soon. (p.s I hate winter)
