one of the best videos on this boat.. thanks for putting it out! I really am looking at this boat for the family and fishing. I hope you put more videos out with any upgrades or add on you have done! thanks again....
Great review, looking forward to more. I’m very interested in making this my next boat and have a couple questions. I’m curious how the boat would do trolling with downriggers. If a person was to use a bow trolling motor for steering, can you troll at 2.0-2.5 mph with one motor, no sock? How does it handle rough chop with no way to trim the boat? Do you think trim tabs are needed to keep the bow down in rough water? Could you show where your transducer is mounted and how the jet wash affects the image quality at neutral throttle. Sorry for all the questions, but where I live this is not a common boat, so a test drive is not feasible for me for testing. Thank you for putting the time in to review this boat. Subscribed
Curt Neufeld Thanks for watching and commenting Appreciate it. I just put trolling motor on and had an opportunity to spend a few days out with it. So far works great. Not sure about downriggers. I will be putting out another video in about a week or so. Rough water seems to be good. I did have a little porpoising one time but it’s not something I experience often. Overall the learning curve with jets is pretty easy. About a week or so on the water docking is becoming easier as well as retrieving boat onto trailer. The biggest thing I hate about the boat is the jet noise. Other than that. So far love the boat. Especially a wide open transom to fish and play. Good luck with your decision. It’s a tough one.
Install closed-cell foam sheets in the engine compartment to kill the noise, make sure to not block the air intake. The 3 cylinder Yamahas run faster than the 1800s, so yes they are louder, but give great fuel economy. Yamaha products are fantastic, enjoy your boat.
Thank you for sharing this. I hope you have gotten to use the boat regularly enough to answer some questions. I am curious about the fuel economy. Also curious about the pulling power. We have BIG skiers that need BIG pull to get up out of the water. We would be using here in stumpville on freshwater, and down at the coast. Looking to consolidate a 10 person runabout that has a lot of power for skiers and plenty of seating for cruising and our bass boat that is just to scary with now that we have grandkids. Will likely do the cruising in the pontoon and fish and ski with this. Thank you.
Thank you for your great review of your new Boat. I am interested in this boat but wish to store it in our garage. Is there a quick way I can lower the tower or at least half the tower in order to get it in the garage. I have 105" inches of height clearance. I know this boat has at least 123" of height . Thanks for your reply. -Marc
The front storage compartment doesn't drain because of how the hose is routed. Dealer couldn't figure it out but its an easy fix. I just had to loosen and turn where the small black drain tees into the larger drain in engine compartment. Making sure the hose has fall the entire way. Works perfectly now. I love mine.
Thanks for the thorough review. I'm looking for my first boat and need a good combination of family friendly and good for inland fishing. Do you have to clean out the motors after getting it out of the salt water? Thanks again.
Thanks for watching and commenting. Yes. I definitely always flushed the motors after every saltwater use. Great boats....but then again every boat is a great boat 😉 Best of luck
I have the same issue with the drain on my 2019 FSH 210 Sport. Not sure what's causing the problem. I've taken compressed air and was able to clear it but it tends to continue to back up. I also thought the noise was a bit much so I think I may try to add another layer of insulation in the compartment. Thanks for the video!
Big Country 64 Thanks for watching and commenting. If for some reason I find out why it’s not draining I will comment again. Kind of frustrating. I even shortened the drain hose for a direct route out and still doesn’t drain. I did add some more sounds deadening material around back hatches. Seemed to help a little but no where near a current outboard. Best of luck with your boat. Happy 2020.
@@blainemills987 I appreciate it. I will do the same. One other thing to keep an eye on is the drain hose connections on cup holders. I have found a few of them have disconnected. I ended up changing out the hose clamps. Great to have additional FSH owners out there. I appreciate your videos. I need to start posting videos on the boat myself as I've done all the installs and oil changes etc...myself. Congrats on the new boat!!
Bought the same boat in September. Love it. I installed the Thrust Vector Wake and that helped a lot in terms of maneuverability plus it improved the wake for surfing somewhat as well. Look forward to more posts in your experiences.
casey sullivan Thanks for watching and commenting Congratulations on new boat as well. That’s awesome. Thanks for tip. I will be looking into those for sure. Should be putting out another video in near future. Best of luck with your boat.
Killer B Thanks for watching and commenting. Should have another video out in a couple weeks. Going back down to Key Largo soon. Show some on water footage.
Thanks for watching and commenting. I’ve since sold it but I’m sure it’s doing well. I sold for a 23 ft center console outboard boat. Couldn’t take the jets anymore sucking up grass. Drove me crazy. Nice boat but didn’t work for my style of fishing. Hope this helps. Thanks
I thought I would never consider a yamaha jet boat, but the family aspect is making me take a second look. How does she handle around the dock? I would be concerned about the loss of steerage under idle power. Also do you know the length on trailer?
Been looking at the FSH models. 2 things I haven't seen are: 1. Drains at each side of the stern area, to drain the deck of sea/lake water. 2. Can the engines be washed out with fresh water, and where is that hook up, if it has fresh water flushing? Thanks in advance for your help and response.
I’ve since sold the boat but you can flush the engines. The rear hatch opens to flush each engine. And I think there was one drain in center. Which doesn’t make sense but I’m no engineer. It just didn’t suit for me style of fishing. I couldn’t take the jets sucking up grass all the time. Hope this helps
Thanks for watching and commenting. I actually had a trolling motor on it but fishing in south Florida with the sargassum grass is nearly impossible with a jet. Good boat it just didn’t suit me for fishing. Fun family boat though. Have a great summer 🤙
the seat cushion when you move it back and forth does not seem sturdy at all.... flimsy almost one side moves before the other. BUT it might be different in person
Thanks for watching and commenting. The seat can get hung up every now and again when switching back and forth but overall easy to use and when in place very sturdy.
@@blainemills987 That is why they sewed those loop straps on both sides of the helm seat back. You are supposed to use those to swing it forward or aft. We just bought the 195FSH Sport and we love it.
Hi Thanks for watching and commenting. I’ve since sold the boat but you can take the tower off for storage. It takes about 30 minutes and I wouldn’t recommend doing it more than maybe once a year for winter storage. You have to unbolt it in two pieces. Hope this helps
Paul Kay Thanks for watching and commenting We boat down in Key Largo on the Atlantic and bay side. We don’t have to go out far to be in good fishing. ( 5 miles ). We have been out 10 miles with the boat. It’s more dry than I anticipated. Pretty happy with the ride. When it’s too rough it’s just not fun anyway. I was out the other day in a friends deep V 23 ft pro line. It was definitely better riding but not by miles. I am impressed with the ride of the boat overall. Just not to happy with Jet noise. :( Great layout though.
Scott Malatesta Thanks for watching and commenting. Yes they make a bracket to install a power pole. We looked at Nautic Star as well as the Carolina Skiff 21 ultra. My personal dream boat when kids are grown will probably be the Grady white 232 Gulfstream or similar. Wife is just sold on the no prop with how much the kids like to play. So far pretty happy with how boat does on some good chop.
Drake Moretto Actually better than I thought it would. I was a little concerned about how it would handle some good chop in the ocean. ( Florida Keys ) but I am pleased so far. For a 21 foot boat and not real tall freeboard I think it does well.
Patrick Walker Thanks for watching and commenting So far so good as long as there is a little power (water ) going through the jets. Not like an outboard but better than I thought. I like the boat more and more each day. Very versatile.
one of the best videos on this boat.. thanks for putting it out! I really am looking at this boat for the family and fishing. I hope you put more videos out with any upgrades or add on you have done! thanks again....
Great review, looking forward to more. I’m very interested in making this my next boat and have a couple questions. I’m curious how the boat would do trolling with downriggers. If a person was to use a bow trolling motor for steering, can you troll at 2.0-2.5 mph with one motor, no sock? How does it handle rough chop with no way to trim the boat? Do you think trim tabs are needed to keep the bow down in rough water? Could you show where your transducer is mounted and how the jet wash affects the image quality at neutral throttle. Sorry for all the questions, but where I live this is not a common boat, so a test drive is not feasible for me for testing. Thank you for putting the time in to review this boat. Subscribed
Curt Neufeld
Thanks for watching and commenting
Appreciate it.
I just put trolling motor on and had an opportunity to spend a few days out with it. So far works great.
Not sure about downriggers. I will be putting out another video in about a week or so. Rough water seems to be good. I did have a little porpoising one time but it’s not something I experience often.
Overall the learning curve with jets is pretty easy. About a week or so on the water docking is becoming easier as well as retrieving boat onto trailer.
The biggest thing I hate about the boat is the jet noise. Other than that. So far love the boat. Especially a wide open transom to fish and play.
Good luck with your decision. It’s a tough one.
“Definitely family friendly” ... sounds perfect lol ... I have the worst attention issues but love to fish. And my son is just like me.
Man, I want one of these!! Great looking all around boat.
Install closed-cell foam sheets in the engine compartment to kill the noise, make sure to not block the air intake. The 3 cylinder Yamahas run faster than the 1800s, so yes they are louder, but give great fuel economy. Yamaha products are fantastic, enjoy your boat.
jetdance
Thanks for the advice. Appreciate it. Thanks for watching and commenting as well.
Boat seems to perform well so far.
Pair of Yamaha 1.8L SVHO 4 cylinder engines would make this boat a standout performer.
Thank you for sharing this. I hope you have gotten to use the boat regularly enough to answer some questions. I am curious about the fuel economy. Also curious about the pulling power. We have BIG skiers that need BIG pull to get up out of the water. We would be using here in stumpville on freshwater, and down at the coast. Looking to consolidate a 10 person runabout that has a lot of power for skiers and plenty of seating for cruising and our bass boat that is just to scary with now that we have grandkids. Will likely do the cruising in the pontoon and fish and ski with this. Thank you.
Thank you for your great review of your new Boat. I am interested in this boat but wish to store it in our garage. Is there a quick way I can lower the tower or at least half the tower in order to get it in the garage. I have 105" inches of height clearance. I know this boat has at least 123" of height . Thanks for your reply.
-Marc
The tower collapses on these boats.
The front storage compartment doesn't drain because of how the hose is routed. Dealer couldn't figure it out but its an easy fix. I just had to loosen and turn where the small black drain tees into the larger drain in engine compartment. Making sure the hose has fall the entire way. Works perfectly now. I love mine.
Rhett Brown
Sweet.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
And definitely thanks for the tip.
I will fix this week.
Thanks again
I like this boat but am lost on why there is no Seat option to transfer a seat for the Front Center in a fishing boat..
Thanks for the thorough review. I'm looking for my first boat and need a good combination of family friendly and good for inland fishing. Do you have to clean out the motors after getting it out of the salt water? Thanks again.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Yes. I definitely always flushed the motors after every saltwater use.
Great boats....but then again every boat is a great boat 😉 Best of luck
I have the same issue with the drain on my 2019 FSH 210 Sport. Not sure what's causing the problem. I've taken compressed air and was able to clear it but it tends to continue to back up. I also thought the noise was a bit much so I think I may try to add another layer of insulation in the compartment. Thanks for the video!
Big Country 64
Thanks for watching and commenting.
If for some reason I find out why it’s not draining I will comment again. Kind of frustrating. I even shortened the drain hose for a direct route out and still doesn’t drain.
I did add some more sounds deadening material around back hatches. Seemed to help a little but no where near a current outboard.
Best of luck with your boat. Happy 2020.
@@blainemills987 I appreciate it. I will do the same. One other thing to keep an eye on is the drain hose connections on cup holders. I have found a few of them have disconnected. I ended up changing out the hose clamps. Great to have additional FSH owners out there. I appreciate your videos. I need to start posting videos on the boat myself as I've done all the installs and oil changes etc...myself. Congrats on the new boat!!
Bought the same boat in September. Love it. I installed the Thrust Vector Wake and that helped a lot in terms of maneuverability plus it improved the wake for surfing somewhat as well. Look forward to more posts in your experiences.
casey sullivan
Thanks for watching and commenting
Congratulations on new boat as well. That’s awesome.
Thanks for tip. I will be looking into those for sure.
Should be putting out another video in near future.
Best of luck with your boat.
Whats the longest you can keep the boat docked in salt water before you need to pull it out of the water and flush the engines?
Great review! Is the cooler on the starboard side used for your fresh catches?
Great review and I’m looking forward for more. Tough to find owner reviews of these boats.
Killer B
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Should have another video out in a couple weeks. Going back down to Key Largo soon.
Show some on water footage.
It’s been a year, how is the boat holding up?
Thanks for watching and commenting. I’ve since sold it but I’m sure it’s doing well. I sold for a 23 ft center console outboard boat.
Couldn’t take the jets anymore sucking up grass. Drove me crazy.
Nice boat but didn’t work for my style of fishing.
Hope this helps. Thanks
I like the review, thank you. Only comment is that the foam decking is Marine Mat, not Sea Dek
I thought I would never consider a yamaha jet boat, but the family aspect is making me take a second look. How does she handle around the dock? I would be concerned about the loss of steerage under idle power. Also do you know the length on trailer?
Been looking at the FSH models.
2 things I haven't seen are:
1. Drains at each side of the stern area, to drain the deck of sea/lake water.
2. Can the engines be washed out with fresh water, and where is that hook up, if it has fresh water flushing?
Thanks in advance for your help and response.
I’ve since sold the boat but you can flush the engines. The rear hatch opens to flush each engine. And I think there was one drain in center. Which doesn’t make sense but I’m no engineer.
It just didn’t suit for me style of fishing. I couldn’t take the jets sucking up grass all the time. Hope this helps
I saw you sold and mentioned grass intake. Do you think a trolling motor would've helped you any? Thanks :)
Thanks for watching and commenting.
I actually had a trolling motor on it but fishing in south Florida with the sargassum grass is nearly impossible with a jet.
Good boat it just didn’t suit me for fishing. Fun family boat though. Have a great summer 🤙
What Garmin are you running?
Console seat looks like it could be about 8 to 10 inches wider.
How about a update?
Where and what kind of transducer did you install? Any issues with the jets and the transducer?
Really interested in getting this, but can you keep it docked in saltwater ??
Can I fish off of a Yamaha 195s boat
the seat cushion when you move it back and forth does not seem sturdy at all.... flimsy almost one side moves before the other. BUT it might be different in person
Thanks for watching and commenting. The seat can get hung up every now and again when switching back and forth but overall easy to use and when in place very sturdy.
@@blainemills987 That is why they sewed those loop straps on both sides of the helm seat back. You are supposed to use those to swing it forward or aft. We just bought the 195FSH Sport and we love it.
Does the tower collapse down for storage in garage? Any videos on this available? thanks
Hi Thanks for watching and commenting. I’ve since sold the boat but you can take the tower off for storage. It takes about 30 minutes and I wouldn’t recommend doing it more than maybe once a year for winter storage. You have to unbolt it in two pieces.
Hope this helps
A couple of questions, how far off shore have you taken it, and how dry is the ride?
Paul Kay
Thanks for watching and commenting
We boat down in Key Largo on the Atlantic and bay side. We don’t have to go out far to be in good fishing. ( 5 miles ).
We have been out 10 miles with the boat.
It’s more dry than I anticipated. Pretty happy with the ride.
When it’s too rough it’s just not fun anyway.
I was out the other day in a friends deep V 23 ft pro line. It was definitely better riding but not by miles. I am impressed with the ride of the boat overall.
Just not to happy with Jet noise. :(
Great layout though.
How handles choppy?
Any room for a power pole? If it wasn’t this boat what else were you considering? Looking at the NauticStar Hybrid Series to. Any input is appreciated
Scott Malatesta
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Yes they make a bracket to install a power pole.
We looked at Nautic Star as well as the Carolina Skiff 21 ultra.
My personal dream boat when kids are grown will probably be the Grady white 232 Gulfstream or similar.
Wife is just sold on the no prop with how much the kids like to play.
So far pretty happy with how boat does on some good chop.
ok time for a boat update now that you have owned for awhile
what's the minimum depth for this boat?
I believe draft is 17 inches. No prop, so nothing would be below that in water. Thanks for watching and commenting
How does the boat ride?
Drake Moretto
Actually better than I thought it would.
I was a little concerned about how it would handle some good chop in the ocean. ( Florida Keys ) but I am pleased so far.
For a 21 foot boat and not real tall freeboard I think it does well.
Great job!! Is there room for mother in laws?? Lol
Great video
Thanks for watching and commenting
How does the boat track when turning and also at low speeds?
Patrick Walker
Thanks for watching and commenting
So far so good as long as there is a little power (water ) going through the jets.
Not like an outboard but better than I thought.
I like the boat more and more each day.
Very versatile.
great boat !
Herrera-Leis Channel
Thanks for watching and commenting
@@blainemills987 i currently own a AR190 have it on the channel if you want to check out some videos !
@@Dayaniherrera Will do for sure. Thanks for heads up. Hope you like your boat
they're jet drive motors, of course they sound different.
I like your boat. Groovy color man 👙
Ree Mills
My wife picked the color. She’s pretty Groovy herself.
Drain problems
Super chargers