And as my buddy keeps saying, this is the biggest 25’ boat I’ve ever seen. Yamaha hit the target on this one and I give it a solid 5 rating. This is by far the most fun boat I’ve ever driven and I couldn’t be happier with the layout and fit/finish of it. I was just wanting to do a quick write up for someone who is like me and couldn’t wrap your head around how a 360hp (combined) boat only has a top speed in the upper 40’s. I was absolutely blown away at the power this boat has. Top speed was 39-40mph and it pulled the wakeboard pretty much effortlessly. The biggest test was last night when me and my buddy had our 18 year old boys onboard with 12 other 18 year old boys and girls (Seniors last day of school) 16 total people and they decided they wanted to do some wakeboarding. We had 14 people onboard last Saturday with only 3 of them under the age of 10 and the boat ran flawlessly and I saw a top speed at one point (just to try it) of 40-41mph. Add 4 adults and the boat still runs 44-45mph. With my family of 5 onboard (now my littles aren’t quite littles at 10, 15, and 18) the boat runs 46-47mph. The new AR250 on the other hand is an absolute beast. Same when pulling someone on the tube I couldn’t have more than 3 adults onboard or the boat wouldn’t perform bc of the speed pitched prop. ![]() I don’t remember the speed but it seemed like something was wrong with the engine it was such a dog. If I had my family and a couple other adults it would run low 40’s and I think the most I ever had in it was my family and 5 adults and it was a dog. Me and my family of 5 (wife and 3 littles), it would run about 50mph. My old 22’ boat would run around 54mph (5.7L 350 merc) with just me and my buddy in it. I’ve been blown away by the performance of this boat. Yamaha picked the perfect pitch of impeller for both speed and power in my opinion. ![]() WTH?! After pulling the trigger and buying a new AR250 and putting 13 hrs on it already, I wanted to explain to other people that might be looking at this boat and wondering the same thing like I did. I couldn’t believe they’d make such a nice boat with twin engine jet thrust and it not even go 50mph. The only negative I found was the top speed. When I first started to look at boats I was attracted to the looks and styling of the Yamaha’s.
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