Aftermarket Yacht Thruster - Easy Drive Model

[wakebrian]

Sorry been busy with other systems and shows, 2019 will be big for Easydrive with some big names. Check out the recent Axis installation photos. Nautique at White Lake deal was put on hold.

[GMLIII]

Why wouldn't so one just buy a 3-5 year old 230? It seems the surf toons won't really produce a crisp wake for surfing.

I think once the surfable pontoon boats wake has been tweaked and refined , it will appeal to a much broader scope of purchasers due to the popularity of pontoon boats in general and the increased popularity in surfing. In addtion, you can pack these pontoon boats down with many folks that a tradition surf boat and they have lower price points. This will not happen overnight but IMHO, I think this will become the next genration of surf boats (forward thinking +5 years)

[DVskier]

Why wouldn't so one just buy a 3-5 year old 230? It seems the surf toons won't really produce a crisp wake for surfing.

[GMLIII]

Just a bit of thread drift. Not sure that there will be a big demand for Surf a Toons. Although there is a guy on my lake with a twin 300 hp tri toon.

IMHO - With traditional surf boat sales booming in popularity, I'm thinking the surfable pontoon boat concept is going to be a homerun in sales over time with much lower price points and will appeal to a larger customer base than todays surf boats.

[DVskier]

Just a bit of thread drift. Not sure that there will be a big demand for Surf a Toons. Although there is a guy on my lake with a twin 300 hp tri toon.

[GMLIII]

I have a pontoon also. Great for cruising the lake or visiting friends when I don't want my Nautique to get slammed around. Just throw the bumpers out and don't worry about it. Very economical too, with a 115 hp Yamaha I can run hours on less than 10 gallons. Plus no winterizing.

We are talking about the recently released surfable pontoon boats not the traditional pontoon boats. See links below

https://www.planetnautique.com/vb5/f...9&d=1539798919

https://www.tradeonlytoday.com/manuf...or-wakesurfing

[DVskier]

I have a pontoon also. Great for cruising the lake or visiting friends when I don't want my Nautique to get slammed around. Just throw the bumpers out and don't worry about it. Very economical too, with a 115 hp Yamaha I can run hours on less than 10 gallons. Plus no winterizing.

[Infinity]

Will be interesting to see how the pontoons do. Majority of boats on my large lake are pontoons and my guess is that if the wave is decent at all they will sell well. Wonder where the ballast will be, in the pontoons? That part would actually be kindof cool tho the pontoons would have to be sectioned off on inside to keep the weight where its wanted. Looking forward to checking one out when the boat shows roll around in a couple months, will be interesting to see how they set them up. Pontoon makes a nice party boat, doubt I would ever own one but I have learned to "never say never", lol.

[GMLIII]

WOW I never thought I would live to see a thread about thrusters here on Planet Nautique. Between the prop falling off and the poor steering did you ever think that maybe the boat is trying to tell you something? Is there such a thing as too big?

Bring on the next generation of surf boats- Pontoon surf boats are here now, maybe a surfable mobilehome will arrive after the surfable pontoons

[Nautiquehunter]

WOW I never thought I would live to see a thread about thrusters here on Planet Nautique. Between the prop falling off and the poor steering did you ever think that maybe the boat is trying to tell you something? Is there such a thing as too big?

[GMLIII]

Can not be that great, when nobody talks about it anymore ;-)

I would agree . I never heard back from them on their test model at White Lake Marine , so it tells me one was ever installed

[Samu]

White Lake Marine will have videos/photos available next week. I also took the time to reach out to Webster and spoke with Reed the Service Manager who was very impressed with our system. He would be more than happy to do the installation for you and even wanted to speak with the Webster Sales manager on equipping a unit for themselves. Give him a call and ask for Reed, he mentioned he remembers all his Nautique customers!

Looking forward to the review from the demo White Lake Nautiques once complete

Can not be that great, when nobody talks about it anymore ;-)

[GMLIII]

White Lake Marine will have videos/photos available next week. I also took the time to reach out to Webster and spoke with Reed the Service Manager who was very impressed with our system. He would be more than happy to do the installation for you and even wanted to speak with the Webster Sales manager on equipping a unit for themselves. Give him a call and ask for Reed, he mentioned he remembers all his Nautique customers!

Brian could you post the video link of the demo boats which had the Yacht Thrusters attached to them from White Lake Marine?

[GMLIII]

The amount of power our thrusters offer (77lbs of thruster) will have limited effect to the air bubbles produced by the surf pipe. We do offer optional cowlings that fit onto our thrusters and allow user to direct the water flow, which will enhance performance around anything mounted on the stern, air bubbles, plates, etc.

Looking forward to the review from the demo White Lake Nautiques once complete

[wakebrian]

Brian on the demo Yacht Thrusters which are being installed on the White Lake Marine Nautiques, how are they dealing with the loss in efficiences produced from the thrusters by the air bubbles generated by the surf pipe? I have attached a visual of the stock thrusters showing the auxiliary exhausted used during idle. Obviously any potential purchaser of a Yacht Thrusters , who has a Nautique would not want to install an auxiliary exhaust to make the thruster more efficient.

The amount of power our thrusters offer (77lbs of thruster) will have limited effect to the air bubbles produced by the surf pipe. We do offer optional cowlings that fit onto our thrusters and allow user to direct the water flow, which will enhance performance around anything mounted on the stern, air bubbles, plates, etc.