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I saw a new 30 QX last month at the LOTO in water boat show and meant to post these pics of a 30', 10' beam earlier but time got away from me. I was surprised how low the stern sits with twins, I guessing the bilge pumps get a workout on this boat.

we definitely have Metal Jacket on our new 2025, tag was attached to tune.

Thanks for the info., I'll be checking with our dealer to see if it was applied to our new boat. The product spec claims it lasts 5 years.

Curious about Metal Jacket, is it safe to assume it serves the same purpose as Shark Hide and is just another vendor / product name? We recently swapped out our 2024 - 27 QSBWAR2 for a 2025 - 27 QXFBWAT2 that I assume would have the Metal Jacket.

I use the factory Yamaha covers, however our slip is covered and haven't had the boat that long. This will be our first pollen season so I expect them to help out with that.

We have had leaks in all 3 tunes on our 2024 27 QS with twin Yamaha's as well as bilge pump wiring issues. I was also surprised to learn that the bilge pumps are not "hard wired" to the battery bus, this is our first pontoon and a bit of a learning curve over the v-hull's we have owned. We are...

Mine as well, next to battery switch on port side

Cruising down Loto

We had our dealer apply Sharkhide before we took delivery in September, so not much time on it yet. Looking forward to lots of time on the water this year to see how it holds up.

Congratulations on your new boat, it looks great! Lots of great advice, thanks to all, I picked up a few great tidbits just reading thru. One bit of advice I was given many years ago when I began boating was not to approach the dock any faster than you are willing to hit it.

We had our dealer install a ProSportHD20Plus so I can just plug it in, our boat sits in our slip on a lift year round. I plan to keep them on charge over the winter, but may not need to during the summer months. Attached is a picture of the installation that keeps all 3 batteries charged.

Thanks for your response, did you have your pumps hardwired by Bennington or do it yourself? I would prefer to duplicate your setup as we have twin outboards as well.

I’m curious about the bilge pump operation on our Bennington and have a few questions, I wasn’t able to find any operation detail in the Bennington manual our boat is stored in the slip, but on a lift and not in the water. We came from a v-hull where the bilge pump only had two positions, On...

Merry Christmas to all and a great 2024!!!

That was never mentioned to us when we purchased our boat.