Nice boat! I just traded my 2013 22 SLX with Yamaha 115 for a 2017 22 SSRCXP with a Yamaha 150 (almost identical to yours but no second captains chair) and love it. Funny story....finally got chance to get it in water for first time after 2 months quarantine and after launching and fighting wind and boat ramp idiots, unhappy wife, etc. started right up but when I went to look for pee stream of water for engine water cooling, nothing!!!!!
I was so ticked! Before I gave up I tried revving up in neutral a little and sure enough a mason bee plugged the small hole that water shoots from. Wet mud came out and success!!!!!!! The pee stream showed itself. Finally got to play with our almost new boat! The SPS performance tritoon hull along with electrically assisted power hydraulic steering makes cutting cookies almost as much fun as doing it in a car in a snow covered parking lot wheeeeeeeeeee
I am on west coast in Portland, Oregon where it is rivers and reservoir type of boating mainly so we trailer ours. After seeing people out on conventional boats with limited seating, it's like we have a floating living room (aircraft carrier) with tons of room compared to them. We used to have an inherited 1976 25' Bayliner Saratoga hardtop i/o with a cuddy cabin , but if you are a fair weather boater it is a waste to have a cabin and no easy bow access. Our pontoon can seat 13 and with SPS handling and decent 150 hp it is a wonderful 80 degree plus temp fair weather boat. I can't believe how many people spend big bucks on wakeboard boats with onboard ballast tank to create a giant wave so someone can surf 10' behind boat and use tons of fuel. The floating homes along river hate their monster wakes. I never realized how versatile modern tritoon boats are.
I could not agree more. For the price of a nice wakeboard jet boat you could have an ultra luxury tritoon that does insane speeds with a full bar. It could pull whatever you want while throwing a dinner party at the same time. To each there own I guess. I can't wait for my next stage tritoon 200hp monster... but 24mph on a $10k Benny feels pretty good for now.
Congratulations and welcome to the group. Your questions stay away from this thread. Do a search in the upper right hand area of the web page. TONS of posts and suggestions over the years, and these past months, on these cleaning related topics. If you don’t find what you are looking for, post as a separate question thread in the appropriate forum. Lots of great ideas and experienced Bennington owners in here that can steer you in the right direction.
