Yamaha DRIVE Low Speed Steering Technology | Detailed Review & On Water Demonstration 

I love the fact that a glowing review comes from one of the leaders in Yamaha steering products! Nice work Will, your opinion carry a ton of weight!

Nice review Will! Love these boats

That would be great…thanks

I think it’s good for a novice boater but prefer utilizing manual mode and being able to use the engines in opposite directions to pivot and also fine tune slow speed at dock with sometimes only one engine in forward and one in neutral. I love maneuvering around docks and don’t even touch the steering wheel. Throttles only.

Cool to see how easy this system is to use. My goal is to get my family on Yamaha Jet Boat.

Thing about the Yamaha jet boat throttles is that you gotta throw that thing in hard reverse to get it to go backwards. It’s not like other boats where you can simply put it into gear to get a fair amount of movement from each forward/reverse gear change, when compared to that of let’s say a world cat. They are waterjets, so they need a fair amount of throttle to move. The paddles are indeed nice for novice capts. but they are a lot better seeing as how it’s a jet boat. The paddles are a luxury now, but I see Yamaha putting those paddles on base models in the future. I captain the 2023 252SE sometimes. I like it alot but the auto trim tabs I’m not liking so much so far. So far, in rough water, the trim auto trim tabs don’t seem to be very helpful. I’d put both of them in auto mode and the boat pulls crazy hard to starboard. Maybe I gotta get use to it. Not sure.

I would feel confident letting someone else drive my boat with that drive system. Right now I own a scarab 195. And letting someone random drive is a recipe for disaster at the dock

Great Info... Can you do a full review of the 25ft 2024 Yamaha with the X Drive ... if possible?

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Hey just got one of these last year first boat for me too. Can u press both port and stbd start buttons at the same time or do u have to stagger em

Can you make a video on the functionality of the joy stick that’s is there. Is just for scrolling on the screen / volume / cruise control. Or does it have other utility.

It seems with DRIVE you wouldn’t need the thrust vectors or lateral thrusts. Is that correct? Not sure if I want the 22’ 222SD with drive, or a base AR250. Both about the same money. What’s a better investment? Bigger boat or more technology? The storage is great on 25’ but I think I like the features of the 222SD. Suggestions? (I did watch your 22 vs 25 video and I’m still confused 🤔) thanks for the great content!

Hi Will , great information .... Question? Are Yamaha Boats available for sale in Puerto Rico? On the Yamaha site the dealer page does not list dealers in Puerto Rico.

I have a 2019 AR195 and the connect screen will not respond to touch. Display works but no touch response. Do you know any fix to this issue? Warranty is out of date so no free replacement for me.

Hey do you have any issues with a BCU error after killing engines with wheel turned far left or right?

I do not like the drive system to back in stern first in docks with currents. It’s fine if water is calm/ no current or you are going bow first. But backing up in reverse you don’t get enough throttle in reverse using drive imo.

Is this the same thing as Drive-X? I see the 252SE has "Drive" but the 252SD has "Drive-x"...what's the difference there?

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I wish they would've the drive on the 19 ft 🚢