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L o w e r L e ft: N e w s to ra g e g iv e s y o u p la c e s fo r y o u r c e llp h o n e a n d la rg e r
ite m s u p fro n t.
B e lo w : T h e fla t re b o a rd in g s te p is m u c h e a s ie r to u s e .

lo t e a s ie r. A n o th e r c o n v e n ie n c e
a sp e c t is th e "n o w a k e " m o d e fo r
sp e e d re stric te d c a n a ls o r d o c k in g .
Y a m a h a h a s a lso h e e d e d th e c a ll fo r
m o re fro n t sto ra g e a n d g lo v e b o x sto ra g e w ith a b ig sto ra g e c o m p a rtm e n t
a h e a d o f th e h a n d le b a rs.
h u l l d e s ig n
T h e h u ll d e sig n is a re fin e d v e rsio n o f
th e a lre a d y e x c e lle n t F X d e sig n .
Y a m a h a h a s a d d e d re v e rse c h in e s to
h e lp k e e p rid e rs d ry a n d th e y 'v e d isc o v e re d th a t a lth o u g h th is is a b ig c o m fo rta b le w a te rc ra ft, ra c e rs h a v e b e e n
a ttra c te d to th is m o d e l to h a n d le ro u g h
w a te r c o n d itio n s w h e n ra c in g .
S w im m e rs a n d sk ie rs w ill a p p re c ia te
th e n e w fla t re -b o a rd in g ste p th a t a llo w s
y o u to k n e e l o n it to g e t o u t o f th e w a te r.
It's a b ig im p ro v e m e n t o v e r th e ro u n d
b a rs o f th e p a st. T h e th re e -p e rso n sa d d le

is a lso v e ry c o m fo rta b le a n d th e th re e
d iffe re n t le v e ls m e a n s th a t e v e ry b o d y
c a n se e w h e re th e y 're g o in g .
H a v in g sp a c e fo r a th ird p e rso n a s a
w a tc h e r is n e e d e d fo r sk iin g o r tu b in g
a n d th e re is a w e ll-d e sig n e d h a n d le o n
th e b a c k so th e y c a n fa c e b a c k w a rd s.
T h is w a te rc ra ft h a s to n s o f p o w e r
fo r to w in g rid e rs o r sk ie rs a n d a t
a b o u t 8 2 0 p o u n d s, so m e o f o u r re a d e rs w ill w a n t to c a rry a W a v e R u n n e r
F X C ru ise r S V H O o n th e ir sw im p la tfo rm o r o n d a v its.
G e t o n b o a rd a n d th e S u p e rc h a rg e d
4 -c y lin d e r, 4 -stro k e , S u p e r V o rte x H ig h
O u tp u t Y a m a h a M a rin e E n g in e fire s
rig h t u p a n d id le s e a sily to ta k e y o u
a w a y fro m th e d o c k . It's q u ie t to o fo r
n o o d lin g a ro u n d a n a n c h o ra g e w ith o u t
d istu rb in g th e o th e r b o a te rs. O n c e o u t
in th e c le a r, p u ll th e trig g e r a n d th e
a c c e le ra tio n is sim p ly m in d b e n d in g .
T h ro ttle re sp o n se is in sta n t. T h e re is n o
n o tic e a b le tra n sitio n to p la n n in g . Y o u
ju st ro c k e t fo rw a rd in o n e b la st o f
a c c e le ra tio n . I sa w 7 2 m p h o n th e
sp e e d o m e te r b u t a t th a t sp e e d m y
v isio n is a b it b lu rre d !

F o r C a n a d ia n Y a c h tin g re a d e rs w ith
c ru ise rs, th is is th e "little b o a t" th a t c a n
re a lly d o it a ll. It c a rrie s th re e p a sse n g e rs w ith sto ra g e sp a c e , it's a m a zin g ly
c a p a b le in o p e n ro u g h w a te r, a n d it's a
tw o b o a t to o . I w a tc h e d a v e ry e xp e rie n c e d rid e r re a lly e xp lo rin g th e p e rfo rm a n c e lim its w h ile I w a s a t th e
Y a m a h a e v e n t a n d h e c o u ld re a lly th ro w
it a ro u n d w ith lo ts o f sp ra y, re m a rk a b ly
tig h t tu rn s a n d in c re d ib le a c c e le ra tio n .
If y o u a re th in k in g o f a p e rso n a l
w a te rc ra ft, y o u n e e d to rid e a Y a m a h a
W a v e R u n n e r F X C ru ise r S V H O ! *

S P E C IF IC A T IO N S
E n g in e T y p e : S u p e rc h a rg e d 4 -c y lin d e r,
4 -s tro k e , S u p e r V o rte x H ig h O u tp u t
Y a m a h a , 1,8 12 c c D is p la c e m e n t.
L e n g th :
W id th :
H e ig h t:
D ry W e ig h t:
P ric e :

3 .5 8 m
1.2 7 m
1.2 3 m
372 kg
$ 2 3 ,19 9 C

( 14 0 .9 in )
( 5 0 .0 in )
( 4 8 .4 in )
( 8 2 0 lb s )
D N M SRP

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w w w .c a n a d ia n y a c h t in g .c a

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