2019 Yamaha 242X 2019 Yamaha 242X E-Series - Let's go fishing!

In 1989, following the consumer success of the WaveRunner line, and as the Yamaha brand captivated a whole new audience on the water, Yamaha engineers began to explore the feasibility of creating even more exciting and memorable experiences for our customers on the water through new, innovative product offerings.

The success of jet drive systems in WaveRunners drove Yamaha engineers to explore the possibility of a larger product, a boat, around that same technology.

Three engineers in Japan started work on the first prototype boat models. This included Hirofumi Imaeda, who had experience designing outboard engines, Tomoyoshi Koyanagi, who had deep experience designing WaveRunners, and Yoshiyuki Kaneko, who created prototypes of four passenger WaveRunner models.

At that time, 50 horsepower was the most powerful Yamaha engine that could be used in a boat application but it was not powerful enough for a 20-foot jet boat. It was then that Yamaha began to envision its boats with twin engines.

Yamaha Motor Corporation USA purchased a boat building facility in Vonore, Tennessee and made the decision to produce jet boats there. It was here that Yamaha’s US based product team joined in the development including Scott “Hollywood” Watkins, the IJSBA Hall of Fame freerider who birthed the WaveRunner boom in the US.

The team expanded the original design of the RJP and created a radical new, family friendly design that would become the staple of Yamaha Boats from that point on.

The new design provided more space than any other bowrider in the industry thanks to the compact nature of the engines and jet pumps units. Even though these boats used the 110-horsepower engines popularized with the WaveRunner line, they were able to be mounted inside the hull in what became a true engine-less layout.

Next up was the hull design and Yamaha experimented with several prototypes, utilizing a wide range of different shapes and molds. When matched with the twin engine power plant, it became clear rather quickly that this boat could offer a level of performance and exhilaration unlike anything else on the water today.

In May of 1995, Yamaha debuted its first jet boat called “Exciter” and it was an instant hit in the market. Soon after, development continued and Yamaha introduced new boats including the “LS-2000” and “SR-230,” each of which grew the market and acceptance of jet drive boats. And the momentum has never slowed.

Today, Yamaha jet boats have become the gold standard for all open bow family fun runabout boats, outselling all other boats in their classes.

Innovation and engineering are only two aspects of Yamaha culture and values.
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