Questions after 211 Demo

[WilliamWallace]

A 2007 211 TE finally arrived at my local dealership (they had been sold out of 2006 211s for a while) and I got a quick ski in. I finally believe the CC cross-over marketing hype. It is a very nice wake for skiing and the boat has a nicely thought-out layout.

After digging around the boat I became concerned about performing the maintenance. Living in NH you do not want to leave water anywhere in the systems for it will surely cause problems in the sub-zero winter temperatures. The engine access is significantly limited too compared to the direct drives. Does everybody have their maintenance performed by the dealership? Or should I have them walk me through the oil change, transmission fluid change, filter changes, water drains, etc. before I drive away with the boat?

Secondly, the drivers swivel seat has little room to swivel. I needed to move the throttle all of the way forward to get the seat to swivel 90 degrees. I would have preferred to get the seat to swivel further. Is there a trick to get the seat to swivel further? And is it necessary to move the throttle to swivel?

Thanks guys!

[boatech]

RE: Questions after 211 Demo

v-drives are harder to work on in general just the nature of the beast.if yur gona do it urself i would have them walk you through it. the swivel seat sounds like a design problem or an installation issue with seat because you should not have to move throttle to swivel the chair.

[Madhat78]

RE: Questions after 211 Demo

if you slide the seat all the way forward, then swivel it, you will have enough room to make the turn.

[GAnautique]

Maintenance on the boat is a little aggravating, but isn't all that difficult because the walls on the both sides of the engine with the insulation on them comes out of the boat pretty easily really opening up the engine compartment. I have had my 211 for two years now and love everything about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mikeski]

My 211 is great but I don't think is has a great skiing wake. It's not bad but it gets big quick as you load up with passengers and gear. The dip outside the wake can be murderous if you get forward. Grant's wife Heidi skis very hard, she was not ready for my 211 wake and went out the front on Sunday. I find myself riding the tail of my ski much more since I have owned my 211.

If you plan to do much work on the motor you might want to find a good massage therapist. After spending a few hours in the fetal position in the storage locker you will need one. I know that I sure did after I re-did my ballast pumps on my 2005. But don't worry about that, they changed the pumps in 2006.

I often forget that the driver's seat swivels, I rarely use that feature but it's OK to have it for socializing in the boat. You just need to scoot it forward before you rotate it.

[CradGen2]

So you got a 2007, what to you think of the new designed interior? I have and 04 and let the dealer work on it.

[WilliamWallace]

I confirmed my purchase of the 211 yesterday. The higher seat backs are comfortable but since I never saw a 2006 in person I can't compare them. I will be taking delivery next May. This is going to be a longer winter than usual. Thanks for answering all of my questions. It's hard to imagine making this type of purchase without talking to other owners.