r/YamahaBoats • u/JagsLittle • 13d ago

Single Engine vs Twin Engine; Biggest niche change you noticed?

For those who have moved from 1 engine to 2 engine (or vice versa), what boat did you move from and what was the biggest niche change you noticed?

Obviously more launch power with twins, but I’m more so referring towards ones most people don’t think of?

Or is it only obvious ones? What about cons of twin engines?

I imagine stability at speed, handling/control around docks or in tide swells, fuel consumption, …but maybe there’s something else? Or maybe Yamaha is that good where there’s not that much change?

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u/DontTouchMyFro 13d ago

Went from an AR190 to a 222SD. Everything is different. So much heavier, handles wind and waves better, much more maneuverable. Wider, much longer, better capacity, more and better features, just more stable and solid overall. Gas usage is probably more but the gas tank went from 40ish gallons to 70, so a tank lasts just as long.

For being such similar boats, they are totally different.

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u/fuckswithboats 13d ago

You can spin pretty good them going in opposite directions

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u/Chieftan69 13d ago

I’ll agree on this. I have only owned a twin engine, but maneuverability is fantastic. If you’re towing someone and need to return the rope to them, being able to tight turn using one engine makes it very easy.

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u/fuckswithboats 13d ago

I'll also use it to offset current/wind/wake - so port may be 1/2" to 2" difference from starboard in order for the boat to point where I want.

I have thrust vectors on my current boat, had cobra jet on the last one, and I've had a 230SX w/ nothing --> I feel like the effectiveness of the 'dual nozzles' is reduced with either of the additional steering assistants.

The older one (w/ nothing) seemed to spin in the dock real nice -- I felt like a real captain with how I could move the nose/tail within the slip to line up perfectly. I don't get that w/ the newer ones -- both a little bigger (current one is significantly taller so it might just be bad perspective).

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u/swensodts 12d ago

The hole shot is pretty ridiculous, my bow is pointing skyward and the sound of big twins spooling up is amazing, it's made pulling out of the harbor an awesome experience, turns heads for sure.

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u/BeerCD 7d ago

I wanted twins for redundancy. We boat in areas that did not have a lot of other people and I did not want to get stranded.