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| Here are some specs on the new YarCraft 209 TFX. (Tournament Fishing Extreme)
This boat will be in the Bismark Boat Show starting today, and also be in Des Moines the 14-18, and the Madison Fishing Show 23-25.
20' 6"
Beam 97"
Height on trl. 79"
Interior Depth 25"
Weight 2113
Fuel Cap. 54 gallons
Transom Height 25"
Max hp. 250
Features:
Raised front baitwell.
49" rear livewell with removable bait pail.
Center Rod Storage 8' on bottom, 8'6" on top.
2 7' rod lockers on the Port and Starboard side.
Optional Full walk thru windshield.
Standard sport windshields.
Easy wash down deck and cockpit with optional snap-in carpet
Standard Digital gauge package.
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| Another look!
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| Let me guess, all for the low low price of $55,000.00! With kicker and electronics! |
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| Actually, the boat in these pictures is at the Bismark show today marked at $43,499. |
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| My bad only 50k plus tax with a kicker and electronics, I bet they will be flyin out the door at that price! |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | Well Dollarbills, I suggest you not look at a price tag of a Ranger any time soon! You just may have a heart attack. |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | I hope they have one at the Green Bay Boat show in March.
I like the pointy nose and sharp hull for breaking those many times nasty bay waves. |
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| Merckid - 2/9/2007 2:51 PM
Well Dollarbills, I suggest you not look at a price tag of a Ranger any time soon! You just may have a heart attack.
Thats just it, I have and I can't see how they can run right around the same money. |
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| Actually, comparably rigged, the Yarcraft is about $2500-3000 cheaper. |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | Actaully Dollarbills,
Jack Dunn is correct, a new 621 with 275 Verado with a kicker was actually the first boat I have heard of getting over a $60,000 price tag stuck to it. That price for this year Yar-Craft is actually pretty decent from other boats I have compared. |
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| Thank you, sir! |
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| That would be fine if you were talking Apples to Apples! The fact is you are not! Now if you compare Boat, Motor and trailer of a 620 (the same boat) then they are not that far apart.
Take a look at the way both these boats are finished off and you tell me if one is worth an extra 2 grand? Take it from someone that pays attention, this new boat is NOT going to sell if it cost this close to the 620 Ranger! Look at the dash, it's like a 1970 Chevy truck dash, Everything is all squared off on the boat, this is the 21st century get up to date!
Few people care about the boat itself, looks sell boats!!!!!!!!!!
I can buy a 620 with a 250 Yammy and trailer (same as yarcraft) for $2000.00 more and thats with a much nicer trailer!!!!! |
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| Welcome back, Jack! You got one of these on the way? I'm thinking of doing a Mille Lacs trip this summer. If so, I'll look you up.
Nice layout on this boat.
Dollarbills, are you sure on your Ranger Pricing? When you get yours, please posts pics.
Actually, I like what they did with the layout of this YarCraft. The dash looks plain, because there are no guages in it yet. Oh, the round dash on the Ranger makes it real easy to mount more than on piece of electronics. Not! The graphics look new and are quite striking. I'll be interested to see colors available. As for the trailer, what makes the Rangertrail that much better in your eyes. Prestige make a very good trailer, and the main rails are fully boxed, not c-channel like on the Ranger. Also, when is the last time you used the jack on a Ranger? Now that is something I'm glad not to have to deal with. Very poor design, and lot's of them failing. Just plain hard to use.
There is a 620 Ranger at the Muskie Expo. I'll see what this on is priced at, and report tonight.
Edited by Shep 2/10/2007 7:43 AM
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| Hi Shep,
I have a new boat coming, but not "this" new model. 
Are you coming over with the "extreme one" for some muskie action? Let me know when and I'll find a time slot to get you on some fish.
Dollarbills,
One reason the dash looks so empty is simple to explain. All these boats come with a standard digital gauge package That is why you only see the 2 gauges. It's the Smartcraft for Merc., Command Link for Yamaha, Commander for Suzuki, and
I-Command for Evinrude. The counsel/dash design also allows plenty of space for people to mount 2 sonar/GPS units easily, or a 112 or 113 unit with plenty of room to spare.
Edited by jack dunn 2/10/2007 8:03 AM
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| I have seen these things being made. Heavier side wall construction, heavier beams, all aluminum gas tank. Better built for the long haul at a better price. Built to take the work load. All around great boats. It s a win...win...$$ |
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| Heavier than what? |
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Location: Manitowoc, WI | Is that weight 2113 lbs without the motor? If it's with the motor, it should fly. |
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| 2006 620, 225 ProXS, Prokicker, and a 101 Maxxum. $55K. Show price is $51K. That's for a 2006.
So add the kicker,and bowmount to the Yarcraft, and your at about $47K. That's $4K difference, against last years 620. |
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| Horshak - 2/10/2007 5:52 PM
Is that weight 2113 lbs without the motor? If it's with the motor, it should fly.
Thats boat only, and yes, that boat will fly. |
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Location: Manitowoc, WI | Lets see! Add 635 lbs for a 250 Verado, another 350 lbs of fuel and another 200 lbs for equipment and you're talking roughly 3300 lbs not to mention two people which should bring that to around 3600 lbs give or take a couple hundred. I'm thinking top speed 53 MPH GPS in favorable conditions. Just don't seem fast enough for me. But it is definitely one beautiful rig. |
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| Or you could put a 250 XS on there, save about 120+/- pounds, and really go.
Edited by jack dunn 2/10/2007 8:14 PM
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| I was seriously looking at the 21 Tundra. The 209 Yar-craft is only 148lbs. more. and if I add up the options that are offered on the Tundra the Yar-Craft 209 is $1,241.00 dolars cheaper. Could this be right? If it's that much of a difference and I can get into glass wow  I'm glad I didn't make the move to aluminum just quite yet. I really wanted the Yamaha 250 txr any way.
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| Yep this new boat should set the standard for all boat builders to follow! Great attention to details and the best price on a hull ever. Look for the company to be adding a new plant to cover all the sales. As they say "it's a Homerun" and the other boat companies just lost sales!  |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | I hardly doubt this boat will take away from sales of other boats of this size. Those who will buy this boat will be a select few, and those who want a Ranger, Tuffy, Triton or any other boat for that matter will buy what they want. I really don't think this boat will deter anyone from buying what they want. |
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| Just letting you all know that Tom Gatzke will have his Yar-Craft TFX on display at Ice Beaker 2 in Fremont, March 10th.
His seminar will be at 12:30
Show hours are 10 AM to 4 PM |
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| I wouldn't go so far as to say it's the best price ever. Value means different things to different people. That is why there are so many choices of boats to buy. Tuffy, Ranger, Skeeter, Yar Craft, Tracker Lund, Crestliner, Stratos(That's for Jayman), and the others all make boats that are of the right value for the person buying them. Some don't put as much value on a name over performance, function, or cost.
Boat beauty, like other thing, is in the eye of the beholder. |
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Location: Appleton wi | i heard i heard i heard so it must be true! I think it was a lund no wait it was a ranger oh maybe a patriot! I heard i heard i heard it the 3 rd screw on the transom but wait maybe it was the windsheild! i heard i heard
Edited by eye Lunker 2/12/2007 11:21 AM
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| The Tundra 21 is a 21 footer, actually 21'6". The new YarCraft is nice looking, but 20 ft. Need to compare prices to similar sized boats. And doesn't matter if it's glass or not, the Tundra will give a better rough water ride. |
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| jack dunn - 2/10/2007 7:46 AM
Hi Shep,
I have a new boat coming, but not "this" new model.
Are you coming over with the "extreme one" for some muskie action? Let me know when and I'll find a time slot to get you on some fish.
Dollarbills,
One reason the dash looks so empty is simple to explain. All these boats come with a standard digital gauge package That is why you only see the 2 gauges. It's the Smartcraft for Merc., Command Link for Yamaha, Commander for Suzuki, and
I-Command for Evinrude. The counsel/dash design also allows plenty of space for people to mount 2 sonar/GPS units easily, or a 112 or 113 unit with plenty of room to spare.
Maybe a Jack Dunn addition??? |
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Location: Appleton wi | apples for apples you afraid for everyone on here to know who you are because your statement will be proven to be false?I dont own a yarcraft or a tundra and i have been in both boats and your statement is flat out wrong tundra does not ride better than a yarcraft. You need to get in the boats and compare them and stop taking cheap shots! |
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| Ritch, I wouldn't let a Ranger lover get you worked about his boat, when he takes a bath trying to sell if for the "2k" extra that he spent, the proof will be in the pudding. Aweful lot of Rangers for sale that can't help resale when everybody is willing to under cut each other.....Now define value????
"The Proof is in the Pudding" Team Instant Pudding! |
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Location: Manitowoc WI | -----------------the Tundra will give a better rough water ride.------------------
hmm????? tracker vs yarcraft in ride quaility... need i say more? |
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Location: Rhinelander | We'll see how this rig and a number of other new boats do this spring and summer once they hit the water and everyone sees them perform. The new Yar Craft looks like a great boat; the interior is similar to several other builders, and the hull looks great. Tournament Walleye Boat pricing is what it is, so mid 40K to mid or even UPPER 50K for a 20' model is pretty much par for the course. It costs -X- to develop and make a well built fiberglass or aluminum 20' boat and trailer no matter who builds the rig. The rest of the retail price is dealer margin ( which isn't much these days) and costs of advertising and promotions passed through from the manufacturer.
Getting the asking price from the consumer is a function of promoting the rig and convincing the public the boat is as desirable or more so than the competition's models. Like it or not, THAT'S MARKETING!
I'll look forward to seeing this bad boy out on the water at the FLW/PWT events this year. |
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Location: Beloit | This boat and a complete Yarcraft boat line up will be at the Madison Fishing Expo in Madison Wisconsin February 23,24,25. I saw that they are a corporate sponsor on T.V. and after looking on the show's website see that they will have a display area at the show. This could be a great chance to crawl around these boats and see first hand what they really are all about. |
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| The new yarcraft looks like a great boat cant wait to see one on the water maybe even ride in one. Shep i had no problem mounting my 104 and my x19 on the dash of my 620. your right about the jack worked fine but you have to crank it all the way up to fold it up but i love the trailer. apples to apples the tundra is actually 21'3 and i ran one for 2 years and i can honestly say the 620 rides just as good and is a dryer ride. |
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Location: LaCrosse, WI | I saw this boat at the Madison show this weekend and all I can say is "WOW", it's awesome. When it comes time for me to upgrade, there's only two optioins. This boat and the Tuffy 2060. Say whatever you want about the price, but I think you're getting just as much boat or more than any "Big Name" for about 13K less.
The 209TFX I saw was every bit as impressive as any boat that I've ever seen that starts with an R or an L. Great job YarCraft, you' ve got a winner here. |
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| We aren't done either! There are more surprises coming in the near future! |
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