Towing a Waverunner?

jhalb · Post by **jhalb** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 5:49 pm

Has anybody ever towed a waverunner with a 10 Meter? After a day out on the river nobody want to drive the waverunner back to the Marina. I wouldn't be going over 15-20 MPH. Someone told me this can harm a waverunner unless something on the waverunner is clamped.

LandVF36 · Post by **LandVF36** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:29 pm

We tow a Yamaha vx100 every now and then.
We have a set of "tow sticks" from a company call toadster http://www.toadster.com
I was told by the yamaha dealer that there was nothing that towing at speeds under 20 mph was going to be a problem. We've probably dragged ours over 200 mi and so far, no issues. No promises I guess, but that's been my experience.

LandVF36 · Post by **LandVF36** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:29 pm

We tow a Yamaha vx100 every now and then.
We have a set of "tow sticks" from a company call toadster http://www.toadster.com
I was told by the yamaha dealer that there was nothing that towing at speeds under 20 mph was going to be a problem. We've probably dragged ours over 200 mi and so far, no issues. No promises I guess, but that's been my experience.

LandVF36 · Post by **LandVF36** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:29 pm

nice, the tripple posting issue is back.

jhalb · Post by **jhalb** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:57 am

The tow sticks look like they will work. I'm not sure where to connect to my 10 Meter. The only cleats are on the inside of the transom and use hawse pipes. There are two openings with flaps near the floor. I think these are for hosing the deck. Will the tow sticks work over the transom or will I need to add a place to hook up.

wowzer52 · Post by **wowzer52** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 12:27 pm

Through the years I have towed Seadoo's and Yamaha's 100's of miles up and down the Columbia river and have never had a problem or heard of any others having a problem towing there's.

LandVF36 · Post by **LandVF36** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:46 pm

Sorry, I forget to tell you where to clip on at. I too have the inside cleats on our F36. So, the answer was pretty simple. I picked up a couple of 2.5" SS u-bolts and installed them on the top of the supports for the swim platform. On our F36, the swim platform is attached by 1.5" ss pipe that supports the teak decking and 2x2 teak struts to the bottom of the transome. Where the SS pipe is joined to the transome, there are 5/8 bolds that go through the transom and there are 18" square 1" thick plywood backer boards that have been glassed over. I'm not sure if this was orginal, but its build strong enough to hold a truck off the back.
I'll try to snap a picture of the SS U bolts next weekend.

JonChristman · Post by **JonChristman** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 2:44 pm

I checked in my Sea-Doos owner's manual last year after towing from out in Lake Erie and under 25 was fine, over 25 it was reccommended to clamp one of the cooling lines on the Sea-doo to prevent water from flooding into some unwanted areas. I didn't worry about it since 25 is not a speed I have ever been able to get to

g36 · Post by **g36** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 6:45 am

[quote="LandVF36"]We tow a Yamaha vx100 every now and then.
We have a set of "tow sticks" from a company call toadster http://www.toadster.com

can you check the link i am not getting anywhere with it. would like to see what the "tow sticks" are. the page never opens i get a tab with todd shelton but thats it

todd brinkerhoff · Post by **todd brinkerhoff** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 7:02 am

towdster.com

I believe this is the site you are looking for...

jhalb · Post by **jhalb** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:15 pm

LandVF36 wrote:Sorry, I forget to tell you where to clip on at. I too have the inside cleats on our F36. So, the answer was pretty simple. I picked up a couple of 2.5" SS u-bolts and installed them on the top of the supports for the swim platform. On our F36, the swim platform is attached by 1.5" ss pipe that supports the teak decking and 2x2 teak struts to the bottom of the transome. Where the SS pipe is joined to the transome, there are 5/8 bolds that go through the transom and there are 18" square 1" thick plywood backer boards that have been glassed over. I'm not sure if this was orginal, but its build strong enough to hold a truck off the back.
I'll try to snap a picture of the SS U bolts next weekend.

Please post the pictures when you get them.

LandVF36 · Post by **LandVF36** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 11:28 pm

sorry on the url. Its http://www.towdster.com/
I'll click some pictures and post on Friday as I'll be at the boat starting the weekend early