{"id":24805,"date":"2026-02-12T10:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T10:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=24805"},"modified":"2026-02-12T10:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T10:02:14","slug":"2025-boat-of-the-year-yamaha-crosswave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=24805","title":{"rendered":"2025 Boat of the Year: Yamaha CrossWave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    2025 Boat of the Year: Yamaha CrossWave<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<section class=\"hydra-container\">\n<div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/boatingmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BTG226-BOTY-Yamaha-1024x768.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"hydra-image disable-lazyload\" alt=\"Yamaha CrossWave is Boat of the Year\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BTG226-BOTY-Yamaha-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BTG226-BOTY-Yamaha-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BTG226-BOTY-Yamaha-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BTG226-BOTY-Yamaha-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BTG226-BOTY-Yamaha.jpg 2000w\">                <\/div><figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">In 2025, Yamaha created a brand-new category with the CrossWave as the sole entry.<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Courtesy Yamaha Watercraft Group<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/section>\n<p><iframe id=\"wxuzj5efbz\" src=\"https:\/\/boatingmag.dragonforms.com\/wxuzj5efbz\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"width:100%;height:165px;border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Boating<\/em>\u2019s Boat of the Year is the Yamaha CrossWave.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When deciding which boat to award the honor of Boat of the Year, we consider the boat\u2019s construction, its design, propulsion and more. We also consider subjective characteristics. For instance, two helm stations might both meet the standard for visibility, but in our opinion and experience, one is executed better. Most importantly, we consider how each boat we test\u2014and our tech team tests about 100 different boats per year\u2014rates against other boats in the same category. After all, there is no comparison between, for example, a wakeboat and a sport-fisher. So, from those category winners, we choose the one that brought the most dramatic revolution to its category.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Next:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/boats\/2026-yamaha-crosswave-boat-test\/\">Boat Test: Yamaha CrossWave<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2025, Yamaha created a brand-new category with the CrossWave as the sole entry. It is a new kind of boat: one that can fish in the shallows and head outside the inlet. It can carry up to four people for touring yet can be towed with a small car and stored in a garage. Its jet power provides fun, spirited handling, speed and acceleration. Unlike most personal watercraft, you can stop and walk around on it. It is super cool, super innovative and Boat of the Year 2025. Congratulations, Yamaha!<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/boats\/2025-boat-of-the-year-yamaha-crosswave\/\">2025 Boat of the Year: Yamaha CrossWave<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/\">Boating Mag<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    Kevin Falvey<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/boats\/2025-boat-of-the-year-yamaha-crosswave\/\">Go to boatingmag<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 Boat of the Year: Yamaha CrossWave In 2025, Yamaha created a brand-new category with the CrossWave as the sole entry. Courtesy Yamaha Watercraft Group Boating\u2019s Boat of the Year is the Yamaha CrossWave.\u00a0 When deciding which boat to award the honor of Boat of the Year, we consider the boat\u2019s construction, its design, propulsion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2632,820,126,148,7947,3694,174],"tags":[127],"class_list":["post-24805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boat-of-the-year","category-boating-news","category-boatingmag","category-boats","category-march-2026","category-personal-watercraft","category-yamaha","tag-boatingmag"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24805"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}