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Your Comments on Wakeboard Boats Please
I am in the market for a new wakeboard boat. I just returned from the
local boat show and spent six hours visiting all of the pertinent displays/dealers. My notebook in hand seemed to really attract the salesmen! Normally at our local show they lay back unless you seek them out, but with notebook under my arm, they were quick to offer their "help" and spend endless amounts of time with me. I have to credit them. When window shopping, I want to be left alone. When seriously shopping, I want the attention! My prospective new boat (on the trailer obviously) needs to fit in my garage (22'6" deep and 6'11" tall). I want V-drive, tower, lots of storage, lots of seating, all the cool gadgets and amenties, etc. (Who doesn't?!) It's a plus if it happens to have decently flat water at waterski speeds for those times I or others with me want to ski. But this falls lower on the priority list. I'm not going to buy 6 or 7 or 8 liter engines unless you tell me intermediate wakeaboarders need them. I would think 320-350 HP would be enough for me. Mastercraft seemed unable to offer a boat that would fit in my garage without jacking down the trailer, maybe even reducing tire pressure. Sheesh. That left Nautique, Moomba, Tige, Centurion, Supra, Malibu and I have to admit, even Sanger gave an impressive presentation (they were not one I had been seriously considering previously). If there are others, they weren't at my local show. (And I don't want to drive for hours on end for warranty work.) I don't have an unlimited budget but am willing to stretch or wait an extra year or two to get the boat of my dreams. This is pretty obvious by my consideration of Mastercraft and Nautique, two that I think are probably neck and neck in the category of most expensive. They are impressive boats but value comes into play here too. Based on rough quotes, I could topple the $70k plateau for a super top of the line, all options Nautique. Yikes! Each salesman had unique things to say about their particular boat and most did not pick on the other brands. In fact, most went out of their way to say that all the other boats were very good boats. (Oddly, several mildly attacked Malibu. Malibu advertises super high customer satisfaction. Do the others feel threatened or were their attacks justified?) Bottom line, I didn't come away from the boat show narrowing down the field except eliminating Mastercraft since they could not definitively guarantee a boat and trailer that would fit in my garage. A shame since I have long dreamed of owning one. Since we don't all have an acre on a lake, Mastercraft might want to consider a garageable boat for 2005. I now seek out *your* feedback about boats you've owned or heard about or have an opinion about. I'm hoping some good feedback will help me narrow the field. I signed up for on water demos/trials but I suspect that too will not narrow the field. If you have real experience, please respond. If you are like me, just a reader of reviews and attendee of boat shows, pipe down and listen up to everyone else. Let's hear from those with real world experiences. Thanks in advance! |
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