Went with the prostar

[LoopSki]

Been looking at buying a new boat for the last two years as mine was creeping up in hours. Also wanted ZO and open bow. Ended up ordering a 17 prostar which my son and designed online. Boat showed up today , up and down the lake to break in and roped it up. I'm in love with it. Fit finish are top notch. ZO took all about 30 seconds to figure out. Bimini is amazing. So easy to set up. Open bow is roomy and will please the family. Hoping the reliability will resemble my 1999 SN . I expected such a large boat to be sluggish compared to my 1999. I was wrong this bad boy has some balls. Barefoot speeds should be no problem. Mastercraft did an amazing job matching my cartoon rendition we did online. The Interface is awesome but I'm still nervous. As I'm not comfortable with technology in a boat. I pray no failures !! As it is pretty dam cool. Went eith all seating and carpet. No need for bow lid or racks.

[LoopSki]

 

[jjackkrash]

That is one sharp boat!

[Wish]

Love the interior.

[TallSkinnyGuy]

Now you just need a boathouse with a lift like your neighbor's!

[wski1831]

I'd rather have the boat than the lift. Nice boat.

[MinAquaBatSkier]

More photos please!

[bigskieridaho]

That thing is sick!

[gt2003]

Good Lookin BOAT!

[swc5150]

Nice boat!! We had every intention of buying a 200, but went Prostar as well. I still don't think it drives as refined as the 200, but it's still fantastic, and all the cool amenities it came with won us over. Congrats!!

[LoopSki]

 

I've never driven a 200 only skied . I wanted something different as everyone around here has a 200. So I can't compare tracking. But behind the boat felt great. Again I'm really happy the way it turned out. I've never ordered a boat before and picked out colors , so I was nervous on my design a boat skills .

 

 

[bigtex2011]

really stoked for you. awesome boat

[jjackkrash]

Home run on the design/colors, IMO.

[ski6jones]

Great looking boat.

[Razorskier1]

Really hard to do colors with the online boat builder. I have found that the colors online and the size of the picture makes it really hard to know what you will get. That said, you did a great job. My 2015 Prostar has 220 hours on it, and all the technology continues to work just the way it did when I got it. One heads up. Reach inside the fuse panel and turn off the battery power if you aren't going to use the boat for a few days. Failing to do so will result in a dead battery.

[Bulldog]

Beautiful boat!!!

[Niles Taylor]

Beautiful. It's a great boat to ski behind.

[epnault]

Nice boat. Welcome to the club.

[MuskokaKy]

This boat is killer! I love mastercraft red! amazing colour combo! super jealous.

 

boats like this don't need to be hiding in a boathouse ;)

[LoopSki]

Does anyone do anything to dial it in ? Seems pretty good right out of the box

[swc5150]

@LoopSki

@epnault and I were just talking about this offline. I don't know for sure with the 17's, but mine being a non-current has the extra steering cable connection point close to the rudder. I'm going to switch out the attachment spots to make mine handle more precise...hopefully this works anyway. It drives nice out of the box, but like I mentioned before, it's not an extension of the driver like a 200. There are other threads on this, but just thought I'd mention it.

[ahopkinsTXi]

I that is the best looking PS I have ever seen! Great looking boat and congrats!!

[keithh2oskier]

Nice looking boat. I saw your Nautique again on CL out of the bay so I figured you made the trade.

[LoopSki]

Yes I traded it in. Just made more sense

[DW]

@swc5150 : is the connection option simply two hole choices on the tiller bar? Thus 2 steering ratio choices?

[swc5150]

@DW Yes sir. I literally just got back from the river, and the tighter ratio is a big improvement...feels like a tournament boat should. I only had about 15 min to drive around, but it feels very 200-like now. Makes me wonder what the point of the other connection spot is? Maybe it's a power turn eliminator?;)

[UWSkier]

Second @ahopkinsTXi comment. That's probably the best looking boat from the '17 big three I'll see all year, and the best looking ProStar I've ever seen.

[theboardingschool]

Congrats! Beautiful boat. Welcome to the MasterCraft family.

 

[epnault]

On steering.

 

I am going to do some digging on the design point of this extra connection. I didn't have time to change it on Sunday because my lift winch cable broke and had to put the boat in the garage for the week. :(

[swc5150]

I have a solid couple of hours now with the new steering connection point. SO much better.

[UWSkier]

@swc5150 maybe the less aggressive ratio is to help prevent over correcting in the course? I like good quick steering too though. More fun to drive.

[swc5150]

Your old boat is for sale in my neighborhood, in case you feel nostalgic and want to buy it back;)

 

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/boa/6095395458.html

[LoopSki]

Absolutely not !! I chalk that one up to a very expensive lesson learned. Seems to come up for sale now and then. Those low hours makes me think no one likes it ! Needs to go to a Barefooter. Hard wake and very fast.

[jjackkrash]

I have always wanted to drive one of those; I heard they are fun to drive, despite the hard wake.

[TFIN]

One of the best looking ProStars I've seen. Congrats. Going to be an amazing summer no doubt.