@swc5150 for some reason (boat geek) every day I look for MasterCrafts and Ski Nautiques for sale even though I have a boat I am happy with. I saw this one the same day as you and since it was so close to my house instantly asked 3 things.
What engine does the boat have?
Where is the boat located (city)?
What is your number?
I got this response yesterday.
@Mastercrafter Can you be more specific on performance? I have a 2016 6.2L. I test drove the 5.7 and realized it wasn't enough especially since I like to barefoot. Top speed on our 6.2 is around 50mph. The other thing I liked about the 6.2 was that it was lighter than the stock option. More power and less weight I will pay for that. Overall it is a animal and so fun to drive but it is also just an awesome course boat which it is used for 99% of the time.
Fuel economy. I guess I never noticed much difference from other boats I have owned and I don't really care about it as we only use the boat about 40hrs a season because we share boats on our lake. I know when we were debating between the Nautique 200 and the ProStar I believe they stated the MasterCraft was better (engine for engine).
@wawaskr
I came from the slashers vests to stokes. Oneil makes good product but the stokes holds it shape better. I found with the slasher they got sloppy/loose fitting after a season or two. Stokes is holding strong and still fits tight like new.
100% practice on our public water with a instaslalom course that needs to be removed every day but so worth it.
@Taynton https://www.swervetracker.com/
@tjs1295
Great ideas around working out. Thinking about improving my skiing keeps me in the box 5x a week. In the winter I move home my SkiErg, RowErg, and Assault bike from my garage crossfit gym at the cabin to my basement. I like to use this equipment on weekends or nights - really good equipment for low impact endurance.
Yes I am whining 🙂 I do get out and participate in skiing, snowmobiling, ice fishing, snow shoeing, hunting, ...the list goes on but nothing makes me feel better than warm days at the lake waterskiing.
@Thomasasher
I got the Velocity X a couple of years ago and it has been the best I have ever used.
The past couple of season I wanted second vest, EVO2 Impact Vest, but the bigger sizes are still not available. Any idea when that will be?
@DaveD No - it arrived while I was finishing up my expat role in India. They craned it off the truck and stored it for me until I got back to the USA. Then they delivered it to my dock!
Congrats on the new boat! You are correct, it is a great day.
This is how mine arrived. I was still overseas at the time and had to wait 3 months to get it.
I think the best thing to do would be contact Radar (Brooks Wilson) and ask these questions. I did not have any issues mounting my plate. I did not have the stock setting and chose the front boot location based on how the ski was riding for me.