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Escmanaze that boat looks sweet. I’m going to see if I can check it out this weekend. I’ve never looked at that site. Thanks.

FSSPCat Canada would be a haul for me. Don't know if I have that much time to make it up there. Where would you search for boats online up in Alberta and B.C.

Does anyone have an opinion on the early 2000s nautique 206 vs the early 2000s sunsetter lxi? I was really looking for a sunsetter lxi but I'm having a hard time finding anything decent right now without going across the country. I don't want to get desperate but I might have to open up my options a little.

Thanks for all the comments everyone, what a great resource this forum has been. Hopefully going to get together with @HPskier1 this weekend to look at his boat.

Two boats I'm looking at now. Would love to get everyone's opinion.

 

https://denver.craigslist.org/bod/d/2008-malibu-response/6534058311.html

This boat is where I live now. Obviously newer, tower, wedge, PP........... Has about 2k hours on an 08 so its obviously been a boat that has been ran and not sat.

 

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https://springfield.craigslist.org/boa/d/2000-malibu-sunsetter-lxi/6558757171.html

@foxriverat Recommended this one and the owner is on this forum and has contacted me about it. It's actually in the city I'm moving to next month, I'm going to try and go take a look at it soon. Looks like a pristine boat with low hours.

 

If all else is equal (condition, driveability, maintenance) which would you guys go with. I'm going to try and get out to ski behind a few Malibu's pretty soon to see how they all compare.

@andjules We used to ski right from our dock on a private lake. We are now moving near a big public lake, Table Rock lake (beautiful lake!), where we will have a slip in a neighborhood dock. I think it will be somewhere in the middle. We will probably take all the kids with us but go back and forth to the dock to switch out gear. Thanks for the pictures. It makes it really easy to spot one now.

@Lieutenant Dan I can’t believe the sunsetter actually has a softer wake than the response. What speeds are you guys skiing at. Is it a bigger but softer wake or the same size and also softer? Does anyone know how the sunsetter compares to the PS209? It seams like it’s better.

@Wayne @6balls thanks for the information guys. As far as the wake vs diamond hulls, how can you tell which hull the boat has. I would defiantly get the diamond hull. How does the response or sunsetter with a diamond hull compare to an early 90s PS190 slalom wake at 15-28 off. I’m not really concerned with super short line. These Malibu’s look beautiful and seam to have so much more room than my PS190. The only thing I missed from my PS209 was the ski locker in the back of the boat and open bow. I absolutely love the way my 190 handled and the wake, or lack there of.

Wow thanks for all the great information. I will continue my search based on those recommendations. Does anyone know of any common issues with any of those boats (engine, trans issues or hull issues?)

@Wayne are all those boats you listed use the same hull, diamond? Do you know what years those were? I’ve been searching around for what years have what hulls and what they models are?

 

@sodbuster88 do you know if the 94-95 PS205 hull is the same as the PS190 hill?

@wish thanks for the reply. I think the bubble back is the 1997-2002 tsc1 hull, correct? Exactly what models had the tsc1 hull of that era?

Hi everyone, first post here. I’ve been on the site for the past couple weeks reading about boat recommendations but I couldn’t seam to find all my answers.

 

Finally getting back into slalom after a long five years of being away. Need to get myself a new boat. I’ve had a 2005 MC PS209 and 1992 PS190, those are my reference points. My thoughts were to just buy another PS190 or that era because of the amazing wake but I figured I would ask around to see if there were any other recommendations.

 

We will be using the boat for 75% slalom, 20% pulling the kids on tubes and trainer skis and 5% wake boarding. Obviously I would love to have 24’ vdrive room with no wake but that doesn’t exists.

 

What would you guys say is the closest wake to the PS190 or better. An open bow would be great and a boat with more storage would be even better. I don’t want to sacrifice too much wake quality for an open bow or storage. Fuel injection would also be nice.

 

From what I’ve been seeing it looks like 1997-200? SN or 2003-200? response LXi? How do those boats stack up to the PS205?

 

My wife skis 15 off at 32 and I ski 15-22 off at 34-36. I would like to get to 28 or 32 off but honestly I don’t really see myself getting past 28. So super short line spray and wake really isn’t an issue. My budget is 20-25k but I have no problem spending 10k on an older boat with more hours that fits our needs better.

 

Thanks for anyone input. I’m really glad I found this forum!