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    2015 Prostar
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    Chippewa River
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    Scott Calderwood
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    2016 Vapor Lithium
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    WI

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  1. One issue may be that the average family walks into MarineMaxx looking for a boat to ski behind, and the odds of a DD boat being in stock to view is essentially zero.
  2. As others have stated, this was inevitable. I live in WI and property owners are simply done getting their docks and shoreline destroyed. I also don't believe manufacturers will stop building ski boats, but if they do, I'll continue skiing behind my bro's '12 200. It's not like there's been a revolutionary hull since the TSC1 anyway. Now get off my lawn!
  3. We have a local Heyday dealer and I see them in the wild all the time. Very few X/XT's in the wild from the MC dealer though...but a crap ton of NXT's. Maybe it's more localized to small town lakes and rivers? I bought a Bennington last year and went with the mid-range XS line. They have multiple ranges with varying creature comforts for those that don't want to get too crazy expensive. But there's also a large delta in price, which hasn't been the case in the ski boat market.
  4. It's confusing to me...and not trying to earn a panda here, but for real. Are we lucky ski boats are still being made, or are there really 5 people behind me ready to pay up if I don't buy one?
  5. When the CP was in production, the sales guy at our closest Centurion dealership hadn't even heard of it. That certainly didn't help sales. This is always a fun topic though:)
  6. Don't tell Nautique or they'll stop making 200's😉
  7. CP didn't get traction because it was a Centurion and the price delta wasn't substantial enough. Same with a Txi base vs Open version...it's not that much extra to get the goodies when you're already spending a lot of money. Anecdotally, our local MC dealer sold way more Sportstars than Prostars, just like they're selling way more NXT's today.
  8. The Carbon Pro and other "entry" boats failed in large part because you could get a used late-model "big 3" flag ship for similar money. Also, I think Nautique is currently proving you can sell a lower priced boat over the flagship with the 200.
  9. If that was 196, a decent percent of the guys and gals here would likely be placing orders for that money. Kudos Sanger! Proof you can dust off and refurb old molds!
  10. 2 buddies of mine submarined an MC Skier back in the mid 80's dropping it into reverse at speed. The boat dives like a dolphin for real! They hadn't installed the windshield, so water filled to the gunwales.
  11. Google search of the pic shows that boat at Swiss. Sitting on the MC trailer is a dead giveaway it's the same boat = scam.
  12. Scrubbing Bubbles worked on mine (2015).
  13. Agreed, DD service/winterization is easy, but it's nothing like a new outboard. The block drains itself...can't beat that. But as a true course ski tug, there's no replacing a DD boat.
  14. Agreed, when it comes to maintenance, I love our new outboard. Not having to drain the block is so nice up here in WI.
  15. We got so lucky here on our river in Eau Claire, WI. All the wake boats that used to be out there are now gone. I have no reason why, but I'll take it. Nothing but tournament ski boats and pontoons out there now...even 2 MC Barefoot 200's.
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