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    Default Review of 2016 Moomba Craz

    Well.. first off, huge thanks to Jon Allen for going 3 hours each direction out of his way to come give myself and another fellow member here, Jed, a chance to demo this boat. He definitely didn't have to do that, so props to him. He's representing the brand in a great way... give him a raise Rick haha.

    Full disclosure... I haven't been on a ton of different boats. The boats I'm really familiar with are My own Supra 20v, the Supra 24SSV, Tige 2200i, and a couple others here and there that I've personally ridden on or behind. This was the first boat with a surf system that I've had a chance to ride behind, and newest boat by far that I've driven/ridden in. I have climbed around in some of the new MC's at the boat show, as well as Centurion, Bu's, Axis, and Tige's, but never been behind them.

    Lets start with the looks of the boat. This is clearly subjective, but I thought it was a nicely designed boat. Nothing super fancy, nothing over the top, just a functional traditional bow boat with some size. For the 22 foot category, this thing had plenty of space inside, and was very large outside. I'm used to being able to rest my arms about shoulder level on my sunpad when i was standing next to my boat while on the trailer. This boats sunpad was level with the top of my head and I'm 6 feet tall. Lots of freeboard with this boat. The boat was plenty deep so your knees weren't in your chest, and had ample storage with the factor ballast. If you put enzo sacks in the rear lockers that come underneath into the storage, you'd lose most of your storage... especially if you have the IBS sack that (I believe) comes with the "surf edition".

    The boat we got to demo was the promo photo boat, so it's the same boat that's on the Moomba.com home page when you look at the Craz. One thing you can't see in the pictures is the black on this boat has metal flake in it. The flake looked great in the sun, and it's cool to see black with flake in it. Here's some pictures of the boat that I took. There's lots of pics of this boat from moomba, so I didn't take a ton of the actual boat.

    Here's some photos - Jon had started taking the bimini off so that's why it's just hanging there in spots haha.







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    -Mike
    2006 Supra 20V

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    2006 Supra 20V

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    Driveability

    First, on how the boat drove. It handled wonderfully. Easy to turn, no cavitation under heavy throttle and sharp turns. The boat hardly turned on it's side at all... very stable, which is one thing Jon pointed out to us to notice, as the hull design keeps the boat very level. With the Raptor 400 and wakeboard prop, it got out of the hole in a hurry (granted we only had 3 people on board, but still). The boat didn't have much bow rise either, so sitting in the drivers seat without the bolster up, you could still easily see over the front of the bow. The cruise worked as it should, it got out of the hole, didn't ever overshoot your set speed, but got up to in slowly and stayed right there even through sharp turns. The boat took the wake just fine for a double up, but the lake was pretty calm, so I didn't get a real good feel for how it would do in chop, but at 4000 lbs dry, I think it'd do great. The boat powered through boat wakes no problem with minimal jarring.
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    -Mike
    2006 Supra 20V

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    Stereo

    For me, the stereo on my boat is important. I like loud, clean sound, and I like to sit at the sand bar here and there and play music too. I don't wakeboard much, but I want to hear the music when I do. Surfing is the primary thing I'm concerned with when it comes to audible distance of the stereo though, which doesn't take much.

    This boat was equipped with the 6 in boats, and 4 roswell tower speakers. No subwoofer in the boat, and this one had the Fusion 2 zone system. Didn't really play around with this much, and to be fair, we only played the stereo a tiny bit while surfing, and it was the FM radio playing, so it's hard to get a good idea of the sound. For me personally, this is one place I'd probably save money. I'd just get my tower wired up and buy some Wetsounds for the cost that the factory speakers would be. I'd also omit the sub and put my own in there to my liking. From my experience with other boats from all manufacturers, the stock stereos just come underpowered. They work fine for most people, but I like things really really loud so I'd probably go with my own install on the stereo. It's hard to give a good comparison here because I have wetsounds in my boat on the tower, a JL sub in the footwell, and 6 inboats all amped up through my WS420SQ equilizer... so it sounds much better than what was in this boat, but for a budget sector boat, it would be sufficient. Just not for me.
    -Mike
    2006 Supra 20V

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    Features

    The tower on this boat was the S bend tower. It looked great to me... it also had the Z5 on it, which looked awesome on the boat as well. One thing I noticed is that if you get the Z5, you won't be able to hang different bigger tower speakers from the top bars, and still fit between the tower and the bimini frame. You'd have to put the speakers above the tower, which may not appeal to some. If I was going to put different tower speakers on this boat, I'd order the standard bimini and forgo the z5. Standard bimini also includes surf pouches from what Jon said, and that would be the big reason for me to get the z5 anyway (to put surf boards up there), so I'd save the few thousand and just go standard bimini giving me more speaker options later down the road from the tower.

    The flooring in this boat was the snap out carpet. I like carpet on my feet, so this was a great feature. Still can take it out, easy to replace, etc... but still have that nice feeling on your feet. You can also get snap out seadek style flooring on this boat. The material is stuck to a mat, not the floor of the boat, so you can take it out easily and not deal with a glue mess if you ever have to replace it. Great Idea to put that stuff on a mat and have it removable.

    Board racks in this boat were swivel, and use the bungees. Only 1 per side, 4 boards total, then 2 surf boards on the bimini if you needed it. 6 total boards would serve most people just fine. If you put 10 people in this boat each with their own board, you'd be looking for space to put stuff. Would be hard to add racks too because of the way the S bend tower is designed, so some might run into issues there. For most, I doubt this would be a problem.

    Convertible seating on this boat was nice. Jon was able to switch the seating around, and get the back rest mounted in under a couple minutes. Would be a pain to do this over and over (mainly because of the back rest), but it's a great feature. I'd use it a lot. The back rest option from the factory will include the back rest on the convertible seat, and a back rest for the starboard side bench that you'd put right behind the driver seat so people could use that as a rear facing seat as well. That would give enough room for 4-5 people to watch the action in the water while sitting backwards, more if people went in the bow. Seating was superb... people will love this layout.

    Autoflow was easy to use on the boat. There was a switch to go from goofy to regular side, and the transition hardly took any time. Could really play around back there with good communication between driver/rider. That's the hard part. I tried a transition... I fell on my butt real quick haha. Would take some practice, but a HUGE plus and big factor in advancing the sport. You could also make fine tune adjustments by 5* (I believe) at a time. Really lets you dial the wake in for skim or surf style boarding depending on your preference.

    The screen on the boat was easy to use/navigate. Would take a little time to play with it, but very user friendly and intuitive. Also love the fact that all of your ballast and all other toggle switches are still manual switches, not built into a screen. That's a HUGE plus IMO for those that want something thats simple, without all the gadgets that can break and cost a lot of money to replace.
    -Mike
    2006 Supra 20V

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    Zim, how was the boat when yall loaded it down to surf? does it lean real hard to one side or evenly weighted?

    Dylan
    2012 MOOMBA LSV

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    Wakeboard Wake

    Lets talk about the wakeboard wake now...

    This is where this boat really shined IMO. The boat was able to have a nice clean wake at any speed. We put it all the way down to mid 16's, and it was still a rideable wave for the beginners and smaller kids out there that were learning. The first picture here is at 18.6mph with no ballast and 3 adults in the boat. I didn't actually wakeboard, so no comment on it... but the wake looked great.



    Full size here:
    http://i.imgur.com/JP4CdRw.jpg



    Next.... 21.5mph, no ballast



    Full size:
    http://i.imgur.com/8SDG6Jz.jpg


    Full ballast at 21.5mph



    Full size:
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    -Mike
    2006 Supra 20V

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    Surf Wave

    This is also one of those things that this boat did exceptionally well. I don't have much for boats with surf systems to compare to, but if I got behind this boat, and only this boat, for the rest of my surfing career, I'd be happy with the wave.

    The way the boat works with Autoflow 2.0, is you just even weight the boat... so that's what we did. Filled all the ballast in both side rear lockers, then choose the side you want to surf. Super easy, no tweaking necessary. You immediately get a great wave behind the boat. If you pile people on the surf side, it does help, but not needed. Here's a video of the wave going from goofy to regular. Cleans up real quick for a great wave. We had this set up for more of a surf style setup since that's what I was riding on... it was amazing. Push was great, could still recover from the very back of the wave where it started to curl over and the pocket was huge. You could ride close to the swim platform, or drop back and ride way back. This is the selling point on this boat for me. Wave is incredible. One thing that was great is when we put it full of ballast, the swim platform was still only like 4" under the surface of the water. I usually have my boat sunk to my knees when my ballast is full. This thing can hold some weight. More weight will only make this wave bigger and better. We surfed at 10.5mph, with 900-950lbs in each rear sack. Center hard tank was full, as was IBS.




    Some pictures of me back there. I'm 6 foot tall for reference:








    -Mike
    2006 Supra 20V

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    Overall Impressions

    Well done SC, well done.

    Great price point, boat looks great IMO, the boat handled wondefully, kicks out both a nice wakeboard wake and great surf wave. For those that have complained there's not something out there for the core rider that just wants good wakes... this is your boat. Unless you're a pro rider, these wakes will get you doing anything you want to do. Even the pro riders can likely kill it behind this boat without being held back from much. It comes with the quality you'd expect from SC in a basic package that does the things its supposed to without all the bling to add on to the price tag. This boat is a home run.
    -Mike
    2006 Supra 20V

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    thanks for the review. The wave looks awesome and the ability to switch in under 15 seconds! wow. I'm not "really" looking for a new boat, but wow, this one is a contender. I am hoping to get out and emo one soon.
    2017 Centurion Ri237
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