Surf Boat for $40k

[sivs1]

Wanted to get your thoughts on this, basically, you go to the boat show and look at all the boats, one would be lucky to get a surf boat for under $60k. Thinking back to the Moomba Boomerang, fabulous ski boat, but that was about it, bare bones boat that skied really well and was cheap.

Is it possible to build a bare bones surf boat and sell it for under $40k? thinking along the lines of the Boomerang but 20+ years later. Is there a market for this or is it the used market?

[kaneboats]

Those days are gone.

[trayson]

I think there could be a market for something like that. They are TRYING to do that with the Wake Tractor v-drive. But the radical funky layout isn't going to do it for most.

But there's kind of a 'bare minimum' that I think is needed for the typical wake boat.

So I'd think if someone did it, it'd look like this:

• 21 Foot Hull
• 325 Engine
• Acme 537 prop
• Factory rear 1100's or 900's
• Factory 1180 under a playpen
• Analogue Gauges
• Perfect pass wakeboard pro (or equivalent)
• Basic flip up bolster seat
• basic tower with a pair of wakeboard racks

I guess I'm picturing something equivalent to a 2008 LSV but with a playpen bow so you can have a factory gravity bag. But maybe it just can't be done for that price anymore?

I mean, the Moombas start at $60k realistically. And the MC NXT starts at $50k not including a trailer and the trailer is $3600.

[KG's Supra24]

Yea ... I'd call a Moomba pretty stripped down. Mojo base is 63k I think.

If you can move all the boats you can manufacture at 60k+ ... why tighten your margins. I don't see 20k worth of costs that could be stripped from a Moomba and still have a functional boat.

I understand the sentiment from the consumer standpoint but unfortunately easy financing and longer terms have increased prices on all these types of items. A Cadillac Escalade is a 100k vehicle ... wth???

[kaneboats]

Wake Tractor? I had never heard of that thing. Wow. That is REALLY ugly.

http://www.austinboats.com/pre_owned...sp?veh=4510106

[sandm]

someone could, but won't. the market has dictated that people will pay 60k+ to get an entry level surfboat.
I believe that someone like bayliner could if they wanted to.

[trayson]

I suppose if someone really wanted to strip things down to a basic level to create a surf monster for cheap, it'd have to be more like this:

• 20 to 21' deeper v-hull (more like a Tige or a Centurion).
• Big rear lockers with 1100's and throw over the side Tsunami pumps.
• Basic walkthrough bow with a big walkway sack that fills with the over the side tsunami pump. (or even a closed bow!)
• No PP
• No Tower
• Basic surf platform
• Basic driver's seat (no flip up bolster)
• factory installed ghetto gate or Velcro side wedge
• No stereo
• Basic 5.7L V8
• Propped for surfing
• rear bench seat in front of the v-drive
• Single solid cover over the engine and both storage lockers
• Hydroturf covering the sundeck/engine cover
• No flooring except textured finished fiberglass
• Cheap $15 clamp on the windshield mirror

[trayson]

Wake Tractor? I had never heard of that thing. Wow. That is REALLY ugly.

http://www.austinboats.com/pre_owned...sp?veh=4510106

I saw one in person. I believe the term you're looking for is FUGLY!!!

It's basically a v-drive version of something like a sea-doo sportster! WTF?!!?!?

[trayson]

someone could, but won't. the market has dictated that people will pay 60k+ to get an entry level surfboat.
I believe that someone like bayliner could if they wanted to.

Also, when you can buy a nice used boat that's 5 years old or newer for $35 to $40 that's decently outfitted, then why care about the price of new. Browse through only inboards and look at what you can get for $30k to $40k that's less than 5 years old and there's some decent boats out there. A22's, OBV, LSV's, XLV's, Tige R20... Lots of late model boats that would make a person happy for $40k and under.

[sivs1]

Those days are gone.

That's my thought, those days you could get a Bayliner for $8k and now they're over $20k.

MC NXT22 was priced out at $76k here in UT for boat show pricing. what's the point of a 50k boat optioned out to 76k? I thought the comparable Craz, Supreme and MB 22's were nicer.