spent the day on a supreme

[sandm]

not a moomba but boat porn is boat porn......

signed up for a demo days from tommys marine here in vegas. I think I was the only demo today. they are primarily based out of colorado but are trying to get a foothold here with centurion/supreme. same company I demo'ed a couple centurions in 2020.
spent today on a supreme s220. new model last year. all I am going to say is value boats have come a LONG way.. I can see the differences in materials and build from my cousin's supra SL and it's not a fair comparison but this boat was on par or better than my 2020 tige r23. interior fit/finish is quite good. seats were soft but supportive and had a lot of piping/stitching to make it look upscale. dash was decent and screen was easy to use.

the wave tho... it was crazy for a factory stock boat with only 4 of us. 4400lbs of ballast in 6 tanks. no loss in usable storage under main seats. did lose the bow underseats and rear compartments were full but to be expected in a value boat. quiet boat. pcm and it was quieter than the raptor in my tige. priced out with decent options but not loaded at 130k but 112k sale price.

they have moved production from Cali to Georgia to allow Cali to focus on Centurion and I would say they have elevated their quality with the move. I only saw one panel I could nitpick going over the boat with a comb. several unique things I have not seen such as cnc'ed plates on the sides for ballast vent/drains. also liked how the rear bench seat was removable where the cooler was. nice standard feature I have not seen before. I liked it. sewlong bimini was huge. biggest I have seen.

overall a solid boat that threw a very nice wave for factory. 500lbs in lead or 3 more people would have been the ticket I think.....

[sandm]

Pics from the day. 90 air 80 water.

[sandm]

A few more of the salesman surfing. he had to have been 6'4. they took a ton of pro pics so hoping I'll get some solid shots...

[Mxmark4]

How do you feel it would stack up to a max or craz?

[mgswake]

They completely removed the back seat to place that cooler? Surely not a factory cooler? Looks like a nice wave and boat. Not a huge fan of the lines, but that is personal preference type of thing. I really like walk through or walk over transom/rear deck. I'm not sure why they still offer boats without that feature to save vinyl.

[Mxmark4]

I think the lack of a walk thru is my biggest hang up on the axis boats. My boat didnt have a walk thru and its something I really wanted.

[sandm]

How do you feel it would stack up to a max or craz?

no clue on the craz. the only one I have been on was in 2016ish. interiors I suspect are very similar in quality but this supreme out of the box was worlds above that craz I was on. I know skiers has made a LOT of changes over the years to that boat and guessing they are close today. I would say it'll feel a lot nicer than the max as that's a true value boat. the interior felt a lot like the kaiyen we were on in 2020.

They completely removed the back seat to place that cooler? Surely not a factory cooler? Looks like a nice wave and boat. Not a huge fan of the lines, but that is personal preference type of thing. I really like walk through or walk over transom/rear deck. I'm not sure why they still offer boats without that feature to save vinyl.

that grizzly cooler is a factory option. rear seat is standard but you simply yank it out. I really liked that feature. there was only 4 on the boat and having the extra floor space was nice. there was an upgrade to add sliding rails but the salesman said the take rate was extremely low for slides.

I am 100% with you on the lack of a walk over. imo tige had that NAILED on the old 22/24ve's with the walkthru on the side not down the middle. left 75% of the sundeck intact to use rather than 2 fragmented pieces. they also had a flip over cushion for the side to step on. our last boat had walkover down the middle and felt like it really made the sundeck hard to lay on.

a few interesting centurion/supreme ballast notes: on supremes all the ballast vents/drains were installed in a cnc machined plate that really looked nice. cleaned up the hull imo but the big one is centurion. theirs are now on a part of the hull overhang and point at the water so you don't see them at all. REALLY cleaned up the hull not having chrome vents around it.

biggest annoyance with supreme and I've called it out in past recaps... when you have the bimini stowed, it is a BIOTCH to get up and down on the sundeck into the interior. the tower/bimini placement is awful when stowed. put up, it's the largest I have been under.