Hey.
Some of you may have noticed from my other posts that I've been looking for a situation on Lake Norman in NC. I may have found an instructor without a boat. I want to provide and drive the boat while the instructor instructs. I also want to learn to ski and wakeboard myself (not interested in wakesurfing at this time).
But now there is the boat part. Lots of opinions out there but one in particular piques my interest. Centurion (young or old) was recommended as the boat to use for the following reasons: The dealer said wake SURFING is all the rage now and you don't need calm water for it where wakeboard and waterski instruction requires the smoothest water possible. Since most people are on the lake on the weekends, when it's choppiest, the logic is that I'd be best off with more wakesurfing classes than wakeboarding or ski classes.
He went on to say that the Centurions made a far superior wakesurfing wake where the Nautiques and Mastercrafts fell short but again, only for wakesurfing. He had nothing negative to say about any brand when it came to their wakeboard wake but pointed out recent world champs who won with Centurion boats.
Dumping $80k to $100k on this business model is risky so I'm looking at used boats. The schools I found so far use a new boat every season so I'm not sure how a 10 year old boat would come across to the paying students and parents of students. Then I saw posts warning against the older Centurions. The used ones I'm seeing are from 2005 and 2006 with the 300hp Mercruiser Black Scorpion engine.
Trying to be objective about the brands, I would like those in the know to comment on those themes above: WS vs WB vs Centrion vs choppy weekend water. Does this advice hold water (okay, yes, that pun was intended - sorry!).
Thanks!
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