2008 Houston boat show pics

(99_slaunch) · (99_slaunch) **Join Date: Oct 2005** 01-05-2008, 8:58 AM

Here are some pics for you.

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(04outback) · (04outback) **Join Date: Jul 2007** 01-05-2008, 9:27 AM

DUDE,
Thanks for taking us to boat show! Beautiful boats...

(psudy) · (psudy) **Join Date: Dec 2003** 01-05-2008, 9:41 AM

99K for that Corvette Bu?

(99_slaunch) · (99_slaunch) **Join Date: Oct 2005** 01-05-2008, 9:47 AM

Paul
look a little closer 99k is the boat show special.

(woreout) · (woreout) **Join Date: Aug 2006** 01-05-2008, 9:49 AM

A real Vette is cheaper than that.

(05mobiuslsv) · (05mobiuslsv) **Join Date: Apr 2006** 01-05-2008, 10:25 AM

Not the new ZR1 corvette.

(xaggie) · (xaggie) **Join Date: Nov 2002** 01-05-2008, 10:45 AM

Aaron come on now no pics of our "non MasterCraft" MasterCraft booth... Hope you stopped in, I'm holding the fort down up North. Cheers Man.

(blake_hughes)

Nice shots!

I like the driver's seat on the Tige, that's pretty creative. The orange and black graphics on the Malibu are pretty sweet, too.

(sailing216) · (sailing216) **Join Date: Oct 2007** 01-05-2008, 11:43 AM

I don't have to go to the boat show now. Thanks for the pics. Paint and graphics on the Malibu and Supras are sharp this year. No Centurion love?

(buguru) · (buguru) **Join Date: Feb 2006** 01-05-2008, 12:45 PM

Blake, the Tige' seat looks cool. But just sit in it once and you will think different..

(99_slaunch) · (99_slaunch) **Join Date: Oct 2005** 01-05-2008, 1:00 PM

No Centurion dealer in Houston.

(wakeride26) · (wakeride26) **Join Date: Dec 2006** 01-05-2008, 1:39 PM

All the boats look sick.... Im pumped for our show now..Feb 1-10th..

(want2ridealot) · (want2ridealot) **Join Date: Jul 2007** 01-05-2008, 1:44 PM

i love the green and black VLX

(foilboy) · (foilboy) **Join Date: Mar 2007** 01-06-2008, 8:03 AM

I noticed the Supra/Moomba and TIGE does not have snap out carpet. I would not buy a boat that did not have snap out carpet.

(2manytoys) · (2manytoys) **Join Date: May 2007** 01-06-2008, 8:20 AM

I am calling Marine Max right now and ordering a set of those...

(timmyb) · (timmyb) **Join Date: Apr 2007** 01-06-2008, 9:18 AM

Thanks for the pics! Very nice stuff!

wake (buguru) - The Tige Vision Air seat is the best captains seat to ever be put into a Wake/Ski boat. Everyone who has driven or sat in my boat wishes they had that seat. I guess if you were overly large or obese it might not work for you but even my buddy who is 6'3" and 285 loves it. I've heard complaints up the optional height adjustment but I don't have that.

(sailing216) · (sailing216) **Join Date: Oct 2007** 01-06-2008, 9:58 AM

Malibu doesn't have snap out carpet either. Even on the 100k+ corvette boat.
It was definitely a factor in my boat purchase decision.

(bigshow) · (bigshow) **Join Date: Feb 2005** 01-06-2008, 11:53 AM

I could pay off my home mortgage and boat loan for $100K. Definitely not for me. That's a boat for a serious collector, doctor, lawyer, or Indian chief.

(bigshow) · (bigshow) **Join Date: Feb 2005** 01-06-2008, 11:55 AM

Is that a surf board rack on top of the first Supra? I'd love to have something like that.

(jon_a) · (jon_a) **Join Date: Feb 2003** 01-06-2008, 12:02 PM

It's weird, I would never buy a boat WITH snap-out carpet and I've used both. It's all personal taste and how you use your boat I guess.

(bigshow) · (bigshow) **Join Date: Feb 2005** 01-06-2008, 1:35 PM

I was in a manufacturer reps boat. The boat was less than a year old. This boat did not have snap out carpet. It smelled like a cat had peed in the boat.

I'd rather have a boat with no - zero carpet under the storage area and snap out carpet in the seating areas.

(hatepain) · (hatepain) **Join Date: Aug 2006** 01-06-2008, 1:45 PM

Thanks for the pic's coulda used a couple more of the V237 that's a sick boat.

(04outback) · (04outback) **Join Date: Jul 2007** 01-06-2008, 2:15 PM

Ed Sullivan, I believe that the surfboard is on the Z5 Cargo Bimini..

(99_slaunch) · (99_slaunch) **Join Date: Oct 2005** 01-06-2008, 3:50 PM

There was 5 peps in the v237 and the Owner of the dealer was in it with them. They looked seriuos and I was just taking pics so I did not bother them.

(ponte_06_x2) · (ponte_06_x2) **Join Date: Jan 2006** 01-06-2008, 4:42 PM

those supras are looking good and also the marine max booth.

(Message edited by ponte_06_x2 on January 06, 2008)

(biggsteev) · (biggsteev) **Join Date: Nov 2007** 01-07-2008, 9:24 AM

"I would not buy a boat that does not have snap out carpet"???

I personally would never even consider buying a boat that takes on SO much water over the bow and transom that you need snap out carpet and numerous floor drains that are larger than what you would find in a shower. ie: MC, CC

(buguru) · (buguru) **Join Date: Feb 2006** 01-07-2008, 9:29 AM

Timmy B. You Colorado people must be a little to high in the air to think that the Tige' Vision Air seat is the best out there... Nothing like sitting on a piece of mesh for 5 hours out on the water. I think i will take my heated seat over that any day!!

(wake1823) · (wake1823) **Join Date: Dec 2005** 01-07-2008, 9:53 AM

Tige's mesh/bouncy seat is nice when your sitting on the showroom floor , but when riding across light chop it will "bounce" the crap out of you...almost looks like you'll get thrown overboard...pretty funny to see someone drive and deal with it. I mentioned this in another post and someone mentioned they were going back to the old pedestal??

To each his own.

(festivus) · (festivus) **Join Date: Jan 2006** 01-07-2008, 10:28 AM

I'm with Ed- No carpet in the storage areas. It is a lot harder to dry out...

(Message edited by festivus on January 07, 2008)

(pnichols) · (pnichols) **Join Date: Jan 2007** 01-07-2008, 11:00 AM

I have Rubbermaid tubs in my storage compartments that I store anything that's been wet in. At the end of the day I take out everything that's wet and hang to dry. Also leave the compartments open for a day if the carpet gets wet. I have never had an odor problem in my boat. The Rubbermaid storage tubs are key.

(chpthril) · (chpthril) **Join Date: Oct 2007** 01-07-2008, 11:02 AM

Wake, the idea being is that the avg boater spends the most time on the water during the peak Summer months when you dont need a heated seat. I have spent the 5 hrs in the Vision Air that you speak of, last June and it was awesome. It was cool, allowed my suit to dry, I did not sweat, and was comfortable. This chair from Attwood Marine was modeled after the hi-end office furniture.

Sam
Tige did drop the pedestal due to hi failures I believe. I think this was made during the 07 model yr.

Like Sam said, to each his own, but no need to knock it before trying it.

(bcrider) · (bcrider) **Join Date: Apr 2006** 01-07-2008, 11:28 AM

They could have gotten a silver vette atleast.

(csparks13) · (csparks13) **Join Date: Apr 2004** 01-07-2008, 2:17 PM

Umm is that dog lost in the picture with the XLV? It sucks Matt that you could not bring any of your MC's this year. Oh well the booth looked good.

(billthom) · (billthom) **Join Date: Apr 2005** 01-07-2008, 2:58 PM

Uh....Does that Tige have ballast bags in it?

Thanks for the pics!

(bigshow) · (bigshow) **Join Date: Feb 2005** 01-07-2008, 4:17 PM

I don't care if you never step foot in your boat. If it's outside with a boat cover moisture is going to collect and it's going to get funky smelling.

If I could fit my boat in my garage I'd put a fan in it to circulate air.

(phall925) · (phall925) **Join Date: Feb 2005** 01-08-2008, 2:04 PM

Check the malibu site. I DOn't think that carpet is snap out but there is a removable type of carpet you can over lay that is an option

(joshbuzz) · (joshbuzz) **Join Date: Sep 2007** 01-08-2008, 10:53 PM

Hope you stopped by the Wake2Wake Sports/Houston MC booth and gave a shout!! I've been working at the show all week, we've got a few kites in, and we're pretty much just sitting back in our corner, indo boarding, watching videos, playing wii, and drinking red bull!!

If anyone else is going to be at the show this weekend give a shout!!

(timmyb) · (timmyb) **Join Date: Apr 2007** 01-09-2008, 8:44 AM

Sam and Wake - sorry to hear that you've had bad experiences with the Vision Air seat. We've NEVER experienced this "bounce" that you are talking about but we may not have the bad pedestal that you guys mention. The seat in my boat is rock solid when driving over ANY chop. Like I said before, everyone who drives my boat loves that seat.

(johnsvt) · (johnsvt) **Join Date: Dec 2006** 01-09-2008, 9:02 AM

Thanks for the pics

(rzrich) · (rzrich) **Join Date: Aug 2006** 01-10-2008, 12:42 PM

I'm digging the wire wheel hub caps on the Coast Guard rig

Thanks for the pictures!

(kickflip_mj) · (kickflip_mj) **Join Date: Apr 2007** 01-14-2008, 12:39 AM

oh man you guys in you snap out carpets...

in my experiances i can say like i said in a nother post snap in carpet is for people that dont respect their stuff.. its good for drunks on the water that can spill their beer on the floor and mop it up and also for the same people that dont give a crap and walk into your baot with thier shoes on and trample over everything.. i like the carpet glued in... thats how i roll, almost as cool as the hub caps on the coast guard boat.lol

(auto) · (auto) **Join Date: Aug 2002** 01-14-2008, 3:54 AM

damn, better get rid of the BU, no snap out carpet and it sits outside, I wonder how I stand it.