sjpitts
09-27-2005, 10:10 AM
I have been looking for cheap wakeboard boat for a while, and I may have just found one. The boat is a 21 foot direct drive, open bow boat. It says “Mariah Classic” and “Kelvar Supertrac” on the sides. It has a 351 PCM engine, is 21 feet long, and holds 8 people. It is a 1989 and has 715 hours on it.
The boat itself looks pretty clean. The engine and interior are pretty nice, but it does have a big ding on one of the rub rails. The trailer, OTOH, has a big dent in the frame, so big that the trailer doesn’t look straight.
At first I thought “Mariah” was the brand of boat, but I searched and now think it may be a Supra.
Is this a decent family wakeboard boat? I don’t need an “intense” boat---no one in my family is that good a wakeboarder. Just a decent boat.
Are old supra’s good boats? I know they are now, but I don’t know how they were in 1989?
How good do these boats work in rougher water? I am in Arizona, where the lakes are far and few between, and crowded. In the summer time, the water at Saguaro lake gets pretty choppy. The boat seemed to have pretty low sides, and a pretty low bow. How does it handle rough water? Worse than other older boats? (like older Sunsetters or Sport Nautiques)
Any areas of concern on this boat? I know it has wood, so I should check it carefully for rot. Anything else?
Finally—one more question—what do these things usually sell for. This boat seems pretty cheap—it is really the first open-bow-direct-drive boat I have seen for under 10k
Thanks
Jared
The boat itself looks pretty clean. The engine and interior are pretty nice, but it does have a big ding on one of the rub rails. The trailer, OTOH, has a big dent in the frame, so big that the trailer doesn’t look straight.
At first I thought “Mariah” was the brand of boat, but I searched and now think it may be a Supra.
Is this a decent family wakeboard boat? I don’t need an “intense” boat---no one in my family is that good a wakeboarder. Just a decent boat.
Are old supra’s good boats? I know they are now, but I don’t know how they were in 1989?
How good do these boats work in rougher water? I am in Arizona, where the lakes are far and few between, and crowded. In the summer time, the water at Saguaro lake gets pretty choppy. The boat seemed to have pretty low sides, and a pretty low bow. How does it handle rough water? Worse than other older boats? (like older Sunsetters or Sport Nautiques)
Any areas of concern on this boat? I know it has wood, so I should check it carefully for rot. Anything else?
Finally—one more question—what do these things usually sell for. This boat seems pretty cheap—it is really the first open-bow-direct-drive boat I have seen for under 10k
Thanks
Jared