scottieturnbull
01-18-2013, 12:21 AM
I was able to sneak away to the boat show for a few hours unsupervised, even after last years trip resulted in a large payment book.
I was excited to see the new G23 & G25. They are big, but I wasn't really a fan of the interior styling. I liked the rope storage area for the extra rope unter the pylon on the tower. The G25 had the Z5 on it, and I hit my head at least 10 times on it. I am 6'4, but that is unacceptable. It has a ton of storage, and probably have a great wake, but the sticker on the G23 was $140k, and they were going to make me a great deal on one they had on the lot for $116k. I'm pretty sure that would be grounds for divorce, or bankruptcy.
Atlanta Marine had a good setup. 4-5 Supras, and a bunch of Moombas. I liked the SA, but the side vents on it are just a bit off, and the black on black color scheme would be unbearable in the GA heat. I think I'll stay with the more classic look of the pointed nose on the 242. The new touch screen Vision system seems to be pretty sweet.
The best value i saw at the whole show was a Malibu 23 Ride. It was only $58k or so. It was only 1k more than the Mojo, and seemed a bit plusher. I have never ridden in either, so that is strictly an appearance comparison.
I talked to Rick Tinkers son about it and it said the real difference is in the hull. He said it just rides higher on the water and is fantastic in rough water. I guess a lake test would be the only way to know that for sure, but he did say the things they learned on the SA will be applied to all of the Supra hulls in the future.
I also got to talk to Rick Tinker. He was as gracious and down to earth as always. We talked about several things including the improvements made to the 2013 models like the walk thru transom and not putting carpet in the storage compartments...these were things that Moomba was doing in 2012, but didn't trickle up to the higher brand. I also told him they needed to fix the store on the websites, and he said it would be fixed within 30 days. A new company called Threads is taking it over.
Anyways, here are some of the pictures. The last one is a pontoon that they tried to make cool. Someone forgot to tell them it was still a pontoon. Also, Bryant had an I/O with the biggest swim platform I'd ever seen. It was like a tiered picnic table off the back of the boat.
Any one else see anything good down there?
Never mind. I am either retarded or the forum hates my new iMac. It keeps putting a red exclamation for each picture after up load. I even downsized the images to under 200kb. I will try again tomorrow from my PC.
I was excited to see the new G23 & G25. They are big, but I wasn't really a fan of the interior styling. I liked the rope storage area for the extra rope unter the pylon on the tower. The G25 had the Z5 on it, and I hit my head at least 10 times on it. I am 6'4, but that is unacceptable. It has a ton of storage, and probably have a great wake, but the sticker on the G23 was $140k, and they were going to make me a great deal on one they had on the lot for $116k. I'm pretty sure that would be grounds for divorce, or bankruptcy.
Atlanta Marine had a good setup. 4-5 Supras, and a bunch of Moombas. I liked the SA, but the side vents on it are just a bit off, and the black on black color scheme would be unbearable in the GA heat. I think I'll stay with the more classic look of the pointed nose on the 242. The new touch screen Vision system seems to be pretty sweet.
The best value i saw at the whole show was a Malibu 23 Ride. It was only $58k or so. It was only 1k more than the Mojo, and seemed a bit plusher. I have never ridden in either, so that is strictly an appearance comparison.
I talked to Rick Tinkers son about it and it said the real difference is in the hull. He said it just rides higher on the water and is fantastic in rough water. I guess a lake test would be the only way to know that for sure, but he did say the things they learned on the SA will be applied to all of the Supra hulls in the future.
I also got to talk to Rick Tinker. He was as gracious and down to earth as always. We talked about several things including the improvements made to the 2013 models like the walk thru transom and not putting carpet in the storage compartments...these were things that Moomba was doing in 2012, but didn't trickle up to the higher brand. I also told him they needed to fix the store on the websites, and he said it would be fixed within 30 days. A new company called Threads is taking it over.
Anyways, here are some of the pictures. The last one is a pontoon that they tried to make cool. Someone forgot to tell them it was still a pontoon. Also, Bryant had an I/O with the biggest swim platform I'd ever seen. It was like a tiered picnic table off the back of the boat.
Any one else see anything good down there?
Never mind. I am either retarded or the forum hates my new iMac. It keeps putting a red exclamation for each picture after up load. I even downsized the images to under 200kb. I will try again tomorrow from my PC.