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Looking at various mfrs hull designs, I see other brands offer "deep vee" designs and Nautiques are basically a "combination" hull with a hard chine. I guess this is one reason why we enjoy a superior wake? Can anyone offer any insight regarding pros/cons of the hull designs?
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2010 Super Air Nautique 210 Team Edition -
RE: Hull Design
One of the main things that makes a Nautique a Nautique is hull design. It is easy to make a boat with a low wake for skiing, just make the bottom flat. The boat will not track, and will have other odd handling characteristics. One of my friends has a closed bow "M" brand boat, and if you try to pull a slalom skier in a straight line, the boat wanders from side to side, try to make the boat do an around the boat turn with more than two skiers, and the boat will not turn. It also rides rough.
My 1997 Ski is still one of the best three event hulls around.
Another "M" brand boat, in 1995 designed a boat that also had a tendency to chine lock, and in one of our ski shows flipped over. In 1998, The same "M" brand boat was recalled to retrofit a rudder with wings on it, because the boat ran aground at the turn, with two different drivers, during AWSA testing.
There is a reason why the same hull was used on the "Classic" Super air from 1995 to 2005. Good hull design.
I truly believe CC chooses to spend money on design, and materials than "Flash" and "Bling", and many pages of ads in magazines.
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