What's coming April 9th? [ 2019 Ski Nautique ]

[NautiqueJeff]

I will be interested in the sales numbers. For those of you thinking they won't sell many, remember that Nautique ran out of production slots for most 2018 boats in February this year, and almost all of those were at an MSRP higher than this boat. Many people here have had their orders pushed out 30+ days because the factory just can't build enough boats fast enough to meet current demand.

I think there will be a decent group of current SN200 owners who will upgrade this year.

Masters will be very interesting this year. I hope we see some records fall, and this design proves itself!

[Skidave]

I think the video showing the boat in use is terrible. The video in the main page; not the walkthrough video. I dislike how it changes scenes every 2 seconds. I know what a ski ball and the bottom of a ski look like. I want to see the wake and the boat (for more than 2 seconds).

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[JieemQ]

Not a fan of all the Sea Dek. The metal flake gel coat looks so good why would you cover that up with Sea Dek? Also at certain angles during the video the bow looks like a Mastercraft pickle fork with the white center and metal flake extending forward.

[Kmayotte]

I think the video showing the boat in use is terrible. The video in the main page; not the walkthrough video. I dislike how it changes scenes every 2 seconds. I know what a ski ball and the bottom of a ski look like. I want to see the wake and the boat (for more than 2 seconds).

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Should have ended with "...kids these days..."

Nautique has put out a ton of videos since the release. I would consider that one the "hype" video. You must have REALLY hated the black and white Mastercraft X-STAR hype video.

The walk through video shows every feature of the boat and tons of shots of the wake and all features. An incredible boat IMO. Also an incredible amount of $$ haha!

[DealsGapCobra]

I don't doubt that this is the highest quality and best ski boat ever built but man is it U-G-L-Y!


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[CHassmann]

I don't doubt that this is the highest quality and best ski boat ever built but man is it U-G-L-Y!


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I have to agree that it isn't my favorite look either, but maybe it will look better in different color combos.....

[MikeC]

I will be interested in the sales numbers. For those of you thinking they won't sell many, remember that Nautique ran out of production slots for most 2018 boats in February this year, and almost all of those were at an MSRP higher than this boat. Many people here have had their orders pushed out 30+ days because the factory just can't build enough boats fast enough to meet current demand.

I think there will be a decent group of current SN200 owners who will upgrade this year.

I don't doubt that they will sell plenty of them, however, I'm sure the number of slots allocated to the Ski are far fewer than any other boat in the production line. (my guess would be more like less than 10% of any G model, except the GS24).

Nautique has to remain the premier ski boat company, it's what the company was founded on, and I think they have hit it out of the park with this boat. There are certainly enough clubs, schools, pros and avid skiers with the budget for this boat. My point is Nautique is trying to promote waterskiing, yet they price it out of the reach of the average consumer. Sure you can produce the premier ski boat, but also give the rest of us a chance to have a decent ski boat that doesn't cost as much as a house (small house, condo really, nowhere near any body of water....probably needs some repairs, I digress).

I'm sure the market is very finite for ski boats and they don't want to rob market share from one boat only to sell a less profitable one, no company sells more than one ski boat model, yet they all seem to try to get every sterndrive goober they can find into a vdrive that fits their exact wants. Nautique currently sells 8 different vdrive models, with differences in size, style, price and technology (210 and 230 are old tech, all the G boats use a newer hull structure design) so what's to stop them from offering 2 ski models other than pride and market? There's a good question to ask at the factory.

[Skidave]

Nautique has put out a ton of videos since the release. I would consider that one the "hype" video. You must have REALLY hated the black and white Mastercraft X-STAR hype video.

I watched enough videos of boats I can not afford at the moment. I'm glad mine is paid for.

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[GMLIII]

I watched enough videos of boats I can not afford at the moment. I'm glad mine is paid for.

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Yep so true