Power racks

[Cpan13]

MC just released power board racks. Pretty cool option. How long until we see it on the G series?

[greggmck]

I'm not trying to be difficult. But what is the advantage here? It seems like a pointless option to increase
complexity for little advantage. Mastercraft shoud design a new tower. The current one looks like a high-school shop project.
Great boat otherwise.

[Cpan13]

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I don’t disagree with you at all. They’re totally pointless. But when I’m paying $300k for a boat I’d like some pointless luxury items on it.

[Scooter G]

The current one looks like a high-school shop project.
Great boat otherwise.

HaHa, agreed.

Hmm, not sure here. Novelty, something else to break maybe. Slight cool factor.

[shag]

"power board racks" that still require someone to rotate and move and lock into position.... All they are is a 'power clamp' in actuality

[ScooterMcgavin]

That’s pretty ridiculous option and yes I agree fully, that tower looks hideous as well. Well done over there on the other side….

[ScooterMcgavin]

"power board racks" that still require someone to rotate and move and lock into position.... All they are is a 'power clamp' in actuality

Yes A power clamp to clamp on to your wallet is all it really accomplishes

[Waveslayer]

I know my wife would like them or kids, cool idea! Way better option over some racks I've seen our there

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[FireBreathingRubberDucky]

I'm not trying to be difficult. But what is the advantage here? It seems like a pointless option to increase
complexity for little advantage. Mastercraft shoud design a new tower. The current one looks like a high-school shop project.
Great boat otherwise.

I have to agree with Gregg in that power board racks seem pointless. My thoughts are they needed something to upgrade in an otherwise down market and this seemed like the most trendy option. However, I actually like the way Mastercraft towers look. The boats are beautiful as well. However, the wakeboard wake doesn’t even compare, so Nautique wins this battle.

[hal2814]

It makes more sense than the power engine hatch on the Paragon. It wouldn’t make or break the deal for me but I don’t get the hate here. It’s an ok way to secure the boards. The tritons can be a pain sometimes. This looks a little easier than that.

[greggmck]

Actually no I think there is a genuine need here. The weight of the rear section is far too heavy for most to lift. If the engine "hatch" were limited to just the center section then access to the engine would be very restricted for maintenance.

[hal2814]

I doubt it’s substantially heavier than the pre-2014 230 clamshell. And it’s not like they didn’t have an actuated rear hatch before with the Super Sport. A 3-piece hatch is also a good solution. But neither the 230 nor the Super Sport/SAN solutions are as fancy as an actuator.

[greggmck]

The rear engine hatch of the Paragon is quite heavy. It has the lounge seats on top if it. If you have ever lifted these you know they are substantial. Adding this weight to the rear hatch area requires the fiberglass to be significantly thicker because the weight of the lounge seats would crack the thinner fiberglass on prior generation boats that did not have lounge seats, especially when operating in rough seas. Furthermore, the lounge seats preclude the ability to have a clamshell design. So the unified hatch is quite heavy and requires lifting assistance. Of course they could have used gas struts to lift the structure, but that would still require a significant force to lift/close the hatch. Being a premium boat the natural solution was motorized assist. If you have ever spent time on a larger boat +35 ft you know nearly all have a motorized engine hatch. Nautique thought this was the preferred approach for a premium boat. It makes sense.

Now I have spent several thousand hours on boats with board racks. The number of people I have ever heard say they wish the racks were motorized rounds to zero, in fact it is zero. If I were going to motorize board racks, I would design them so the motor function swung them inboard and outboard, with sensors to prevent hitting a person sitting nearby. This would be convenient when driving onto a lift or docking. I could bring a rack inboard by the push of a button on the dash. That to me makes more sense than having motorized board clamps, that seems utterly pointless.

[MN Ryan]

I need motorized tower speakers with sensors so they automatically raise before I crack my head on them.

[hal2814]

Being a premium boat the natural solution was motorized assist.

That’s probably exactly what Mastercraft thought about the racks. I’m not saying it’s a great idea or even something people were clamoring for. What I am saying is that we probably shouldn’t crap on a new idea we haven’t tried and haven’t really thought of before. There are a lot of really cool things in our surf boats that I like but didn’t think of. I would never have thought to put a thruster on a boat my size. When I initially saw them I thought it was worthless and a sign of a bad driver. Now I have one and think it’s great. Who knows? Maybe in practice the motorized rack is a good idea. Or maybe it’s not. Or maybe it’s one of those things that adds just enough value for the price to start putting them in more boats.