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No pictures, I will try to get some when I go back this week.
At the Seattle boat show Pacific Nautiques have a 210, 220, 236, 211, 226, a 211 up about 15 feet off the ground, and two or three other ski nautique models. I think it was the largest Nautique display I have seen at this show. The 211 and the 210 and 220 were in the front so they are the first ones you see walking through. The 236 is in the center. The 226 and ski nautiques are in the back. Everything was a Team Edition, or at least had a tower. I own a 211 and have been in a 220 and 236 at the dealer before, I had not seen a 210 up close before. Walking up to it I notice its size is right between a 211 and 220, no big surprise there since thats what the dimensions are. It really looks like a small 220 though, that is for sure. They chose light blue for both the 210 and 220 display boats, further making them look similar. Getting inside the 210 the first thing in noticed was lower dash. I liked the lowness of it as i sat in the driver seat. I also noticed the rigid step that runs on each side of the interior floor. I think it is for the movable arena seat, but it looked like something to bang your knees and toes on for sure. Its hard to tell at a boat show, but I would think you wouldnt want anything with hard edges in the interior since when you use it you are barefoot and expect everything to be soft.
So my wife did notice the lower dash, but didnt mind the hard edge running down the floor. She thought the pop up seat was really a nice feature. She is about 5'7" and had about 4" of extra clearance from her knees to the back of the seat in its popped up position. If you are over 6' tall you obviously wont be able to sit there with the seat up unless you put your legs to the side. The mechanism to move it up and down is really solid, so i dont forsee it breaking. The other big feature she noticed was having the grab handles on the interior side of the tower, rather than protruding from the gunnels. It keeps the seat sides/backs clean and unobstructed from hardware.
Other things. I tried to fold down a tower on a 220 that had the swivel racks and two speakers on it, I struggled and gave up. It was difficult enough I didnt want to risk it. The tower is **** sturdy but not made for taking up and down often. On my 211 it can easily be taken up or down with one person in 1 minute, but isnt nearly as sturdy as the 210 or 220 tower.
The 236 seemed most popular, it had a lot of people looking at it. This is no surprise as most people that go to boat shows like to look at dream boats, not what is practical in size or cost for themselves. Thats why after looking at the wakeboard boats we went and looked at the 68 ft Carvers.
Malibu had there usually collection of the VLX series, with a new 20ft model. It had an interesting windshield design with holes cut in for air flow. Their big thing this year seemed to be pimped out trailers. I am impressed they still keep there old VLX around now called the v-ride. It was about $43k with trailer and everything. I hope nautique brings back the 210 with a price like that. MB had its crazy looking Tomcat model, I couldnt tell if it was a Fountain or an MB.
At the Seattle boat show Pacific Nautiques have a 210, 220, 236, 211, 226, a 211 up about 15 feet off the ground, and two or three other ski nautique models. I think it was the largest Nautique display I have seen at this show. The 211 and the 210 and 220 were in the front so they are the first ones you see walking through. The 236 is in the center. The 226 and ski nautiques are in the back. Everything was a Team Edition, or at least had a tower. I own a 211 and have been in a 220 and 236 at the dealer before, I had not seen a 210 up close before. Walking up to it I notice its size is right between a 211 and 220, no big surprise there since thats what the dimensions are. It really looks like a small 220 though, that is for sure. They chose light blue for both the 210 and 220 display boats, further making them look similar. Getting inside the 210 the first thing in noticed was lower dash. I liked the lowness of it as i sat in the driver seat. I also noticed the rigid step that runs on each side of the interior floor. I think it is for the movable arena seat, but it looked like something to bang your knees and toes on for sure. Its hard to tell at a boat show, but I would think you wouldnt want anything with hard edges in the interior since when you use it you are barefoot and expect everything to be soft.
So my wife did notice the lower dash, but didnt mind the hard edge running down the floor. She thought the pop up seat was really a nice feature. She is about 5'7" and had about 4" of extra clearance from her knees to the back of the seat in its popped up position. If you are over 6' tall you obviously wont be able to sit there with the seat up unless you put your legs to the side. The mechanism to move it up and down is really solid, so i dont forsee it breaking. The other big feature she noticed was having the grab handles on the interior side of the tower, rather than protruding from the gunnels. It keeps the seat sides/backs clean and unobstructed from hardware.
Other things. I tried to fold down a tower on a 220 that had the swivel racks and two speakers on it, I struggled and gave up. It was difficult enough I didnt want to risk it. The tower is **** sturdy but not made for taking up and down often. On my 211 it can easily be taken up or down with one person in 1 minute, but isnt nearly as sturdy as the 210 or 220 tower.
The 236 seemed most popular, it had a lot of people looking at it. This is no surprise as most people that go to boat shows like to look at dream boats, not what is practical in size or cost for themselves. Thats why after looking at the wakeboard boats we went and looked at the 68 ft Carvers.
Malibu had there usually collection of the VLX series, with a new 20ft model. It had an interesting windshield design with holes cut in for air flow. Their big thing this year seemed to be pimped out trailers. I am impressed they still keep there old VLX around now called the v-ride. It was about $43k with trailer and everything. I hope nautique brings back the 210 with a price like that. MB had its crazy looking Tomcat model, I couldnt tell if it was a Fountain or an MB.
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