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75 Tique 
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 Topic: Recent v-drive historyPosted: April-06-2010 at 2:50pm |
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Anyone know who was the first manufacturer to release a v-drive wakeboard boat and the year. Not talking about the Excel (91) or Supersport (95) but the first one sold as a wakeboard boat. I am doubting it was CC and thinking maybe Centurion?? Anyone know the answer? Then, when was CCs first?
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Fl Inboards
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Posted: April-06-2010 at 2:58pm |
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You really dont want me answering so I will see how this comes out!!
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Riley
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Posted: April-06-2010 at 3:53pm |
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Seems like Malibu had a VD in the early 90's, but they didn't put a tower on one till 2000. Correct Craft put an extended pylon on the 176 and called it Air Nautique in 1998 and had the SAN in 1999. I've always heard CC invented the tower and other boat companies had to pay them royalties. The Malibu salesman told me Malibu invented that arch tower, so they could quit paying CC money. I'm thinkin it was Correct Craft. Centurian seems to have invented the surfing boat.
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WakeSlayer
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Posted: April-06-2010 at 4:09pm |
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CC made an Air Nautique DD in 1998 with a tower, but I do believe the 99 SAN's were the first V-drive "official" wakeboard boats. I have heard the same about the royalty payments for every tower installed by another boat mfg.
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pjpayleitner
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Posted: April-06-2010 at 4:14pm |
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I would say '99 was the first year for the "Super Air" and also the Xstar was a vdrive in '99.
MC came out with a dd Xstar in 97 and the first Air was also 1997. Centurion had the "Wave" back in 96 I think but that boat wasn't a vdrive. Really this is kind of a pointless topic b/c all these boats were the same as the regular Sport /Super Sport/ MC 205, etc... They just had towers and different decals. |
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Riley
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Posted: April-06-2010 at 4:38pm |
It was a good idea though, because it increased sales tremendously and started a whole new kind of boat. |
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75 Tique
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Posted: April-06-2010 at 5:57pm |
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OK Jody your turn. Maybe you were holding out because, contrary to what I thought, CC was first to label a V-drive as a wake boat. (Note: My original question was specific to v-drives, so Air Nautique (98) doesnt count, but SAN (99) would, even if it was just a glorified SS.)
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Fl Inboards
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Posted: April-06-2010 at 5:57pm |
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Correct Craft was the first to utilize a v-drive (SuperSport) as a sport specific Wakeboard boat however the SuperSport was not originaly designed as a wakeboard boat but that of a general all purpose family runabout. We spent many a man hour trying to design a wakeboard specific platform out of the direct drive Sport nautique. Along about that time we also came forth with the tower and it's associated patents. It took Scott Mohr Formally of CC to start utilizing the SuperSport as Wake board boat in competition as we started putting towers on everything. It was devine intervention or maybe dumb luck (I would like to think that it was devine intervention) that the boat turned out to be the mac Daddy for the time for wakeboarding ( and still is in some circles). As Far as V-drive Wake board specific designed boats I would have to say that Mike Brendel and also Centurian and Malibu may have jumped on the band wagon around the same time as we had a big jump on them.
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WakeSlayer
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Posted: April-06-2010 at 6:19pm |
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The 98 Air Nautique was grossly misrepresented by CC to a friend of mine. Many tall tales were told by the regional reps, and ultimately it was a very disappointing boat after all the rep hype. His new boat was sold off and a 99SAN was ordered within months of delivery. The SSN's were certainly family recreational boats and no one really thought of riding behind them at the time. There was a pretty big stigma about a Vdrive boat at the time for some obviously unfounded reason. We all wanted direct drives and wouldn't budge. Divine intervention I would call it. I love mine!!!
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