Correct Craft Question

brew · Posted: Jun 12, 2009 1:08 pm Post subject: Correct Craft Question

I have broadened my search from Mastercrafts only, due to the fact that there is another local dealer I wasn't aware of that sells Correct Crafts in very limited number. They basically sell a few a year, but they handle all warranty service issues and have done so for a long time.

Now, the question. I've found a loaded 2006 SV-211TE for about $38,000 and then a 2004 and 2005 SANTE for $34,900. All are in good shape and I know the pro's and con's of each and the SV-211TE probably fits our need a little bit better. However, in looking at resale is it going to hold value the way the 210's have or am I better buying the SANTE based on the price and future resale. I can make about any boat fit my need, because we're not gung-ho on anything.

Chattwake · Posted: Jun 13, 2009 4:35 pm Post subject:

I"m glad to hear your considering CC. They are a great boat company, and make -\a reliable product. I've at a SANTE 230 for a season and a half and I've had zero problems with it. No rattles, no electrical issues, etc. Unless something crazy happens, I'm going to sell it next weekend. From what I'm selling it for, even in this economy, it hasn't depreciated much at all. If you're worried about resale, IMO, the most important things you can do to help yourself out is (1) get a good deal on the front end, (2) buy a model that will continue to be desirable, (3) get a good, neutral, color, and (4) get a boat that has desirable options.

I believe that an older 210 will hold its value better than a 211 or other older crossover. There will always be a faction of diehard 210 fans who love the old hull. That boat is proven as one of the best wakes in the industry, and those old 210's seem to not have any chronic mechanical issues. They're not making any more 210's so deman should stay strong.

With regard to the crossovers, there are so many options out there that people can choose from that are fairly comparable, I just dont' know that any crossover will hold its value as well as, say, an old 210. I may be way off base, but this is what my experience has shown me.

BTW, let me know what you want to spend and what models you are considering and I'll ask the local dealers here if anyone's got something that woud work for you. Now's the time to buy!

brew · Posted: Jun 14, 2009 1:15 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the input. The 211 is out. I really don't like the seating in it. Also, it seems to me that the back seat is going to have some durability problems because of the way it attaches and the fact that it has only one support holding it up.

I may go look at an 04 210 in Alabama the first of the week. The price seems high, but the boat looks to be in good shape. I've looked at some newer 220's and put some feelers out on them, but I haven't heard anything back.

I'm about tired of looking at used boats at this point. I may end up just waiting until later in the year and trying to find a deal on a new 08 or 09.

Chattwake · Posted: Jun 15, 2009 4:43 am Post subject:

pm me what you want to spend and what you're looking for. I'll keep my ear to the ground around here for you.

Chattwake · Posted: Jun 15, 2009 7:47 am Post subject:

May be older than what you want, but check out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2001-super-air-nautique-wakeboard-boat-correct-craft_W0QQitemZ260426419042QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPower_Motorboats?hash=item3ca29fcb62&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A317%7C240%3A1318

This boat is a steal at 26k. You could probably get it for 24k. $500 would clean up those scratches too...

brew · Posted: Jun 15, 2009 2:10 pm Post subject:

I finalized a deal on an '07 220 today that's supposedly mint condition. I'm driving to Illinois to pick it up tomorrow. It's been used a bit, but the owner seems to take exceptional care of it based on talking to him. We'll see.

Chattwake · Posted: Jun 16, 2009 4:25 am Post subject:

Awsome man!!! Post up some pictures when you can!

Chad H · Posted: Jun 16, 2009 9:07 am Post subject:

brew,
Congrats on the purchase. What shop are you going to be taking it to? Aren't you pretty close to alabama?

brew · Posted: Jun 16, 2009 6:25 pm Post subject:

I'm about two and a half hours from Decatur. I'll probably use the Nautique dealer at Pickwick for service.

I'll get some pictures up this weekend. It needs a pretty good cleaning on the inside, but other than that it is in excellent shape.

I'm not real sure about the trailer though, but I'll see. It's on a tandem axle Ramlin trailer with two bunks that run 3/4's of the boat. The issue is that there is no keel support like I am used to seeing, so the front of the boat floats up and down some over bumps.

_bruky · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 24 May 2009 Posts: 1201

Congrats.

You'll hear it from all of us loyal CC owners, you're going to love your boat. I still have my '04 which now has hundreds of hours on it, and with proper maintenance still looks like it did the day I bought it.

Recently picked up a new '09 SANTE which I have had no problems with other than the driver's seat stitching coming undone at around 30 hours (if you can even call that a problem). Correct Craft happily replaced the entire seat. I do not have a dealer in my area and I contacted Correct Craft directly, sent pictures, and they UPS'ed me a new seat within days.

When you drop the kind of coin you did on a boat, you expect great service. After owning numerous Nautiques, I have yet to have a problem with the customer service with Correct Craft direct, or their dealers - Central Valley Marine and California Correct Craft are the dealers I have dealt with.

E.J. · Ladies Man Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 7597 City: Mogadishu

Congrats on the new boat... Look forward to pics...

Chattwake · Posted: Jun 17, 2009 4:11 am Post subject:

If you don't like the trailer, contact Owen at www.boatmatetrailers.com. He'll hook you up on a new trailer for that boat cheap. Tell him the guy from chattwake sent you. I wouldn't be dragging that nice of a boat around on a trailer that wasn't meant to carry it...

brew · Posted: Jun 17, 2009 3:33 pm Post subject:

The trailer was built for the boat and it's a pretty expensive trailer from what my research has shown me. It was shipped out of Florida when purchased new last year and apparently Ramlin trailers are used more frequently down there. Also, their website says they are the only Correct Craft approved builder at this time, so I would think it's built right.

I'm just not sure about the keel support it has or even if it's necessary. I'll get some pictures up this weekend of what I'm talking about. On my Mastercraft trailer I had there was a keel support half way up the V that the boat sat up against. On this trailer it has the V support, but the boat sits above it. Looking at the pictures on their website it looks like that on other trailers, but it just seems odd.

brew · Posted: Jun 17, 2009 3:38 pm Post subject:

After looking at the Boatmate trailers, I think that's just the way they are. None of them have the V support I'm talking about, so it may be different company to company. I know all the Mastercrafts I looked at had it.

brew · Posted: Jun 17, 2009 5:45 pm Post subject:

Here's a picture from last night. You can actually see the keel support I'm talking about in the picture. I'm not positive that's what it's actually called, but here it is anyways.

Chattwake · Posted: Jun 18, 2009 4:40 am Post subject:

I had that thing on my old xstar trailer. The carpet got worn in a spot and put a nice groove in my gelcoat before I noticed it. I don't think it's necessary. I wouldn't worry about having one of those of whether the hull actually touches it.

kmayotte · Newbie Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 26 City: Pelham

That boat is siiiick. Congrats. I would loooove to boost a double up behind that thing.

m_lesney · Soul Rider Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 358 City: Austin

do not get a boatmate trailer!! the one i got with my supra and the one i had on my moomba suck! and they wont warranty anything! their trailer scratched my gelcoat!!!

Chattwake · Posted: Jun 19, 2009 9:17 am Post subject:

Well,

Neither I, nor anyone I know, has ever had an issue with Boatmate trailers. If you didn't get it new, then perhapse it wasn't properly maintained....

Chattwake · Posted: Jun 19, 2009 9:34 am Post subject:

Ahhh, so I went back and looked at your posts regarding your trailer problems. It appears that you bought a used boat and trailer. You had some scratches appear on your hull from screws that were protruding form where carpet was missing on the bunks of the trailer. You took the boat in and got it repaired and didn't check the trailer to see what was going on. After getting things repaired, you had the same thing happen again. It was only then that your dealer "discovered" that the scratches were due to missing carpet, and, consequentally exposed screws. I'd be bitter too if I had had that happen to me. However, it looks to me like whoever had the boat before you managed to screw up the covering on the trailer bunks and the dealer didn't catch that before selling you the boat. IMO, if someone screws up their trailer, and it ends up doing damage to a hull, that doesn't sound like the manufacture's problem, but the dealer/prior owner's fault for not disclosing and/or fixing the wear and tear.

You say it was boatmate's fault, but what I want to know is, how did the prior owner use the boat and trailer for a year or two and not have the same problems from the beginning if the trailer was manufactured incorrectly... Something just doesn't make sense.

_bruky · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 24 May 2009 Posts: 1201

Sounds like the prior owner wasn't dunking the trailer in the water far enough. Definitely a warranty issue Wink

Commodore · Ladies Man Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 11636

02lightning, I've met quite a few people with boatmates that have had problems.
Two are on this board.
And everyone of them knew how to load and unload a boat properly.

Hollywood · Posted: Jun 24, 2009 11:04 am Post subject:

Can you adjust the V higher? It looks like it's got what might be an adjustable shaft hanging below.

Chattwake · Posted: Jun 24, 2009 12:46 pm Post subject:

brew · Posted: Jun 24, 2009 5:03 pm Post subject:

Hollywood · Posted: Jun 25, 2009 10:22 am Post subject:

Might want to swap that chain out for a turnbuckle too, that will give the bow some hold down up front to help combat the bouncing. Typically Correct Craft/Ramlin trailers only use a turnbuckle since it holds the bow forward and down. Overrall though I'm not a fan of those rollers, I like the carpeted pads/boards.