| You can't beat a nice hot summer's day with | | | | boat comes with space under-floor for ski |
| the spray in your face and a fast boat | | | | storage and great entertainment from its |
| beneath your feet - unless it's a fast pair | | | | stereo controller that allows you fit a CD |
| of skis under your feet! Water skiing has | | | | player, iPod or MP3 player. Bayliner know how |
| been around for over 80 years now since Ralph | | | | to build boats: they should, having been in |
| Samuelson of Minnesota first tried a pair of | | | | the business over 45 years. These boats are |
| snow skis and a rope attached to a boat. | | | | quality, and respond to the helm perfectly. |
| | | | With rapid acceleration, they can also turn |
| To ski on water you not only need the right | | | | on a cent piece, and are perfect for skiing. |
| kind of skis, but also the right kind of | | | | |
| boat. A good ski boat should have small wake | | | | Crownline Ski Boats |
| and have nippy maneuverability and turning | | | | |
| capability, and in this case biggest is not | | | | If it's more power you are looking for try a |
| best. The best skiboats have inboard engines | | | | Crownline. These boats exude class and |
| although it is not cast in stone, and while | | | | quality, and the Bowrider 240LS is great for |
| many people ski using general purpose deck | | | | skiing. You can choose your colour and your |
| boats, the best are purpose built. | | | | Mercedes engine up to a maximum 425 HP. Add |
| | | | to that an optional fantastic Social Swim |
| Popular Ski boat Ranges in Australia | | | | Transom� entertainment system, and a |
| | | | head with sink and shower, and this baby is |
| It difficult to single out any of the popular | | | | great for all day fun. If you prefer a |
| skiboat ranges in Australia since there are | | | | deckboat to a bowrider for your skiing, then |
| so many of them and quite frankly they tend | | | | the Crownline 252 EX has much the same |
| to be great boats. It would be easier to | | | | appointments with the same engine, and a Sony |
| single out those slightly less fabulous than | | | | Marine stereo system as standard. Crownline |
| the rest than to pick the best, and you can't | | | | sell on quality, and are not cheap, but if |
| go by price. Australia is a country perfectly | | | | it's the best you want they can deliver. |
| situated for water skiing, and they know how | | | | Again, though, they are multi-purpose and |
| to build the right boats to do the job. | | | | while very popular and great for the |
| | | | recreational skier, they are not specialist |
| Lewis Ski Boats | | | | ski boats. |
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| If we were to name a few, then of the popular | | | | Skicraft Boats |
| skiboat ranges in Australia, Lewis must be | | | | |
| amongst the most favoured, being one of the | | | | If you want a specialist championship |
| major ski boat builders in the world. | | | | standard skiboat, then Skicraft must figure |
| Anywhere there is water skiing you will find | | | | in there somewhere. Skicraft, based in |
| a Lewis boat, built by Australia�s | | | | Bayswater, have been making championship |
| oldest manufacturer. | | | | skiboats since 1969, offering very reliable |
| | | | turning and maneuverability, but is also very |
| Although the original Lewis boats were made | | | | safe. From the sleek and fast 202 to the new |
| of wood, they are now fiberglass that | | | | V-Drive eXV Skicraft are true championship |
| provides a strong but very lightweight boat. | | | | boats. The ExV is an upgrade of the popular |
| Even though the internal stringer system is | | | | eX2, with a good weight design to switch from |
| generally wood, Lewis boats are very | | | | skiing to wakeboarding at the flick of a |
| maneuverable and very fast. The 2280 and | | | | switch. |
| Revolution are typical of the Lewis range | | | | |
| with their zippy Mercruiser engines that | | | | Skicraft generally build specialist boats, |
| produce a small wake at speed for a smooth | | | | and the V-Drive is generally better for |
| slalom ride, and nice big wake for | | | | wakeboarding. However, wakeboarding boats can |
| wakeboarding at lower speeds. | | | | be expensive because they have to be heavier |
| | | | to generate a good wake. Skicraft have |
| Their well designed Wake towers can be pimped | | | | developed a wake control technology whereby |
| any way you like them, with speakers, lights | | | | you can adjust the size of the wake to switch |
| and board racks. However, the trade-off in | | | | between skiing and wakeboarding, and all at a |
| having a dual purpose ski and wake boat is | | | | price well below that of a purpose-built |
| that you can get a bumpier ride on skis. It | | | | wakeboarding boat. |
| isn't always ideal to have a dual purpose | | | | |
| boat, but if you enjoy both sports then you | | | | Mustang Ski Boats |
| should get enough performance from a good ski | | | | |
| and wakeboarding boat to satisfy you. If | | | | However, the boat that everybody is waiting |
| it's championship performance you are | | | | to see is the new Mustang. Since being taken |
| seeking, then purchase a specialist boat. | | | | over by Standard Bank, Mustang is back, and |
| | | | is going from strength to strength. Their |
| Bayliner Ski Boats | | | | latest boat, still to be unveiled, is the |
| | | | Mustang 2008 430 Sports Coupe. How good this |
| Bayliner is another boat builder with very | | | | will be for skiing we don't know, but it |
| popular ski boats in the 16 - 22 foot range | | | | sports Volvo IPS 600 engines as standard, |
| The Bowrider 205 is typical of a great | | | | with 418 HP each so is going to be fast |
| skiboat with a fabulous Mercruiser Alpha 1 | | | | enough. |
| engine with 220 horses of pulling power. This | | | | |