August 19, 2005

Photographic Evidence that the Correct Craft Super Air Nautique 220 is Real

Updated, 4:00pmEST
Picture 1 - angle shot from front, in water, courtesy of PlanetNautique.
Picture 2 - side view, no author information provided.

You're thinking, 'it is a little big goofy' huh? It is the tower isn't it? I understand. Don't forget that Correct Craft listens to its' customers. When enough people whine, they'll revert back to the original Flight Control Tower. Please note this when making your judgement on the boat. I honestly don't know what they were up to regarding that lengthened tower, but the details will be worked out, I assure you.

The original blog went something like...

I hate reading about, much less posting, forward-looking statements on the Web. The sayings "Coming Soon!" and "Stay Tuned" really annoy me, but I need to break the rule this one time. My favorite boat company and manufacturer of every lake boat I or my family has ever owned is releasing pictures of their much rumored Super Air Nautique 220 today. Today! Holy Crap! Months ago, rumors began on PlanetNautique.com and Wakeboarder.com about an upgraded, larger version of my boat, a Super Air Nautique 210/Super Sport; at first these rumors were dismissed but some industry insiders have now confirmed that the boat is in fact real, is based on the Super Sport hull, but with 2 feet more length and 5-10 additional inches of width. It should come as no suprise to many, that Correct Craft would iterate on a proven design. The mold & design of the 80's era Ski Nautique 2001 went on to inspire the Nautique Excel, Sport Nautique, Air Nautique, Pro Air Nautique and Super Sport Nautique (which is the SAN/210 hull). It has remained almost completely unchanged since 1995, save for spray relief pockets added in 2000. Well that popular hull has finally been changed ladies and gentleman, for 2 weekends ago somewhere in the Pacific Northwest, it had its' final catalog photo shoot.

Correct Craft has been extra tight-lipped on this issue, says PlanetNautique's Jeff Carroll; "The pictures will be posted Friday, as soon as the boat makes its world premiere at the Raleigh Boat Show. Correct Craft has done a really good job of keeping pictures under wraps. I know I don't have any pictures yet". If he doesn't have them, they aren't on the Web. So we wait...

I will post the pictures as soon as I get some. As Carroll says, the boat is being shown at a North Carolina boat show and pictures are expected within hours. As is usually the case, Correct Craft's fully-flashed-thus-fully-hard-to-update Web site makes no mention of the boat, has not breathed a word of it to me or anyone else but dealers and promotional team members.

With Master Craft's extended versions of its popular X-Star line, a 28 foot Maristar and 24 foot versions of Tige and Malibu wakeboard boats, the 220 is another entry in a fleet of larger wakeboard boats. If I had my way I would wakeboard behind a PT boat or a lobster troller, so I am personally very excited about this new big boat. Again, pictures will be here, immediately after they are released. All I will need to do first is clean up the drool, then sign on and post. Easy as that!

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p.s. Dear Meloon Family, Warner Family and Correct Craft Marketing Team; I hereby authorize you to use this text as your official press release. I suggest you add some technical details and photos but those are of course optional. This at least gets us started. All I want in return is 1 white hull/white tower/white deck/white primary stripe/blue accent tape fully-loaded Super Air Nautique 220 Team Edition. Please remove all standard graphics, and leave only the "Nautiques" silver cloud drip mold graphic at the location where the SAN logo normally is (third stripe, formerly) and flatbed the boat to me on a dual axle trailer with surge brakes. Please ensure that the boat is waxed and broken in, and has been through its seatrials, pay special attention to the ballast fill & empty procedures and Perfet Pass Wakeboard Pro calibration. I would be very appreciative if this could be done on or before May 15, 2006. Thank You! I'll take care of the rest. Love you folks!
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Posted by erik