December 06, 2007

Larger MasterCraft CSX Confirmed - The MasterCraft CSX 265

Rumors have circulated, starting from here and elsewhere, that a larger MasterCraft CSX model was in development. It seems that these rumors have been confirmed. While still not in production officially yet, there are several that have already been built. Most importantly there are photos of the boat, and we've got them.

We're not sure when the cat was officially let out of the bag on this, or if MasterCraft by allowing photos to be leaked out is considering this a "soft launch" (it is not yet listed or featured on their Web site). We not only expected a larger version of the CSX, we were nearly positive it was going to happen the moment we saw the MasterCraft CSX 220. It looks like we're actually late to the game on this, as the datestamp on these photos indicates they were shot quite awhile ago. Still it is the first we've seen of the boat, and given our prior enthusiasm for the CSX line, we're delivering what we know about the boat at this time, as well as some images.

We're hoping for comments from MasterCraft's Zane Schwenk, if he can provide additional information. If not, since it is not a production model yet, additional details may not be ready for prime time (which we fully understand). In his stead, here is what we do know.

-It has twin engines (direct drive we believe)

-It is/will be a MasterCraft Saltwater Series branded boat

-It is not in production officially yet

-Like the 220, it will be offered with a standard tower or center console style t-top

-It is huge, with very high freeboard, so this may not be the "bay boat" that the MasterCraft CSX 220 is. It would appear that this larger model could handle some real Oceanic action.

We speculated on this twice, and are glad to see it is coming together.

Images found on/courtesy of Bennet's Water Ski and Wakeboard School's Web site.

Posted by erik