HAS ANYONE OWN OR RIDIN BEHIND A CENTURION BOAT

sk8thewake69

im buying a new boat and today i was on my way back from the mastercraft dealership and we stopped by the centurion dealership and looked at the avalanche C4 and the cyclone i was wanting to know if any one could tell me some good things or some flaws about them

The Pavement 3.6 · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 572 City: Eustis

their good for wakesurfing...

gregg · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Nov 2003 Posts: 681 City: Killen

awesome for wakesurfing, and good for skating and wakeboarding, you robably get more bang for your buck for a centurion rather than a mastercraft, but if your willing to spend the money mastercrafts are of course amazing.

Nick_Sh · Pop Shuvit Joined: 12 Dec 2003 Posts: 107

if your planning on reselling any time in the future then i know nautiques and mastercrafts hold their value very well

Yuri · Raley Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 1977 City: orlando

I own a Cyclone C4 it's the same hull as the Avalanche C4 but it's 1 ft shorter. Great boat, I really like the wake it's great for wakeskating even without the balast. It throws a preety nice wakeboarding wake, If your looking to save a couple bucks for a smaller brand name boat I would definently suggest it.

Josh · Posted: Sep 18, 2004 10:55 pm Post subject:

I hate Centurion boats... Sorry owners, but I just can't stand the wakes or the layout of the boats. That being said, I haven't had much experience with that enzo one apart from sittting in it. Who knows, maybe they got it right this time.

Scott M · Ollie Joined: 16 Jul 2004 Posts: 77 City: Acton, ME

Ive got an Avalanche, and i pretty much love it. The wake is huge, its got kick ass power and its just really nice. Id reccomend it

funnyfeni · Posted: Sep 19, 2004 7:54 am Post subject:

my friend owns a cenrturian after the first month he had it, he most have had to put it in the shop every month, it sucked, there was a recall on the distrubutur and then the pumnps werent working and now for a year they have fix the electrical problem, if you have the radio to loud while driving the boat starts to sputter

kento911 · Kickflip Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 3657 City: Phoenix

when my family went shopping for boats, we test drove every boat available in cali, and the only one that actually malfuntioned was the centurion, food for thought, what does it say about a company that they can't keep their SHOW boats running right, we ended up getting a Malibu, best effin boat ever, 23 LSV

P.S we tried a toyota too, nice workman ship, but really scary how they'd chine lock in a hard turn Shocked

not ot mention the stringer problems

A-skater41 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 18 Sep 2004 Posts: 123 City: Raleigh

kento911, how are you likin the malibu? Im really interested in buying a wakesetter 21 Xti or VLX if I can find either for under 33K. I want and 02-03 for VLX and an 03 for the Xti becuz i really want that nifty seating arrangement.

RUSSIAN · Posted: Sep 20, 2004 1:04 pm Post subject:

toyotas aren't the only ones that chine lock

s34n · Posted: Sep 20, 2004 2:16 pm Post subject:

I've got a Malibu sportser (hey, not a wakesetter but its nice) and its amazing. Very reliable boat, we've had ours for 3 years and only had one problem - the bilge pump fuse went. Very simple thing to fix. Nice huge wake. If your looking at a wakesetter i suggest one with the V-drive instead of the direct-drive. the "U" shaped seating the in back of the direct drives isnt very good - it feels like your way split off from the driver when your back there. and the seat beside the driver just feels low and you cant see much. the v-drive makes a nicer wake and keeps the seating a little better.

nick · Posted: Sep 20, 2004 3:08 pm Post subject:

i usually ride behind the xti and i dont like the "wrap around lounge" set up either Neutral

Josh · Posted: Sep 20, 2004 10:29 pm Post subject:

RUSSIAN · Posted: Sep 20, 2004 10:54 pm Post subject:

oh now you've done it. Well atleast it was on this site and the not the other one, you might get death threats from the other site Wink

And tige's have been known to chine lock also

kento911 · Kickflip Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 3657 City: Phoenix

ours is basically a 23 ft sunsetter with all the options that some guy backed out on and left the dealer high and dry, so my dad told them if they would put all the new stuff in that would make it a wakesetter, he would buy it instead of ordering a new wakesetter, b/c the hull is the same so basically we have a fully loaded 23 ft wakesetter lsv, perf pass, ballast, wedge, raised removeable swim step, skylon swoop tower, all the goodies, even a heater, just without the graphics, and it has nicer upholstery and stereo, it's really awesome it has a real big, solid wake. with seating and storage for everything even the kitchen sink, and it has never chinelocked or done anything funny that way, we test drove boats every weekend for 2 and a half months, and we picked the Malibu, b/c it impressed us the most.

SleuCrew · Posted: Sep 20, 2004 11:42 pm Post subject:

Buy a used Nautique thats the best advice i can give you, i have a 02 super air team on my dock and my buddies 04 wakesetter, i used to have a 04 X-star and it was a pile of shizzle! the old Nautique still kicks its ass oll over the place. and the wake wasint even that big with 4700lbs of added ballast in the X-star, the Nautique has a little less seating room but the quality is unmatched in my book and well to be honest i wouldint even consider a centurion for the parts that people diddint mention about them they still use wood stringers in thier boat and wood seat bottoms along with alot of other wood parts... and well we all know what wood does when it gets wet.

FYI: the super air team is for sale...

kento911 · Kickflip Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 3657 City: Phoenix

SleuCrew, good point about the centurion, I forgot about that.

sk8thewake69 · Posted: Sep 21, 2004 5:38 pm Post subject:

SleuCrew,

What did u do with the 04 X-star? did u like trade?

gregg · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Nov 2003 Posts: 681 City: Killen

malibu is amazing i have a 21 VLX 2004 and i love it, malibu has great service too, in my opinion the ony reason you paymore for a master craft is the name, not the boat Twisted Evil