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    Seems like every time I check the weather Nor Cal is getting a lot of rain and snow in the mountains. Hard to believe it's not making that gig of an impact seeing what the same storms are doing to us here in Texas.

     

     

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    And thx everybody think going to wait for 420 bt

    Mancho u ever dealt with scream marine by Jerry's boats ?

    Scream Marine is great to work with. Tim does a great job and deals with great equipment. He's done my last two boats.

     

     

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    Just to get clarity. The boats at the DFW show were an SV210 and a SV244 with RAMFILL and CATS. They didn't have any 230 or FX series unfourtnately.

     

    Now couple additional questions.

    - which side do you and family ride the most? (will dictate some options) If you ride the Darkside then definately get the Asymetrical Wing plate option. I replaced the standard plate on mine with the A-plate and love the difference it made in the wave.

    - do you want the 23 foot boat (230 series) or the 24 foot boat (240 series)

    - are you concerned about underseat storage capacity? If so steer away from RAMFIL and go with sacks but keep CATS for sure if it is an option.

    - do you HAVE to have rapid ballast fill ie. 29 seconds with RAMFILL or are you OK with a fill time of about 5 minutes for sacks on ballast puppys?

     

    Now to answer your questions and bear in mind this is my opinion and you know what they say about those and for reference I have a 2013 SV230+ Enzo as my boat.

     

    1. If you option the boat with all available ballast you will be able to surf the boat (either 23 or 24 ft) with no problem without adding any additional sacks. If you WANT a little bigger wave then you can easily swap out the stock 750lb bags in the lockers with 1100lb bags for less than $400 and then sell the 750s easily. I did this in my boat and it did make a difference and only took about 5 minutes to accomplish the swap. I also keep 2 Fly Hi Fat Bricks (150lbs each) on the boat for days we run a light crew (2-3 guys total) to offset the lack of body weight on those days but I do not have to use the Fat Bricks normally.

     

    2. There will be a difference between the 21 foot boat and the 23 or 24 foot boat soley based on weight and displacement of the hull. I really like the extra room in the bow and the full Sunpad with my 230+, but in the 230+ this does reduce the MAX ballast sack you can fit under the Starboard mid-seat to the 250lb sack that it comes with. I offset this by placing some POP-Product bags in the void to give me a little more weight on the right side since we only sure the darkside. You do not have the mid-seat ballast limitation in the 233/244 series or in the 240+ series.

     

    Only you can answer the difference in weather the length and max person capacity are important to you. Your best option and if you are local in the DFW are it should be a no brainer would be to test every hull you are interested in configured the way you intend to run it if you own it. After talking with Shane this past weekend while I was at the DFW show I would expect that he would have NO issue with this and I know he is planning a BIG demo weekend also that he asked me to come down for a run one of the Demo boats as well as a couple other CenturionCrew guys from here thatw ere at the show this weekend.

     

    3. Based solely on obseravtions from when I was looking for my boat I would say that the Enzos and all the other Centurion boats do hold their value very well.

     

    4. Only you can really answer this one. I personnaly think the fit and finish of the Centurions is better but that is not to say that the MBs are not nice boats. I looked at the MBs at the show and they were nice but there were some things I didn't personnaly like. The towers are ugly and seemed a little loose to me, ballast options seemed limited, but just my opinion.

     

    Hope this helps, if you have any other specific questions let me know or shoot me a PM.

    Thanks for all the help.

     

    We ride regular, on the port side. I assume this would be regular prop rotation for most V-drives these days? I looked at the SS210 at the boat show but climbed around the other boat there, thought it was the 230, just to compare size which is what got me thinking about the extra space, it sure was nice. We don't really need the length difference, but with the lack of storage I thought it might help resolve that problam a little bit. I would option the boat just as the 210 was there, without RAM fill and all the extra ballast which I think totals 3000 pounds?

     

    I'm going to go back to the show tomorrow to talk more and climb around the boat more, but I thought I would try to learn as much as possible prior to going back so I'll know what questions to ask and know more of what I am looking at. I do really like the interior styling and the options they offered over the MB, mostly the tower difference. The dealer location is also a huge bonus for me. I live in Frisco and getting to TMC is a pain for me, but Freedom is so close and easy to get to.

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    We have a 2009 216V and have been very happy with it. It's a good all around boat not but not great at anything. We have started surfing more with the rough waters and increasing age and this is difficult ith our current boat. I have to spend about 30 minutes setting up and breaking down bags which are placed all over the boat to get just an average surf wave at best. I was at the Dallas boat show this weekend and sepnt a lot of time in the Enzo 210 and 230. I like the fact that it has a PCM powerplant, makes my wife at ease with the reliability factor, but I don't know much about the boats outside of that. I do know historically they are known to be the best surf boats out there, but my few questions are:

     

    1. if we get the extra ballast, I think it's 3000 pounds, will this be a good surf wave with no extra bags. If I do this and we still have to fill extra bags I'm going to be in big trouble.

    2. Is the 230 worth the extra $6k? I like the additional space on the inside, but any differences other that that?

    3. Resale. Coming out of a Nautique we are having a very pleasant experience with our boat value, seems to be holding it real well. Do you guys see this with the Enzos as well?

    4. Why Enzo and not MB 23' wide body?

     

    Thanks in advance for your help and I apologize if there are repeat questions that have been answered before. through my searches it seems there is a lot of info on the older models, but could not find a lot on the newer models. Maybe they haven't changed too much, but don't know the answer to that question either.

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