MasterCraft X-45 and 245 MariStar VRS Models Introduced
Tow boat builder bolsters already-strong lineup.
October 29, 2004
You have to hand it to the folks at MasterCraft. With the innovative X-30 wakeboard model reportedly selling as fast as they can build them, no one would have blamed them for coasting a bit. But John Dorton, Rob May and the rest of the talented crew at the Vonore, Tenn., company don't coast. That's the reason the once-venerable brand, which had lost some of its luster several years ago, is on solid ground. As in rock-solid.
For 2005, the builder has added two new V-drive models, the X-45 and the 245 MariStar VRS.
Targeted at the wakeboard crowd, the 24-foot-long X-45 rides on a vented, stepped hull. To jack up the wakes and help riders launch from them, the model comes standard with a water-ballast system that can add 1,000 pounds to the boat and a redesigned Zero Flex tower.
"The X-45 wake is easy to approach with the perfect lip," said famed professional wakeboarder, Zane Schwenk, who helped design the model. "The aggressive wake shape allows you to get plenty of upward pop on each trick. With or without ballast, the wake is great for beginner riders all the way to advanced."
Noteworthy features of the X-45 include an oversized helm seat, rotating board racks and JL Audio speakers, a diamond shaped transom, walk-thru sunpad, scooped billet aluminum vent covers, billet cockpit appointments, aircraft style toggle switches, ballast gauges, and an oversized urethane glove box.
The Maristar 245 VRS is the foundation for the X-45.
Like the X-45, the MariStar 245 VRS rides on a vented, stepped hull. In fact, the 24-footer actually serves as the foundation for X-45 — dressed with the ballast system and tower the 245 VRS becomes the X-45.
