bringing back the 2001 hull

[wakeboardin2k4]

I know many of us have wondered this, especially those of us with the original 2001. I'm wondering why no one has ever purchased the plans for the mold for the 1980s CC 2001 hull that is so highly sought after as a budget wakeboard boat? What would it take to get those design plans from CC? Would they ever give them up? I've always loved the idea of creating a budget, v-drive 2001 wakeboard boat?

[tourpro]

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Along those same lines .... why does every new wake boat HAVE to be open bow ? Why do they all HAVE to be loaded with every conceivable option ?

Even Chrysler figured out that Jeeps are still selling on the old designed bodies and are still making tons of cash by not making new molds, dies and retooling assembly lines.

CC should see the demand for these old 2001's and just re-intro the gem as an all glass 2001 stripped down as budget wake boat.

[azwakeboarder]

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I was under the impression that currently CC sells everything they build and therefore has no reason what so ever to make a budget wakeboarding boat. Doesn't the used market serve the bottom of the market well enough?? Servicing a warranty is one of the most expensive things that I imagine CC does and therefor the low end market wouldn't really make sense once again...

[jhiestand]

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Along those same lines .... why does every new wake boat HAVE to be open bow ? Why do they all HAVE to be loaded with every conceivable option ?

I think dealers can answer this question. Basically it's a matter of demand as apparently it's significantly easier for them to sell loaded boats than "strippers." I agree that the closed bow look is classic, but when space is at a premium anyway, the open bow wins every time (my opinion).

[B-Unit]

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There are stripped down wake boats. They are called Moomba.

[Andrew]

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haha! exactly what i was thinking b-unit

[wakeboardin2k4]

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There are stripped down wake boats. They are called Moomba.

but moombas don't produce a good wake. I think that there is a market for budget wakeboard boats, most of them are I/O owners because they cant afford the 70k MC, CC, Malibu boats but want a wakeboard boat that can produce a sweet wake, with the performance characteristics of an inboard

[Andrew]

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for some reason, this thread makes me wanna build a boat............

[SquamInboards]

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CC will not sell the 2001 mold. Period. Why would you re-release something that has already proven to have it's own niche in the used market and potentially gouge sales on your new products The 2001 is a great design and although it can still hold its own against some new boats, consumers want the new best thing each year. There are plenty of 2001's out there and if you want a new one then do this. It's cheaper and you wont look like every other guy out there.

[Andrew]

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thats my plan..........

[wakeboardin2k4]

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squaminboards-did you guys ever do that v-drive conversion of the blue nautique on squaminboards.com?

[Hollywood]

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I think that there is a market for budget wakeboard boats

There is, and it is currently serviced by used boats as someone already said. 90% (completely made up figure in my head) of wakeboarding 2001 owners end up selling theirs only to drop it on a downpayment on a new(er) v-drive.

[DanielC]

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My understanding is that the first Mastercraft ski boat came out of a discarded Correct Craft mold. I also believe that Correct Craft now destroys the old molds it no longer wants to keep, to prevent this from happening again.

[Erik]

Reverse engineering a 2001 hull or any other hull for that matter would be so simple, that it would almost be a good project for a freshman class in engineering. Like - Engineering 101 or something. So the talk of them "throwing the mold away" is meaningless. The mold exists on every single 2001 out there. Reverse engineering one uses a technique called "splashing" (I think) and it is done all the time (especially for fiberglass aftermaket products and body panels for cars that were never designed by molds to begin with). It could also easily be done with tracing directly into Pro/ENGINEER, Pro/CONCEPT or some other CAD tool.

But there is no reason for them to bring it back. It was an accidental success - let's be honest. it was an awesome boat then, and remains one. But in terms of what it was designed to be - a slalom boat - as a slalom boat, the Prostar from that era made a smaller wake and was for that reason sort of a better 3 event boat. Right? But it makes wakeboarders very happy. Again- by accident.

They wouldn't bring back a closed bow, narrow, smallish boat that was designed in 1981 for release in 1982 - in the year 2007.

That said, I was wrong about the dismissal of the Super Sport hull and would have bet $100 that we'd still have a Super Sport available in an Air package, for model year 2007 and beyond. So what do I know?

Even with that black mark on my credibility record I would not hold your breath for the 2001 to ever, ever, ever, ever come back from Correct Craft.

If in 10 years they decided to sell the rights to the mold, all bets would be off. But by then the smarter upstart boat builder buying old hulls would be better off buying that Super Sport hull...

[tourpro]

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There are plenty of 2001's out there and if you want a new one then do this. It's cheaper and you wont look like every other guy out there.

Now thats what Im taking about. SAHWEET ride !! :shock: 8-)