Cruising the waters and going for a ski on your new ski boat is the perfect way to enjoy those long deserved days off.A popular outing and sport, water sking has been around for a number of generations.

It does make a big difference when water skiing to have the right ski boat. For a better ski boat they should have small wake and have nippy maneuverability and turning capability, and in this case biggest is not best. Some popular ski boat ranges are equiped with an inboard engine rather than outboard, and while many people ski using general purpose deck ski boats, the best are purpose built.

Australia has a variety of ski boats for sale since there are so many of them and most are great ski boats. It would be easier to single out those slightly less fabulous than the rest than to pick the best, and you can’t go by price. Australia is a nation perfectly situated for water skiing, and they know how to build the right ski boats for sale to do the job.

If we were to name a few, then of the popular skiboat ranges in Australia, Lewis must be amongst the most favoured, being one of the major ski boat builders in the world. Lewis ski boats are often found anyway popular for water sking, built by Australia’s oldest manufacturer.

Lighweight Ski Boat

A lightweight fiberglass ski boat for sale, the Lewis range have come along way from the earlier wooden hull. Even though the internal stringer system is normally made of wood, Lewis boats for sale are are fast and have the maneuverability need for a great ski. The 2280 and Revolution like most of the Lewis range have a Mercruiser engine for a smaller wake when up in speed and also give a great big wake for when you changed to the wakeboard at lower speeds.

Their well designed towers for wakeboarding can be pimped any way you like them, with sound system speakers, . However, the disadvantage in a dual purposewakeboarding and ski boats is that you can get a rougher ride on skis. It isn’t always ideal to have a dual purpose boat, but if you enjoy both sports then you should get enough performance from a great ski boat and wakeboarding vessel to make you smile. If it’s great performance you are looking for, then a specialist boat for sale for skiing could be an option.

A boat builder that has produced some very popular ski boats for sale, Bayliner is a brand known to most Aussies’. The Bowrider 205 is is a great example of ski boatwith a fabulous Mercruiser Alpha 1 engine with 220 horses of pulling power. This ski boat for sale comes with space under-floor for ski storage and great entertainment from its stereo controller that allows you fit a a number of different sound systems. Bayliner know how to build boats: they should, having been in the business over 45 years. These ski boats for sale are quality, and respond to the helm perfectly. They have great acceleration with a agility for some great water skiing.

Crownline Ski Boat

The Crownline range generally come with more power. These ski boats for sale are a luxury with quality, and the Crownline Bowrider 240LS is great for good ski boat. With a variety of colours to choose from and your Mercedes engine up to a maximum 425 HP. With many great options including an entertainment system, sink and shower it makes it a great fun throughout your ski boating day. If you prefer a deckboat to a bowrider for your skiing, then the Crownline 252 EX has similar features with the same outboard, and a Sony Marine sound system as usual. Crownline may be a little more expensive but you pay for quality and one of the best ski boats for sale. Yet again, though, they are multi-purpose and while very popular with the mid range ski boat skier they are not designed to be specialised ski boats.

For a championship specialist ski boat, then Skicraft might be the one you are looking for. Skicraft, based in Bayswater, have been making top of the range ski boats for sale since 1969, offering very steadfast turning and maneuverability, but is also very safe. From the smooth and speedily 202 to the new V-Drive eXV Skicraft are proper competition boats. The ExV is an upgrade of the popular eX2, with a good weight design so you can change from skiing to wakeboarding at ease.

Skicraft Ski Boats

Skicraft usually manufacture specialised ski boats for sale, and the V-Drive is by and large superior for wakeboarding. However, wakeboarding boats for sale can be exclusive because they have to be heavier to cause a good wake. Skicraft have developed a wake control technology whereby you can amend the size of the wake to change between skiing and wakeboarding. With all these features they still maintain a price below that of a purpose made boat for wakeboarding.

Luxury Ski Boats

However, the luxury cruiser that catches everyones attention is the new Mustang. Since being taken over by new owners, Mustang has re emerged, and is getting better and better. Their most modern vessel, still to be unveiled, is the Mustang 2008 430 Sports Coupe. How respectable this will be for ski boats for sale we don’t know, but it carries Volvo IPS 600 engines as standard, with 418 HP each so is going to be speedily enough.

These are among the more popular skiboat ranges in Australia, but there are many more and it would take several pages to do justice to even a fraction of them.