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Malibu Sunsetter VLX

Author: Staff
Not long ago, adding the word "family" to a vehicle took away all the fun: No one really wanted a "family" car; they drove it because they had to.

Holiday In Wales Today there's good news for those in a family way. Station wagons complete with baby seats hide turbocharged engines under the hood, rugged sport utes have gone soccer mom-friendly without losing attitude, and even some mini-vans are looking and driving pretty sporty these days.

Staff Malibu describes its Sunsetter VLX as the "sport utility of the boating world". Passengers ride in comfort and style, but the hull is designed and built to run over open water rough stuff. hp monsoon engine under the sun deck. driven prop with a separate rudder, this boat also delivers the precise control and authoritative turning ability of a competition inboard. pinion steering, driven gauges at the helm.

Holiday Wales What does that have to do with ski boats? Plenty, if you and the tribe are looking at a new Sunsetter VLX. Malibu describes this new V-drive model as a "family ski boat." Fortunately, they are applying the new definition of the term, which implies not only utility and value, but also a respectable serving of performance, power and fun.

Staff With a cavernous bow and enough knee room for the Los Angeles Lakers' back court, the Sunsetter still maintains the versatile skiing quality for which Malibu is known. The Sunsetter's hull sides are flared to create more interior space, but the wetted surface is surprisingly narrow. It' bows with the power and tracking of a bigger boat.

Cottage Holiday In Wales Rather than ballooning the hull and topsides to cumbersome proportions in the name of family values, the Malibu design team instead chose to maximize the existing ski boat envelope, while taking full advantage of the spaces created by moving the engine to the rear of the boat.

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Caravan Holiday In Wales The finished product succeeds not only from a performance standpoint, but from a human engineering perspective. The wraparound seating lets guests converse or watch the action without shouting over an engine box or turning backward in their seats.

In our test, we found the Sunsetter 21 Xti just as confident with advanced slalom pulls as with big air moves off the wake. For true crossover appeal, we recommend adding the optional Wedge and the Malibu Launch System that offers 500 pounds of ballast. You’ level wakeboarding. Of course, no more family bickering alone may be worth the price.

Camping Holiday Wales Youngsters can stretch out or ride securely in the spacious bow area, grab refreshments and sustenance from the 48-quart on-deck cooler and then enjoy their snack on the built-in table set behind the driver's seat. Meanwhile the driver is treated to a contoured bucket seat with lumbar adjustment and enjoys not only responsive handling, instant acceleration and a commanding view of the water ahead, but also total control of the gunwale-mounted stereo system.

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Accommodation Holiday Wales To deal with the exponential increase in "stuff" which seems to accompany any family outing, the Sunsetter offers plentiful storage options, including bow storage lockers, side storage panels, on-deck and in-deck ski lockers, a console storage compartment and twin rear storage lockers. In short, you could pile a whole lot more "stuff" into the VLX than you'd probably want to carry.

Holiday Last Minute Wales Somewhere it is written that family vehicles should not be impulse buys, but rather rational purchases made with quality and value in mind. Malibu apparently read that rule as well, and has applied its leading-edge technologies and top-quality, all-composite construction methods to the VLX. Buy this boat when the kids are starting kindergarten, and it should still be around to pull their high school skiing buddies.

Catering Holiday Self Wales Like a turbocharged station wagon, the Sunsetter VLX can pack a wallop. The test model we ran was fitted with a Monsoon 325 EFI engine that pushed the 11-passenger hull to 47 mph and provided plenty of out-of-the-hole torque for anything from tubing to deepwater barefoot. For even more cannon-like performance, buyers can opt up for the 365-hp Callaway HammerHead.

Holiday Wales Walking You might have buoys on your mind, which the VLX can certainly accommodate, but you'll also need to please the younger generation's wakeboard hunger. Tell them that our riders consider this a "big, fun wakeboarding boat," which also has "good shape and hardness."

Family Holiday Wales Of course, it won't take them long to discover this for themselves, after which you may be hard pressed to get equal time for your slalom runs.

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