Wakeboarding Magazine
2011-11-02 18:03:56 | 1180 views | 0 Comments

OVERVIEW

The brand-new MasterCraft MariStar 255’s luxury focus radiates from the flip-down armrests and billet aluminum speaker grilles of the plush pickle-fork bow all the way to the transom’s contoured rear seat backs and diamond-stitched sun pad. In between lie a host of we’ve-spared-no-expense appointments designed to keep even the most demanding do-it-all family comfortable all-day long. All that extravagance lies on the new smooth-riding, modified deep-V hull, which you can outfit with wake-centric options to suit your riding ambitions, from the edgy style and function of the Zero Flex tower to the wake-boosting three-tank ballast system.

FAVORITE FEATURE:

Private Head
The MasterCraft MariStar 255’s standing-room head is the exclamation point on this luxury liner’s promise of all-day comfort. The head’s locking door conceals a VacuFlush toilet, freshwater sink and vanity with Corian countertop - even a stereo remote and iPod jack.

SPECS:

People: 18
Dry weight: 5,150 lb.
Fuel capacity: 90 gal.
Tower: Zero Flex Flyer*
Racks: Swivel and clamping*
Wake shaper: Adjustable wake plate*

TEST MEASUREMENTS:

Length: 25 ft. 5 in.
Width: 8 ft. 6 in.
Bow length: 77 in.
Bow width: 79 in.
Floor to tower: 82 in.
Gunwale: 33 in.
Main lounge: 73 sq. ft.
Sun pad: 21 sq. ft.
Platform: 14 sq. ft.
Ballast: 1,120 lb.* (one 480-lb. bow tank*; two 320-lb. center tanks*)

ENGINE

:
Standard: MasterCraft RTP-1 5.7L 310 hp
Test prop: OJ 14.75 x 17.5 four-blade
Cruise: PerfectPass Wakeboard Pro; ZeroOff Wakeboard*
* = Optional

THE WAKES

The MasterCraft MariStar 255 shares its brand-new hull with the X-55, so when you load up the more than 1,100 pounds of available factory ballast, you get the same great ramps - one of MasterCraft’s best straight-from-the-factory wakes. That new modified, deep-V hull also handles chop and rollers like an ocean liner and churns up a stellar surf wake.