![]() ![]() There is always a discussion about fuel usage and how expensive the boat is etc.and if comparing an M235 that uses 18gal/per hour vs. so if the Centurion got 20% better fuel economy that is about 1 gal per hour - or like $5 per hour if you pay lake price for gas. I know the XT23 gets about 5gal/hr and my Xstar about 6.5. But we were not out long enough in either Centurion to get fuel numbers. Did you notice a difference?I bet the centurion would get really good fuel mileage, I mentioned the RPM's being low while surfing: with 4,850 pounds of ballast I think the RPM's were at like 3,000 or 3,100. I no longer have this lingering feeling that the Centurion guys have a better wave - I can sleep better now.Īny word on fuel consumption? I know Centurion claims its hull design lowers fuel consumption. In short, I was not a fan of the interior.Īt the end of the day, I am happy with the Xstar. Tower shook, tons of exposed screws, hit my head on the downfire speakers 5 times, drivers seat squeaked when you hit a bump, grab handles in the middle of your back on the inside which were inexplicable. first off they get hot as hell, secondly they rattle, and they sound tinny when you step on them or close them. the hatch for the flip flop storage are sheet metal. lots of sheet metal: the rear step/hatch for the ballast bag is sheet metal. Personally I will pass on surfing the wave with half the ballast full. The rep said to fill ramfill and then use pumps to fill the rest while you surf - yeah, that's what I want to do (sarcasm). Then stop and sit for 8 minutes while you fill the bags. Set perfect pass to 14.8 mph to fill ramfill, don't go any faster or the gates shut, any slower and you wont fill it full and then have to override the non-adjustable timer. There are 7 ballast tanks- only two of them are ramfill, the other 5 you have to fill with pumps.so you need to be going slow to fill with pumps, and faster to fill with Ramfill. Also, with the 1.5:1 transmission, the RPM's were low, so it had good top speed and low RPM's while surfing but still seemed to get out of the hole pretty well, although I am sure for heavily loaded wakeboarding it would struggle. Most Centurion setups I found had about +6k of total ballast, and I am sure at that point they throw a monster wave, but so would lots of other boats. but it still had more ballast than any other boat I rode that weekend. In fairness, we did not add any extra weight to the Centurion, which by all accounts is needed in the rear. Honestly I don't know who could surf the Centurion back to back with the X24 or Xstar and walk away thinking it was even remotely comparable. The XT23 I rode had 600 pounds of lead (3,300 pounds total) and I would put the size of the Centurion wave at about the same level, but the XT23 had more power to keep my 200 pounds in the wave for sure. The fi25 was a little worse, probably because it had the same amount of ballast in a bigger boat. I am a little torn on this because it had 4,850 pounds of ballast stock, and even though the wave was good - it was not phenomenal, not as good as I was expecting for running that much weight in a 23 foot boat. You could make it mellow, and get it somewhat steep - but it had pretty good size and volume. for a stock boat the wave was really nice. ![]() Here are my thoughts about the Centurion. ![]() This weekend, I got to surf, drive and setup the XT23, X24, Xstar, Fi23 and Fi25 back to back over two days. I have not surfed behind a new Centurion before this last weeekend, and honestly, I had to admit that with some having 5400 pounds of stock ballast and the deep V - I had kind of resigned to the notion that they might have the best surf wave on the market. I am very lucky in that I have lots of friends with boats, and one that is the sales manager for my local MC dealer - who is now the new Centurion dealer. ![]()
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