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Luxist Does the Ft. Lauderdale to Nassau Run on the MasterCraft 300

MasterCraft began four decades ago in a barn in Tennessee, when some folks who wanted more from a boat took a Ski Nautique hull and cut it in half, then built the hull they really wanted. Today MasterCraft owns the market for inboard ski boats, wakeboarding boats and sport craft. But three worlds could never be enough, and that's why we have the MasterCraft 300, the firm's first excursion into day-trip yachts.

The incipient exploration of a new market, by any company, is as wildly unpredictable as bog snorkeling - shoo-ins have taken terrible losses, sure losers have gone on to run the establishment. MasterCraft invited Luxist to Ft. Lauderdale for a ride to Nassau in the 30-foot vessel, and although we missed out on the dark and stormy night, we had an overcast and tempestuous day to come to our own conclusions about how the 300 might make a name for itself.

Gallery: MasterCraft 300 by Sergio Jurado

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MasterCraft Cruises into the World of Day-Trippers with its MasterCraft 300

by Jonathon Ramsey (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Yachts & Sailing

MasterCraft is known for its recreational boats -- the company leads the market in inboard skiing, wakeboarding, and sport craft. With the 30-foot, 4-inch MasterCraft 300 twin inboard (the platform adds another 3.5 feet) the company moves into the big boat business, and with its first offering wants to reset a boat buyer's expectations about how a day-tripper should make its owner feel.

The cockpit features big-boat electric equipment standard, but you can opt up for items like the Raymarine E80 and get a systems monitor with maps, radar and a 3-D terrain view of the ocean floor. And you'll be able to see it, and to stay cool behind the wheel, under the boat's tinted glass hardtop that is lined with a misting system. However, the folks lounging on the transom's adjustable seating will probably be having more fun than the pilot, with custom wetbars on either side and space for an electric grill or, even better, a waterproof flat screen TV.

The 300 is the first boat in the segment with a twin-tipped monohull, which opens up space in the interior cabin. Head below decks with your head up and your chest out, and you'll find customized hardwood cabinets and hardwood floors, ultra-leather fabrics, a galley with all the mod-cons, and a stand-up shower with a full-sized door. When it's time to get off your sea legs, the room in that twin hull provides you a bed big enough stretch out in, meaning that unless you're a Grizzlies center you don't have to sleep in the shape of a 'V.'

And once you're in bed, if you realize you forgot to turn off that "Songs of the Humpback" CD, don't bother getting up. Just grab the Contour Zone remote (or C-Zone to you, Commodore), which puts you in pushbutton control of all the boat's electrical systems. That way you can let the real humpbacks sing you to sleep.

Gallery: MasterCraft 300