2008 Mastercraft X2

Boat Description

The MasterCraft Boats X-2 has the similar MasterCraft X-Star profile with the pickle-fork bow and ZeroFlex tower, only in a 20-foot package. In some ways, the MasterCraft X-2 is the best of both worlds — wide bow, rampy wakes, wakeboarding amenities, premium construction — all in a wakeboard boat you can trailer and store in the garage with no problem. That’s why it’s a MasterCraft best-seller.

Hull: At first glance from that two-pronged bow profile, you might assume the hull is just a shorter version of the MasterCraft X-Star's. Actually, it's more like the design of the MasterCraft X-30 and X-45. The bow tapers to a single keel. Steps in the running surface set the V-shaped transom deeper into the water at wakeboarding speeds. The rider pulled the wakeboard boat around a bit, but we easily corrected with minor steering adjustments. The MasterCraft X-2 was able to turn tight for double-ups.

Ballast: The standard 550-pound ballast system includes a rear tank at 250 pounds and two bags at 150 pounds each. That's enough weight to get started, for sure, but the advanced wakeboarders on our test team are usually pretty ballast hungry, especially when looking at that load capacity of 1,609 pounds and imagining the possibilities.

Tower: The ZeroFlex tower returns for another model year, and we're glad to see it. It's all business in the front, with the traditional tubing, then party in the back, thanks to the lightning boltish rear supports. The pivoting wakeboard racks that are integrated so perfectly into the tower's design come standard.