Hello guys. Potential Nordic owner here with a few questions. I plan on owning a Heat or a Rage mcob in the near future. I currently have a Crownline LPX that is going up for sale so I may upgrade to a Nordic but I am curious about a few things. First, can someone by any chance give me a measurement on how wide the bow seating area is in the MCOB. I was just curious how much room was there compared to what I am used to. Are the Rages good for watersports (tubing, skiing, etc)? What about the Heat and watersports? Do any of the Heats or Rages have snap in carpet or is it all glued down carpet? Finally, any problem areas to look for such as rotten stringers, transoms, etc? I saw where they started using better materials in 2008 or so but was just curious about problems others have encountered. Awesome boats and hope to have one someday soon. Thanks much for any input on the above

Hey, an advanced congrats on your future purchase. I am a big Nordic fan and personally think they are the bee's knees when it comes to family performance boating. Dont have an open bow to measure for you, but I do have some experience with the Heat as far as water sports goes. When we tried tubing behind my Heat (500EFI with 26P B1 prop), we had to scoot it along at a pretty good click to keep her up on plane, even playing with the tabs. Maybe I just dont know how to drive, but the speeds needed were a bit too high for our passengers to have fun with. If not on plane, she liked to plow the water. Again, I am not a pro tuber or ski master, or even a pro boat captain, so it may differ from person to person. I sold the tube after that, and just stuck to wasting copious amounts of fuel.

Mine was a 2000 model year, and I do not recall any rot or weak points in the hull, but again, everything differs from boat to boat. I the PO left it open to the world in Seattle for a few years, everything may be rotted out. I would definitely get a third party survey prior to purchase, whether it be a Rage or a Heat. There are a couple threads about that sort of thing in the general boating area to read through. Good luck with what ever you get and dont forget to post pictures for the world to see! Hopefully we will be ringing in a new Nordic Navy member before too long. Oh and good luck with the sale of your Crownie...

I have a 2006 heat MCOB with the 496 HO and do my boating at Norris lake. It will pull a tube fine but as Jay mentioned needs a little speed to get on plane. As far as width up front I have had 4 adults plus a kid or two sit up there with no problems .I had 14 people in boat this past weekend and all seemed comfortable. Its a great boat for the family especially with grand kids as the cabin lets the little ones sleep plus get out of the sun / rain .I like the drop down bolsters too as where the rage doesn't have them. I have had a few different boats including a crownline open bow and the heat is by far my favorite.

I have a rage MCOB. Tubing no problem and water skiing isn't bad. I can keep the Rage on plane all the way down to 2000RPM about 20mph-24mph if it's not too loaded down with people. The rage is really a 6-8 person boat at max to be comfortable. I have had 11 people, three ice chests, and two tool boxes with all our **** on the boat. I could barely plane. The Rage open bow is perfect for two people but more can fit. I have no driven the Heat but the Rage is a little hot rod with modest power. The Heats need power to move but the ride nicer.

Mine is a 2010 that has the newer materials and design. Single belly gas tank with fuel filler on one side with fiberglass floor liner and snap in carpet. Battery trays are in engine compartment not back seat. No wood construction. They did a nice job on the newer stuff but the still could not fix the stupid cleat placement.

Finally got rid of those stupid side saddle tanks huh? Nice to see.

Thanks for the replies fellas. I think for all intents and purposes a Rage is more fitting for my use. That and the fact I'm not sure a Heat will fit in my garage.

As for the Rage midcabins, how much height is actually in there? I'm 6'5" so Im used to ducking damn near everywhere I go anyways. Hoping its not a huge hinderance and that I could at least sit down comfortably.

Just placed mine up for sale so hopefully someone sees it and jumps on it. I'm ready to start flying out west and checking some of these out.

6 foot 5... yeah, you will be ducking for sure. I am 5 6 and could stand with my chin on my chest in a Heat. Don't think hands and knees will be necessary though...

Being 6'5" myself and owned a rage, the mid cabin is very usable, my head did touch the ceiling when I sat down there but honestly I was never in there for more than getting things out of the cooler, they are def little hot rods, with the HO it's an honest low mid 70 mph boat, loved ours and it had no issues to speak of other than the saddle tanks and stupid cleat placement

Hey jay!!! I see you joined the sunny family! Welcome my friend!

Thanks again guys. Ive been looking at a few and found one with a 625 motor in it and another with a 525. These things are few and far between. Any special maintenance that needs to be done with the big HP equipped ones. Ive never had anything larger than a 388 stroker so the Big Block world is new to me