Skater At 50—A Hot Date With A 478

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06-19-2024 | 09:31 AM

Matt Trulio

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Skater At 50—A Hot Date With A 478

Speedonthewater.com’s first and only encounter with a Skater 478 V-bottom in 2017 lmpressed everyone involved, https://www.speedonthewater.com/skat...te-with-a-478/

06-19-2024 | 10:17 AM

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Wasn't this for sale last year? Under 100 hours and $500k? I have always been appreciative of this bad boy.

06-19-2024 | 12:22 PM

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never understood why the skater vees never took off

06-20-2024 | 11:11 AM

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never understood why the skater vees never took off

Same here especially the 399 and 488 models

06-20-2024 | 12:08 PM

caseyh

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Same here especially the 399 and 488 models

phill hess has the 399 hull mold and the layup info from skater.

06-20-2024 | 01:28 PM

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I never thought they were that good looking but that me and I am not the market anyway.

To me a most of the OL's look better.
Could just be that most have went Cats for performance, or big party CC platforms. Maybe Skater got into the performance V game after it was drying up. Maybe Matt has a better feel for it.