’93 Moomba Boomerang???

A relative of mine is looking at a '93 Moomba Boomerang and has asked me for some advice. I have no experience with these boats so I was wondering if anyone on here knew much about them. I've heard the new Moomba's are good boats for the price but I don't know about the old ones.

The engine is a PCM 351 so I know it should be solid, the rest I don't know about.

Has anyone drive, ridden, ski'd behind one of these? What is the handling, tracking, and wake like?

My first advice of course was buy a Nautique instead, but I probably need a little more.

Thanks

Supra/Moomba (Skier's choice now owns and operates both companies) did not begin using the same hull for both boats until 1997.

The early Moomba Boomerang's are a unique and strange boat. As suggested, the freeboard is very low. More like an outboard or jetboat than an inboard. The engine box sits 50% above the gunnel. Second, the rudder mechanism sits outside the transom of the boat and goes down through the swim platform. The boat handles "differently" somewhere between an outboard and an inboard. It does back up better than a typical inboard. Third, this was a price point boat. It cost less than 10K new. The upholstery is very cheap. The back seat is just a block of foam covered with vinyl. The windshield is just a frameless piece of fiberglass. Guages are minimal.

Pulling a skier in good conditions, the boat is fine. Decent wake, etc. Put it in rough water and it's all over. The boat is practically useless for wakeboarding.

Unless your buddy is getting the for for a couple grand or less, there are lots of better inboards out there.

BKH

jbear wrote: Remember, Friends don't let friends drive junk.

That's a classic, I love it!

i dont like the shallow freeboard either, reminds me of a stars and stripes, needs to be higher than your knees

Like mentioned several times above, they were built cheap and an entry level boat. Keeping that in mind, they are wood stringer boats and I would assume they are going to face the same problems as any CC with wood stringers. It would be my guess that you would see stringer rot on a Moomba way before you would see it on a CC.

They are cool looking boats, and hold true to that 'hot rod' ski boat feel from the 70s and 80s. If I had a chance to pick one up for really cheap I might think about it. But a CC is going to be a much better all around boat.

TRBenj wrote: FYI guys, this thread was recently bumped to the top by a spammer... it originally dates back to 2005.

Exactly!! LOL I was curious on how it was brought out!!! back from the past!

...still think they are cool boats!