Sorry, but Cal called it....
....TAKE SOME PICTURES of that sweet beast before you sell her off into the cold, dark night. I'd be interested in just about everything about it, from what the hull running surface looks like underneath to what the bow storage area looks like. In fact, I don't even know what the cockpit looks like.
I skied behind and then drove a friend's older Malibu Response (sort of open bow), and it had the Mosson 320 in it. That engine moves the Sunsetter, so when you put it in that little beast, it plain hauls. I do remember how ratty the thing felt, though, in the steering, throttle linkage, rattles throughout the little cockpit, etc. Had to replace a fuel pump that weekend, which kept his boat down, and him on our boat the two days we were camping. Anyhoo, that little boat threw the most amazing micro wake I could imagine. Soft, flat with round edges. Despite swearing off slalom earlier in the year (and not having any real time on the ski for some years), I had the best run of my life behind that thing. Funny what a non-wake will do for holding your edge ;-)
That's a great boat, and you're so right that the tower is just the shizzle. It really brings out the lines of the boat. I really thought that tower was gonna be a mistake, but it's even better looking than the OEM one.
I so wish we were in a different place financially.
