About this tender
The MasterCraft X22 is the build we recommend when an owner's programme needs a dedicated surf and wake platform on the swim platform, not a compromised crossover. It is a 6.81m inboard ski boat built around the Gen 2 Surf System, 3,550 pounds of switchable ballast and a Vector Drive that sits the prop close to the transom for clean, customisable wave shape on either side at the press of a button.
Power is a 6.2L Ilmor V8 producing 430hp, with optional 6.0L PCM Crusader and 5.7L PCM XR options across the model year. Top speed sits around 40mph (35 knots), but the X22 is not bought for top end, it is bought for the wave behind it. Fast-fill ballast pumps move the 3,550 pounds in around four minutes, so an owner running a watersports programme can switch from surf to wake to slalom inside one cocktail hour without the crew running tanks manually.
We see the X22 most often as the toy-boat half of a paired tender programme: a Pascoe or a Novurania doing the limousine and SOLAS work, and a MasterCraft sitting on the watersports rack for the kids and the surf-set guests. At sixteen passengers and an Ex-VAT price from around 146,000 GBP for the 2020 model year, it is also one of the cheaper ways to put a serious surf wake on the back of a 50m yacht.
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The four details we'd point out first to a captain who hasn't seen one on the water yet.
MasterCraft's Gen 2 Surf System combines port and starboard surf tabs with the Vector Drive prop position to shape a customisable surf wake on either side of the boat. Profiles are saved per rider, so a guest who surfed at 11.2 mph with 80 percent ballast yesterday gets the same wave today, no operator guesswork.
The Switchback Ballast Tank moves water across the boat to flip the wave from goofy to regular without draining or refilling. With FastFill high-speed pumps, the system fills in roughly four minutes. That is the difference between burning daylight and getting riders in the water on a tight programme.
Despite being a watersports-first hull, the X22 lays out for sixteen guests with bow seating, a wraparound stern lounge and a transom walk-through. The dual-screen tech dash gives the operator full ballast, audio and navigation control without leaving the helm, useful when one crew member is running both the boat and the rider in the water.
Standard power is the Ilmor 6.2L V8 at 430hp, an inboard purpose-built for towed-watersports duty rather than an adapted truck engine. PCM 5.7 and 6.0 alternatives are available across model years. Service intervals and parts support are global, which matters when the boat lives on a yacht moving between regions.
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The full specification
Specifications, prices, availability, and performance figures are supplied for guidance only and remain subject to confirmation by the yard, seller, broker, survey, contract, and final specification.
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MasterCraft · Vonore, Tennessee, USA
Tell us about your yacht, your programme, and the missions X22 needs to handle. We come back within 48 hours with a written assessment - fit for the brief, lead time, and trade-offs against alternatives in the same band.
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