MX1825 Construction Details

General “buzz” is that the Skeeter team packed a lot of boat into the MX1825, especially for the price. This brought up a few questions in my mind.

1) In general, for a comparably rigged WX1850 versus an MX1825, how are they priced… is the MX somewhat less expensive, or about the same?

2) The WX series has been out long enough to gain praise for a strong hull & well constructed boat in many ways. My question in general is how is the MX constructed as compared to the WX series? Does it share the same transom construction, floor construction, stringers, lids, etc, and is basically the same construction in a different style?

3) From reading the Skeeter website & other articles, one hears much of Skeeter’s boat design including their use of Ex-Cel composites, their dry flake & armor gel finish system, and especially their aluminum torque transfer transom & stringer system that adheres aircraft aluminum to the Ex-Cel transom. But all of the writings I’ve found refer to how they are used on the i-Class and ZX boats. Do they apply to the WX and MX series as well?

Comments anyone may have regarding design / construction of your Skeeter you found interesting / poignant will be appreciated.

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General “buzz” is that the Skeeter team packed a lot of boat into the MX1825, especially for the price. This brought up a few questions in my mind.

1) In general, for a comparably rigged WX1850 versus an MX1825, how are they priced… is the MX somewhat less expensive, or about the same?

2) The WX series has been out long enough to gain praise for a strong hull & well constructed boat in many ways. My question in general is how is the MX constructed as compared to the WX series? Does it share the same transom construction, floor construction, stringers, lids, etc, and is basically the same construction in a different style?

3) From reading the Skeeter website & other articles, one hears much of Skeeter’s boat design including their use of Ex-Cel composites, their dry flake & armor gel finish system, and especially their aluminum torque transfer transom & stringer system that adheres aircraft aluminum to the Ex-Cel transom. But all of the writings I’ve found refer to how they are used on the i-Class and ZX boats. Do they apply to the WX and MX series as well?

Comments anyone may have regarding design / construction of your Skeeter you found interesting / poignant will be appreciated.

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1. Generally speaking the MX will be slightly cheaper

2. I cannot confirm this 100% but my understanding is that all the construction and techniques are the same, just in a different style.

3. I am not up to speed on all the details on all that info. I will have to do some research on that.

Pricing: Looks like the banner on here has the MX1825 base package ($32,990) and the WX1850 base package ($32,790).

I think the base packages are the same. Except the MX is a standard single counsel and the WX is a standard walk-thru.

The MX is a nice boat. If they made some simple changes it would be great. For example adding intergrated cup holders (Standard ones Suck, put the step/cooler back and install dividers for tackle trays or finish the rear storage better. Just my 2 cents worth

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The MX is a nice boat. If they made some simple changes it would be great. For example adding intergrated cup holders (Standard ones Suck, put the step/cooler back and install dividers for tackle trays or finish the rear storage better. Just my 2 cents worth

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I would suggest stuff like that be options.

The tackle trays a lot of us couldn’t care less about.
The step cooler is a great idea. I love the one in the WX.

I agree… Those items sound better to be options. I’d prefer to keep the lower base price tag.

Eric, as you mentioned in your post, do you have any insights from the Skeeter engineers as to the method of construction on the MX / WX series? Any details will be appreciated. It is surprising how silent the literature is on the main construction details on this series. Gee, since internet / Skeeter sales literature is silent on the issue, that does not rule out that there is wood used in it’s construction & isn’t 100? glass.

Im not sure what you mean by the method of construction I guess

There is some wood in every boat, there is wood used for blocks to put screws into and such. ALL wood that is in the boat, which isnt much to begin with is all fiberglassed in. Meaning there is no exposed wood, it is all covered and sealed.

A little more info on what you are looking for as far as method of construction would help me, help you!

Thanks for the reply Eric, however, I don’t really know how to ask the question any differently than I did originally (copied from my original post):

3) From reading the Skeeter website & other articles, one hears much of Skeeter’s boat design including their use of Ex-Cel composites, their dry flake & armor gel finish system, and especially their aluminum torque transfer transom & stringer system that adheres aircraft aluminum to the Ex-Cel transom. But all of the writings I’ve found refer to how they are used on the i-Class and ZX boats. Do they apply to the WX and MX series as well?

Or, since the WX has been around for a bit to be field tested for several years, is the WX core construction mirrored in the MX? I’m not concerned with small design issues such as finish in storage areas or cup holders, I’m more asking questions about structural strength, hull longevity, etc. Since the boat was a bow to transom redesign, but also had a design criteria to be in a certain price point, I’m trying to verify that shortcuts were not taken in areas of the boat we can’t easily see just to meet that price point. I understand it is a hard question to answer. The question came up when discussing the boat with fishing/boating friends who wondered if corners were cut when they heard of the price of it.

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Jim, check out this link.

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Thanks for the reply Eric, however, I don’t really know how to ask the question any differently than I did originally (copied from my original post):

3) From reading the Skeeter website & other articles, one hears much of Skeeter’s boat design including their use of Ex-Cel composites, their dry flake & armor gel finish system, and especially their aluminum torque transfer transom & stringer system that adheres aircraft aluminum to the Ex-Cel transom. But all of the writings I’ve found refer to how they are used on the i-Class and ZX boats. Do they apply to the WX and MX series as well?

Or, since the WX has been around for a bit to be field tested for several years, is the WX core construction mirrored in the MX? I’m not concerned with small design issues such as finish in storage areas or cup holders, I’m more asking questions about structural strength, hull longevity, etc. Since the boat was a bow to transom redesign, but also had a design criteria to be in a certain price point, I’m trying to verify that shortcuts were not taken in areas of the boat we can’t easily see just to meet that price point. I understand it is a hard question to answer. The question came up when discussing the boat with fishing/boating friends who wondered if corners were cut when they heard of the price of it.

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Jim

I’m one of the guys on the design team for this boat and I think I can answer this for you.

The build techniques and materials used in the MX are same/similar to the techniques and materials used in the WX series. Some of the bass boat build techniques, particularly the use of aluminum in the transoms, is not used in the MX or WX series at this time.

I can assure you, without question or hesitation, that the MX is built to the same standards and have been put through the same rigorous testing as the WX hulls and at no time were “corners cut” or material quality compromised to meet a price point.