MasterCraft X45 Boats For Sale

The MasterCraft X45 is a 24-foot inboard tow boat built for families who ski, wakeboard, tube and surf 50 to 75 feet behind the boat. It shares its hull platform with the company's Maristar 24.5 but adds a wakeboard tower and a triple-tank ballast system, so it serves slalom skiers who want a clean wake and riders who want big wakes for air. The squared-off Superfly twin-tip bow keeps the wave-flattening behavior of a V-hull while opening up extra deck room, and the layout carries a capacity of 18 people across wraparound seating from bow to stern.

Performance on the MasterCraft X45 boat comes from a stern-mounted V-drive inboard. With the Crusader 375-horsepower 6.0 MPI Vortec engine turning a 13-3/4-inch-diameter by 14-inch-pitch four-blade propeller, a test boat reached a top speed of 42.2 mph at 5,150 RPM. It ran most economically at 27.9 mph, returning 2-1/4 miles per gallon for a cruising range of about 182 miles. The conventional inboard shaft drive draws just 28 inches of water and delivers smooth, responsive steering. Other engines fitted to these boats include a 6-liter 400-horsepower MasterCraft unit with a DF63 gearbox and the 8.1-liter Ilmore Vortec big block.

The helm puts gauges and controls within easy reach, including the readouts for the wakeboard ballast system, which adds roughly 1,000 pounds of lake water across three tanks. Perfect Pass speed control sets and holds a target speed, displays cover depth, air and lake temperature, oil pressure, engine temperature, RPM and battery voltage, and a dual-battery setup with a kill switch supports the electronics. Cabin and seat heaters, an opening windshield that locks in place, and a removable wind dam let owners ride into cold mornings and 40-degree weather. A double-wide helm seat with flip-up bolster works as a love seat for two at the wheel.

Deck and cockpit storage is a strong point. The aft-facing bench faces the action and lifts on actuators to reach a large locker, the wide bow seats passengers around a built-in cooler with port and starboard storage lockers, and a hot-paste-lined locker holds skis or surfboards. The forward swim deck includes a telescoping ladder and anchor storage, and an aft sun pad uses a removable filler cushion for a walkthrough off the stern. The MasterCraft By Design tower folds for garage storage and carries a bimini top, swiveling clamp-and-lock board racks and optional docking lights and stereo speakers; later model years moved to zero-flex tower designs with interchangeable anodized leg inserts. The toe pylon is built into the navigation light, with an additional removable ski pylon aft.

The saltwater package swaps in a heat-exchanger-cooled Crusader engine that circulates antifreeze like a car radiator rather than running lake water through the block. Upgraded ballast options such as the Super Sacker by Wake Works appear on some boats, along with snap-in carpet flooring, pop-up cleats and self-draining storage. The X45 measures 24 feet 2 inches long, 8 feet 6 inches wide, and weighs about 4,600 pounds. When shopping the used market, check hours (clean examples turn up around 400 to 460 hours), the light-colored interior vinyl for dirt and small tears, and whether the listing includes the trailer, bimini and a MasterCraft X45 boat cover.



Currently, there are 690 boats available for sale for MasterCraft boats. Prices range from $6,995 to $594,020, with an average listing price of $136,723. The inventory includes 231 new boats and 459 used boats. The fleet is comprised of 690 powerboats. 2 boats have been added to the marketplace in the past month. Popular boat types include Ski and Wakeboard, Bowrider, Other, and Runabout. boats are most popular in Mooresville, Mesa, Walton, Pewaukee, and Osage Beach. There have been 2,888 boats listed on MarineSource that have sold in the past year. May is the most common month for new and used boats to be added to MarineSource, so be sure to check back regularly. June is the most common month for boats to sell, so be sure to beat the rush! The most common activities for boats are watersports, family fun, day cruising, and long distance cruising. Most boats contain depth sounder, heated interior, radio, gps, and joystick. boats tend to have an average of 1 engine. It is common for boats to have Ilmor engines or ILMOR engines or Ilmore engines.