In 1968, with the help of a few fellow waterskiers, he modified a Ski Nautique boat manufactured by Correct Craft.

In the same year, Rob was forced to close the waterskiing school, and moved to his wife's parents' farm in Maryville, Tennessee.

[4] As of 2006, MasterCraft produced over 3,000 boats per year, sold in 25 different countries, by over 100 domestic and international dealers.

MasterCraft focuses on building towboats for water skiing, wakeboarding, and wake surfing.

Crest builds pontoon boats which compete at the upper end of the market out of their Owosso, Michigan plant.

With the rising popularity of wake surfing, MasterCraft begun producing only their flagship competition ski boat under the ProStar name beginning in 2014.

The XT22T and XT23 are traditional bow boats, whereas the rest of the XT line are pickle fork designs.

These boats utilized a direct drive propulsion system with a center mounted engine and offered features designed for skiing, wakeboarding, fishing, diving, and other on water activities.

1992 - MasterCraft brought the first fuel injected ski boat to the market with the Corvette LT1 engine marinized by Indmar.

2016 - MasterCraft substantially improves an inboard boat's operation in reverse with the introduction of DockStar, a rudder-based system that allows DockStar-equipped boats to maneuver predictably to both left and right, lessening the learning curve for new inboard boaters and taking the stress out of tight quarters like marinas and crowded docks.