1978 Nautique HIN# CTC08033M78I

For some time now I have used this website to search for a Ski Nautique that is very special to me, but as yet, I have not found it. My father purchased the 1978 Ski Nautique new from ABC Marine in Miami when I was 13 and the boat remained in my family until around 2000 as I recall. Needless to say, I spent endless hours with my friends behind that boat skiing with my father driving and I’d love to have it back in the family.

I have the original invoice with the HIN number, engine serial number, etc. as well as my recollections about some of the options on the boat. Any advice that you may be able to provide in finding the old Nautique would be very much appreciated.


HIN          CTC08033M78I

Engine          CM 6153R

Original Color     White/Brown

Options     Stern Ladder, Wooden Shift Knob

Thank you for any help that you may be able to provide!

Brent

Thanks very much for the kind words. That may be the path we go down. Take Care!

I have proof you can find them back. The 1978 I grew up on (did not own though) came up on Craigslist about two years ago. I told my cousin who did own it back then if he wanted it back, he did want it but only for about a month! I bought it from him made it run again and have since passed it on to my youngest daughter who just happened to have it out this week and her boyfriend proposed marriage to her. She said yes of course! So best of luck on your search!

Great story. Congratulations on all accounts!

Good advice Mark! And Congratulations Bill.

Long shot, but try putting those numbers into a Google search? Keep us posted! Good luck!!
Was any info given at last (2002) registration?

You never know.....
I was 12-14 skiing behind our neighbor's '64 Dunphy X55 here in NorCal. Fast forward 35+ years, decided to browse for one. On/off hunt over next 10 years, located one fs in Reno, NV but still registered in Cal. Buy it, go through paperwork to last known owner about 15 miles from my home. He bought it in 1975 from........our old neighbor.
Same boat I was behind 50 years ago...
Like I say, you never know.

MourningWood wrote: You never know..... I was 12-14 skiing behind our neighbor's '64 Dunphy X55 Same boat I was behind 50 years ago...

Brian,
Are we ever going to see any pictures?

MourningWood wrote: Still have to e web-hosted, or can they now be directly attached from one's computer...?

There wasn't ever a need to use a web photo site but some did use them for resizing. So, off your computer works.

I've got a 1979 SN that is in great condition. It was in the same family from 1980 until 2018. The dad bought it for his boys (in winter 1980) from a local Indiana college that had a waterski team. Those boys took good care of it over the years. And I picked it up from the youngest one this Spring.

It runs perfectly and the gelcoat and stringers are clean and solid. It gets looks and comments every time I have it out of my garage let alone headed to the lake. It needs new vinyl so you could redo it with BROWN like your dad's 1978 SN. I'm going to sell it at the end of the summer, because my kids are wanting to surf and wakeboard instead of cruise in or ski behind a sick piece of history.

Brian,
VERY NICE!! Looking fantastic and keeping it original.

Thank you. I may just go the “replica” route if I can’t find the original...

Surely you need some Correct Craft to use until you find the one you are looking for.

Looks like the boat may have gone to Arizona with the last owners. Not sure, but last registration in Florida was 2002.

Thanks for your input!

Just posted my replica up for sale: https://www.onlyinboards.com/1979-Ski-Nautique-for-sale-Steamboat-Springs-Colorado-86114.aspx

Do you have any old photos? If you do, put the boat in the Diaries. I did that back in 2004 for my families Barracuda and a guy contacted me a year or two later that owned it after us. Unfortunately, he thought my idea of finding it was a good one and didn't want to share any info with me. But, it's worth a try.