New to me 176 coming home, trailer help

I'll be selling mine soon. I have a pretty extensive thread here on everything I've done to it. There are 2 people in line right now but no money has changed hands. PM me and I'll let you know how the sale is going if you're interested.

one for sale at dry dock marine angola in,1997/14,000 price seems high,good luck,260 833 2492

Definitely can't have anyone sitting in back skiing off the extended pylon, it adds clearance but not that much. We just have the extra person sit on the floor (or a cushion if they want to stay dry) next to the doghouse.

I have the tall pylon and so do many of my ski buddies. I do not have passengers in back when using it.

If you plan to ski or barefoot hard an extended pylon might not be the best plan.
The longer the pylon the more leverage it has to break the mount and your boat will lean with the pylon when a strong skier turns.

I dont think the Air Tique pylon is long enough to safely carry passengers in the rear.



The back seat cushion is flatter than the 176 (I think). It sets on rails on either side of the seat, up top. I am guessing just the cushion moves up and the base is removed to make room for ballast. Or maybe ballast can fit on the top of the base, I dont known, I havent bought a whole lot of Phat Sacs in my life.

Just curious if anyone could tell me how the AIR TIQUE 176 rear seat base turned into a sun deck? Does anyone have pics?
I cant imagine they changed the base drastically to accommodate the setup. If I could see how it was built and modify my rear seat it would earn me major brownie points with the gf.


One other question I've been wondering is would the extended pylon on the air tique fit my boat and would it allow for passengers to be in the rear while towing?

Ha, your right. It would be fairly easy to get the welder fired up, I just don't need the neighborhood knowing that I can repair their mower deck at my house

Thanks for the idea, I had thoughts similar to what you talked about. Problem I was running into was I would have to rewire my garage to use my welder or drag the whole setup into work and stay late(12 hour days at work is about all I can take at the moment).
The kit wasnt overly expensive and and comes with a warranty. I always second guess my welds on my own stuff even though I'm more than capable.
From where the angles on the trailer meet the straight to the tip of the coupler I had 22 3/8". The instructions place the hinge 5" forward from the weld point at the angles. The whole trailer when the tongue is folded becomes 17" shorter. It's perfect for what I needed, the boat will sit straight in the garage and allow enough space to use the weight bench, store the yard equipment and bikes. All that's left is reconnecting the wiring, bleeding/adjusting the brakes .

Hopefully if the weather clears up I can drag the boat out of the garage to change the oil, trans fluid and impeller giving me piece of mind knowing that it's 100% ready to go.

ETALLEN wrote: 1993r. Totally agree with you. Its near impossible for a blue collar worker like myself to get out and ski anymore. its been to long, hope i didnt forget how to ski

I agree as well. While I love my older Nautique I certainly wouldn't turn away a much newer one (or even the newest one, at the risk of starting that whole debate again) but the prices of these toys seems to have shot through the roof exponentially in the last several years.   Supply and demand and so forth - unfortunately for us the demand seems to be much higher among the higher income folks than it ever used to be so the price moves to reflect that      

Hollywood wrote: Do you have the removable teal platform brackets?

Teal would look funny on a red and black boat.

1993r.
Totally agree with you. Its near impossible for a blue collar worker like myself to get out and ski anymore. its been to long, hope i didnt forget how to ski

Great boats!!
Glad to see them going to good homes.
You know its really a shame that CC doesnt see the value in a good basic boat anymore.
100k to go skiing behind a new Nautique is quite ludicrous.
The reason people arent skiing as much is that the sport is pricing itself out of the market for most families........

Congrats on the boat! There has been a lot of talk about these here lately, really getting into the weeds about the rudders these came with, for example. Post some more pics when you can, and get out on the water!

I bought my "dream" Nautique in 2017 and it still makes me smile. I'm lucky that my wife loves it, too, but then, we pretty much met in a Nautique so that helps.

Cheers

Thanks, I love the boat.
Just wish I could find grease seal for the bearing before the weekens