New guy
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Printed Date: April-26-2024 at 10:09pm
Topic: New guy
Posted By: RealDeez
Subject: New guy
Date Posted: August-06-2019 at 11:08pm
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Hello. I'm new. Been lurking a while but finally signed up and have been activated by the admin (Thanks, Keith). Recently, my family became owners of a 1993 Sport Nautique. 1400 and some hours and still purring and pulling strong. I don't have a decent pic to put up yet. It lives in northern Indiana on Lake James. I'm in Michigan so haven't had as much time to get acquainted with it as I'd like but love it so far. I'm pretty much in charge of it for the family so I'll probably be picking brains here as issues come up. I've already had some adventures in maintenance which I'll post later if I have the courage to own up to the embarrassing parts. Seems like a great community here so looking forward to participating some. |
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Posted By: baitkiller
Date Posted: August-06-2019 at 11:35pm
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Buckle up Buttercup and welcome. ------------- Jesus was a bare-footer............. |
Posted By: GHTILL
Date Posted: August-06-2019 at 11:37pm
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Welcome to the site! I'm kinda new as well. Everyone has been very helpful in all my endeavors in rehabbing my '93 SN. Don't be afraid to post questions, even if they seem simple. The guys that have been with the group will be more than happy to share their knowledge about our boats. One members quote is 'Theirs nothing more fun than messing around with boats" and i will agree (so long as it's a correct craft). ------------- TWSS |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: August-06-2019 at 11:51pm
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Dan, Welcome  ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: 63 Skier
Date Posted: August-07-2019 at 12:27am
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Welcome Dan. Love that Sport hull, awesome boat, looking forward to pictures. ------------- '63 American Skier - '98 Sport Nautique |
Posted By: RealDeez
Date Posted: August-07-2019 at 12:46am
This is the only pic I have right now. There was a pretty good set on the craigslist ad but it is long since removed...
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Posted By: jbear
Date Posted: August-07-2019 at 12:50am
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welcome... Lake James....vacation there as a kid (long ago)....Pokagon State Park.... john ------------- "Loud pipes save lives" AdamT sez "I'm Canadian and a beaver lover myself"... |
Posted By: Fabcon
Date Posted: August-07-2019 at 8:15am
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Welcome, If you have any questions this is a great site to be on. ------------- 1976 Ski Nautique 351 Escort 1984 Barefoot Nautique (Parting Out) |
Posted By: 91NaughtyQ
Date Posted: August-07-2019 at 9:57am
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Welcome - Best minds for CC related stuff anywhere in the world - If you have an issue someone (Usually the same few experts you will quickly figure out who they are) has the answer you are looking for. With the help of these fine folks I have done things I never thought I could do on my boat. Gary ------------- 1991 Ski Nautique (Previous)1984 Ski Nautique 2001 |
Posted By: RealDeez
Date Posted: August-14-2019 at 2:40am
I found the pictures from the ad that was online...             ------------- Lake James, IN 93 Sport Nautique |
Posted By: 63 Skier
Date Posted: August-14-2019 at 11:43am
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Looks like you found a very nicely cared for 1993! Love the purple. ------------- '63 American Skier - '98 Sport Nautique |
Posted By: robertbruder
Date Posted: August-16-2019 at 1:32pm
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Welcome Dan. Good looking boat. I am also in Indiana (Geist) and occasionally go to Wawassee/Syracuse/Lake Hamilton areas. ------------- Current: 1988 Sierra Supreme Past: 1986 Correct Craft Martinique, 1984 Ski Supreme, 1984 Bare Foot Nautique |
Posted By: Duane in Indy
Date Posted: August-16-2019 at 1:49pm
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Ah, couple more Hoosiers! Welcome aboard. Duane down in Brown County Had a Mini Reunion on Lake James last year. Great time ------------- Keep it as original as YOU want it 1978 Mustang (modified) |
Posted By: davidg
Date Posted: August-16-2019 at 2:32pm
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Welcome Dan! Very nice classic Sport. Where are you in MI? Did somebody say Hoosier? Noblesville/Fishers guy here. Grew up boating on Geist and Morse. Love staying at Potawatomi when I can. Beautiful park, and lakes. Really starting to get in to the western MI scene. Stayed in Kzoo two nights this week, and toured around the countryside. |
Posted By: RealDeez
Date Posted: August-16-2019 at 2:48pm
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As it turns out, I live in Michigan (Grand Rapids) but my family (extended) has had a place for almost 100 years (now a couple places... we're taking over) on Lake James. So I get down when I can but this summer had not been great time wise. Our place is within sight of the main beach/ hotel at Pokagon as well as squatter's/urine/put-in bay (the sandbar by the inn has many names). Next year the boat should have the docking situation more permanent and we won't have to drop it in and pull it back out to use it for a weekend. I wondered, since there are a lot of Nautiques on the lake if there were reunions there... I could probably make it down for one with enough warning. My cousins/ neighbors have a 1990 Sport Nautique and I can see many classics and quite a few new ones about on any given weekend... ------------- Lake James, IN 93 Sport Nautique |
Posted By: RealDeez
Date Posted: August-16-2019 at 2:51pm
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We were pretty surprised as a side note at the well preserved condition of this boat. Hopefully we can keep it up... ------------- Lake James, IN 93 Sport Nautique |
Posted By: mckeddie
Date Posted: February-26-2020 at 6:23pm
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Great looking boat! We alternate weekends between gull and James. Full for family weekends (unless it's Mardi Gras or poker run up there) and James for adult weekends on the sandbar. My dad grew up on James. His next door neighbor was the last Letter carrier in the nation to deliver his route by boat. His house was was right between the basin you are on and the next basin (right by the island). |
Posted By: beretta5spd
Date Posted: February-26-2020 at 6:45pm
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I'm also a new owner aka "caretaker ;)" of an early second gen sport! I look forward to following your progress. ------------- 1996,1997 Sport Nautique 1986,1992 Ski Nautique - Sold 1995 Sport Nautique - Current |
Posted By: Hollywood
Date Posted: February-26-2020 at 6:49pm
They still do mail delivery by boat on Lake Geneva in Wisconsin.  https://usmailboat.com" rel="nofollow - link |
Posted By: beretta5spd
Date Posted: February-26-2020 at 6:57pm
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also... it looks like this was a factory carb boat (TBI wasn't until 94ish) which is a good thing. And that it probably was a protec coil ignition that's been converted to distributor. That's also a good thing. You will have just shy of 300 hp in a relatively bulletproof package. ------------- 1996,1997 Sport Nautique 1986,1992 Ski Nautique - Sold 1995 Sport Nautique - Current |
Posted By: Gary S
Date Posted: February-26-2020 at 7:22pm
Yes you are right but they are post office delivery contractors. Once it leaves the PO it is not handled by US government employees. I'd guess the above was an actual union letter carrier? ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1711&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970" rel="nofollow - 69 Mustang HM SS 95 Nautique Super Sport |
Hollywood wrote:Posted By: quinner
Date Posted: February-26-2020 at 7:31pm
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This thread is going postal ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1143" rel="nofollow - Mi Bowt |
Posted By: beretta5spd
Date Posted: February-26-2020 at 7:41pm
so.... does it get the Quinner stamp of approval errr nah ------------- 1996,1997 Sport Nautique 1986,1992 Ski Nautique - Sold 1995 Sport Nautique - Current |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: February-26-2020 at 9:02pm
Correct, they never were. Just like many rural mail routes, they are independent contractors. Here on our chain of lakes the marine mail carrier has a very deep history from 1910 to 1969.
Greg, When did he stop the marine route? Keep in mind organizations like chamber of commerce's love to embellish stories!  ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: Faceplant
Date Posted: February-26-2020 at 9:06pm
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Another mail water delivery is by the J.W. Westcott. The boat delivers mail to the freighters on the Detroit river. Freighters lower a bucket and the J.W. Westcott puts the mail in the bucket and the crew hoists it up. Pretty cool to watch. ------------- Feels like I am hanging 10 but in reality - probably hanging 6. |
Posted By: 63 Skier
Date Posted: February-26-2020 at 9:47pm
It ended abruptly in 1969 when the mail boat was rammed by a guy in a white monogrammed shirt driving a CC Atom, yelling "6 cents to mail a #&%@*% letter is robbery!" ------------- '63 American Skier - '98 Sport Nautique |
Posted By: RealDeez
Date Posted: February-26-2020 at 9:58pm
Cool. We pop in and out at Lake James. Been to Gull lake before maybe twice... I remember the mail carrier operating into the mid 1980s. Not sure if it was a contract position or not but the lore on the lake always was that it was the last route delivered by boat... If you see a purple sport shoot by next time you're on the sand bar follow me back to the dock and I'll toss a beer at you. It's a little complicated because our lift is in the third basin by one beach but when we're in town we frequently dock at the family place on the first basin. If you know where the cascade is, we're nextdoor. Anyway I'm pretty sure mine is the only purple sport on the lake there. So you can be pretty sure it's me if you see one. ------------- Lake James, IN 93 Sport Nautique |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: February-26-2020 at 10:08pm
------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: Gary S
Date Posted: February-26-2020 at 10:29pm
Dave I am sure glad I wasn't drinking something while I read this......  ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1711&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970" rel="nofollow - 69 Mustang HM SS 95 Nautique Super Sport |
Posted By: Orlando76
Date Posted: February-26-2020 at 11:55pm
Best CCF quote ever. ------------- Please support The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 1976 Ski Nautique 351 Escort 1993 Ski Nautique purple and black 351 HO PCM |
Posted By: Orlando76
Date Posted: February-26-2020 at 11:57pm
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Any schmuck man enough to drive a purple ‘93 is awesome with this guy. ------------- Please support The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 1976 Ski Nautique 351 Escort 1993 Ski Nautique purple and black 351 HO PCM |
Posted By: RealDeez
Date Posted: February-27-2020 at 12:53am
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Won't be hard to find me in this crowd... ------------- Lake James, IN 93 Sport Nautique |
Posted By: quinner
Date Posted: February-27-2020 at 10:23am
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Is it still appropriate to use the word Mail anymore or do we need to call it a destination neutral parcel?? Maybe it wants to identify in another way??? ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1143" rel="nofollow - Mi Bowt |
Posted By: C_Heath
Date Posted: February-27-2020 at 11:11am
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Sweet Boat and Welcome. These guys are great and really helpful. ------------- 1979 Calipso Runabout (the boat that got it all started) 1988 Mastercraft ProStar 190 (sold) 2000 Pro Air Nautique/GT40 |
Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: February-27-2020 at 1:34pm
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That boat is mint. Good luck with her. Our area had a cool mail boat which lasted into the late 70's, then was replaced with a pontoon which disappeared in the 80's. That manual swing bridge is still there. 
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Posted By: tryathlete
Date Posted: February-27-2020 at 3:40pm
We know you’re man enough. You’re on record as loving purple! |
Posted By: Donald80SN
Date Posted: February-27-2020 at 7:07pm
WOW so many safe boating violations in that photo.  ------------- 1980 Ski Nautique SOLD Back to Cypress Gardens 2002 Sport Nautique, GT-40, FCT2, Cover Sports, Tower Bimini, Inc., Wet Sounds Audio System, Star Gazer Wake Edition S. 1968 Ski Nautique, Project. |