buying nautique this week!! need help

guys, this is my first post here, but i'm sure i'll make many more.

I am looking at what the owner claims to be a 1989 sport nautique. NADA lists no '89 sport, and correct craft says no such thing (according to broshure)

Is there anyway to decode a Hull ID?

it is ctc17086D989.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

I think the sport didn't start for a few more years 91 or 92 i believe they where all open bow versions and prior to that they where call ski nautique open bow. E-mail CC with the haul number or give them a call and they can straighten things out for you.

thanks guys, i verified with Jeff Warner at CC that it is a 1989. Unfortunatly there is no NADA value, so my bank will only value a 1989 at 80% of the 1990 value without documentation. So i dunno what i'm gonna do, i guess i'll have to start looking at MC's and bu's again. I was so excited that I might actually be able to join this great Correct Craft family.

By the way, Janelle and Jeff at CC are the bomb. they were willing to talk to my bank and explain that it was a late model year boat, and that it's "close enough" to a 1990, but my bank basically doesn't care. The title says 1989.

by the way guys, the last 2 numbers of the CTC# are the year, and the first series is the hull style. 17XXX is sport nautique (at least in 1989)

And morfoot, sport nautiques are open bow ski nautiques. In some years, 1989 for instance it also has a molded swim platform rather than teak.

Well there you have it! Thanks for esplainin it to me. How much is the guy asking for the rig. What kinda shape is it in,and how many hours are on her? Basically everything that 79nautique suggested. Does it have a teak paltform and are you going to have to strip it and recondition it? How many hours are you going to have to spend on getting her in show condition? (If thats what you want?) When you check out the trailer look at the tires, are they going to need replaced soon? Check the welds to make sure that they are sound and aren't cracked. Make sure the all the lights on trailer work too. Does it have a spare? Try to find something wrong even if it seems so minor and trivial. Have you gone to traderonline.com to see what other 89's are going for? If she is want you want then but he is overpriced then you gonna have to fight for her. Being a Nautique owner is a thing of pride for me. If you'll take care of her then she'll take care of you.

if you are traveling far, make sure you have a spare for the trip home.(or two) the low hours would make me believe the tires are original and will be marginal no matter how much tread is left. DON'T SPEED ON THE WAY HOME. call your insurance guy and tell him what you will be doing. give your insurance guy the vin off the boat and let him get the paper work started. hint...boat insurance rates go up at 250 hp. don't hit the water without it.

a boat that sits ages just the same. go over the boat with a fine tooth comb. don't let the look of a new interior blind you. i would hand the guy a thousand and tell him you would like to go for a ride before you consumate the deal.
the cash money will show that you are serious and show him your check from the bank for the balance.

make sure she starts well from cold. note the oil pressure cold and hot........there is some other post that i typed in all the standard stuff. i'm sure you know what to do.

i looked at a 2001 many years ago that was stored where i kept my boat in nc. the father and son had passed away and the mother wanted rid of it. the guy that owned the storage building was real nice, but he had a habit of poking holes in the 30' tall roof with the fork lift. (george dickle, mountain dew and grapefruit juice. yuk.) the 2001 had been parked with the plug in the bilge for a while right under a leak.

great looking low hour boat that tripped the scales at 3300#'s. it was water logged and i did not buy it.

14 year old tires would scare me.

your truck bumper might be a little high to tow without dragging the back of the boat. you might pick up a reciever plate that bolts in the holes on the bumper.

i understand that they have been replaced. 'would have' would have been better. 14 year old tires would have scared me.

valley industries. bumper hitch. #76030 has a 3500# rating which is marginal, but ought to get you to the house.

nope, they said that they would only take NADA. it's a credit union that doesn't do very much marine stuff. but we did decide on a value that i am happy with, loan is done and approved. we are just having a hard time getting together with the guy.

as far as my hitch problem goes, i went ahead and installed a class III trailer hitch on my truck. problem is the lease is up in April, so when that time comes, i may have an s10 hitch up for sale, b/c i'll probably buy a trailblazer that comes with a hitch.

the sonofabitch that was selling me the boat just freakin' backed out. i've gone through a month of crap to get this thing and he freakin' decides to keep it. i'm so pissed.

here's what i'm looking for if anyone knows of anything.

DD ski boat, open bow, in NC, SC or GA. Good condition. less than 15,000 no more than NADA.

tower would be a nice plus, but don't really care.

Look at the diaries as well on this site there are some for sell in there.