78 Ski Natique Rebuild
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Topic: 78 Ski Natique Rebuild
Posted By: jeremy087
Subject: 78 Ski Natique Rebuild
Date Posted: June-23-2010 at 12:38am
Here are some pics of my 1978 Ski Nautique I purchased. My dad and I have been working on replacing the stringers, floor supports and floor. I would like to know yalls ideas and thoughts on the restoration. I am open to any ideas or suggestions. I was also wandering about the extended pylon, I want one for wakeboarding but I do not want to take the original pylon out so I can keep the factory appearence of the boat. Does the extended pylon put anymore strain on the floor? I have the interior at the upholestry shop being completely redone so when I get that back I will post some new pics.      
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Posted By: 79TiqueRebuild
Date Posted: June-23-2010 at 1:23am
| Welcome to the site Jeremy. Glad to see another 70s saved. There is a clamp on pylon in the store on site. I beefed up the area in the floor where my pylon bolts to. There are many great threads on the site for rebuilds. CPES is great stuff and round the edges on the wood are just a couple of the tips I can share. You also might want to check the wood backing plates at rudder port,exhaust and swim platform if you have one.mine were soaked. Keep us posted on your progress. Monty |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: June-23-2010 at 8:58am
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Jeremy,
It sure looks like you and your dad are doing a great job. Keep the pictures coming! Yes, open up the transom areas and check out the wood. Especially the aft lifting ring attachment. Are you using CEPS and epoxy? Make sure you grind down through the decorative bilge coating until you see glass in the areas where you'll be bedding/glassing in the new wood. The floor will be fine with the extended pylon. Most of the stress is aft and taken by the cable up to the bow/stem. Do not attach it to the bow lifting ring. Use the strap. ------------- /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: PAPA
Date Posted: June-23-2010 at 11:13am
| Jeremy, nice job you are doing with your dad. I have a 77 that I own with my son the same color as yours. One of these days I will have to post some updated photos of ours. I'm sure your dad enjoys the project as much as you do. Nothing like spending quality time with your kids. Keep up the excellent work, and naturally we love the photos. John. |
Posted By: horkn
Date Posted: June-23-2010 at 1:43pm
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I have a 78 martinique Jeremy, and that is the same hull as your 78 SN. I simply took the tow ring off and slid a fly high over the top. The floor was able to hold the extra stress of the pylon even when it was the original. When I rebuilt mine, I reinforced the floor several times more so than how the factory had it. As Pete said, the cables and the bow strap take the stress from an extended pylon. Some folks use the lifting ring to mount the cables to, but that isn't a good way to do it due to the lifting ring's design intended for being pulled up, not back.
You could do the clamp on mount, but I think that looks worse than simply taking the ring off. That and it looks like an easy way to hurt yourself on. You can get a different pylon top to hold the rope when not using the pylon, but those are expensive. You could have pretty much any machinist make one for you as well. Next time I have a chance to talk to my buddy that is machinist I will ask him if he could make some up, and how much they would be. The more he would make should bring the cost down per piece. Tom ------------- 78 martinique- refloored, reinforced, stringers re glassed, re engineered interior GT40P heads Edelbrock Performer intake acme 4 blade http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v64/horkn/fish/nautique.jpg |
Posted By: TRBenj
Date Posted: June-23-2010 at 1:51pm
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If you want to keep the original ring and finger and still use an extended pylon, I only know of 2 options. At some point an extended pylon called a "Flight Pipe" was available that clamped to the pylon instead of installing on top of it. I was never impressed with the way they fit though (the clamps were large and caused motorbox clearance issues). You may be able to find one used. The other choice would be a "Super Deluxe Boom Mount", aka SDBM. We use one of these on our Barefoot Nautique and it works great. They used to be available from the store here- if theyre not still there, check out Tachyon Motorsports.
Nice job keeping the boat looking original.  ------------- |
Posted By: jeremy087
Date Posted: June-23-2010 at 5:56pm
Thanks for the replies everyone. This site has helped so much it is unreal. Yea I have become very very familiar with CPES. That stuff is unreal. My dad and I have become closer because of the boat but next time I go to buy a boat I will check every bit of it and find one that doesnt have rotted stringers and floor. But I guess it isnt to bad that I only gave $1800 for the boat. Any ideas on the carpet? Im thinking of doing a black carpet but I was wandering if would get hot out in the sun? The interior is going to be white with a dark grey stripe. Here are some new pics also. The last one is how my dad and I figure out the angle of the hull on the side and bottom.  
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Posted By: jeremy087
Date Posted: June-30-2010 at 9:44pm
Here are some pics of my interior that I just picked up from the upholstery shop today.  
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Posted By: Keeganino
Date Posted: July-01-2010 at 5:29pm
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Awesome looking boat! There is a 70's CC revival going on right now. Dropped my 73 skier off today to have the engine put back in after a total restring job. ------------- "working on these old boats may not be cost effective but as it shows its what it brings into your life that matters" -Roger http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=4897" rel="nofollow - 1973 Skier |
Posted By: parrott
Date Posted: July-02-2010 at 1:57pm
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I once had a '78 and loved it. This boat will look great when you are finished. By the way, I need some upholstery work done. I see you are from Alabama as I am. If you don't mind my asking, what shop did you use and are you satisfied with them. ------------- 1999 Air Nautique 1992 Nautique 1978 Nautique |
Posted By: jeremy087
Date Posted: July-02-2010 at 9:08pm
| I had mine done at a shop in pelham. Its called Competitive Upholstery. He did a awesome job with it, and I am very satisfied. |