looking for a correct craft.....
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Topic: looking for a correct craft.....
Posted By: airnautique85
Subject: looking for a correct craft.....
Date Posted: July-29-2010 at 3:21am
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Am currently looking at a Ski Nautique 2001, 95 Sport Nautique, or a 92 Nautique Excel. The main thing that i was wondering is which produces the better wake?
Any inforomation about any of the boats would be helpful. just a newbie trying to find the right kind of boat |
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Posted By: storm34
Date Posted: July-29-2010 at 3:33am
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go with the 95.....unless you want to deal with rot in the 92 or 88. 95 also might have gt-40 and can produce a good wake.
Are you a high-level wakeboarder? ------------- |
Posted By: airnautique85
Date Posted: July-29-2010 at 2:10pm
| not a high-level wakeboarder.. just a novice boarder |
Posted By: Excel94
Date Posted: July-29-2010 at 8:02pm
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Storm34 brings up a good point that CCs from 1993 on did not have wood stringers, which is a key selling point.
Just from a "best wake" point of view you would probably be pleased with the Excel, even without additional weight. |
Posted By: kapla
Date Posted: July-29-2010 at 8:05pm
and the additional space for not having the engine in the middle...  ------------- <a href="">1992 ski nautique |
Excel94 wrote:Posted By: Hawktique
Date Posted: July-29-2010 at 8:38pm
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'93/later excel or super sport. I'd love to have a V-drive for the space/wake. ------------- "A Veteran is someone who at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to: 'The United States of America,' for an amount of 'up to, and including his life." Semper Fi |
Posted By: airnautique85
Date Posted: July-30-2010 at 12:38am
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link for the 87 Ski Nautique 2001 %20 - http://tulsa.craigslist.org/boa/1861499484.html
link for the 92 Nautique Excel %20 - http://www.onlyinboards.com/Details.aspx?ID=820253 link for the 95 Sport Nautique %20 - http://tulsa.craigslist.org/boa/1859830064.html am looking for one that produces a decent wake for wakeboard and barefoot |
Posted By: airnautique85
Date Posted: July-30-2010 at 12:38am
| sorry but i guess am not sure how to link to the website |
Posted By: horkn
Date Posted: July-30-2010 at 2:30am
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Of the 3 models listed, if I were you, I would go with the 95 sport, especially if it has the gt40.
The stringer rot is a serious issue. Also, as a novice boarder, the v drive excel could end up hurting you, not that the wake is a tiny wake on the sport nautique though. A sport can make a very nice wake when weighted down, but do everything else as well, and that year won't have wood stringers, and hopefully the gt40. The open bow will really make it nice. As far as the 2001, well, they are good boats, but are small inside, have carbs, and have wood stringers. edit, I looked at the sport. Get the sport if you can. That one is clean, has low hours, the GT40, and has a nice tower with a stereo already in it. Looks pretty turn key. I may be looking to add a sport or similar next year, and one like that for that $$ looks very nice. The excel does look nice, but is older, not a GT40, and despite having a tower and an open bow, and a V drive, I still would buy the sport over it. Personally I think the excel is overpriced, and it still has wood stringers remember. http://www.onlyinboards.com/Details.aspx?ID=820253 - excel http://tulsa.craigslist.org/boa/1859830064.html - sport ------------- 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: airnautique85
Date Posted: July-30-2010 at 3:00am
| thanks for the help.... it is very appreciated |
Posted By: bkhallpass
Date Posted: July-30-2010 at 4:37am
I'm not picking on you Hawk, but you raised a point I've been thinking about. There is an assumption that there is more space in a V-Drive. It is a common assumption, but I just don't think it is true. Given a VDrive, and a Direct Drive with the same hull, I contend that there is the same space available in each. The layouts are different, and a person may prefer one over another, but I can't see a difference in available space. The motor box and the transom on the Direct Drive take up about the same space as the motorbox and the storage hatches on a VDrive. The open bows should have about the same space in each boat. True, many VDrive are bigger boats, but I believe if you built the direct drive just as big, it would still have the same available space. Just thinking out loud. BKH ------------- Livin' the Dream |
Posted By: horkn
Date Posted: July-30-2010 at 12:30pm
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Brian, look at the 2001 that form and function converted from DD to V drive thread.
maybe it is an illusion of more space with a VD vs DD, but you usually buy a bigger boat because you haul more people. If you want to haul 8 people in the boat, poll then 7 other occupants on what boat has more room, whether the square feet are equal or not, and I'm sure the VD would have a majority of votes. A very wise professor of mine in college once told me this... "Perception alters reality" ------------- 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: 79nautique
Date Posted: July-30-2010 at 1:17pm
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I don't thing the space is any larger or smaller but pretty equal in actuallity, to me there are a couple main points for each, VD more storage space harder to work on the engine, DD less storage, easy access to engine. ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=756&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1979&yrend=1979 - 79 nautique |
Posted By: 79nautique
Date Posted: July-30-2010 at 1:21pm
now that works better other than the one is removed now ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=756&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1979&yrend=1979 - 79 nautique |
Posted By: Bri892001
Date Posted: July-30-2010 at 1:22pm
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It looks like that 2001 is already gone?
Either way, I'd go with the sport. Both owners are asking about the same amount and I think the newer boat (sport) should be more valuable. The v-drive layout can be a little nicer, but the direct drives are a little easier to service. The engine is a little more accessible when it's right in the middle. |
Posted By: airnautique85
Date Posted: July-30-2010 at 2:01pm
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http://tulsa.craigslist.org/boa/1844078022.html - 87 sn
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Posted By: airnautique85
Date Posted: July-30-2010 at 2:02pm
| try that link cause he did lower the price for a day and took it off and went back to the older ad |
Posted By: horkn
Date Posted: July-30-2010 at 2:32pm
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Yeah, that new link for the 2001 does work, but even though that 2001 is clean, if you can, buy the sport. ------------- 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: TRIP
Date Posted: July-30-2010 at 11:10pm
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I love my 2001, it definitely has the best wake with no or little ballast, but in this case I'd probably pick the Sport as well. Well, actually if I had 15K to spend I'd keep looking for a SuperSport. ------------- http://www.flyzone-cr.com" rel="nofollow - FlyZone Costa Rica Wakeboarding http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=8406&sort=&pagenum=1" rel="nofollow - 1997 Super Sport |
Posted By: airnautique85
Date Posted: July-31-2010 at 12:47am
| thanks for all the input, it helps a lot in my decision |
Posted By: horkn
Date Posted: July-31-2010 at 1:00am
It would have to be a very well abused super sport to go for 15k. ------------- 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: TRIP
Date Posted: August-03-2010 at 4:20am
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Not neccessarily. I know a guy that found a PERFECT SS for just over 10K. I know, that won't happen again. But only a few days ago a really nice one with FCT2 popped up for I believe 16K. Was gone in a few hours. So yes, if you're not in a hurry you can find a good one for 15-ish, definitely. ------------- http://www.flyzone-cr.com" rel="nofollow - FlyZone Costa Rica Wakeboarding http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=8406&sort=&pagenum=1" rel="nofollow - 1997 Super Sport |
Posted By: Shiny
Date Posted: August-19-2010 at 12:07am
This is great info as I too am looking for an older correct craft. Actually would like to find a bit of a project boat. And close to my town too 
-Shiny ------------- You know its gonna be a good day, when you wake up and nothing new hurts!! |