Looking to purchase my first ski boat
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Topic: Looking to purchase my first ski boat
Posted By: cerealkiller828
Subject: Looking to purchase my first ski boat
Date Posted: July-21-2021 at 5:28pm
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Hey guys! I’m brand new to the forum (first post) but I have been lurking around for a little bit reading discussions and post. I have found and 1988 ski nautique 2001 for sale on FB market place for $3500 bucks. They have just a few photos and do not converse well. the boat has been sitting for the last 6 years under a covered storage area. They say it ran before it was last put up. It’s a 3 hour drive for me to get to it to inspect it (it’s in Gainesville Georgia) I know from reading here that the stringers are a concern and the hours on the engine are unknown. Outside of jumping up and down on it and bring a new battery and testing the engine for compression, anything else I should be looking for? The current market is ridiculous on price and this is a steal if everything is good. Let me know what I should be looking out for. Here is a link to the boat (hoping no one buys it out from under me) https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/535486034536605/ |
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Posted By: desertskier
Date Posted: July-21-2021 at 5:46pm
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The guy that's on his way to buy it says thanks! ------------- 92 SN - Owned since 93 99 Pro Air 89 SN - Went to live on a lake in Texas 75 Donzi 16 - Sold in 93 |
Posted By: cerealkiller828
Date Posted: July-21-2021 at 5:55pm
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Thanks bro |
Posted By: rebel skier
Date Posted: July-21-2021 at 6:14pm
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88 is a great boat. Based on those pics, worth looking at IMHO. Did you find the FAQ thread, some good links for you there: http://www.correctcraftfan.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=27356&title=ccf-faq" rel="nofollow - https://www.correctcraftfan.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=27356&title=ccf-faq I hope it works out for you. ------------- Hotty Toddy lets go skiing! |
Posted By: Jonny Quest
Date Posted: July-21-2021 at 8:05pm
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Buy it. Don’t walk…run. ------------- Current 2003 Ski Nautique 206 Limited Previous 2001 Ski Nautique Open Bow 1994 Ski Nautique Open Bow Aqua skiing, ergo sum |
Posted By: cerealkiller828
Date Posted: July-21-2021 at 8:57pm
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Thanks for the link |
Posted By: samudj01
Date Posted: July-21-2021 at 9:26pm
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If you are serious I would go look ASAP. Looks like a deal. The upholstery looks really good from the photos which leads me to believe the hrs may be on the lower side. Could be replaced upholstery but looks original. Carpet looks good too and the engine is clean. Hopefully the hr meter shows something. Someone else can chime in on this…You may not have to start the engine to see if he meter works. May only have to turn the key and watch? As for stringers, at that price you can take the risk. Engine too. Hopefully one or the other or both are good. Compression is a good test. Also if you can get it running would be nice to make sure it doesn’t have freeze damage. Prob not in gainsville but possibly. Also looks like it had some gel repair on the chine…or it is just dirty. The color will come back with buffing or sanding. I would go for it. Negotiate harder if they won’t let you test and try to start it. ------------- 78 Ski Tique, 72 Skier w/302's, 93 SN w/351 & 17 GS22 w/zr409 Previous - 99 Sport Nautique w/GT40 and 87 Martinique w/351 |
Posted By: SNobsessed
Date Posted: July-21-2021 at 9:30pm
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Buy it if it floats & runs. Jon boats go for $3500 in my town. ------------- “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” Ben Franklin |
Posted By: Morfoot
Date Posted: July-22-2021 at 5:40am
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It's just down the road from me. If you message the owner and it's still available. Let me know and I'll go have a looksie for you. From the pics it looks like a pretty good deal and she'll clean up. If you map it, I'll be a stones throw from it as there is a classic boat owners gathering at Pelican Pete's at Port Royal Marina tonight. Kermit and I will be making the trip by sea to have a few brews and look at other old boats. ------------- "Morfoot; He can ski. He can wakeboard.He can cook chicken.He can create his own self-named beverage, & can also apparently fly. A man of many talents."72 Mustang "Kermit",88 SN Miss Scarlett, 99 SN "Sherman" |
Posted By: burban65
Date Posted: July-22-2021 at 11:57am
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Tim - sent you a PM....just FYI ------------- SRB |
Posted By: pjsmoreno
Date Posted: July-22-2021 at 2:13pm
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Just from the pics the interior looks like it's been taken care of! Worth the trip to check out. It will clean up nicely.....
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Posted By: bamajeeps
Date Posted: July-22-2021 at 3:04pm
| I've been trying to look at this boat for a week. She is taking offers and then you can look at it. She has several offers over her asking price. |
Posted By: Jonny Quest
Date Posted: July-25-2021 at 12:47am
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So...what happened? Did you buy it? If so, how much? ------------- Current 2003 Ski Nautique 206 Limited Previous 2001 Ski Nautique Open Bow 1994 Ski Nautique Open Bow Aqua skiing, ergo sum |
Posted By: Morfoot
Date Posted: July-25-2021 at 8:01am
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So I was gonna go look at it but when I called ...I was told sale was pending..... Looked this morning and it was listed as sold........ Anyone here snag it? ------------- "Morfoot; He can ski. He can wakeboard.He can cook chicken.He can create his own self-named beverage, & can also apparently fly. A man of many talents."72 Mustang "Kermit",88 SN Miss Scarlett, 99 SN "Sherman" |
Posted By: cerealkiller828
Date Posted: July-25-2021 at 8:05am
Nah I don’t really like dealing with people that are very vague with information. Didn’t feel right. I Just let it go. Plus the price kept going up. |
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