1980 Ski Nautique

Ken, I must have owned a half dozen pair of plaid Bermuda's myself. Very hip in my college days of the early-80s. Fortunately, I think all evidence of such ownership has been destroyed.    

Now the pink banana hammock - that aint right. The gentleman is kind enough to post a great pic of his boat and . . . . well, let's just say payback are a b***h. BKH

Regardless...nice boat...and the legs aren't bad either.

Thanks for the positive feedback on my previous boat. It was my pride and joy for years. Believe me, it wasn't easy to sell. That's a difficult process.

Ken: I have had the vapor lock problem on my '78, '81, and now my "new" '80. Only problem tho.

Love the shorts. Knew there had to be speedos under there. Hope your "cousin" has his own boat. Might need a pull now that he dropped a dime on ya.

Larry: You gotta have way to much time on your hands! Like the idea of posting those 70's pics. Someone else go first!

john

Ken, just looked at your pics on a different computer and I see it is two tone, interesting, do you know if that was factory stripes?

Yes, those are solid brown stripes. I was wondering if this was factory or not. On the original bill of sale, it wasn't sold from the dealership until 1982. It sat for two years before finding a home. Maybe the dealership painted it that way to sell it? It always confused people who knew their Correct Craft boats. The first question I would get is "what year is that".

I sold it to a gentleman in Exeter, NH. It's very possible he's using it on Mousam. I put 1990 Correct Craft decals on the rear where the plastic Correct Craft emblems were. They kept cracking and snapping off. That's what would stick out the most, unless he switched it back to the original emblems that I had just purchased.

My only regret is that I wish I could have held on to the 1980 and bought my 1986. I would have been happy to own both. I paid cash for my '86. I don't ever want to finance a boat. I miss the nimble feeling that the '80 had. It feels different than the 2001 model because the bow is shorter. Kind of gives you a sports car feel. I like the 2001 better because of the interior room, rear seat and smaller wake at 28-32 MPH.

Hang on to your 1980's. They're one of a kind.

Ken

    Ken, I will check that boat out this summer on Mousam. It just may be a twin sister or yours, who knows?? If I recall, I remember the guy at Converse upholstery saying he had redone something for that guy with that Nautique. I think then he might be from NH.

                                Jeff...