73 Correct Craft Skier?

I just found a skier about 2 hours from my house. the top is white and the hull is all blue with some nice looking custom correct craft lettering on the sides. The interior is all new with blue and white stripes blue carpet and a back seat it also has a nice tiqe swim platform. Someone put a newer windshield on it and a newer ski pole. It has a good looking 302 in it. I will be looking at it this saturday and I was wondering how these boats pull and how the wake is. It will be used all summer for slolom, wakeboard, kneeboard, barefoot, and just crusing. Ive herd that the smaller correct crafts will easily do over 50mph which would be more than enough to barefoot. I've never been behind anything but a 351 inboard I would assume that the 302 will have pleny of pull on a deep start because its small. They are asking 5000 for this boat and if I like it I'm thinking about making a 4500 offer. This price sound right? I was in the market for a 70's ski nautique but this boat caught my eye and so did the price. It is a much nicer boat than the nautiques are of the same years for the same prices. My dads first boat was a 74 nautique so I really want a 70's correct craft.

Mine is a bit tired so it doesn't have much high end speed ,so barefooting doesn't work very well anymore (time for a rebuild during my lengthy restoration). It has a hard wake, but a very nice table for trick skiing. Price sounds fair. Rotten stringers and wet foam should be a big conern from experience, the whole front half of mine was soaked. Anyway, it's a great little boat with a nice overpowered engine in it!

Thanks for the info. Is the wake hard and flat or is it to big for slalom. I will be using it for a practice boat all summer Im sking for ball state this fall.

Thats cool. My dad has a 92 prostar 205. It has a pretty nice wake. I can deal with the hardness but the hight is what sucks. I usually play around 34 mph so I would assume that it would be pretty flat around that speed.

Thats it Mojo. what do you think about it?

Wow sounds like junk.I talked to the owner today and he said that it was orignal gell coat and that when he baught it he replaced the stringers the interior and the motor was rebuilt before he got it and he put 175 hours on it. He said that he repainted the trailer and put new wheels, tires, and axel on it. He must be pulling my chain. He said he had it for sale for about 2 months. http://www.idlezone.com/html/boats.html   that is the marinas website check it out. When did you drive the thing? The pictures must make it look really nice. Where are you from Mojo. The owner said that nobody had come to look at it. Was he an older guy?

Thanks for the info man. I just thought if it was all that he said it was it would be a good deal. If it was as nice as he said it was I was going to try to get it for around 4000. Do you have any leads on 70's correct crafts for around 5k that might make a good boat? There is a 74 nautique on here for 5000 in Toledo Ohio. Just like my dads orignal boat. Thats what im actually looking for but I would take any nice Correct Craft.