Sad Day At The Lake!

I have a 2013 Phoenix tandem under my '95, all in all works fine. Complaints are but not limited to Phoenix brand are 1- no rust proofing done to inside of channel rails. I even found the pieces cut out for side light access still laying inside them. If you have access to a Ziebart type of product it would be well worth it. 2- Bow rollers are a pain, some ramps the roller actually is at the gunnel or above. Ramlin had the best setup IMOH, too bad they are not in the boat trailer business. I liked it so much I'm changing mine over.
If your ordering get the retractable rear tie downs,very convenient. They also use Kia or Hyundai calipers and disc's,can't remember which off hand but easily available. I also have The Vault bearings that so far been good but I only launch once or twice a year.

Best picture I have of the front-



Boat sitting on trailer-



Current Ramlin sourced bow stop in place of Phoenix's setup-



Ramlin trailer with their bow stop and winch-

vbatla wrote: Lake Georgetown in TX

Dreaming wrote: Your location says Granger -   I looked and found one in WA and one in TX, so it might help if you updated your profile location..   There has been a single axle Ramlin on CL in Seattle for about a year,   Ad says it came from NY and has new tires etc and was for a V drive.   If your in Granger WA, it may be worth looking at.   There is a Mastercraft trailer in Mercer Island also that might be worth a look.   If you're in Texas, neither one is probably worth the effort.

Good point. I'm in Texas. Just updated my profile.

vbatla wrote: Will a 2002 Super Air fit on a GS22 trailer?

It wouldn't be too small... might be a bit big though. The absolute best thing is to try it, if possible.

You might want to check over on PN or Planet Nautique. Their might be some in-site on an available used Vee Drive trailer. I would also check skiitagain.com Mostly water skiers, but you might get lucky.

Looks to be a pretty deep lake according to the soundings. Is that underwater mountain you hit charted as a hazard with low lake levels? Looks close in to shore.

Fantastic. You will love that boat. Can't wait to see pics.

Used trailers are hard to find, but if you scour CL for a while you might find one. There's one near me but uhh, it's in Vermont - A bit far for you.

vbatla wrote: 63 Skier wrote: Sport - good wakeboard wake with ballast. In my experience surfing was a stretch, lighter people were able to, heavier were not. We use a pair of 400 lb. bags beside the doghouse, one 800 lb. in the back. Super Sport v-drive - would be ideal for you, harder to find these days. Sport 216 or 226 - I'm not really familar with those boats. I've zeroed in on a 2002 Super Air Nautique TE. Would my trailer accommodate that boat?

I went from an '89 Supra closed bow direct drive - a 21' - into my 2003 Super Air Nautique TE. We absolutely love the boat for our family, and I primarily wakeboard or wakeskate behind it - I love to ski but I'll just go behind a proper ski boat, lots of friends have those if I want a pull! I've skied behind a SuperSport and it was... ok. It's funny, the SAN has the same footprint as my old Supra - same width and length - but it has SO much more usable space.

Any particular reason you're looking at 2002 specifically? I know the interior changed a bit between 2001 and 2003, I don't know when exactly. But my '03 has a deeper floor and slightly narrower gunwales, so a little more interior room overall, compared to the earlier SuperSports and Super Airs with the same layout. Just a thought. Either will be vastly better than a direct drive for interior space.

vbatla wrote: I've zeroed in on a 2002 Super Air Nautique TE. Would my trailer accommodate that boat?

Doubt it, but it depends on what trailer you have. I tried my '92 SN on my '89 trailer and the '92 was too wide. Also, there are differences between V-drive and DD trailers. I think the axle is farther back for the v-drives.

Sport - good wakeboard wake with ballast. In my experience surfing was a stretch, lighter people were able to, heavier were not. We use a pair of 400 lb. bags beside the doghouse, one 800 lb. in the back.

Super Sport v-drive - would be ideal for you, harder to find these days.

Sport 216 or 226 - I'm not really familar with those boats.

+3, or maybe by now +7, on finding a new boat and enjoying the summer. By all means if you want to keep the 2001 engine and useful parts, and over the next year keep eyes open for a hull that needs engine, it would be a neat project if you have the bug to complete a restoration. Otherwise cut your losses and move on, you'll be MUCH happier IMO.

+1 on looking for a good Sport Nautique. Make sure that you look for a 1993 or newer Nautique and the boat will have no wood to rot. In 1993 CC changed to all-composite construction.

JQ

I see one problem with the above mentioned plan and that is that 99.9% of the time the hulls are being scraped because the stringers are junk leaving it not worth repairing.
Hence the reason for the part out and scraping the hull.

Donald80SN wrote: There are people selling stripped hulls. You could move many of your items to a new used hull. Best is too take the insurance money and get another boat.

What's a good source for a stripped hull?

vbatla wrote: Gary S wrote: A GT 40 is left hand rotation. Your crank and cam are wrong. Block,pistons, rods, flywheel, balancer, could be used. Gt’s Heads are better as well. A GT 40 block in your case is not really much difference than the block you now have. The big difference is a between the two is a 40 block is ready to accept roller lifters where yours is not. Does not make any difference because Ford never used roller lifters in a marine engine but the blocks were just pulled from normal production which used them in cars and trucks. When looking at the front of the engine it rotates to the right. Would that be considered right or left rotation?

If when you say "left", you mean clockwise, then it is a left hand