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Updated:
5/31/2016 (8 years ago)
Originally Posted: 5/26/2016
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Owner: John Paskoski
Forum Nickname: Striker37
Location: Lake Mary, FL
Phone: (407) 852-8757
Model: 1966 Ski Nautique
Length: 17
Engine: Chyrsler 318
HP: 225
Hours: 199
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Forum Nickname: Striker37
Location: Lake Mary, FL
Phone: (407) 852-8757
Model: 1966 Ski Nautique
Length: 17
Engine: Chyrsler 318
HP: 225
Hours: 199
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I found this 1966 Correct Craft Ski Nautique in Wintergarden Florida sitting on the owners property on a lake being neglected. I traded him a high end Audiovox nav car radio for it. It was a job getting it off the old rusted broken trailer and getting it on my newer trailer. Took a few days to do it in the blazing sun. The hour meter says 199 hours. I talked with the former owner an he said the boat pretty much lived on a boat lift on another lake and was hardly used most of its life.
My plans for it is to use it as a treasure hunting blow boat on the 1715 fleet cabin wreck in Sebastian. I am a shipwreck treasure hunter/finder. Most of the treasure is in shallow water right near the beach and since this boat has a shallow draft it will be great to get in close to the beach to blow big holes in the sand.
It's going to need a new floor and some seats and some kind of a walk thru windshield so I can get on the bow to the anchor. I will have to add some cleats to the stern for 2 stern anchors plus some single speed winches to tighten up the stern anchor ropes. I already have a 18 inch blower but will have to modify it to fit this boat.
If I find a bunch of treasure this summer then next winter I'll restore this boat back to original and get some other boat for treasure hunting that's trailer-able since slips in Sebastian are very costly.
My plans for it is to use it as a treasure hunting blow boat on the 1715 fleet cabin wreck in Sebastian. I am a shipwreck treasure hunter/finder. Most of the treasure is in shallow water right near the beach and since this boat has a shallow draft it will be great to get in close to the beach to blow big holes in the sand.
It's going to need a new floor and some seats and some kind of a walk thru windshield so I can get on the bow to the anchor. I will have to add some cleats to the stern for 2 stern anchors plus some single speed winches to tighten up the stern anchor ropes. I already have a 18 inch blower but will have to modify it to fit this boat.
If I find a bunch of treasure this summer then next winter I'll restore this boat back to original and get some other boat for treasure hunting that's trailer-able since slips in Sebastian are very costly.
