89-92 Sport Nautique WFO wake pics wanted

Definitely a little more rooster tail than I was hoping to see, but that can be fixed with a plate. If anyone in your crew is brave enough to ride a ski or two @ 70', 80' and 90' of line (plus a 5' handle) that would also be appreciated.

Brent whereabouts in Oz are you??

Nice looking gen 1 Sport. Do you have any more pictures from just before the rooster tail back to the wake. That picture shows the sidespray quite well, which is much like a 2001 :).


Maybe we could catch up and compare Sports.

Dang. All hopes destroyed. Table looks very much like a 2001 hull :(.

Thanks for the pics that was some wonderful looking water!

Tuber Red isn't it Steve?

Heres a pic of the boat after I wetsanded the hull and put the new decals on.

Wow, hopefully you snapped these after you'd skied till your hands wouldn't hang on any longer!

Hopeing the photo uploads correctly.

I had my daughter snap this shot with my IPhone so apologies for the quality. GPS 43 MPH with 5 people in the boat.RPM 4300 spinning what I believe to be the stock Federal Prop.

ghost ship. don't even worry about it

phatsat67 wrote: Bang shot down! There is one in the shop now but I don't think the guy wants us to take it out footing.

Don't you have to do a drive test, or since its probably in for winterizing, need to warm up the oil?

Bang shot down! There is one in the shop now but I don't think the guy wants us to take it out footing.

Ok so Mark has been in a Sport at speed. From memory he says it produces a similar wake to a BFN.

The "pad" is certainly a go fast trick for some boats- but for it to do what you're talking about, it needs to end up being the only running surface left in the water at high speeds. Obviously all of the 40-50mph inboards aren't going to get there- too much weight, no ability to trim, fixed downward strut angle, etc- and there will be a lot more of the hull in the water than just the pad.

I'm guessing sanger's hull design was born from their go fast boating history, and just happened to produce a nice barefoot table. Just like how the bfn's table came from the smooth riding deep vee southwind. I have no idea where the 1st gen sport hull gained its inspiration, but it certainly doesn't look anything like the deep vees or flat bottoms that cc made before or since. Regardless, I'm curious if it has a nice barefoot table and a smallish wake, unlike the bfn, whose table is sweet, but the wake is tall and has a washy lip (toe catcher).

That Sanger also has a delta pad, the triangle shape on the bottom. That's go fast trick, the boat rides on that at speed instead of the whole back edge of the boat. It makes for a more stable ride with less chine walking. I've never seen that on an inboard, usually on outboards and a few I/O's.

HW, Tom has the Scarpa plate on his Christmas list from his lady friend for his 02 LX. Hopefully come March or April we will know what it does for the wake and how it effects the boat.

That's a mighty fine looking transom Gary!

The guys from Texas used to use a 99 or so Python Air for the Buckethead so it can't be that bad of a footing boat.

TRBenj wrote: Steve, no- the "padded keel" was a feature on the Ski Nautique hull starting with the 2001, and is largely still in place today on the 200. It is the \_/ addition (to the center of the running surface that keeps it from being a perfect flat bottom (like the '81 and earlier SN's, etc).

So is my 95 hull the same as the one above?