Custom 1965 Correct Craft Mustang build

Nice to hear you are working at a Nautique dealer!

I know its been a WHILE but I'm going to update some pics of the Mustang. She got a new windshield last year and some paint touchups and looks incredible.

Lots of life changes, I've moved down to Miami and work at Miami Nautique International, but the Mustang stays in New York. I even bought her a barn, then restored the barn, so she has a home in the winter while I'm in Miami. My brother in law takes care of her and uses her in the summer with my family, then I get to go up and see her when I visit. We sold off the old crappy family boat and she's become the permanent family lake boat. :D

I miss driving her a lot but its nice to get pics of my mom, dad, sister, husband etc enjoying it, it was truly worth restoring. I learned a lot from it and I believe it had a hand in getting my job down here. A bigger part of my life than I thought it would be.

I'll update with some pics when I get photobucket figured out.

https://youtu.be/WY8XShENEmk


Hopefully I can get a better video today

The video that came up for me was only 8 seconds long.

I have not been able to get video from youtube to embed for while. Maybe he is having the same issue??

Sorry guys been super busy, up to my neck in broken boats. Until my next day off this is the best video I can do on my commute back. Turn up the volume. you can hear it porpoise up until about 13 seconds until I reach down to lower the tabs then the noise stops until about 24 seconds when I raise them back up. I was doing about 40mph.

VIDEO!!!!!

and hussler I get it, i remember mine porpoising at 36mph....not a fan of the porpoise.

Anxious to see that video posted here...

Someone check on Pete. I think he might have passed out.

Just finished testing the trim tabs, writing this from my hospital bed...

Just kidding

This upgrade couldn't of been more of a success, I went on the first run with my boss, got it up to about 42mph when it started porpoiseing, lowered the tabs a little and boom gone! We both looked at each other like F#ck yeah, fixed! Trimmed it out a little more and brought it up to 53mph. It felt more stable than it ever had.

Only 2 cons I can think of, there's a huge jet boat like ploom that pops up when you start trimming and I'm not a big fan of how they look. Might paint the actuators white. I'll take a video today

Hmm after staring at quite a few pics I don't think it's from a Correct Craft at all, measures out to almost identical measurements as a 80's cc rudder but this rudder comes to a point, interesting I guess?

Hussler wrote: Hm, interesting. As far as driveability at high speed it steers quite nicely, but the thought of rudder stall is always at the back of my mind. I'll run my rudder by my prop guy, but the thought of fixing the crack doesn't really make my socks go up and down. I could make a rudder plate pretty easily, so I might just do that for kicks. I have a buddy that has a rudder from a '85 tique I was going to check out. I was also thinking about the rudder that century put on the small v drive Arabians and Marks, those are about 17ft boats capable of 50Mph+, seems like it would be pretty close in specs to what I'm looking for

Here's the rudder on my Mark II

Good news, got the rudder off a Ski Tique for $50 that is mint, should be here in a couple days. And I'm also now in this I guess, boat owners encyclopedia, and I got a FREE STICKER!

As soon as the sign up is open I'll be going to the Old Forge Rendezvous which should be a good time.

That's it Buck algonquin.. I remember the race rudders but also that when i wanted one every design i looked at was backordered for what seemed forever