loud SN

Search "fresh air exhaust" it's a tip that goes underwater. I believe it quiets down the noise at idle.

antique boater wrote: My '96 Sport Nautique is quite loud. This is obviously not a problem when skiing but for cursing around it's pretty annoying.

Maybe your boat has Tourette's. Seriously though is this boat new to you? Sure they are louder than an I/O but even my Super Sport with the motor in the back and with therefore short exhaust hoses is not loud. I guess it's all what your used to.

PS: As your name is Antique Boater, what else do you have? If it's antique it's likely an inboard and therefore much louder than the modern boat you speak of, correct?

Gary: no, it's not new to me. i've had it for two years and before that an '84 ski nautique that i had for 20 years. and the sport nautique is twice as loud as the ski nautique.
74Wind: it's me that is antique, not my boat.
8122pbrainard: thanks for the welcome! great to be here! as i said above, i've had the boat for a couple of years. i bought it so my wife and i could do some occasional slalom skiing but mostly for recreational use (as in cruising around drinking beer). i used to do a lot of competitive barefoot waterskiing but my shoulders won't take it anymore. so i really didn't need a power boat but there was no way i was going to buy an i/o or outboard so i went for the sport nautique because it had the open bow. i haven't figured out how to post photo yet. when i do i'll post some. thanks again to everyone.

I've heard a Sport Nautique of that vintage with what I would assume was the stock exhaust/muffler. It was in no way louder than a mid-80's dual exhaust SN. Wondering if your muffler has been modified/removed or maybe a blown baffle.

Does it look like this?

Should be a hull hugger in a 96

that's correct. it's a hull hugger.

maybe my hearing is just getting much better!

Nice looking Sport by the way!

Very nice. And red!

You guys are slacking.....

"LOUD PIPES SAVE LIVES!"

Seriously though, nice fleet of boats you have there and welcome to CCFan!

Yep that is a good looking Sport. Oh and the Sport should be able to be used for skiing AND cruising. I have a 98, the next evolution of the sport (although the hull is the same), it makes a good barefoot platform too.

Here is the quick link to the Fresh Air Exhaust, Most of the wave boats at the factory had these on them when I toured last summer, not sure if they are standard equipment now or not.

[QUOTE=skutsch] Yep that is a good looking Sport. Oh and the Sport should be able to be used for skiing AND cruising. I have a 98, the next evolution of the sport (although the hull is the same), it makes a good barefoot platform too.


Love the color scheme on your SN skutsch. I checked out the fresh air exhaust systems at Hollywood's recommendation. Looks like it might just be a good solution. Haven't done any footing' behind the SN. My wife's not too excited about me trying either!

Interesting, that the FAE gets it so quiet that you hear more water spray then anything (probably similar to what the Electric SN sounds like). Seems like in my SPN, the air intake is as loud as the exhaust. I would suspect you would still here that. My SPN is a GT40, I never would have noticed it until someone pointed out how much noise the air intake makes on a Fuel Injected Snowmobile... Way more noise then the exhaust, will that and the track spinning.

thanks again everyone. I'll try to get a sound meter and post the results.
cheers!
and yes, go team red!