Interesting Craigs List finds

Wow, that Sport has had a hard life.

skirunt wrote: http://tricities.craigslist.org/boa/4414560685.html     1973 correct craft torino thought is was cool

That color scheme screams "1973" but it is damn sexay.

Dreaming wrote: Halvey wrote: 98 Sport - $7000 OBO this has been for sale for about a year... what a pile.   note the sanger trailer, poor interior, mismatched and cracked Gel.   I am really not sure how you get to this point with what was once a sweet high dollar boat. I think 7k still sounds pretty steep, but we'll see if it goes.

How about the pre-94 windshield?

1955 $7500

Looks like a good deal to me.

I missed that line. Bummer.

And here's a Moomba that will do 70MPH!

vary nice 1995 Moomba ski boat with a 351 it is fast with a ski jacker pool will do 70 mph call today can send pics 7000 obo 937 232 3341

Either they are looking at the speed in KPH or they mean "it will do 70mph... as it is going down Niagara Falls".

ny_nautique wrote: Hollywood I see you have learned to search for the misspelling because noobs can't spell even though the name is in huge letters right in front of them. I do a SearchTempest search and always have "natique" in there as well.

Even woodyboater has issues with this! Quote from today's cc sportsman article "There were lots of flashier, sportier MasterCrafts and Ski Natiques on the boat, but even the younger guys always loved skiing behind my dad’s powerful classic boat."

Lol
Click me

Very Nice Super Air, One of my customers owns this boat. Under 400 hours.

http://www.boattrader.com/listing/2005-Correct-Craft-Super-Air-210-612230

skirunt wrote: Thinking of calling this guy to see what he is thinkinghttp://winstonsalem.craigslist.org/boa/4426107089.htm

David,
Please check your link I was trying to post a proper link and I C&P'd and it didn't work.

That boat was in Iowa a few years ago. Overpriced and very rotten.

That is, in fact, a 1st generation Ski Nautique. Highly bastardized, of course.

TRBenj wrote: That is, in fact, a 1st generation Ski Nautique. Highly bastardized, of course.

Really? Wow... what year range are you talking?

'69 was the last year for the 1st gen (61-69). Why does it have to be a later one? Only the early ones have the front bench... through '65 maybe? Pretty sure Ive seen buckets in '66. Same goes for my '67.

Tim - I need a guide for these generation changes on the Ski . I thought the changes in 68-69 were slight modifications to remove the wooden spray rail. In 73' they went from 17'6" to 17'9" so I consider that to be a significant change in the mold or a new generation.

Anyway, I was placing it later in the generation due to the steering wheel configuration - no mounting bracket under the wheel for a airguide (yes it could have been removed) and those switches or fuses look 70's vintage (again those too could have been added). I probably would be willing to bet my Dad's 63 and my Sport that the seat is NOT original, so I wasn't even looking at that. At any rate it sure is hacked up.

The bracket for the Airguide may have been an option, or it may have been dealer installed... but either way, there are a lot of boats out there that dont have it (mine included). Thats not a great determination of age or anything else, unfortunately. The switches, fuses and gauges are all probably non-original. Same goes for the seat... the boat is REALLY hacked up.

I'm skeptical that any change actually occurred in '73 when the listed length changed. Ive looked at both hulls up close and theres nothing obvious that changed that I can see. Next time I have both nearby I'll break out the tape measure. Until then, unless someone else can prove me wrong, my bet is that it was a goof in the brochure and all 2nd gen SN's (70-81) were 17'9". Im not aware of any changes to the spray rails in '68 or '69- only when the 2nd gen hull debuted in '70.