My new (to me) boat! 99 Air Nautique |
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NautiBrophy
Newbie Joined: August-11-2009 Location: IA Status: Offline Points: 26 |
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Posted: May-17-2010 at 7:50pm |
1st boat purchase! 1999 Air Nautique. Less than 400 hours on it. Little nervous because I didn't have a mechanic look it over (maybe that was dumb? ). There are no vibrations, shifted smooth, no water in the oil, changed it this weekend and didn't leak any, and ran like a top all weekend. I had to jump on it right away w/ the price I got it for hopefully I won't pay for it in maintenance. Can't wait 'til Memorial day weekend to ride it! I would like to thank everyone on the forum for helping me out and giving me feedback along the way to make sure I got the boat that would work best for me!
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nautiquechick
Senior Member Joined: May-02-2010 Location: Maryland Status: Offline Points: 208 |
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Thats awesome. Hope you enjoy every minute.
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MartyMabe
Grand Poobah Joined: February-21-2006 Location: High Point,NC Status: Offline Points: 3974 |
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Nice boat!
Now to finish it off--you need the Performance Engineered For: Plaque on it. e-mail me Marty Mabe mtmabe@northstate.net |
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storm34
Grand Poobah Joined: November-03-2008 Location: Dexter Iowa Status: Offline Points: 4492 |
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Congrats on the boat! It looks very nice! Be sure to contact marty..... he'll get you all set up for that new ride!! |
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Nautique2001
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Very nice boat! I remember seeing the early Air Nautiques and being totally amazed with the built in tower. What a nice all around boat to own. Congratulations.
Ken |
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kapla
Grand Poobah Joined: March-27-2008 Location: BA, Argentina Status: Offline Points: 6148 |
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nice ride there
ood thing are the exhaust hoses..wonder why one is longer than the other... |
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<a href="">1992 ski nautique
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storm34
Grand Poobah Joined: November-03-2008 Location: Dexter Iowa Status: Offline Points: 4492 |
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also looks like some fiberglass damage to the engine cover. Could be a result of the gas shocks going bad or being removed....maybe to fix the exhaust
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OverMyHead
Grand Poobah Joined: March-14-2008 Location: MN Status: Offline Points: 4861 |
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Nice Ride, Enjoy!
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For thousands of years men have felt the irresistible urge to go to sea, and many of them died. Things got better after they invented boats.
1987 Ski Nautique |
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storm34
Grand Poobah Joined: November-03-2008 Location: Dexter Iowa Status: Offline Points: 4492 |
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Overlooked the fact your an IOWA Guy! Add another one to the list! Man, our numbers keep getting stronger!
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Kristof
Grand Poobah Joined: October-08-2007 Location: Bree, Belgium Status: Offline Points: 3391 |
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Very nice ride there!
And be sure to contact Marty! I enjoy my personalised plaques everytime I'm at the wheel . |
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- Gun control means: using BOTH hands!
- Money doesn't make one happy, but when it rains cats and dogs, it's still better to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle... |
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mdvalant
Grand Poobah Joined: May-06-2009 Location: Bellevue, IA Status: Offline Points: 2059 |
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IOWA!!! holla! Where are you at? ps nice boat...bring it over sometime :) |
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NautiBrophy
Newbie Joined: August-11-2009 Location: IA Status: Offline Points: 26 |
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Thanks everyone! I'm living in West Des Moines now. Boat is still in WI going to be looked at by a mechanic tomorrow hopefully. Fingers crossed nothing major is wrong. He did replace the impeller this season already (he did have some issues w/ it last year) but it ran at 170 engine temp all weekend pretty much so hopefully that fixed it.
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storm34
Grand Poobah Joined: November-03-2008 Location: Dexter Iowa Status: Offline Points: 4492 |
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Sweet deal, hopefully everything checks out with it. I'm in WDM quite a bit, I live about 25 min from the area, if you need a hand let me know.
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Kristof
Grand Poobah Joined: October-08-2007 Location: Bree, Belgium Status: Offline Points: 3391 |
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Aah, nothing like a CCF buddy willing to check out a boat for you. We need some more in Europe LOL
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- Gun control means: using BOTH hands!
- Money doesn't make one happy, but when it rains cats and dogs, it's still better to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle... |
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pjpayleitner
Groupie Joined: February-22-2008 Status: Offline Points: 93 |
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ha- too funny. that was our personal demo boat in '99. probably was the one of the few nautiques done in that color scheme. it was a great boat when we had it. not sure how the previous owner's took care of it but it looks to be in pretty good shape. it does look to have overheated and has new exhaust tubes.
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anthonylizardi
Gold Member Joined: July-25-2007 Location: DFW, TX, USA Status: Offline Points: 836 |
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Nice ride, I believe we were looking at the same boat. I found it on CL. I am in the DFW area. I don't need a new boat but it looked very tempting to me. Congratulations!
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