My parents had Nautiques when I was growing up. Now I just bought my first Nautique, it's a 1995 196 with the pcm. I really appreciate all the info your putting up and your videos are great to watch. Just wanted to say thank you and keep it up! Wish I had watched this video before I bought mine lol I missed a few things.
Awesome video man. Am completely uneducated in boats themselves but been on some starting to look into getting one for me and my dad. Great starting point 👍
Hey bud- this isn’t meant to be mean or anything. But a few things. 1. One of my biggest pet peeves is when people call boat VINYL “leather” 2. Only one of the gauges is a Speedo, not all of them 3. I noticed how you said “if there’s a problem you’ll know fairly quickly” ... no. On the flip side you did mention some useful things for a brand new owner and do actually make some quality content. Thanks
Tolman Lamborn Thank you for the feedback. This is some positive feedback which I really enjoy. I would say for question 3 80% of your issues will come up when you take it out on the lake for a day to test it out. If you want to really be sure, take it to a mechanic to be 100% sure everything is all good.
Hi Tolman, I'm with you on the vinyl/leather, though I wouldn't count it among my top pet peeves (I'm looking at you, guy driving in the passing/left lane when you're not passing). But, regarding your second point, on many older competition ski boats there actually ARE multiple speedometers. If you look at the video at about 6:24 you can see that there are in fact 2 speedos on this boat. This is much less common now that many boats have GPS cruise control, but before that was common place you would have redundant speedometers in order to check and maintain speed for tournament passes. If you pause right at the transition at 1:56 (before he squats down) you can see one of the pitot pickup tubes at the corner of the stern. There should be another on the port side, but I never saw a good view to point it out in the video. Sometimes these are also paddle wheel driven, but in that era pitots were more common. The reason that GPS is more popular now is two fold- not only can it be more accurate and less finnicky, but both a pitot and paddle wheel measure the boats speed relative to the water, not absolute speed (relative to the course).
Cosmetics are one thing BUT you never even mentioned the most important thing, it`s called the hull and the floor you would not be the first or last person to see a bout that locks good, sounds good, clean, yet has a soft spot in the hull or floor that will really destroy you and cost you more than all you mentioned! If the hull has a problem and maybe rotten it pretty dam hard to get over as well as VERY EXPENSIVE!!!
303 is the best protectant for your boat. I would not use anything else: amzn.to/2ANqW2D Congrats on your first boat purchase. Let me know if you have any questions.
Looking for a small boat.. I'll be my fist time buying a boat for scuba diving and saltwater fishing.. what's the smallest I can go with to have a least 6 passengers safely? Thanks for the video.!!
How about checking the engine oil and at least looking at the engine? Maybe also check if the risers & manifolds are OK as they cost $1000 to replace...
So I have a guy selling his, talked him down to 2900 but impeller needs replaced cuz he said it will overheat. Could other problems cause it to over heat if let's say impeller thing is fixed?
$2,900 does not even buy you a trailer? But either way that would be a smoking deal. Yes there is. Make sure the water intake ball valve is open, clean the water strainer, or thermostat could be broken. If the impeller disintegrated in the housing, I would suggest taking apart the hoses and cleaning everything you have access to to get the rubber pieces out of the engine block. Hope this helps.
osityan, after a long day on the water you should have a little bit of water from the packing where the drive shaft goes through the boat. It’s supposed to drip every 20 seconds or so
1 tip Always check the oil and and the water inlet and if its a bigger/steel boat check the diodes and check evrp place on corrosie i meen Every truehole sins thats often were the big cost are but 1 thing i also wil advice if you your self have no id take some 1 whit you that knowes there stuf before buying 1
John C. Thanks for asking that great question. I'm actually skiing through the slalom course at 36mph at 22off so we ended up purchasing a ski boat to help me get even better. We sold the malibu. It was my idea because it was a lot to handle and keep up with. The nautique is super easy to take care off.
RiverRuns NC good question. If a boat is 20 years old you may prefer to have more hours than less since it shows they used it and instead of it just sitting all year. This particular boat had 160 hours on it a couple of years ago when we bought it. It wasn't registered the last five years he owned it. So we had to make sure everything still worked and in good shape.
Most engines will go around 2000 hours. I would purchase one below 1200 Max. Preferably under 700 hours for me. We purchased this boat with 59 hours 5 years ago.
I would recommend making a video and uploading it before nocking someone else's down. What should I improve on? What did I miss? I am interested in hearing positive feedback on my videos to make additional videos.
Love your attention to detail and bringing up all sorts of things, that as a person who's never owned a boat, would look for. Great video.
Wow, thanks!
Good job with your videos. I've been a boater and skier all my life.
My parents had Nautiques when I was growing up. Now I just bought my first Nautique, it's a 1995 196 with the pcm. I really appreciate all the info your putting up and your videos are great to watch. Just wanted to say thank you and keep it up! Wish I had watched this video before I bought mine lol I missed a few things.
Thanks for the video! Actually going to look at and test drive a 95 ski nautique now!
Love your videos. Always informative. Thank-you.
Awesome video man. Am completely uneducated in boats themselves but been on some starting to look into getting one for me and my dad. Great starting point 👍
Good luck!
Hey bud- this isn’t meant to be mean or anything. But a few things.
1. One of my biggest pet peeves is when people call boat VINYL “leather”
2. Only one of the gauges is a Speedo, not all of them
3. I noticed how you said “if there’s a problem you’ll know fairly quickly” ... no.
On the flip side you did mention some useful things for a brand new owner and do actually make some quality content. Thanks
Tolman Lamborn Thank you for the feedback. This is some positive feedback which I really enjoy. I would say for question 3 80% of your issues will come up when you take it out on the lake for a day to test it out. If you want to really be sure, take it to a mechanic to be 100% sure everything is all good.
Hi Tolman, I'm with you on the vinyl/leather, though I wouldn't count it among my top pet peeves (I'm looking at you, guy driving in the passing/left lane when you're not passing). But, regarding your second point, on many older competition ski boats there actually ARE multiple speedometers. If you look at the video at about 6:24 you can see that there are in fact 2 speedos on this boat. This is much less common now that many boats have GPS cruise control, but before that was common place you would have redundant speedometers in order to check and maintain speed for tournament passes. If you pause right at the transition at 1:56 (before he squats down) you can see one of the pitot pickup tubes at the corner of the stern. There should be another on the port side, but I never saw a good view to point it out in the video. Sometimes these are also paddle wheel driven, but in that era pitots were more common. The reason that GPS is more popular now is two fold- not only can it be more accurate and less finnicky, but both a pitot and paddle wheel measure the boats speed relative to the water, not absolute speed (relative to the course).
Good looking boat and trailer. I'll take it!
Hi dear do you need help getting a new boat?
@@johnivan8473 no sir. I have a 99 SNOB. And I love it, but I like his too.
@@Robcadams1974 you can sell you boat and. Getting a new big boat from my company
@@johnivan8473 I will never sell my Ski Nautique
@@Robcadams1974 you can own two boats now is very affordable about $4500 you can get very nice and big boat
Really great video. First time boat buyer and am pretty clueless. Thanks a lot!!
Good Luck. I hope your first boat purchase will be a great one. If you have any more questions let me know!
Thanks a lot!!!!
I love the color combo on your Nautique. Rare
Thank you, such a great boat
Sound buyer advice
Hi dear do you need help getting a new boat
Cosmetics are one thing BUT you never even mentioned the most important thing, it`s called the hull and the floor you would not be the first or last person to see a bout that locks good, sounds good, clean, yet has a soft spot in the hull or floor that will really destroy you and cost you more than all you mentioned! If the hull has a problem and maybe rotten it pretty dam hard to get over as well as VERY EXPENSIVE!!!
how seats condition is super? what material you use for seats ?
Maybe you should think about doing a cylinder compression test . Maybe look at the engine while the engine is actually running .
All good tips
How do you keep your interior in such good shape? Also thank you for the video, it helped me buy my first boat and not look like an idiot!
303 is the best protectant for your boat. I would not use anything else: amzn.to/2ANqW2D
Congrats on your first boat purchase. Let me know if you have any questions.
Keep everything covered from sun when not in use
Looking for a small boat.. I'll be my fist time buying a boat for scuba diving and saltwater fishing.. what's the smallest I can go with to have a least 6 passengers safely? Thanks for the video.!!
good video.... thank you
Nice video man! And thank you for the advice.Also nice boat you have there.
Thank you! This boat is the best!
I like it too I have a 1998 air nautique gen 1 go nautique
How about checking the engine oil and at least looking at the engine? Maybe also check if the risers & manifolds are OK as they cost $1000 to replace...
So I have a guy selling his, talked him down to 2900 but impeller needs replaced cuz he said it will overheat. Could other problems cause it to over heat if let's say impeller thing is fixed?
$2,900 does not even buy you a trailer? But either way that would be a smoking deal. Yes there is. Make sure the water intake ball valve is open, clean the water strainer, or thermostat could be broken. If the impeller disintegrated in the housing, I would suggest taking apart the hoses and cleaning everything you have access to to get the rubber pieces out of the engine block. Hope this helps.
Thanks man good advice. 👍🏼
You are welcome bro
you wrote: "When you are done testing the boat make sure there's not excessive water"
Excessive water where? Why would there be any water in the boat?
osityan, after a long day on the water you should have a little bit of water from the packing where the drive shaft goes through the boat. It’s supposed to drip every 20 seconds or so
@@92813justin Why does it drip every 20 seconds?
So there is lubrication between the packing and the shaft
1 tip Always check the oil and and the water inlet and if its a bigger/steel boat check the diodes and check evrp place on corrosie i meen Every truehole sins thats often were the big cost are
but 1 thing i also wil advice if you your self have no id take some 1 whit you that knowes there stuf before buying 1
Enjoy your videos! Quick question, do you still have the 09 Wakesetter as well as the 99 Nautique?
John C. Thanks for asking that great question. I'm actually skiing through the slalom course at 36mph at 22off so we ended up purchasing a ski boat to help me get even better. We sold the malibu. It was my idea because it was a lot to handle and keep up with. The nautique is super easy to take care off.
The title of your video says Used Boat but in your video you mentioned New Boat??
Good point. What I am trying to say it's a new boat for you.
what about motor hours? how do you determine the useful life...50 hours vs 300 hours? Obviously 50 is still new...
RiverRuns NC good question. If a boat is 20 years old you may prefer to have more hours than less since it shows they used it and instead of it just sitting all year. This particular boat had 160 hours on it a couple of years ago when we bought it. It wasn't registered the last five years he owned it. So we had to make sure everything still worked and in good shape.
Most engines will go around 2000 hours. I would purchase one below 1200 Max. Preferably under 700 hours for me. We purchased this boat with 59 hours 5 years ago.
Do i need a license to drive a boat? Please answer me.
It depends on state. I think some states allow you to be 18 and over without one. Something like that. Look it up online for specifics
Want a good boat? To words baby. O m c stringer!! 2.3 Ford ohv.
Helpful video! What lake are you on?
Dylan Juhnke thank you. It's called pine mountain lake!
When you are you going to giveaway this boat?😉
Christian Adams haha. It's mine to keep. Such an amazing boat
Not a very complete inspection at all. Disappointing!
dude you never seen used boat, you need learn more
Sorry pal, but you have no clue as to what to look for in a used boat.
I would recommend making a video and uploading it before nocking someone else's down. What should I improve on? What did I miss? I am interested in hearing positive feedback on my videos to make additional videos.
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Dude take your shirt off, flex and show your happy trail....
Is this a recruitment effort?
Lol is this a joke haha.
tubby ass