97 Nautique Sport 21 - Any good?

Loppy · Posted: Dec 06, 2005 2:21 pm Post subject: 97 Nautique Sport 21 - Any good?

Stoked to find this board. New to here, not to the scene.

Here's the skin:
97 Nautique Sport 21, open bow, 5.7 G40 motor. Thats it. Not worried about the accessories, I'll do that.

She was worked pretty hard. About 700 hrs on her. Motor however is super tight and everything works well.

I can score it for less than 15K.

Is this a good boat? If she was sacked up, throw a decent ramp? Any opinions would be great as I know very little about Natuiques. Thanks.

Efox · Outlaw Joined: 11 Oct 2004 Posts: 238 City: Lawrenceburg

That would be an excellent hull for wake, but will require weight. If it is a direct drive, weight will take up a lot of your walking room. If it's a v-drive, it may be the deal of the century. 700 hours is not much time when you conside most people here who board often probably put 150hours a season on their boat.

Loppy · Posted: Dec 06, 2005 2:29 pm Post subject:

Thanks man. Should have said before, it's a direct drive. Cant afford a V drive yet. I have 15K cash to work with and know Nautiques are well made. I just dont know about the wake being thrown behind it.

And there is some considerable fat sack room behind the rear seat. Very Happy

J-Ro · Posted: Dec 06, 2005 2:29 pm Post subject:

Loppy, Yeah, thats a screaming deal.

oh and completely out of my character.....Welcome to the site

Erik · Posted: Dec 06, 2005 2:30 pm Post subject:

This sounds like a good boat and a great deal.
Pics?

Loppy · Posted: Dec 06, 2005 2:33 pm Post subject:

Thank you Mr. J-Ro. Local boy, I'm assuming that's Rocklin nor cal right? Ride Folsom?

It's good to be nice to guys you dont know that live close to you. never know, we may be fighting over the same water. Twisted Evil

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

Sounds like a good deal. Lots of hours but if it's been maintained you should be good. Will throw a great wake, vertical. For less than $15k that sounds like a good deal to me.

Loppy · Posted: Dec 06, 2005 2:37 pm Post subject:

J-Ro · Posted: Dec 06, 2005 2:40 pm Post subject:

Loppy, Yeah we hit Folsom a lot. There are a lot of Nor-Cal guys here.

Check the boat for any kind of blistering. If it sat in the water for long periods, that could be an issue.

Loppy · Posted: Dec 06, 2005 2:43 pm Post subject:

Loppy · Posted: Dec 06, 2005 2:46 pm Post subject:

Seth Martin · Moderator Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 891 City: Orlando

this boat has a great wake, when weighted. Put full sacks on both sides of the engine
then figure out the weight behind the engine and in the walk through

ive ridden behind one with just the full side sacks, with abou 6 people in the boat, and the wake was great, very nice ramp - with a nice lip

Loppy · Posted: Dec 07, 2005 9:03 am Post subject:

Thanks Seth.

Yeah, did some more digging last night. I'm good buds with Wakeboarding legend and pioneer Mike Rogers. We had a good chat last night and gave the boat nothing but huge kudos. 98 is when they fawked up the hull design and even the factory riders stuck with their 97's for years because they loved them so much. Very Happy

If Mike likes it, I'm all over it.

bremsen · Outlaw Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 168 City: Charlotte

Actually, the Sport/Air hull has not really changed since 93. In 98 CC built a "Pro Air" which had a different hull, but the Air was/is still available.

Loppy · Posted: Dec 07, 2005 1:06 pm Post subject:

Good to know, thanks man.

Loppy · Posted: Dec 09, 2005 11:22 am Post subject:

Loppy · Posted: Dec 09, 2005 11:24 am Post subject:

Hull is spotless. Not a scratch.

Loppy · Posted: Dec 09, 2005 11:27 am Post subject:

It does NOT have the GT40 like I thought. It's the 260 horse 5.7 TBI. not a big deal to me, I know the TBI motor inside and out. Reliability is awesome. The motor looks almost brand new.

Commodore · Ladies Man Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 11636

That boat is SICK!!!! And I am a die hard Supra guy. the 5.7L is better, you'll love having Fuel Injection. The interior looks real good too. If the college is really desperate, low ball them, and offer to take off there hands. Does it have a trailer?

A tower/pylon and some weight on the sides, oooooooh, nice setup.

Hope you get it man, would love to see that thing loaded.

And welcome to the boards man, from down southland. Cool

Loppy · Posted: Dec 10, 2005 10:15 am Post subject:

Thanks Haugy, you all have been very nice to this newbie. I really appreciate it.

There were three motors avail. in this boat. 5.7 TBI - 260 HP (this boat). 5.7 MPI - 290 HP and the Ford GT40 - 310 HP. The MPI and GT40 have great power, however suck more fuel and are a bit more complicated being multi port. I'm no stranger to the old TBI (throttle body) motor. I run one in my Jeep rockcrawler now (read spare motor Laughing

) They are tough as any motor out there, have decent torque, super reliable and there's nothing you cant fix on em without a blunt rock and some duct tape.

Because of the lower max RPM (4400) of the TBI vs. the other two (5200-5600) PCM put the "overdrive" trans on it. I believe it's 1.3:1 or so ratio. Therefore, top end is really no different in the boats. The TBI is just going to be a little more sluggish out of the hole. NO big to me. As long as I can get to the goo-wa same time as my other buds, I'm fine. Cool

Price: I KNOW I can score this thing for 15K. It's gunna take alot of elbow grease to clean her up, so I'm shooting for 14. Even at 15, I think it's a smoke'n deal.

Yes, it comes with a Correct Craft, fully tube frame trailer with flip tounge. Very Happy

All I'm gunna do is clean her up. Toss a skylon with racks, new binini, toss the rear seat and throw a fat sofa in and go porkchop myself up. Twisted Evil

Commodore · Ladies Man Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 11636

Loppy, sorry to hijack. But you said my second favorite word next to boats. JEEP. Mr. Green

Did I hear rockcrawler??? Tell ya what I am trying to finish up.

80 CJ7 with a Ford 351W with GT-40 heads. Carbed
Dana300 with twin sticks
14-bolt rear, detroit locker, with 4.88s
Planning on a 3/4 ton D44 or D60 front, that's what's holding me up no front axle.
38 or 39 inch TSL fronts, boggers rear

What do you play on the rocks with?

Hollywood · Posted: Dec 10, 2005 11:50 pm Post subject:

haugy, PM?

Oh, and the '98+ hull is a little different just as Loppy says.

bremsen · Outlaw Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 168 City: Charlotte

Hollywood, I'm still new to nautiques but FWIK the differences are very slight...nothing that would drastically change the wake shape/size/hardness at speed as loppy stated. This is why I assumed he was referring to the Pro air. However, if I'm mistaken please, by all means, correct me.

Hollywood · Posted: Dec 11, 2005 1:10 pm Post subject:

bremsen, it really isn't that drastic, few could probably tell.

Loppy · Posted: Dec 14, 2005 10:58 am Post subject:

Haugy, Right on bruhdda. Surf and turf like me. Cool

I'll pm ya with the details, but my junk is all one ton and I play on Rubicon and Fordyce.

Check out my clubs site: rps4wd.com

We get her wet on Friday. Pending water test, will let you guys know if shes mine or not. Then it's clean and mod time.