What are these?

JD · Soul Rider Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 320 City: Bellingham

In the attached picture I am pointing to 2 white things what are they for? It seems that they are specific to Nautique but I am not sure.

Brian Young · Posted: Feb 06, 2003 8:52 pm Post subject:

They're your speedo pickups, one for each speedometer. All boats have them.

JD · Soul Rider Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 320 City: Bellingham

How come they are not there on my boat?

Jay Dutton · Posted: Feb 06, 2003 9:11 pm Post subject:

You don't have them because you have a paddle wheel pick up and/or perfect pass. They're on some newer boats these days.

otiswunguy · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 871 City: Sammamish

the white ones plug up. i think your boat has perfect pass which has a different sending unit. much better imo

Richie Martin · Posted: Feb 07, 2003 5:53 am Post subject:

I find it hard to believe that a super air doesn't have a paddle wheel...

JD · Soul Rider Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 320 City: Bellingham

The Super Air in the picture has Perfect Pass. I demoed it before I bought my X-star. Shouldn't it also have a paddle wheel?

skicrave · Criminal Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 76 City: Portland

If a boat has Digital Pro or Wakeboard Pro then it has a paddle wheel. But except for Malibu and Mastercraft the paddle wheel only feeds the Perfect Pass Master Control Module. Malibu and Mastercraft both use the paddle wheel to drive the speedos also (Mastercraft started in 2002, Malibu for '03). I would expect this to become standard across the board in the next 2 years.

McFly · Outlaw Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 210 City: Edmond

Skiers Choice stopped using the rear speedo pickups at the beginning of the 2002 season. Every 2002 and 2003 Supra and Moomba come standard with the center hull paddlewheel pickup already installed. So most of the hard part of installing perfect pass is already taken care of if you wish to add it later. It also almost totally eliminates the problem of speedo pickups getting clogged up.

McFly

skicrave · Criminal Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 76 City: Portland

Thanks for the info Marty, good to know.

BigTimer · Posted: Feb 07, 2003 12:01 pm Post subject:

I can't believe you don't know what "those white things" are.

Shawn Madison · Posted: Feb 07, 2003 1:47 pm Post subject:

That is probably my biggest knock on a Nautique. You have a $40k+ boat with $7 Kmart Pickups!

chase · Outlaw Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 190 City: Clermont, FL

I have both on my Nautique and the Perfect Pass guage with the paddle wheel is dead on with the pick up tubes stock speedo. The paddle wheel actually screws up in turns a little more than the stock speedo. I guess it depends on where the paddle whell is located.

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

Those are called Pitots if I'm not mistaken. They are for Airguide speedometers. I don't think it has anything to do with perfect pass. Most boats with Airguide speedo's have those pickups. My Tige has them.

JD · Soul Rider Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 320 City: Bellingham

Thanks Everybody!
You learn something new every day.

Dees · Posted: Feb 10, 2003 9:46 am Post subject:

What the hell are you talkin about. The wheel for the perfect pass is underneath the drive seat (SAN) where the water is smooth under the boat. so the white things (or 7 kmart part what ever dumdass) have nothing to do with perfect pass