Upgrading from an outboard boat

[nelson1j]

Hi

Bit of a newbie question here, we are a pair of 41yr olds (apologies Ian), who are struggling to board behind a 17ft outboard with 115hp engine. We are using a monkey bar and are just about doing wake 2 wakes (with the help of some concrete blocks).

My question is that we are going to upgrade and have limited funds.

Top budget is £15K for a fully loaded boat ready to go (tower, ballast, p-pass, bow rider, LPG).

We are currently looking at the following boats.

Nautique 196 yr 2001, (the only neg is that it is a 196) and therefore the wake may not be that great, but it has p-pass, tower, no LPG, 600 hrs, price 10K

X Star 1997, direct drive, £17K, 700 hrs

Air Nautique 1998 (215 version), £13K, tower, no p-pass, no LPG, 800 hrs

2003 X5, seems ok approx £17K but is on ebay.

What we really want is an X2 or X1, but all of these or £20K plus, and we are just looking for something to progress to before we are no longer capable.

Any useful ideas/suggestions would be cool.



James

[DaveD]

Mastercraft Speed Boat for sale , 2003 Mastercraft Prostar 205 with UK spec trailer - Boats And Outboards


give em a kicking on the price

buy a proper mc tower

fit lpg and diy ballast and you have one cool x1 look a likey

[nelson1j]

He has already dropped the price, and won't shift any more, if he did we would probably put a bid in. There is also an X1 on Bnoutb for £19K V drive good to go will all the bits. I think that in the current crap state of the economy the prices will fall south again......Anyone any views on Nautiques?

[DaveD]

re nautiques only go for a v drive the others tend to have too soft a wake

[Brad_K]

I have had a nautique for the past 3 years and have just sold it. It was an old one and a great boat but i will NEVER EVER buy a nautique again due to the rubbish dealer. It was a 1980 boat and a few months after i brought it the engine went bang. I didn't buy it from the dealer but after ringing around decided to get it rebuilt by the main dealer who was much more expensive than others but i wanted it doing properly. long story short, it was in the dealers for 2.5 years and still not running.

My next boat will be a mastercraft.

[dogpoo]

Originally Posted by DaveD

re nautiques only go for a v drive the others tend to have too soft a wake

I presume that rash statement excludes the 2001 Nautique. The hull that inspired the Super Air. Plus you can buy three of them for 15k and still have change.