New Turn Island feature

[rwskier]

Matt McCuddy and Ron Warman added a new feature to one of the turn Islands at Warman Lake.

[Wish]

They should have the lake name just under the "Ski Nautique" in the same lettering. But that is seriously cool.

[Bulldog]

That is the coolest island ever!!! Nice work.

[KcSwerver]

That is sooo awesome!

[GOODESkier]

Needs a flag pole over the pylon. Cool though!

[MattP]

Awesome

Who drew the short straw on cleaning all the leaves from that tree out of it?

[Horton]

That just sucks. You guys are all wrong. That good old thing should be cleaned up and loved.

[GOODESkier]

@Horton I know there is one pretty similar near your new place at Ski West....... you too could own a beauty like that. Think of it as a lake ornament until you get enough "pee" to fill the lake up, then move it to an island............. or buy and ski that wake for old times sake!

[Horton]

@GOODESkier If I could collect boats like I do skis I would

[Drago]

@horton catagorically agree with you. Old stuff is cool

[BG1]

Is that a 1977 SN?

[Steven_Haines]

It looks to be in good shape! I'd rather have it in my garage. It seems like a waste out on the island.

[tfriess]

How does one get a SN up onto an island?

[eleeski]

Islands really get in the way... Was the skier OK?

[Jody_Seal]

perfect end for the old battle cruiser! just dont molest the pylon! they are worth a pretty penny. Anny one looking for island art of their own.... let me know I have plenty of units up for the task!

[Jody_Seal]

Just picked this jewel up for $300 !!!!

[jipster43]

That's a lot of ambition for a turn a island! Someone must have easy access to a crane.

[mattm]

I was looking for a trailer for a '66 Century Resorter and the Nautique popped up on craigslist for $800. The boat didn't have a motor in it and the bottom is peppered with blisters but I thought it would make for the perfect island ornament at the far end of the lake. I can't remember the year I will have to look but 2 people have asked if it's a '77 so it may be. I was able to push the boat onto the barge with pipes underneath. Getting it on the island was uphill so it took a little more effort but wasn't too bad.

[andjules]

Sheesh, I spent a lot of time behind one of those when I was younger. It'll teach you to be stacked through the wakes.

[klindy]

That looks like a 1978. It's EXACTLY the same as the first Correct Craft my family owned. Look really close and you can see the "date" on the decal 3rd from the back. The decal was a "Correct Craft" from 1936 - 19xx badge. Each year they bumped up the date. This one clearly isn't 1977 and looks to be 1978.

[mwetskier]

the next step is to drill drain holes in the hull, fill with top soil and plant a tree in the middle of it. if it looks like the tree grew up thru the hull so much the better.

[AggieSkier]

http://seattlestravels.com/quirky-iceland/

[A_B]

My first SN was a '77. The air scoop is different on a '78 if I remember correctly, but I can't see it too well. The decal pointed out above should also tell what it is. The serial number stamped on the transom should also tell.

Sad to see one of that era up on the rocks. Lots of great memories as a River Rat and first boat to make a run on our borrow pit turned into a ski lake.

[Gloersen]

Awesome! But it deserves a pavilion built over it.

[mattm]

It is a 78. I found out the original owner today and turns out I know him. He bought the boat right out of high school.

[fu_man]

Yard art....go big or go home. I agree with Horton but in this case with no motor, etc. this is way cooler than a one way ticket meeting with a Sawzall.

[jhughes]

At least take those Airguides out and sell them. They are worth some coin.

[Horton]

@jhughes

I would mount one on my office wall

[mattm]

How much coin? Now accepting offers. Would like to recoup some of the crane cost.

[Horton]

I would like one for my office wall

[XR6Hurricane]

Hell, where I come from that boat would still be on somebody's lift or tied to someone's pier for another 20 years. Even with no motor.

[Jody_Seal]

Another perspective island ornament! it is a 84

[mattm]

That looks like a more recent model. I think you're gonna need more than a signature to top

 

M'island'.

[A_B]

Maybe a blow up panda or Pamela Anderson doll driving?

[Waternut]

Sold my airguides for $35 a piece and had a lot of interest at that price. The needles and faces were faded and the metal had a few corrosion pits but the glass was good and I polished them up. Bought a mirror and bracket similar to that for $60 I think. Might even be able to get $100+ for the pylon but you need to be careful that you don't take so much out that it looks like crap on the island.

[Nick Sullivan]

That is the coolest Island I have ever seen. Nice work Matt.

 

It just makes me want to ski seeing that.

[RichardDoane]

Warman Lake, Western Regionals 2015, can't wait...