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@oldjeep yeah you’re right, 7 people in a competition ski boat might be a miserable experience. And about the time one of those peeps start to complain I tell them to get in their boat. Besides not like it’d be all day, most likely a trip to the sand bar and you’re set up all day. A few thoughts on the USCG placards.... I’ve been stopped for being under capacity but not seated in approved USCG seating.... WTF is that?! Can’t have 2 people in a seat either. How many seats are in comp boat? 3? My ‘76 is rated for 6 people I believe, with the standard driver and observer seat and then a foam pad in the rear for a seat. If that’s USCG approved seating the standards must be pretty low. I’m in process of buying/building a 21’ flat bottom Carolina Skiff. It’s approved for 16 passengers but damn sure ain’t 16 seats.

@LoopSki @keithh2oskier it’s called a “here, hold my beer” moment.

In all honesty I hoped it’s a ‘93 purple SN he picked up from the Orlando area..... get this thing outta here.

How did you do? Sorry I missed your pm over the weekend.

@Jetsetr I’ll second all that.

I learned two things from that video.... Buford is the long lost sister of my wife but Buford isn’t as bad... and evidently according to Horton it’s still illegal to get a hair cut in the Golden State.

Bucket method is the only method that assures condition of your entire RWP system, instantly. $9 hose, $15,000 Ilmor but it sounds like you already have it all figured out...

@thager I understand that. Not my first boat restoration. And this was for an entire boat. My point is C&S is supposed to be the best and official Nautique upholstery guru now that Christine’s retired and yet she can only send 2 whites, 1 black, and 1 purple? I told her I need better matches and she says that’s ALL she can do. I take that as being not invested and not trying. I sent same picture to one of the local recommendations I And others sent to Nole Skier and they managed to produce a total of 22 samples, much closer match. Some don’t settle for mediocre when you’re paying top dollar.

You still have a rotor and cap for the with the conversion. But id keep points and condenser. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. No performance gains in our application. If you had rusty springs and sloppy distributor and it wasn’t advancing properly, then I’d entertain a DUI. Only problem I ever had with points was moisture would build up on contact surface. If I’d let the boat sit for a a few days I had to pull dizzy cap off and prop motor box up to let ventilate. Eventually that dizzy broke and I put a new one in, never pulled cap since but I always maintained propping motorbox up to let that moisture escape from bilge. I just copy and pasted the entire previous post stating “Conventional distributors are high maintenance” bc felt like Bracemaker and I weren’t on same page. The high maintenance statement I didn’t agree with, not for our application.

They all have improved. Module failures on conversion kits have gone down from what I’ve gathered tremendously... but, It’s hard to beat a clean 1 wire installation of a DUI. For some reason when you throw a ballast resistor in the equation people go brain dead.

C&S is far from what Christines was, which was, meh. This is the best match C&S could produce for me. All the colors were wrong, texture was acceptable but not perfect, sheen was way off. The white from that era is still widely available and black in that lineup should be a no brainer. I do expect problems getting the purple. But that’s all the whites she could get? Unacceptable.

Conventional: While this is called a “conventional” ignition system, it’s something of a misnomer. These are not used on modern cars, at least not in the US. This is an older style of ignition system that uses points, a distributor, and an external coil. They’re high-maintenance, but easily fixed and pretty cheap. Service intervals ranged from every 5,000 to 10,000 miles. Electronic: An electronic ignition is a modification on the conventional system, and you’ll find these in widespread use today, although distributor-less systems are now becoming more common. In an electronic system, you still have a distributor, but the points have been replaced with a pickup coil, and there’s an electronic ignition control module. These are far less likely to breakdown than conventional systems, and provide very reliable operation. Service intervals on these types of systems are generally recommended every 25,000 miles or so. @BraceMaker

@BraceMaker Protec was 92-94. Possibly 91. Then the went back to conventional distributors after that.

Good luck Danny! The best we have is only ok. There’s Patty in Altamonte who John H has used a few times and I’ve seen a few SN’shes re done. She does very good work, fair price, but freaking flighty as all hell and I’ve always gotten aggravated before I was able to get her to do stuff for me. I think she’s all about timing. I’ve been using another guy who’s moonlighting.... He’s been doing decent work for a fair price and so far been pretty quick. I’ll PM you their numbers.

What’s the big deal? My 88 Ski Nautique had a wake just like that.

@Jetsetr I partly agree with you, but....No disrespect to Gary but I feel no matter what he’s going to be into this for $600 IF he doesn’t solve this issue himself. I feel the mechanic he talked to isn’t a marine mechanic. As the mechanic should’ve said “how’s the ignition, and btw marine 4160’s (and all post 1972 marine holleys as far as I know) don’t have external float adjustments?” Now he’s going to have frustration and downtime to factor in. Is he in Canada? What’s that like a 5 day season? I like to fix and figure things out myself. I also know that if I don’t fix and make that carb perfect in 1 R&R, once I factor in frustration and downtime, I could have easily gone to work and made that $699 for a brand new carb with minimal frustration.

A lot of dislikes popping up. Surely those people don’t have children especially daughters. Nor a conscience.

Not to be a smartass but YouTube and google. Keep in mind it’s a MARINE 4160. Auto 4160 has external adjustable floats. Open it up and make sure needle is seating properly. Does your engine sit level? Some inboards don’t sit level so primary float typically overflows and secondary starves. Most carb guys will disagree with me but next time just buy a brand new marine 4160 from Summit calibrated for the Ford or Chevy. Bolt it on, adjust idle and voila it’s good. You’ll always be happier with a new carb vs a rebuild. Edit-Nevermind I re-read thread. 95 Nautiques sit level. We know your carb is jacked now, but back to last seasons issue, what ignition system are you running on that boat?

It disgusted me. Sadly I see so many people on this website and Facebook who either support him or at least give him the benefit of the doubt. By many people I mean well over 50%. If I was a parent in Indiana I would’ve raised hell.

Having watched Samantha ski many times in person, she can throw it down!!!! Why isn’t her name talked about more?

I skied a 69 Senate when I was 210-215. Way too much ski for me.

Marine Holleys aren’t externally adjustable.

The VDO clocks from that era are really hard to find.

Contact Alloy he’ll know, he has almost all the swing and rise numbers on file. He may not reveal to you which ones are interchangeable as that kinda would hurt his business though.

I’m not too sure about Brendella’s beginnings coming from a MC but I seem to recall same story. I’m sure most do know that Rob Shirley cut a Ski Nautique down the middle and with the help of Correct Crafts own iconic Art Cozier, widened the bottom with a tweak here and there and voila that was the first Mastercraft. Where did first Ski Nautique come from? Leo Bentz made a few boats with intentions to try and sell the mold and the name “Ski Nautique” to Correct Craft but Melloon wouldn’t bite. Bentz never wanted to be a boat manufacturer. It took a few years but CC decided to try it out. Where did Bentz get his donor boat? A wooden 17’ Higgins was the original boat plug for the mold. The Ski Nautique Art drives in the Masters is #12 I believe which might’ve been first Ski Nautique CC built. The very original Bentz #1 Ski Nautique just recently surfaced and I believe is being restored. Kinda amazing the industry that spawned from a waterskiing attorney. Back to Brendella.... Edit: I do know somebody used old MC molds. Now that’s I’m thinking about it, was it Brendella or American Skier that was the MC hull? I’m thinking American Skier.