1991 Barefoot Nautique w/ 454, v-drive

[robsch]

I bought this in 2005 from a competitive barefooter in Wisconsin, who had owned the boat for most of its life, and had taken great care of it. I installed a Pro Flight tower, and bought a couple of Fly High fat sacks. It makes an awesome wake for wakeboarding. The 454 has loads of torque; it holds speed very well, and comes out of the water strong even fully weighted. It's a great v-drive wakeboarding boat for a fraction of the price of the newer models.

Included is a trailer, heater, shower, new Sony marine CD stereo and the tower. In 2007, I had the 454 engine rebuilt, due to freeze damage sustained over the winter. (The rebuild was performed by Waterhouse engines in Tacoma, WA - recommended by my local CC dealer). It only has 10 hours on the rebuild, with 471 hours overall.

You get a rock-solid v-drive wakeboard boat, with Nautique quality, for a bargain price of 9.5K.













This is with 6 people in the boat, but no extra weight..

[Hollywood]

Re: 1991 Barefoot Nautique w/ 454, v-drive

I bought this in 2005 from a competitive barefooter in Wisconsin, who had owned the boat for most of its life, and had taken great care of it.

I installed a Pro Flight tower, and bought a couple of Fly High fat sacks. It makes an awesome wake for wakeboarding. In 2007, I had the 454 engine rebuilt, due to freeze damage sustained over the winter.

Any pics of the engine? What exactly was replaced?

[pj]

RE: Re: 1991 Barefoot Nautique w/ 454, v-drive

Pulling tubers behind a ski boat is a capital offense on our lake.
That is a very clean looking boat though. I bet that 454 really pulls.

[CradGen2]

RE: Re: 1991 Barefoot Nautique w/ 454, v-drive

Nice looking boat. Might I suggest removing the tubing pic. There are a lot of people on this forum passionate about not using a Nautique for tubing. That is Mastercrafts were built for.

[CradGen2]

RE: Re: 1991 Barefoot Nautique w/ 454, v-drive

Yellow_Flash_Colorz:

[robsch]

RE: Re: 1991 Barefoot Nautique w/ 454, v-drive

LOL yes I'm not much of a fan of tubing myself and espeically what it does to the water on the rest of the lake. I definately won't do it during calm water hours.
On the engine, the block was replaced along with pistons, crank, etc. Even the heads, valves, manifold, etc. Carb is the same, as well as all accessories. You wouldn't know by looking at it that it was rebuilt. I'll get a picture of the engine & post it.