2000 Pro Air Nautique, 95.4 hrs, $25,800, Located in NC

[pedesproair]

2000 Correct Craft Pro Air Nautique 95.4hrs, PCM 5.8 GT40 – 310hp eng, Ramlin Color matched Single Axle trailer w/ Aluminum Wheels and surge brakes. Masters Edition Hunter Green and Almond. Wake Designs Tower Racks (2 – 1 for Wakebds, 1 for Skis) BImini Top, 2 Covers, Jump Seat, Correct craft installed Clarion AM/FM/CD Stereo w/ 500 watt Amp and 100watt 10” powered sub-woofer, Depth meter / sounder.
Original Owner, Like new condition. Very well cared for, stored in heated garage. $25,800.00 , Serious Inquiries only please.

Additional info and questions contact via email @ pedesktm@yahoo.com

[MattieK27]

11 year old boat, 96 hours; a little over 8 hours a year. Digital Teleflex gauges strike again...

[pedesproair]

You are incoorect MattieK47- Hrs are accurate.

The hrs stated on this boat are correct. I am the original owner and this boat has not been used much. The guages work just fine, still work just fine and have never failed.

It would be appreciated if you did not dis-credit someone's info without the facts. Your statement is not accurate.

[Miljack]

Jeff,
can you delete Mattie's post? TOTALLY uncalled for! That boat looks perfect!!

Good luck with your sale, nice looking boat.

[MattieK27]

Jeff,
can you delete Mattie's post? TOTALLY uncalled for! That boat looks perfect!!

Good luck with your sale, nice looking boat.

Uncalled for? If you had seen as many 2000-2002 Nautiques as I have in the past few months with supposedly under 200 hours, you would understand. This might be the one exception, but do you understand how difficult it would be to put less than 10 hrs a year on a boat? I might be wrong and this boat has had extremely little use with fully functioning Teleflex gauges, but don't act like I said something others weren't thinking...

[Miljack]

Mattie,
disagree completely with you on this. You came onto a guy's posting about a boat for sale, and posted your OPINION on the hours he listed for his boat. You did NOT state that you spoke to the seller and his story sounded "off," or anything FACTUAL about this guy's boat!

I can understand if YOU have had some bad experiences with the digital gauges and untruthful sellers, but for you to hack a guy's post without knowledge is uncool.

[jimmyj]

beautiful boat. engine looks brand new!

[MattieK27]

Mattie,
disagree completely with you on this. You came onto a guy's posting about a boat for sale, and posted your OPINION on the hours he listed for his boat. You did NOT state that you spoke to the seller and his story sounded "off," or anything FACTUAL about this guy's boat!

I can understand if YOU have had some bad experiences with the digital gauges and untruthful sellers, but for you to hack a guy's post without knowledge is uncool.

My only comment was "11 year old boat, 96 hours; a little over 8 hours a year. Digital Teleflex gauges strike again...," I did not belabor the point or acuse the owner of knowlingly reporting incorrect information.

The seller then posted that I was wrong, and that the boat truly only has 96 hours. My post made possible buyers aware of the typical issues with the teleflex digital gauges, the owners post clarified that its not the case with this boat. I guess I don't see the problem here.



Best of luck with the sale, looks like a clean boat.

[obd666]

great lookin boat, and clearly well taken care of

[CradGen2]

Great clean looking boat. I'm not a carpet expert, but looks to have very little use. If it wasn't a Pro Air, I'd have a buddy of mine buy it quickly.

I can see all the comments being valid. Maybe Mattie's comment was just worded incorrectly. A simple "are the gauges original" comment would have worked. I've not seen the boat in the ad below, but we have a 2000 Sport nautique and a 1999 Super Air at our marina and they have 79 hours and 56 hours respectively. The 2000 sport hasn't been in the water in years and the 1999 gets used for about 3-4 hours once a year then goes back to service for a fluid change and winterize. There are boats like this out there. I used my 216 about 6 hours total last year. With having the other boats it never came out. With insurance and reg it cost about $90.00 per hour to use(doesn't include deprecation). If the motor has been properly store each year and the fliuds changed, looks like a great wakeboard ride. I make these comments not to belabor the critics, but to let NEW to boating people know boats like this exist. For us veterns, we know what to look for when purchasing a new Nautique.

At the end of the day this looks like a steal for a person looking for a boat. Good luck with the sell.....

I've talked/emailed with Jeff about locking the posts so comments like the below are not made. Correct Craft fan has a good set-up.

[hjelmjw11]

Ignorance

Mattiek you did the exact same thing to my post so listen up partner! I apologize for a lot of the boat owners out there who do not have the luxury of spending the summers on the lake despite living on one. Drop the skepticism and consider more important factors of life that can restrict you from using your boat as much as you would like. I am talking about family and usually a demanding high profiled career, do you have either? So many times you see these boats sitting at vacation homes and only get used once a year for the family reunion. Most boats with low hours usually have the title in the glovebox as well, are you seeing the correlation? Anyways I could go on for days but i think the points are being made.

BTW, why haven't you bought one yet? You mentioned you have been seeing 06's from $33-36k seems like a no brainer to me considering people are trying to get that for their 03's.

Another thing about hours, who even cares about them? NADA doesnt even ask for them and thats what all you buyers live by anyways as long it supports you paying less for the boat.

[MattieK27]

Mattiek you did the exact same thing to my post so listen up partner! I apologize for a lot of the boat owners out there who do not have the luxury of spending the summers on the lake despite living on one. Drop the skepticism and consider more important factors of life that can restrict you from using your boat as much as you would like. I am talking about family and usually a demanding high profiled career, do you have either? So many times you see these boats sitting at vacation homes and only get used once a year for the family reunion. Most boats with low hours usually have the title in the glovebox as well, are you seeing the correlation? Anyways I could go on for days but i think the points are being made.

Ignorance? You know whats ignorant, a personal attack on a member in someone else's selling thread. Since you have no regard for that, here goes...

Unfortunately almost every 2000-2002 Super Air out there has this same issue. They all only report between 50-200 hours, and of course they have more. The digital gauges are the issue, plus the GT40 doesnt have the ability to verify hours by checking the ECU like the newer GM based PCM stuff does.

I do agree though, which is why I am steering clear of all digital gauge Nautiques while looking for a boat.

That was my exact comment in your thread. What is the problem with that? Sorry my statement of facts got you so up in arms.

As far as your explinations, they are absolutely all plausable. Have you ever wondered though why 2000-2002 Nautiques as a whole seem to have a lot less hours on them than newer 2003s, 2004s, etc? It is a documented issue that the Teleflex digital gauges fail, and need to be replaced. With that failure or replacement the hours on the boat are lost. Of course your explinations make more sense and are always the case, right "partner?"

BTW, why haven't you bought one yet? You mentioned you have been seeing 06's from $33-36k seems like a no brainer to me considering people are trying to get that for their 03's.

Thanks for the interest in my boat search. I assume you are commenting on my statement to the canadian boat owner about his price; thanks for recapping my post. I stand by what I said, I guess I am just taking my time with the boat I choose, so I don't make a "no brainer" decision and have to sell my boat a few months after I bought it like some people...

Another thing about hours, who even cares about them? NADA doesnt even ask for them and thats what all you buyers live by anyways as long it supports you paying less for the boat

Always nice to see a comment like this from a person trying to sell a boat. Anything else you care to discuss?

[Quinner]

Personally think the info Mattie is providing on his experiences is really valuable to any prospective buyer, it also sounds like most of the suspect boats mentioned had obvious signs of deception. If the sellers hours and boat are legit then no worries on their part. Always tough to tell from photos however the boat in this thread does appear to be in very nice shape.

Good Luck with Your Sale

[Chexi]

I think MattieK's underlying message is correct, although perhaps the phraseology could have been better. One does need to be skeptical about hours repersentations on these few years of boats. However, where the Teleflex digital gauges are still working (which basically only happens in boats with very few hours), then one can be reasonably certain they are true (unless someone disconnected the gauges for a few years... but that is always a risk). There are certainly boats out there (including in the 2000-2002 range) with very low true hours. I see wakeboard boats sitting in lifts all over the lake where I board, never being used (at least when I am there).

That said, I would rather buy a boat with appx. 50 hours on it per year than one with 0-10 hours per year. Lack of use causes more problems than well-maintained use. In addition, if I find an older boat with about 50 hours per year and the rest of the boat looks very good, I can reasonably assume that the owner was at least moderately anal and took care of the boat. With an older boat with very few hours it can be impossible to tell. Of course, if a seller of an older boat with low hours has the maintenance records (and they show proper maintenance), that can accomplish the same thing (or better). Ultimately, one must be careful when buying a boat, and one must be a bit more careful when buying a nautique of this era.

[xlair]

I think that people's point are this: there is a time and place for everything. Going on to someone's ad for their personal boat and implying that the hours are wrong was probably not the right place.

Maybe we should have a sticky note at the top of the Boats for sale section that let's buyers know that the '00-'02 had a problem with the gauges and buyers should make sure not to take the stated hours as a given?

BTW- my the gauges in my '01 still work.