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[get6]

196 limited with vapor blue main and black accent on a 2x zieman trailer. due roughly at the end of feb. i'm jonesing bad for it to arrive!

[AbunDiga909]

yeah i'm interested in that roller stuff myself...

[AbunDiga909]

get6...nice! blue and black...may be the colors of ours! and btw..nice to see ya on again! :wink:

[get6]

abundiga....good luck on the 216, thanks for your comments on the colors and most of all for your help in getting me back on!

[lcap]

My local dealer is Pacific Nautique, they are fantastic!

I ordered the trailer with the Rollers installed by DHM. Rollers are a requirement on a DHM tandem--the prop guard hits everything! It will knock the head off a mouse if it looks up. My last boat with a DHM trailer I purchased the rollers from an RV store and had one of my guys weld them on.

CC was nice enough to send the stickers seperately so I can put them on if it looks bad without them.

Most trailer manufacturers have these options, you just have to ask for them.

[lcap]

AbunDiga909

The tower is about the worst place to hang an Air Chair. Very awkward with the center of gravity to hang on a rack. They also obstruct the driver, even if mounted on the passenger side. Wake Design is trying to come up with a better solution. For your 216 I found a bracket that mounts behind the drivers seat. Holds the Chair upright.

I have a house on the Columbia river--no docks allowed.

Instead of seperate mounts on the tower, I am looking into having a custom fiberglass enclosure made to house the speakers and lights.

I want a very clean looking boat, the beauty of any machine (cars, boats) are in the lines.

[AbunDiga909]

i agree with the clean look of boats and cars...i do think like that myself...look at my post about satelite radio..he has a custom molded fiberglass for his speakers...its awesome...

I asked our local dealer about the hanging a skyski on it...he said it was fine...but that doesn't mean much...Think of it this way...would you stand on the side of the tower holding on to teh top for a couple of minutes? I would think that you weigh a lot more than your hydrofoil, so even though it looks like its gonna rip the tower apart, it prob wont...its the brackets that may take the stress...13th floor makes a nice looking one and i've seen one where its literally on the top of the tower with upside down with the strut facing up...now thats freaky...

[DRAGON88]

Thats sweet Icap, yea Pacfic Nautiqes is a sweet dealership, who did you order your boat from? Ron?

[skinautique]

Get6 - What does a zieman trailer look like? I have never heard of it. Is there a weblink or anything? Thanks.

[lcap]

I test skied my first Nautique nine years ago on December 4th. I applied the 80 degree rule. If the water plus air temp equals 80 degrees, I'm skiing. 80 degrees was probably a stretch that day and the poor salesman was out on Lake Washington in the pouring down rain pulling me around with pneumonia. At the end of my session, he practically gave me the boat so he could go home and go back to bed.

Rob and I have worked together ever since.

[get6]

skinautique,

the website is www.zieman.com. zieman is a west coast based manufacturer of many types of trailers. never owned one before, but my dealer (hammer ski & marine in northern california...www.hammerski.com) loves them and they look great. they seem to have really high end components, a nice finish, an excellent bunk layout, full box tube steel construction, plenty of amenities (swing tongue, prop guard rollers, color choices) etc. i will get back with you in a couple of years to let you know if they work as well as they look! i have a dhm under my 95 sport, and although i have not had any significant problems with it for some reason it always seemed half a notch below the boat in terms of quality. had to replace the cheesy jack that came on it (replaced it with a fulton which is great) but outside of that no problems. hope that helps.

get6

[FixerOstuff]

Hey lcap, who is your dealer and where are you located?

[DRAGON88]

My local dealer is Pacific Nautique, they are fantastic!

[Hollywood]

I wonder if Icap has anything to do with pacIfic????

[lcap]

Hollywood

Its sad to make the assumption that because something positive is said about a business we must have something to do with it. Since a dealer cannot sell outside its territory, my raves serve little use. The answer is no.

Pacific Nautique's is one of the best businesses I have ever worked with. Rarely does a business impress me enough to say something.

Pacific Nautiques is an exception.

The owners started the dealership becuase they loved and believed in Nautiques. It is the only product they sell. They use and work on the products they sell. They constantly look into ways of improving the boats and adding things they believe will make a skier/wakeboarder/families time on the water better.

They are honest sometimes to their detriment. They stand behind what they sell--I have had things that broke after the factory warranty and Pacific insisted on paying the bill because THEY did not think it should have broke. I have had them offer me a new boat for a weekend if mine could not be fixed in time.

They do not believe in lawyers, paperwork or promises they cannot keep.

I could not be happier that I have seen them go from selling boats in the back of a grocery store to their current location. If anyone deserves props (pun) intended, it is Pacific Nautiques.

The ultimate compliment comes from other local dealers. When they find out I have/had a Nautique the first question is, "do you know Ron and Rob." If I reply yes, they know they do not have a chance of selling me one of their boats and they quickly turn their attention to another customer.