2002 Ski Nautique Project

[Scooter G]

Dang Son, I could comb my sweet Johnny Bravo hair in that mirror. Super amazing, kachow!

[ScooterMcgavin]

Looks great!

[NautiqueJeff]

Old carpet is out! New carpet will be installed by the end of the weekend.

[Interjon]

Wow that looks like a lot of work.

[SilentSeven]

Hey Jeff, do you have carpet minions that do your install or do you do this yourself? I re-carpeted my Mastercraft way back when and it's a decent task. And all the fancy seat forms etc have only made it more challenging.... curious how you handle this...


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[NautiqueJeff]

I am having this one done by an expert. Carpet is not something that I enjoy.

[NautiqueJeff]

My carpet guy knocked it out of the park on this one.

Every single piece was replaced, and done right.

I'll pull it home tomorrow and put it in the PN Microshop for now, until space frees up at the world-famous BBC here in Mooresville, NC. I can start installing the interior now, and get it all ready for the rebuilt GT40 that's going in once PCM finishes that engine up.

[ScooterMcgavin]

Looks amazing Jeff, your man killed it for sure!

[fsts2k]

The boat looks amazing! Found a buyer yet?

[NautiqueJeff]

Not officially. I have someone coming to look at this one and the one with the Zephyr N stripe tomorrow though. Are you interested?

I pulled it home from the carpet install place this morning and put it into the PN Microshop. It is looking so good!

[fsts2k]

Interested.. yes but it is not practical. I have this same boat in Blue although my restoration / freshen up is no where near as extensive as yours. I love the colors on this one; such a pretty boat.

[NautiqueJeff]

Preparing to start reassembly of this boat.

Cleaned the speaker panels up as best I could. These are unobtainable, and cleaning the originals is all that can reasonably be done. I have painted them in the past, and that works well, but if the vinyl isn't TERRIBLE, they normally clean up OK.

Of course, Roswell Marine Audio R1 in-boat speakers with LED's were added. This boat will have a hidden Roswell stereo system. There will be no head unit. The Roswell Cybox bluetooth receiver will be directly connected to the Roswell amp, and all music will be controlled from the driver's phone. LED lights in the speakers will be controlled by the included wireless remote control.

Here's the BEFORE:






Here's the AFTER:

[bionaraq]

NautiqueJeff what year did they start putting gelcoat under the carpet? I thought it was late 90's but this boat appears to be raw fiberglass under there. Got me worried my plan to seadek my 2004 will involve a LOT more steps.

Speaker panels look great by the way.

[NautiqueJeff]

On the Ski Nautique? Not until the 196 ended. All Ski Nautiques prior to the 200 had raw fiberglass under there.

[NautiqueJeff]

Rainy day here at the lake, so it is a good day to work on installing this interior.

Got a few pieces installed this morning. Still need to mount the speaker pods before the sides can be installed.

Also got the freshly-powdercoated vent covers installed on the front.