Back to a Nautique

[CraigH]

My first boat was a 1979 Ski Nautique. After many years with a Hydrodyne, we decided we needed a bit more room for 3 budding skiers/wakeboarders and decided on a Air Nautique 216. I wanted a direct drive with a slalom wake for me and a decent wakeboard wake for the kids. The clean look and graphics sold me on this 2003. It is nice to have a Nautique again.

[AirTool]

RE: Back to a Nautique

I like the nimbleness (if that is a word) of my 206 but we ski on a dedicated ski lake. If I spent the majority of the time on a big lake, I'd probably upsize to a 216.

Your's looks very nice....the black tower is a nice touch. Now all you need is a few thousand watts of music to wake up the fish.

AirTool

[NCH2oSki]

RE: Back to a Nautique

Very nice looking boat, hope you get many years of use out of it. What lake is that it looks very familiar.

[CraigH]

Thanks for the comments. We live near Raleigh NC and mostly ride Jordan Lake.

The lake in the picture is Smith Mountain Lake in VA. It is a beautiful lake and since my parents live on the lake, I will probably take the boat up there once or twice a year.

[cmd]

thats probably one of the best looking 216's i've seen.! i actually called about when it was on ebay a few weeks ago.did you get from j.city, tenn.?man did i come close to driving up there to look at it.anyways congrats and i bet you're lov'n it

[SkiTower]

That's a beautiful boat. Wish I had a black tower on mine, but not enough to paint / powder coat the one I have.

SML is gorgeous. I'm hoping to head back up there next spring.

[CraigH]

It is the boat that was on Ebay. I worked out a deal after the Ebay auction ended and picked it up in Johnson City TN. I certainly gave my Honda Ridgeline a tow test pulling it back over the mountains. Their didnt/dont seem to be too many 216's around and for sale so I knew I would need to travel a bit.

Thanks again for the nice comments. I look forward to this being our family boat for a while.