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Brendon2001
02-13-2011, 08:09 AM
Our 1998 Air with 200 tower (FCT3 i think) from 2010 200 Ski Nautique

Let me know your thoughts.

Brendon.

TRDon
02-13-2011, 09:10 AM
looks good and more modern. Did you have to modify the tower to amke it fit that boat?

Brendon2001
02-13-2011, 11:38 AM
Local dealer fitted - no modification required, just new drill holes etc.

wantanautique
02-13-2011, 06:27 PM
Looks good, how much does something like that run?

xlair
02-13-2011, 07:09 PM
so did it just fit by chance then? doesn't look too shabby. i'm sure it wasn't cheap!

Brendon2001
02-14-2011, 07:28 AM
Hey Guys

Yeah - it pretty much went straight on which surprised me. The width of the 200 must be similar to the Sports/Air's of our age!

In terms of cost - we are based in the UK and as you can imagine there are not a lot of spare FCT3's kicking around, we were in the right place at the right time and know our dealer quite well. The price we paid for the tower I guess reflects the limited supply here - it was however, cheaper than an after market replica of earlier FCT's and also cheaper than a brand new Monster which is a bonus.

Trying to keep the rest of the boat as original as possible - think its one of only two in the UK.

Got to be the only one in the world with this tower on!

Thank you for your feedback guys.
Brendon.

GoBig
02-15-2011, 12:08 AM
I think it looks great. I bet the tower was cheaper than a day's worth of gas in the UK. How much do you pay for a fill-up?

Miljack
02-15-2011, 03:42 AM
Looks great! Did you or your dealer need to reinforce the deck under the mount for the new tower? That's the only thing that would worry me. Also any reason it's mounted so close to the windshield? I had the original tower on my boat and the rear leg was pretty close to where I would rest my elbow while using the throttle(for me hand always on throttle).

NigelC
02-15-2011, 04:14 AM
How much do you pay for a fill-up?

Based on a price of £1.30 per litre and 1 US gallon = 3.785litres

We are paying £4.92 or $7.87 per US gallon. That's why most tournament boats in the UK run on LPG.