M3Fan
10-27-2003, 11:40 PM
Ok, my post on the 2000 SN gave me an idea for this topic: What are your top 3 graphic eras for the SN? Keep in mind, this does not mean HULL eras, strictly GRAPHICS REDESIGNS. The major eras of SN graphics would probably be these:
61-74 (?)
75-79: Awesome hand-painted "SKI NAUTIQUE" in HUGE letters on the side of the boat, slightly italic with an underline.
80-84: Solid stripe, later split into 3 colors, with "SKI NAUTIQUE" in white inside the stripe.
85-88: Smaller solid stripe, single color, with "SKI NAUTIQUE" in smaller white letters (or hull color letters if gray hull used). The big difference is the huge 2001 graphic, in italic, at the tail end of the boat.
89: A one-year era. The "2001" boat with solid stripe, "SKI NAUTIQUE" in font and graphics exactly like upcoming 1990 model, but old hull still. No 2001 graphic this year. Interestingly, the first year of the single exhaust also.
1990-93: Big stripe down the side of the boat down to waterline, with a secondary stripe at the top of the hull as well. "SKI NAUTIQUE" in same font as 89 model, changing to slightly different lettering in 92-93.
1994-96: Primary stripe at the upper portion of the hull graduates in thickness from front to back, with "SKI NAUTIQUE" written in smaller graphics on the white hull below the stripe.
97-99: Similar to the previous design, but "SKI NAUTIQUE" actually written within the primary stripe rather than below.
2000-01: The huge N on the side of the hull
2002- Present: The N design with graphic in the middle, also secondary stripe added towards the back portion of the boat.
My picks would have to be:
1. 74-79: Love these. Such a cool design.
2. 1990-93: Slightly biased there
3. 2000-01: Don't know why, but I now really like this design
I think the whole lot of 94-99 designs were a tad boring, so would clock in as my least favorite.
61-74 (?)
75-79: Awesome hand-painted "SKI NAUTIQUE" in HUGE letters on the side of the boat, slightly italic with an underline.
80-84: Solid stripe, later split into 3 colors, with "SKI NAUTIQUE" in white inside the stripe.
85-88: Smaller solid stripe, single color, with "SKI NAUTIQUE" in smaller white letters (or hull color letters if gray hull used). The big difference is the huge 2001 graphic, in italic, at the tail end of the boat.
89: A one-year era. The "2001" boat with solid stripe, "SKI NAUTIQUE" in font and graphics exactly like upcoming 1990 model, but old hull still. No 2001 graphic this year. Interestingly, the first year of the single exhaust also.
1990-93: Big stripe down the side of the boat down to waterline, with a secondary stripe at the top of the hull as well. "SKI NAUTIQUE" in same font as 89 model, changing to slightly different lettering in 92-93.
1994-96: Primary stripe at the upper portion of the hull graduates in thickness from front to back, with "SKI NAUTIQUE" written in smaller graphics on the white hull below the stripe.
97-99: Similar to the previous design, but "SKI NAUTIQUE" actually written within the primary stripe rather than below.
2000-01: The huge N on the side of the hull
2002- Present: The N design with graphic in the middle, also secondary stripe added towards the back portion of the boat.
My picks would have to be:
1. 74-79: Love these. Such a cool design.
2. 1990-93: Slightly biased there
3. 2000-01: Don't know why, but I now really like this design
I think the whole lot of 94-99 designs were a tad boring, so would clock in as my least favorite.