How do you use your nautique?

[NCH2oSki]

I am just curious how people use there nautiques, and which one they have.

We are die hard skiers, no wakeboarding. We do take all day saturday or sunday with the family, picknic, recreational ski and maybe even tube in the afternoon. My 5 week old daughter seems to really like boating.

Weekdays are for the slalom course!

[Tim-Krasin]

Well, we have a 2000 Pro Air Nautique. Primarily use it for wakeboarding with a good amount of slalom, some barefooting (new to this), and tubing for my cousins and family. Occasionally just to take some of the older generation for a ride around the lake in style.

-Tim

[Daryl]

1990 Ski Nautique, PCM351, Perfect Pass, heater, shower, HO ASX/Phantom/Venture (for the wife)

Permanent (may-october - Canada eh!) river slalom course

99% Slalom, .5% wakeboarding, .5% cruising

my 5 month old boy isn't really sure about the boat.... doesn't like the PFD at all... and heat worries mom.

things to do???? add 4-blade, bimini top, 95A alternator, upgrade PP, stereo

oh ya - club boat is 97 MC PS190, LT1, PP

[jefe]

95% Wakeboarding
4% AirChair
1% Slalom

Mostly a weekend warrior (unfortunately) until I get a place on a decent lake! Maybe someday!

[gotwake]

As a floating cooler, that sometimes gets wakeboarded behind.

[liebelt1]

Typical Content:
70% Slalom
24% wakeboarding
5% cruising
1% tubing

Frequency:
4-5 times a month May through September

What I ride:
91 SN PCM351
KD7000 stick
Double-Up Greg Nelson board

Where I go:
Northern California,
San Joaquin Delta and New Hogan reservoir

Status:
Hope to get out more when kids mature. Daughter is 2 and son is 0. I have never skied a slalom course. Maybe someday........

[M3Fan]

We do about 70% slalom, 15% trick, 15% barefoot. I have a fly-high for barefoot and trick, and boom for everything. We're riding the HO Mach-1, good ol reliable stick. Hope to move up to something new for christmas. Go out at least once a week.

Unfortunately, the slalom is mostly free-skiing. No courses in the area worth mentioning.

[Watarski]

99.9% Wakeboarding, 0.1% Tubing. Tried slalom, but it's no use with a v-drive. Tubing is for the fat chicks (ballast) that want to get in the water :twisted:
Just joking. Bought it with 68 hours a year ago, currently have 355.

craig

[Dave]

The muddy maumee river in Grand Rapids Ohio is where we ski. I would ski in muddy uncrowded water over clear over crowded inland lakes any day.
I would estamate 60% of the boats on the maumee river are nautiques. I think that is pretty good compared to other places I have been.

70% wakeboarding
10% kneeboarding
10% sky ski
5% slalom
5% barefoot
Pulling a tube behind a nautique is like sleeping with a fat ugly girl. "its fun to do until your friends find out."
The rest of the time is spent just cruising the river.

[siuski]

Gotwake- Likewise for the floating cooler! It's funny how good a cooler can pull boarder and skiiers, and has a great wake as well.

'93 SN
70% Wakeboarding, fatseat, pylon, rack, cooler and fatpeople
10% Tournament Jumping
10% Cruzing
5% Barefooting
5% Sunbathing & "other" :shock:

[bbator085]

our '98 air nautique is used mainly for wakeboarding and the occasional tubing mission when the lake is blown out and people feel like getting hurt. plus its perfect for going to pick up pizza and keep the neighbors up with whatever music we want the whole lake to hear... gotta love us

[882001]

1988 SKI NAUTIQUE 2001
45%WAKESKATING
45%WAKEBOARDING
3% wakesurfing
7% CRUISING
NO TUBES OR KNEEBOARDS ALLOWED!
WILLING TO GIVE BAREFOOT A TRY got a boom w the boat

[Jarabacoa]

Just went barefooting tonight for the first time behind our 2003 SANTE.
Wakeboarding
Tubing ( I have a 10 year daughter and yes she is better at wakeboarding)
Lounging
Last but not least-THERAPY-ahhh

[NCH2oSki]

We use ours a lot for therapy also. We have a 2 month old girl and she is really relaxed when we are out. That relaxes us! It has cut down on our skiing a lot this year but that is ok.

[wakefun]

65% wakeboad
10% surfing (new to us and big fun when the wally's are out or its too rough to ride)
5% tubing (kids still love to it...)
5% slalom (I'm no good so I don't mind the big bump too much)
15% just floating in the lake - swimming, hanging out, getting some sun, etc.
We have a 2000 SAN
John

[jroyal]

We have a 2001 Super Air

80% wakeboarding
5% tubing (kids still love to it...)
1% slalom (when my binding clips messed up, we had to slalom)
14% for hanging out

[91Excel]

We have a 1991 Nautique Excel

We board 90% of the time

Hang Out the other 10%

[ripfish]

2002 196 Ski Nautique

80% Slalom - I still suck, but moving into 34 mph. Started the summer at 30 mph. As much course skiing as possible

20% Weedend Trick and Wakeboarding.

The remaining 100% after skiing is over is all about Party!

Just put magnets in the course for the Perfect Pass. Should have done that along time ago. Or at least used the manual timing button.

Dialed in Now.

[NautiqueChick]

2001 Air Nautique
We mostly wakeboard behind it, all though we do tube when its windy or rough out.
The reason we didn't buy a Super was because my dad says he still wanted to do some skiing and well he hasn't been skiing behind it yet!
Oh yeah and we also wakesurf and my parents go cruising in it sometimes.

[lucky]

We use our '82 for wakeboarding, we added Perfect Pass, the tower and hard top, a stereo, a depth finder, and a lake house.

[seven20]

We use my 87 2001 for wakeboarding and wakeskating. Never pull tubes or kneeboards. Have a tower, so it works out nice. We hang out a lot too.

[gatorgates]

2003 Nautique 206 Limited. 65% hard core slalom course time, 10% trick, 25% younger kids and wife free skiing. It is pretty rare to have the boat running without somebody behind it.