What year is my Nautique?

[simont26]

Hi guys I own a Ski Nautique but im not sure of the year so i hope some one can help me to work it out. I know for sure its well before 1990, anyway It has a 5.8litre Ford Winsor 351 V8 engine. It was my fathers boar and i am currently tidying it up as it has gotten a bit rough over the years. All decals have been stripped and has been fully resprayed to white. Im just going out now to take a few pictures to add. If anyone can give me some info on how to find out, it would be great.

Thanks, Si

[Adrian]

RE: What year is my Nautique?

Find the hull number. It's located on the right rear outside of the boat. The last three digits represent the last digit of the year the boat was built and the final two digits of the boat model year.

[simont26]

Here are some pictures, i hope they will be helpful! It is also a Ski Nautique "2001" model

[Quinner]

1978 OR 1979 is my Guess.

As mentioned check the Starboard (Right) side of the hull at the stern below the rub rail for the boats Hull ID Number.

[simont26]

ok i found the hull id but due to the respray its hard to make out. I put a piece of paper over the id and coloured with a pencil, this is what i came up with.

[simont26]

CTC 8088M L 81 8NK or
CTC 8089M L 87 8NK maybe, what do you guys think?

[simont26]

would it be possible im reading this wrong for this model or sumthing and it reads 8089M as serial and then 78 as the year and where it looks liek a 1 it is really an L meaning it was made in December?

[simont26]

ok looks like it is definately a 1978 model found a few images that are pretty much identical inside here: http://www.planetnautique.com/index....ic&t=13312 Thanks for all the help

[TRBenj]

Based on the pics, Id say '77 or '78, and the HIN would confirm its a '78. Im not sure what the 1 denotes after the 78, but my '78 Tique had the same thing on its HIN.

It is not a 2001 hull, by the way- that started in 1982.

[Quinner]

Tim,

77' has a backing plate for the Speedo's not the molded dash, or at least that's how my 77' was??

[TRBenj]

CQ, youre right- but the dash on this boat looks like the shorter molded dash that would usually have the backing plate installed. It seems that the factory may have mounted the speedos right in the shorter dash on some boats rather than using the plate. Im guessing it was a mid-78 switch, as all 77's have the shorter dash, all 79's have the taller, and there seem to be 78's of both flavors.

From the '77 brochure (shorter dash with backing plate):



'78 with the taller dash:



'78 with the shorter dash and backing plate:



'78 with the shorter dash and no backing plate (like the OP's):



'79 with the taller dash:

[core-rider]

Based on the pics you provided that looks like a '78 like the others have said, but based on the hull id # it is an '80 model.

The "CTC" denotes Correct Craft and the next 2 numbers are the year. In your case "80" for 1980.

[MikeC]

There were two formats used for HIN's prior to 1984 (in 1984 a single new format became mandatory). The first eight characters are the same in all of the formats: the first three characters are the manufacturer, the next five characters are the serial number (it appears the Correct Craft used only four characters, someone with more knowledge of older Nautiques will know more about that). It's beyond the serial number that there are three different formats, two used prior to 1984 (either format could be used) and one standard format used after August 1984.

Pre 1984 Model year format: following the serial number the next character is "M" denoting model year format. The following two characters are the year and the last character is the month. Prior to 1984 the month coding started with August, so A= August, B=September, C= October, etc... (this was changed in 1984 to a more consumer oriented starting month of January)

Pre 1984 straight year format: Following the serial number the next four digits are the month and year of manufacture, 0878= August 1978.

Post August 1984: following the serial number the next character is the month of manufacture followed by the last digit of the year it was manufactured, the last two digits are the model year. I203 would mean the boat was made in September of 02 and was an 03 model.

The manufacturer can put anything after the 12 digit HIN that may denote hull type, boat model etc.

It looks like your boat was made in April of 1978, M78I. M: model year format, 78: 1978, I: April.

[simont26]

thank you very much guys

[simont26]

im just going to see if i can find an older picture of the boat when it was bought as it has the 2001 stripe decals on each side which is sorta confusing.