Nautique outboard!!!

[Bilal309]

Guys, have you ever seen anything like this?? ONLY IN NIGERIA!!

Note: It is not mine and no it is not Photoshopped!

[srock]

Probably owned by that guy who keeps giving away millions. Looks like the storage space is excellent but I would want a little more power.

[GMLIII]

Darn that is wild . I would love to know the story behind it

[NautiqueJeff]

Hope nobody tries to surf that thing!

[Rednucleus]

I would like to see the platform mod to support the motor

[Bilal309]

Darn that is wild . I would love to know the story behind it

OK so the story behind it is this Nautique needed a new engine and in Nigeria, there are no PCM reps let alone people qualified to do the job. So this boat was bought for a steal by a Nigerian person who had in his store a 175HP outboard. He hired a fiberglass man who came up with this ingenious plan and "welded" the back of the transom to the bottom of the boat. I saw the boat take off quite well but the cruising stance is a bit poised at the front since there is quite a heavy load at the back. It does not level out so the wake is quite big. But definitely not suitable for wake surfing if you want to keep your limbs in one piece!

[bturner]

There's a YouTube channel called Boatworks Today (https://www.youtube.com/@boatworkstoday) that does a bunch of fiberglass restoration/modifications that did something like this on an old cruiser. He basically pulled out the twin inboards and installed twin outboards on one of his project boats. This guy seems to really know his stuff and does it right which is no small task if you want to keep the outboards attached to the transom.

You can absolutely do this but it's not as easy as just pulling the engine, filling the holes and slapping a transom plate on. And then as Jeff says, you may have a Wakeboard boat but lord help anyone that tries to surf it.

It does seem like a great alternative if you plan the boat to be a saltwater only boat, at least from a maintenance perspective.

[MN Ryan]

I've looked at this so many times. I'd really love to know the story and specifics behind it! I mean, you're looking at $15K for a new Suzuki 175 plus all the costs and effort to modify and rig the motor on the boat.

Next up, someone needs to go the other direction and cram a v-drive inboard into a bass boat.

[MN Ryan]

This brought back memories of the MasterCraft Barefoot 200.

[Scooter G]

Had to do a double take, wait am I seeing what I think I am, who would of thunk, good find!

MC 200, that's when I started wearing gloves to ski, helped not get the rope ripped out of my hands on the get up, lol.

[Bilal309]

OK so the story behind it is this Nautique needed a new engine and in Nigeria, there are no PCM reps let alone people qualified to do the job. So this boat was bought for a steal by a Nigerian person who had in his store a 175HP outboard. He hired a fiberglass man who came up with this ingenious plan and "welded" the back of the transom to the bottom of the boat. I saw the boat take off quite well but the cruising stance is a bit poised at the front since there is quite a heavy load at the back. It does not level out so the wake is quite big.

But definitely not suitable for wake surfing if you want to keep your limbs in one piece!

[bturner]

Club I skied at back in the day was in LaSalle ON, Canada. They had a 200 with maple leaf instead of stars.....

[MN Ryan]

Ha, that is awesome, eh?

[MikeC]

So they couldn't find someone to swap out a V8 engine using a few hand tools and a hoist, but they could find someone that can create a new structure and run new steering and fuel syslems? Cool idea.

[Rednucleus]

I wouild like to see the wake from that Maple leaf - bet it can be trimmed nice for skiing