budget boarders

Anyone out there getting it done without breaking the bank lets see some pics. Please i need something to keep me going for one more month.

cheeeeeaaaaaap!!!!!!

I f-ing love it

Thats awesome! We used to go out on an 82 Nautique that was f-ing beat up like a passed out prom date. He painted it himself with spray cans and unbolted the rear seat and turned it around. Those were some of best lake days back in the day. Keep rocking it! Those pics are great.

any ballast in the first boat?

I use to own a old 84 centurion that I got as basically a tub. No floor, motor, or windsheild and needed new stringers. Put about 3g's in it and this is what it looked like when i got it.



Some Pics of the project:






This is what it looked like when i was done:




I really wish I would have had the time to get the graphics done but I sold it for 5k before that could happen.

Here is what I consider my economical/ budget set up now.
My 07 fourwinns 180 :




My economical tow vehicle/daily driver



Mine is silver but this is the loaner they gave me to test out. I commute about 30k a year and couldnt afford a vehicle that gets bad gas mileage but needed something to tow my boat so that was my compramise and I couldn't get that big of a boat so that was also my compramise. so for 45k I got both.

1971 sportline sportster complete with custom blue astro turf carpet

forgot to mention it only sank once..... recovered with 2 come alongs alot of rope and a big tree....... changed the oil and drained the fuel and put her back in the water used it the rest of the week but we decided not to tie it up to the dock at night anymore........

88 SN2001.

lol @ helmet for slayshing.

Works for me...

Rockin the Ski Ray!

Excuse me, but he said on a budget. Last I checked a Cobalt was not a budget boat. Nice boat.

thats awesome on the boat sinking!

Just picked this boat up in November for 2k!! It only has 165HP engine, but with a smaller prop i should be ok right? Will have a tower on it by the time the rivers unfreeze

........no problem jonathan.......my boat above has only a 90 outboard with 11 pitch prop.....loaded with 1200lbs. and peeps.

That is great. Sink it and then keep on boarding.

I have an 82 2001 (picture in my profile).

Doug, THAT IS SOO FREAKIN AWESOME! The same thing happened to me. We were using an 86 sunbird to pull with. I went out of town and got a call from some friends that went to my dock to tell me that it was under water. We used some tow straps, my dodge hemi, and also...A Big F'n TREE! Afterwards I had a friend fix it up and it ran and looked way better than b4 sinkin! Sadly tho I sold it to help fund a downpayment on hopefully a soon to be new Supra 21v

i loved the hooptie blue boat as it was known haha after it sank we lost all kinds of stuff cuz nothing was bolted down all the seats floated away so we used lawn chairs and sat on towels HAHAHA thier was even a fish in the engine compartment when we pulled it out we ended up using it for anouther 6 months then sold it for a mastercraft tristar i still miss it every time im on the water lol

matt zero ballist in the first pic but now i use two 400 lbs sacks on either side of the motor. its not great buti love wakeboardind so much i do what i have to.

Heres my '82.

man that hydodyne kicks ass

my 84

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Quote [By donaldrhill (dh03r6)
man that hydodyne kicks ass]

Thanks, it's really got one purpose and one purpose only - wakeboarding. I don't try to do anything else with it, my real goal is to keep it as durable as possible. No windshield, basic (easily removable) interior, basic concealed ballast setup, basic stereo and I don't have to worry about keeping it 'perfect' - which is the best part of all.

I picked it up minus the tower, ballast and stereo for $800.00 with a crap trailer and had to put some $$ into the engine to get it running....but it's great now and hasn't failed me yet.

Over 100hrs last summer (I'm in the North East)and I plan to do the same next summer...

1983 2001 nautique

man leo that wake looks clean