Ski Boat Forum
General Category => General American Skier Discussions => Topic started by: Midskier on February 17, 2010, 11:33:21 AM
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http://books.google.com/books?id=euMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA86&lpg=PA86&dq=American+Skier+Advance&source=bl&ots=qTXrClWdNv&sig=lAMr1pMyTNRgPBvzcyceGmMDysg&hl=en&ei=NyN8S57_O4z-Ncr9xbwF&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CAgQ6AEwATg8#v=onepage&q=American%20Skier%20Advance&f=false
hopefully the link will work
I'm guessing they didn't ski behind it or realize the passenger seat back opens up for carpeted storage under the bow
oh well, enjoy
Dan T
Midskier
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Frigin Awesome!!!!
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I remember going ballastic after I moved down to Ocoee to run the plant & this article appeared (test was done several months before publication) I found out we sent a boat to this test with NO BACK SEAT!!!
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Back seat?? oh yeah. That thing I have to put in when the kids come over.
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Nice article... Yeah, I'll bet Ron was more than a little miffed that they sent out anything other than thier absolute BEST boat! I dont think my 91 Advance came with a back seat either... I really dont know.
Maybe Ron can decipher my description and provide a little insight: The rear bench seat consists of three pieces with two low, small, square, white-plastic buckets (for lack of a better term) screwed into the deck, open side up, with square padded seats sitting on top (one port / one stbd). Both buckets have wooden supports on the inboard sides with key slots to hold the center bench seat which fits snugly between the two outboard seats & locks in place with male key pegs on both ends. When they're all put together it makes a low & surprisingly very sturdy bench seat, but with limited storage of course. The upside is you can take out the center bench seat for easy on/off over the transom while maintaining the two port & stbd seats in the rear. No need to take out all the port/stbd seats - pretty ingenious actually, but not sure it was standard or even optional equipment. The previous owner updated all of the uphostery a year before I bought it and I'm not familiar with the stanard or optional equipment. The owners manual & 91 brochure have limited details...
Ron, Any help???
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The back seats were always an option back in those days, most boats were sold to tournament skiers who didn't need them, or want them and were not allowed to be used in tournaments. But may bought them & left them in storage until they sold the boat usually into the recreation market. When I left in 1990 the optional seat was a multi-part seat that was designed to allow the two corner cushions in place but the center back & bottom were lift-out sections that could be removed & allow better step-over access to the swimplatform and access to the center floor for maint.
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Thanks Ron... thats what I have. Pretty cool setup :)
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Anyone notice that the Mastercraft had the lowest price in the bunch. How things change.