Geez Mess, you're a glutton for punishment aren't you?
Looks to be an '87. Actually a very nice looking boat for the price. I think you got a great deal there.
I really hope that you have to redo the floor in this one. You'll find out really quick that it's not even close to an A/S.
The stringer/floor system on a CC is totally different and much more labor intensive to do it right. Not saying it's any better. I much prefer the construction and layup of the A/S and not because it's easier. I think it's more solid myself. I personally feel that the stringer/floor construction of a CC is very sub-par when compared to the overall quality of construction that's built into the boat itself. Again, purely my own opinion.
If you have to replace the floor, you'll find that the stringers will be shot and there is nothing you can do to save them. Your only option is replacing them. The stringers are not nice straight pieces of wood either. They have notches, dips, and dives cut in them as well as bulkhead supports that brace to the hull. You had better try to remove the stringers as diligently as possible so you can piece them together as a pattern for the new ones. The floor is also constructed of foam and then chopper gun glassed over the top so there is no pattern.
Now for the boat itself. A really nice solid, well built machine (sans the floor/stringer system). I'm not sure if you're planning on keeping it or restoring it and then selling it off? If you or your kids are into wakeboarding and/or kneeboarding and you're planning on fixing and selling it off, DO NOT LET THEM SKI BEHIND THIS BOAT!!!!!!! You'll end up keeping it.
The 80"s CC's (Ski Nautique and 2001's) are well known for their incredibly good wakeboard wakes. The wakes are extremely good as is and able to handle virtually all but the most advanced tricks. When you add weight to them, they're practically world class. Even by today's modern, wake specific $75K standards. This in a boat that was built more than a decade before wakeboarding was ever thought of. Needless to say, they are highly sought after by the wakeboard community. They're only vice is the available space. There isn't a lot of room in them. Especially when you start filling them with sacs, people and all the associated gear. Adding a tower with racks helps somewhat but still an issue.
If you use a boom for training, the side spray from the CC is literally like a 3" fire hose hitting you in the face (on the starts). Once at speed, the fire hose is well behind you. Getting a boom extension to put you farther out helps but still doesn't eliminate it. Side spray from your A/S is virtually non-existant.
So the moral of the story is this....
Use your A/S for slalom, tricking , barefoot and boom training. It's virtually untouchable.
For wakebaording, load up the CC and have some fun.
Good luck and definitely keep us posted on this one. I think you'll be amazed at how different the two boats are constructed but at the same time how they are both very well built.
Eddie
