I noticed that the hull is simple and clean-liked that.Дў. However as a Malibu owner (ex-owner come Thursday). We didn't want to continue with a hole in the bellow blowing exhaust and water into the engine space.but I got to visit with the owners family (former fellow church members) and they fed me supper. Closing the clamshell, we found out, allowed only exhaust fumes back into the intake manifold, so the engine dies about 50 feet from a dock, but the wind pushed us into the dock, I found the bilge pump and turned it on, he re-tightened the hose so we didn't sink. Closed the clamshell because the starboard exhaust bellow had a hole in it, smoke coming out. He didn't have his glasses and couldn't tell which button to push for the bilge pumps, so he gunned the engine to get us back to shore before we started to sink. Owner knew he had put in all plugs, but he forgot to re-tighten the inlet hose to the raw water pump. Opened the clam shell and water was in the bilge. Smoke started coming from the clam shell, and it smelled like burning plastic. The other fellow noted that there was water coming out from underneath the motor cover and onto the floor by the rear seat. About 2/10ths of a mile I moved to observers seat to view wake and noticed debris coming from behind the boat and blue smoke occasionally. Cold front had just blown in by the time we got to the lake. Hadn't cleaned up the boat, but I could see beyond the dirt and mildew. Liked the colors (blue, yellow on white) with color matched tower, PP, upholstery 8 of 10, needed some fiberglass work on the nose, and a new rub rail all the way around. San has the GT-40' and the rlx the monsoon 325 engine.Дrove 3.5 hours to try out Air Nautique. We sometimes invite friends and family for kneeboarding, tubing, slalom, teach some beginning wakeboarding, teach them to ski.

I ski with a couple of guys during ski season, just got into 22 off at 32-34 mph. The cc san has a tower and ballast, the rlx a Bimini and wedge. The rlx also has a small tear in the same storage locker vinyl. I'm not sure if the teleflex gauges have been replaced, and there is a small tear in the stern storage locker vinyl. I can get the nautique or the response for about the same price, the nautique has about 1/2 the hours, but a bow ding, and needs a new rub rail eventually. Am considering a 2000 rlx and know it has much superior slalom wakes than the sslx, but not the storage or room, and has the climb over bow access. Haven't found any sslxi's or rlxi's in my price range. I just sold my 99 and am trying to get a better ski wake while keeping approximately the same storage and room of the sslx. The Malibu decal on the sides are banged up too.I would like to know which has better slalom wakes, the 99 sunsetter lx or the 2001 CC sport air nautique. I'm thinking of removing them and trying to buff it out. You can see the outline underneath the new decals. The previous owner removed the original 'Sunsetter LXI' decals and replaced them with 'Sunsetter LX' decals.

Thanks UW, I ordered the all marine products, Meguiar's Marine/RV Heavy Duty Oxidation Remover - M4916C,В Meguiar's Boat/RV Polish & Gloss Enhancer M4516, and Meguiar's Flagship Premium Marine Wax - M6316C. As always, start conservative and get more aggressive as necessary. If the oxidation is very light, then what you have should be good.

If you're looking to remove oxidation, you'll probably want a heavy cutting pad if not a wool bonnet. You can put some elbow grease into the gelcoat but don't overdo it on the decals.Дid you buy boat-specific compounds or auto compounds? You can be quite a bit more aggressive with gelcoat than you'd be on a car. I buff and polish over my original decals and they look great. Should I repair the gel coat before putting it in the water? Once in the water, I will re-carpet the fender guards on the trailer.ДЄlso, I'm planning on docking it with mooring whips, anything I should consider first, or ways to check for leaks? I need a new automatic bilge, suggestions? THANKS!ДЄgreed. The boat inspector said I shouldn't have to worry, and the repairs look good, however I did some damage to it as well. There was already repairs done there and I realized that the previous owner must have trailered it without transom straps and had damaged and repaired the hull in those areas. After trailering it to the cottage, I noticed that the hull rubbed against the fender guard on one side and caused some small damage. The vinyl is good, some benches were recently redone, and the hull is in decent shape however you can see there are a few gel coat repairs near the fenders of the trailer. I test drove it out on the lake and was happy with how it drove. I picked up my first boat over the weekend, a 1999 Sunsetter LXI !

1999 malibu sunsetter lxi