Air Nautique
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The Air Nautique line up of boats is Correct Craft
's wakeboarding
package. This means that the boat is outfitted for wakeboarding with a tower and ballast
tanks from the factory
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The first Air Nautique was built in 1997, it was built off of the existing Sport Nautique Hull and had an automatic rear ballast system (Launch Control System or LCS
). Other notable "landmarks" included Correct Craft
's patented Flight Control Tower, which was essentially a modified fishing
tower.
Correct Craft
Correct Craft is a U.S.-based builder of powerboats primarily for ski and wakeboard use. It was founded in 1925 by Walt C. Meloon as the Florida Variety Boat Company.-History:...
's wakeboarding
Wakeboarding
Wakeboarding is a surface water sport which involves riding a wakeboard over the surface of a body of water. It was developed from a combination of water skiing, snow boarding and surfing techniques....
package. This means that the boat is outfitted for wakeboarding with a tower and ballast
Sailing ballast
Ballast is used in sailboats to provide moment to resist the lateral forces on the sail. Insufficiently ballasted boats will tend to tip, or heel, excessively in high winds. Too much heel may result in the boat capsizing. If a sailing vessel should need to voyage without cargo then ballast of...
tanks from the factory
Factory
A factory or manufacturing plant is an industrial building where laborers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another. Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production...
.
The first Air Nautique was built in 1997, it was built off of the existing Sport Nautique Hull and had an automatic rear ballast system (Launch Control System or LCS
LCS
-Schools and organizations:* Lake Country School a montessori school in Minneapolis, Minnesota* Lakefield College School an independent school in Lakefield, Ontario, Canada* Language Creation Society, a nonprofit for people who make conlangs...
). Other notable "landmarks" included Correct Craft
Correct Craft
Correct Craft is a U.S.-based builder of powerboats primarily for ski and wakeboard use. It was founded in 1925 by Walt C. Meloon as the Florida Variety Boat Company.-History:...
's patented Flight Control Tower, which was essentially a modified fishing
Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....
tower.