Do you use your boat

[Bill22]

All combined my friends and I have ten ski boats (5-ZO, 3-PP, 2-no speed control). They range in years from an 87 MC to a ’19 Prostar and a ’19 Nautique. That means when I ski, many times my boat stays at home.

[jimski]

1106 hrs on my 2011 200

Last year we used it 11 out of 12 months

 

[ScottScott]

25-50% is a pretty wide range. I'm probably in the 50-75%.

[LeonL]

When I ski, my ski partner and I switch out pretty much 50/50

[MISkier]

I answered the club boat option, though I don’t actually have any legal ownership of either of them (two clubs).

 

I have a personal boat that I use on vacations or when the club boat hasn’t been delivered. But, most of the time, it’s a club boat.

[Orlando76]

Don’t even know why I bother having a boat. Just taking up space and I spend 40 hours a year knocking cobwebs out of it only to use it 5 hours a year. I absolutely love skiing it but nobody to ski it with because it’s PP.

[bigskieridaho]

I sometimes ski with someone else and their boat, but I like skiing behind mine and have my wife drive me. She knows how I like to be pulled. If there is two boats in the water already that’s usually when I ski behind another boat.

[Bdecker]

Lucky to be in a great, closely held, group ownership situation. Not really a “club boat” as the ownership is not held by the club and has just 3 shares.

 

I also own an 05 Mastercraft that definitely falls into the <25% bucket.

[jhughes]

We all have our own boats for public water use AND the club has its own boat. It's a little ridiculous but who wants to chance not having a boat at any time? Ha.

[2Valve]

all the guys in our club have their own boat but my fear is that after getting a pontoon this year, I'll use mine less and less for just driving around. :(

[Bill22]

@ScottScott yes, 25 to 75 is a wide range. I am mostly curious how many others are like me and fall in the less than 25% range.

[PatM]

Usually skiing behind my boat or my ski partner's boat. When the season is in full swing we alternate boats so at that point it is 50-50

[Bill22]

@Orlando76 I know the feeling when it comes to PP. My boat is PP and I am happy to ski any boat. Some of my friends are hardcore slalom and it's not likely they will ever ski a set behind my boat.

[keithh2oskier]

I mainly ski behind mine. Sometimes one of the guys in the club will grab a quick ride behind mine and I will behind his if we know its just going to be each of us. We both have SN 196s that are blue so its basically no difference.

[WoodySkier]

I use mine almost all the time because I am the only one our lake with ZO. Guys without ZO still like to try and convince themselves that PP or even no speed control is the same.

[fu_man]

@2Valve Ski boat in the AM, pontoon in the PM. Nothing beats the ski boat/pontoon combo!

[rayn]

Since I got my Prostar I very rarely ski behind anyone else’s boat on our public lake. I am spoiled.

[Chef23]

I usually ski with @rayn and we use his boat. Last few years my boat has been more like 10% of the time.

[gsm_peter]

I voted club boat but no person owns the boar The club own it.

There is no real need to own a boat in Sweden. I can be a guest skier at most clubs in Sweden with own gas.

If I can leave work as early as 15 I can ski one set almost every evning.

 

 

[bishop8950]

I take 75% of my rides on a club boat. Of the other 25% it’s other people’s boat or mine.