Baller Dacon62 Posted September 22, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 22, 2020 Is this old news that I may have missed? See red circle. What is it exactly? Auto-steer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Stevie Boy Posted September 22, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 22, 2020 @Dacon62 Not sure, but what I can tell you is that Auto Steer is coming soon, the Guy who has been working on it, has it working and fixed the issues that were causing problems. Auto Steer is closer than you think, it may even go into competition trials early next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller PatM Posted September 22, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 22, 2020 I wonder if it is something that goes on the boat indicating how far up on the boat one should be in the glide? They are color coded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller JackQ Posted September 22, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 22, 2020 Great autosteer! Another 3-5k to the price of the boat, and a major challenge to diagnose, maintain and parts support as boat gets older. We continue to find more ways to increase cost and complexity to the support and then struggle to attract more participation Is everyone having that hard of a time to drive relatively straight? Until you are at 38 or beyond a few inches or 10 doesn’t really matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Dacon62 Posted September 22, 2020 Author Baller Share Posted September 22, 2020 Yeah, see that the colors are coded just like the line shortenings. Probably something you stick on the gunnels to indicate how far up on the boat you want to be at the different shortenings on the pull out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller WIRiverRat Posted September 23, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 23, 2020 I was Jodi posted up some pictures with the gate guide system before. It is colored buoys in the water that look to be in line with 1 ball but on the other side of the course. The color corresponds to your rope length. It tells you how wide your pull out should be for each line length. The longer the rope the wider you should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller HMan66 Posted September 23, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 23, 2020 Wouldn’t a zero ball accomplish the same thing? Or would that render the gates useless and “dumb down” the start of the course? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Stevie Boy Posted September 23, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 23, 2020 @JackQ I couldn,t agree with you more, but it means skiers, especially the Pro,s get the same pull, as everybody else, I believe that there is some movement in the boat, so it will not block the skier, however there may have to be a adjustment in how you ski behind it for some people, as there was going from perfect pass to zero off. A little bit off topic, but I do not have the full run down on it to start a new thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ScottScott Posted September 23, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 23, 2020 @WIRiverRat is correct, although they are in line with the gates. The idea is to reference the colored bouy of your line length to the 2-4-6 line to know how far beyond the 2-4-6 line to pull out. @hman66 Most 8 ball courses have a zero ball (unless they have a fancy pully system to pull down the unused balls like lapoints does.) A zero ball can be a cue when to turn in.... As far as width goes, it could help if you have a hard time seeing the 2-4-6 line, but doesn't really give you a cue as to how far beyond you should be, as different line lengths want different widths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bishop8950 Posted September 23, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 23, 2020 Cool idea and I would be interested to try it. However, once I started focusing on height, I quit thinking about width. Especially at zero. On my pull out, I am trying to get high on the boat as my objective, which results in width. When I focused on width only, I typically did not get high enough on the boat, and did not have enough space to get rotated and accelerate into the first wake. I got sick of running out of room so I got higher and consequently wider. Height on the boat is fairly easy to see from the skiers perspective. But these extra marker buoys would also be easy to see if width was the focus. Anyone got a picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller dave2ball Posted September 23, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 23, 2020 Great concept. What happens when your at a tournament and the tow boat does not have that feature? I don’t think this will be a requirement for promo boats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller mmosley899 Posted September 23, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 23, 2020 @dave2ball it has nothing to do with the boat. It is a group of buoys opposite side from one ball. Designed to help skiers learn proper gate width. A zero ball eventually gets in the way of your turn in. Mike's Overall Binding USA Water Ski Senior Judge Senior Driver Senior Tech Controller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Stevie Boy Posted September 23, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 23, 2020 @14m or 28 off you have the choice of going around the turn ball or in front of it, the turn ball is right where you want to be, others may differ, but a lot of people think that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Jody_Seal Posted September 23, 2020 Baller_ Share Posted September 23, 2020 Geek watersking at its finest right here and now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller dave2ball Posted September 23, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 23, 2020 @mmosley899 Ahhhhh. Thanks. Did not know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted September 23, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 23, 2020 Hmmm, I thought Boz had the patent on that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller A_B Posted September 24, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 24, 2020 To think we had to learn how to hot stick, counter steer, and hand time, all at the same time, and look at time segments on a small chart until we memorized them. Boats were a tenth of what they cost now though. Driving was a challenge and fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ScottScott Posted September 24, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 24, 2020 Its almost like we have 2 separate conversations going on here..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Dacon62 Posted September 24, 2020 Author Baller Share Posted September 24, 2020 @Horton if you could eliminate my incorrect comment about ‘Auto-Steer’ in the original post it may keep the conversation on track. Agree @ScottScott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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