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I was truy thinking along the same lines @Stevie Boy 1. Mainly, the average “good” skier, I’m betting, can’t run 15@28 especially after -38@34. 2. We all see videos of Joe Schmo tryingbto ski -15@28 and it’s easy to pick apart what’s wrong. Not too often do we see Nate or Terry Winter ski long and slow. A lower level skier will learn more from these few videos than watching Terry’s bad a$$ 1/4 speed video that’s out there or the gozillion Nate at -39.5 video. 3. Curious to see how form changes from -15 to -38. There’s different forces at those lengths and speed. Frankly I thought the video of Marcus Brown at -22@30 wasn’t the greatest. Truly looks like me skiing -22@30.

@BraceMaker gonna be at the arena Friday and Saturday and this hotel is 3.5 miles away and so far closest I could. Everything else was booked or twice the distance. @WIRiverRat industrial makes sense. I see clearly a junk yard across the street. Hotel amenities don’t really scream ghetto. I made sure it was clear from the 1960’s area activists who’s name is commonly used on the rough side of town. @LakeOneSkier oh alcohol will be involved. Any relation with you and the brewery?

Seems like a lot of skiers in Michigan. Have a quick get away for my wife and I to GR. We never leave home without the camper except now. Hotel choices in downtown were really limited and booked. Staying at Grand River Hotel west of 131/Grand River and south of I-96. Looking at the aerials I have some hesitation about the area. Lots of junk cars and looks rough. I can imagine accidentally booking at a hotel that also rents rooms hourly if you catch my drift. Anybody familiar? TIA.

Can somebody point me in the direction of a video of a rather good skier who consistently runs -38 @ 34mph and then the same person on the very next pass run -15 @ 28mph? There’s a few things I want to look for. Maybe a challenge for somebody skiing this morning? Thanks.

Yet you write another thread?

Used boats are outrageous because skiers keep buying them at outrageous prices. Everybody here complains about the cost but you guys all have brand new boats and would never consider skiing behind PP. Too slow, need more power, blah blah blah. Carburetor!!?? Blasphemy! Running -38 is fine but pumping the throttle twice in the morning is just too hard.

There was no smarta$$ @The_MS comments and no @Horton cracking jokes @Dirt to keep us entertained. All joking aside I’m getting a feeling it might’ve had something to do with a current hot topic here? *disclaimer I’ve never met the guys above but a good snarky MS response is hard to pass up.

@GaryWilkinson The slop is easy to fix. New cable and helm from a 97?-10? Ski Nautique will fix that for about $375. There was a short window in early and mid 90’s CC used a bastard cable. Don’t forget loctite on the thru bolts. Might as well replace shift and throttle cables while you’re in there. It’ll just put a bigger smile on your face when you drive it the first time. Honestly don’t bother rebuilding the carb. But a brand new MARINE Holley 4160 from Jegs or Summit and you will be so much happier. @mfjaegersr any of those aftermarket EFI kits are junk from what I’ve gathered. But I’m 1 of 5 guys in the country who are carb fans. I feel like I can’t shout this enough, unless it’s below freezing, a properly tuned Holley carb on a properly tuned engine will always start cold with 2 full pumps of throttle then open throttle 1/4-1/3 open and give the key half a bump. Only reason I’d opt for EFI is if I jumped elevation a lot. The guys out west will catch a break from me if they chose EFI. Sorry @vic for partial thread jack.

Keep on looking at other options. This place is a crap hole.

@GaryWilkinson Starting in 1992 (I believe, possibly 91) PCM used an engine management and electronic ignition system referred to as the ProTec. Even when new it was known to fail. Parts for it are mostly NLA. To swap the Pro Tec over to a conventional distributor is really easy and not a major expense. Some will make a big deal out of it. Then in 1994 PCM coupled the ProTec with a TBI fuel system. Those injectors can still be cross referenced but when the ignition system fails you pretty much have to swap to a carb and standard distributor. There are no performance gains going either direction. IMHO the reliability with a carb and points style distributor is far greater than anything electronic. There’s been at least one PCM engine that I’m aware of that swapped to a DUI distributor but was able to keep the TBI. I hadn’t fully read how he did it. If you’re already running a carb and your spark plug wires run to the distributor in the front of engine and not to a box in the back then you are golden.

Absolutely no correlation. I started skiing at 3 and I’m a suck a$$ skier. But I have fun sucking it up out there.

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Odds are good I’ll see Florida weather all of October.

http://www.ski-it-again.com/php/skiitagain.php?endless=summer&topic=Search&category=Boat_3Event&postid=52943 Sounds like you’re looking for an open bow. I’m not sure what the reviews are for the 06 197 but the above boat is pretty damn sexy for an OB. Lots of ballers in the cheese state, maybe somebody knows it. The SN 206 always looked like a turd. I can spend your money all day.

Run from the consignment.

@Drago I agree, The two pictures are worthless. More I look at them the more I realize they weren’t taken on the same day. That boat should top out at 44, no more. And why was it idling at 1400 when throttle is in neutral? But 80 psi on a cold start is logical. Oh, duh ?, that second picture at “idle” is from the craigslist ad at 210 hours. And I wouldn’t call 1400 revs with the throttle in neutral “idle”.

That wouldn’t be John M.’s boat is it?

Second picture looks dead on for the cold start up. First picture isn’t right. Pegged speedo and oil doesn’t seem right. And the test drive took half a tank of fuel?

100% pegged? Sounds like electrical problem, open ground, bad sending unit etc. or as I like to call it when the buyer... bargaining power.

1. Too much worrying about traveling out of state. Just buy it. Spending $24k or so on a boat, $800 in fuel to get it, and sweating a $150 ticket seems frivolous. 2. How long was boat running when wot? 3. 85% of the people run the wrong oil in their boat. 4. Correct Craft is notorious for poor wiring in their dash. By 2004 I hadn’t seen any issues. Maybe not enough time for problems to show up, maybe by 2004 they understood how DC works. 5. Most probable what angle was picture taken? My wife does 98% of my driving. I sweat my engine temps because I’m always running warmer than I’d like. So I’m always looking over her shoulder to watch the gauges and I’ve learned where I stand in the boat, depending on angle view the gauges looks drastically different.

How beat up was the impeller? Bypass the silly strainer. Can you tell us more about what kind of temps and when you’re seeing them? Idle or running etc? Doubt the tstat is sticking. I’ll bet you a new one it’s opening by 160. Don’t forget the little easy to miss paper gasket that goes on the RWP. Dumb question... you do have RWP going the correct rotation right? As in the the little screw on side of housing for a lefty motor faces outward. Sorry, screw faces inward. Can’t remember crap these days.

Shooott, we skied past two mornings in glass and will attempt to tomorrow.

Holy crap, it’s in the Bahamas and slowing travel and bumped up to a Cat 5. Lord have mercy on them.

I’m sorry. The Smarta$$ in me was making a wise crack in reference to the cat 4 hurricane that’s gonna grace us with its presence on Labor Day. In all seriousness I think Performance does a sidewalk sale about this time of year.