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    2021 is my last year of USAWS

    in News & Other Stuff

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    @sunperch the point I’m trying to make is that the response is disproportionate, and is shown through anger and bitterness, which doesn’t create any reasonable environment for resolution or compromise.

     

    I don’t have the history, so I hear from a lot of the posters here that this is the “straw that broke the camel’s back”. This is an understandable situation.

     

    I simply hope that this straw isn’t what splinters the waterski community, which is undoubtedly shrinking into yet smaller and competing communities…which will accelerate the degradation of participation already in motion.

     

    Or as my dad used to say…”cut off your nose to spite your face”.

     

    And because the over-arching social and political environment promotes anger and outrage as the normative response, it is unlikely to be resolved through understanding, grace, and compromise. That’s why I say it’s “sad”.

    Is it worth it to rebuild a 1996 SN?

    in Boat Talk

    Posted

    I always like to resurrect things. I’ve done it with a ‘78 Jeep CJ5, an ‘00 Sunsetter LXi, and an old cabin built in the ‘50s. It’s a great experience, I learn a ton, and I know every inch and issue.

     

    I say go for it, join PlanetNautique forum, spend this summer planning and the off-season rebuilding. You’ll have a great boat that you know and love. If you have kids, get them involved. Nothing better!

    Getting Wider

    in Technique & Theory

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    As soon as you get higher on the boat you will have to grapple with the pace of the turns. I have a buddy that gets plenty high but doesn’t have a quick enough pace between turns to run the course. You can also calculate this on the vids.

    DD wake vs sterndrive

    in News & Other Stuff

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    @Wayne malibu used the same SV23 Diamond hull on all SSLXI’s from ‘99-‘04. I believe all years have the stepped hull. Any of these years are great.

     

    ‘02-‘04 sunscape V-drives also have the same hull, though sometimes they are labeled as VLX in the wild. My sister has an ‘02 and it’s a good skier. Waaay better than an I/O but not as good as a Sunsetter Lxi

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