BostwickLake205

Thanks so much for the comments! Very helpful. I moved the front binding from centered to one notch forward. The back has 3 holes and was already on the forward position. I'll try again in a while.

Thanks, sorry, I meant to include it. 6'3", 190lbs, 34mph. 67" Senate Thanks for the tip, I'll try it.

No defense here...I was told they actually weren't different except in price. Seems dumb now. Probably went 15 years with no problems but moved on from that boat last year .

New to the site. Lurked for years. After 4 decades of skiing, this 60 year-old has decided to get a little more serious about improving form and technique. New lake (no course) with some great skiers who are great coaches. After 20 years on an old Connelly, I tried my friends 2005-ish Sixam. Wow, couldn't believe it! I immediately skiied way better. Loved the acceleration across the wake, but it actually threw my timing off. I tend to be a tail rider but with this ski I automatically put more weight on the front foot. After some research, I demoed a Senate alloy and a Theory for the weekend. Double vector bindings. I tried the Senate first and I really liked it. My turns were smooth but somehow it felt like something was missing compared to the Sixam... Power? Acceleration? I also find that my weight is back to being on my back door with the Senate. Since I was left feeling like I wanted more our of the Senate, I didn't even try the Theory. I skied the Senate and the Sixam back to back this morning. Smoother on the Senate, but weight is more on the tail. Felt faster across the wake on the Sixam but still tend to rush the firm resulting in slack rope and a bit jerky. So... What to do??? Buy the Senate and just improve my technique? Learn to shift my weight forward (would a binding adjustment help? ... It is factory set up). Buy the Sixam and learn to ski it? Look for a used Strada? (Don't want to spend for a new Vapor) Thanks, S

After replacing a couple of marine grade starters, I took someone's advice and went to Autozone and bought a lifetime warranty standard starter for about $39. I think I've replaced that one twice in maybe 12 years. It's a 5 minute job and Autozone swapped it for free. Maybe there is a reason that this is stupid, but I never had problems.