Jmoski

In my old 2001 SN that had the dreaded gauges, I rolled the old hours onto the new gauge by leaving it connected to a battery over the winter, but yes with the GT40 block any buyer is at the mercy of sellers honesty in regards to hours. The PP gauge can be replaced as well...

I would suggest having trying to get wider on the boat on her gate pull out (outside the 2-4-6 buoy line) and resist getting sucked back in before it’s time to turn in for the gate. In the video you can she her drift in a good 5-6 feet before she initiated the turn in for the gate, which is giving up the length of runway she has to build speed into ball 1. Also, worry less about making the gate as timing the swing in and building speed are more important right now, the timing to make the gate can be adjusted later.

Which version of PP do you have? The more crew weight you have, the more water the hull is displacing, hence you will need higher rpm to achieve the same speed due to the extra drag on the hull.

Here is my setup w/straight line tube.

I do, the slot the rope goes through on the ski orbit is pretty close to the pylon, so the 6” strap off the shock tube for securing it is plenty so it doesn’t interfere. I will take a picture of this weekend when I am back up at the lake.

I modified the skier2skier approach by using; 4mm dinghy line (32” section) 1/4 nylon thimble with ears 3” diameter cap cut out of 1/4” starboard I bought a sheet of starboard and cut out the disks using a hole saw drill bit, and then used a router to take the top edge of. Tie a barrel knot in the line after threading it through the thimble, tighten it up and pass the free end up through the buoy. We do put zip ties in the bottom for the metal clips to connect to.

Hey Guys, So I help maintain a slalom course on a public lake that’s in 40ft of water on one side and 30ft on the other. We are in the north so the course has to come out in the Fall. We have permanent anchors with sub floats on each end and use a removable ez-slalom set up that stays in May to October. The permanent anchors were put in by some one else who moved south years ago. We got a new mainline with pregates by accident (existing set up is without) but we are going to use this opportunity have the full set up with the 55’s. Space is not an issue. What type of line would you use to go from the new permanent anchor we will put in on one end? Any tricks on how to rig it? Also, we sometimes get an underwater current that can put a curve in the course, I am worried this will be worse with the extra 110m of mainline. Anyone ever dropped an anchor off to side and clipped it with a steel link/carabiner to the main line to resist the current from curving it? The link would be able to slide back and forth, the main line has a plastic coating on it, not sure if that would wear through or not. Or I could connect to a junction point so there’s no movement. Any other thoughts or suggestions are welcome. Thanks in advance...

Sorry to hear that. In the end in regards to chasing the seller for some compensation IMHO it comes down to “good faith”. If the seller intentionally misled you or covered up major issues, that would not be acting in good faith and is worth at least trying. Note, while you could chase him in court - it’s probably a losing battle as the courts just aren’t fair despite what you see on tv. If the seller was acting in good faith I agree with the other posters than I wouldn’t chase the seller. Hope you get the 200 back to life.

@MDB1056 - thanks, yep his boat has the shades of gray rainbow stripes on it.

As a point of reference a ski school would charge you $75/30 minutes, so for 2 hrs that $300, but your paying for professional coaching, their driver, their boat, gas etc. so how about a $100? I guess it depends if you want to encourage this type of usage to offset your costs?

My ski buddy has an 86 MC stars & stripes he is passively/reluctantly selling (he bought a 2018 MC last year). Gelcoat is in great shape, engine runs like a champ, has Stargazer GPS speed control. DM me if interested....

The 15w-40 Dino oils used to get an exemption on exceeding the limit of phosphorus it contains to get the automotive S* certifications. the government stopped allowing the exemption, hence no more automotive cert... The phosphorus is what messes with catalytic converters...

A matching tow vehicle to the boat would be be my preference.

@"Pat M" - fellow MA skier here, I started skiing on 3/28 and use a high end ripcurl 4/3 full suit, works great for mornings like tomorrow where it will be 45 degree air and 50 degree water. I use the full until it warms up enough to transition to a shortie. I have had a Camaro blacktec as well but it doesn’t cut it (for me) in April & November as I can feel the cold penetrating the suit while sitting in the water.

Two things to check that I ran into: 1. As others mentioned there are two holes in the mount where the rear bar can be installed, I moved mine forward after a season of skiing to tighten it up. 2. Make sure the toe bale in the front is locked in, unfortunately you have to unbolt the plate from your ski to flip it over to check the bolts for the toe bale. My loosened up over a season and had a nasty OTF because of it. I wonder if because your plate isn’t flush to the ski in the front it’s allowing the bolts for the toe bale to loosen more easily. Given its relatively new, you might want to send it back as something is amiss.

@ScottScott - as an engineer I agree with the logic, the issue is “logic” is irrelevant when it comes to teaching your spouse (either way) how to do something! Finally, it’s less about the width of the boat and more related to keep the set of instructions as simple as possible, where less is more, that’s all.

@ScottScott - totally agree the wider boat actually helps an experienced driver line it up down the centerline. But for me, I am not worried about whether the boat is 1 ft left of center or right of center when I am skiing, I am worried about not stressing my wife out when she drives - a wider boat means less margin for error and more concern/fear about running over a boat guide! When driving the MC I put my right foot against the side wall of the boat and line up the right boat guides to go under my foot, this works well for me - but is additive to the list things for my wife to manage...

@jpattigr - right there with you. I almost traded my 2006 196 for a promo 2019 MC that I loved last Fall, two reasons I held off: 1. Forking over the $$ when my 196 works great. 2. My wife would have a harder time driving in the course. I find when driving my ski buddies 2018 MC I have to use a slight amount of counter steer timed with load coming from the skier, and the wider foot print leaves less room for positioning error down the middle. These additional factors will stress my wife out. The new MC’s with the 6L are just awesome though, maybe she can learn...

My suggestion on units would be to have one preference setting of English or Metric, and use that to drive what you display to the user vs. how you choose to store it behind the scenes. I would be surprised if someone wants speed in MPH but rope length using Metric lengths. By doing it this way the user can toggle back and forth if they choose. This would have been handy for me in Feb when I skied at Club med - all of the boat drivers were European and hence I was retraining myself to use the metric equivalents.

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Moose Pond, Bridgton, ME

My perspective is the influence on what ski people get is much more local. Whatever brand/ski the best skier in your crew runs has more influence on what people get next than what the pro’s run.

Love seeing app development for the waterski community. We ski with a GoPro to capture the passes and my ski partner has written software to: - automatically pull the videos and telemetry data off the GoPro and upload to a Azure web site - Automatically trims the sound out (to save space) - Automatically trims the video so you only have the actual pass through the course - Pulls the speed from the telemetry - Has support for capturing notes per video In progress work includes: - training AI image recognition Algorithms to recognize rope length (by color) and who the skier is and automatically tag the metadata onto each video - Plotting/graphing your path through the course. He is open to sharing the code repository if others want to contribute/collaborate on it. Send me a DM and I can connect you. It’s pretty cool - we ski in the morning before work, and by the time I shower and get into the office, all of the videos are already up on site ready for me to review.

@cacman - yeah it’s a real dilemma for many people. Instead of looking for a new rig, look for a new ski buddy to add to your regular crew that has a truck! My friend has a Toyota Highlander (5000# tow rating) and it is still unnerving on the streets towing his new pro star - hence we use my Tundra for his spring launch and fall retrieve...

If you have your heart set on a Subaru and your just launching in the Spring and retrieving at the ramp in Fall, the specs on the 2020 Onyx XT edition outback gets you to a 3500# tow capacity. This way with most ski boats (not the latest Nautique 200) you at least street legal with a good trailer w/brakes. That said, I like other posters on this thread would not want to tow at the limit for safety reasons, and never over! Also - if you tow frequently it will absolutely kick the sh!@*t out of it given its not designed for heavy usage in this manner. Any other vehicle choices you are considering?