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Hey ballers. Curious if anyone has a 43 or 44 trick they would be interested in selling. Doesn't have to be top of the line but not looking for a beat up piece of garbage either. Blank is fine, rear toeplate for right foot forward skier would be a plus. This trick would be for my wife and daughter. They are just receational trickers that are progressing through the basic tricks. Wake jumping, side slides, surface turns, etc. We all currently share my old D3 454 custom with blackout leverage binding. They would benefit from their own ski a binding that fits them better and I really don't want to swap bindings everytime we are out. Many thanks! If it's nice enough I may steal it for myself ?

+1 on the Boston Whaler style mentioned above. A 180 or 200 BW Dauntless with ski pylon and the right outboard HP can do a lot.

All 3 wearing light weight-minimum flotation comp vests? I'd like the powerboat racing jacket with neck roll please.

@OREGON85 I wish there were a lot more people like you who would actually give skiing a chance to be fun and not just surf because its the popular thing to do. Its also cool that you guys ski first even with a full boat. While the wake may not be as forgiving, what better way to continue to introduce people to skiing. Encourage them to try! Any details on the ski that was left in the locker? Depending on your size and the age/size of the ski, you might be able to upgrade skis to better suit you and make the wake more tolerable.

Before the set or during the set?

@gsmith795 that's awesome. Glad you figured out what the issue was and can now experience how much fun it is to free ski 28 and 32off. The connection and swing from the boat are light-years beyond 15off. Enjoy!

@horton I'm in a similar situation with my oldest daughter. 11yr old. Skiing on a slalom since she was 6 but never had any real desire to improve and just skied for fun and I was cool with that. Put her on her mom's bigger slalom last year and her free skiing improved a lot. We use a portable course on public water and have to take it in and out every time we use it. Because of all the new COVID boaters this year, we haven't had it in much. She loves coming along and helping put it in and out and this week for the first time she actually gave the course a shot. Ended up with 2 buoys (minus the gate) at 17mph long line. AND SHE LIKED IT! Your statement " 1) had the typical beginner broken stack / hips back 2) neither of them held their position through the wakes 3) both of them let up through the wakes and then pulled again past the second wake." Describes her style to a T. How did you help your nannies get through this phase and find that stack position through the wake? I want to keep it fun for her and avoid as many of the big crashes across the wake as possible. If she really gets the addiction and pushes herself to get that next buoy and falls hard in the process, it would be of her choice and not mine and with a pre-teen daughter that means everything.

@tjs1295 that's weird. We also have a 2007 196. Has hydro-gate feature. With gate in slalom mode and boat speed 32-34mph the 15off rooster tail bump is considerably larger than at 22/28 off. At 30mph you are behind the rooster tail and at 36 you are just on the front edge. I've never really noticed the second wake. The most fuel we ever have is 1/2 tank and crew size up to 3 people in the boat and 1 behind the boat. It may be because you are generating a lot more speed at 28/32 than at 15 and your stack may not be where it should be by the time you reach the wake.

I can see both sides. Sometimes you have to look at the primary end user of the system, equipment, or device. Some user's skill sets will allow them to take full advantage of the operating window you built and use it to improve, while others will crash and burn over and over again, not because they don't care or aren't trying, but the fact that the simply don't understand the system enough to make good decisions on how or what to change. I'm a firm believer in the more adjustments you can design out of a system, the more effective it will be for the mass majority of operators. In the end, if skiers are putting up big scores on the ski and that in-turn leads to increased demand and sales, chalk it up as a win for engineering and marketing. I hope my next ski comes with an optional cup holder.

@lpskier I've never seen Ozark. Maybe I should. @Skoot1123 unplugging or isolating the power source is the best way to ensure there is no risk. Here is a good article that shows how you can test a system with a basic clamp on AMP meter. What is really interesting is "Current thresholds for humans" about half way down the article. Very little current or leakage will put you in the danger zone really quick. 10-15mA and you can't swim. Even if your power system is above the water line, you should make sure that your GFCI is working properly, grounding points are not corroded, and that electrical cords/lines are not worn and coming in contact with a metal dock pole or lift pole and transferring current into the water. https://www.marinadockage.com/technical-bulletin-understanding-ac-leakage-current/

Just read this on the news. A reminder to always be safe and smart when installing or using electricity around a dock for lifts or other amenities. Voltage leaks into the surrounding water can be deadly. https://www.foxnews.com/us/arizona-lake-electrocution-incident-lake-pleasant-scorpion-bay-dock GFCI, proper grounding, frequent physical inspections for damaged components, etc could save you or a loved ones life.

When running Zero Off in recreational trick mode, is there a way to decrease the sensitivity of the throttle response as the boat goes over waves? Here's why. Public river with 2 way traffic. We trick or the kids will kneeboard for fun once the boat traffic picks up. While rolling over the boat waves, zero off is trying to hold the correct speed (what its supposed to do) and you can hear the throttle being pulsed on and off to hold that speed (usually 10-50 rpm pending the size and length of the wave). I notice that perfect pass boats generally don't react this way. Is there a setting or feature in zero off that would decrease this sensitivity and just smooth out the ride? It really gets annoying when you approach a pontoon/boat or pass a pontoon/boat that is running slow and leaving that long trail of small rolling waves behind it. The throttle is just up and down, up and down, up and down. I could hand drive, but its so nice to just set it and go. I've played with A1 all the way to C3 with no skier behind the boat, but they all react to the waves the same way.

@Booze I was standing at the door to Napa when they opened at 7:30am this morning. With my swimsuit on.

@Andre great question. I'm not really sure. No corrosion, continuity checked good on all points and was not crossing over between cylinders. High voltage does funny things that's hard to pick up or pinpoint. The boat literally popped right over with the new cap. My guess is there was a weak spot somewhere in the plastic mold of the cap or a crack on one of the leads. I'm ruling out moisture because I cleaned everything with contact cleaner and it was dry and clean as a bone.

SHE'S ALIVE!!! Damn distributor cap was the culprit. Many thanks to all who chimed in. The troubleshooting guides are excellent for future reference!! I love this site. Everyone is super helpful. Water is glass, time to ski! Happy 4th of July ballers!

@alex38 I spoke with a gear head friend who also mentioned it could be the distributor. Only problem is when you remove the distributor you have to make damn sure you have everything aligned back in the same place when the new one goes in or the timing is off. The 07 cam position has to be between 0 and 4 deg. Any more or less and it runs really rough. I only know this because I bought the boat used from a dealer several years ago and it was missing a little during the test drive. He hooked up the laptop and was checking the cam position. Its currently set a 2.5deg unless it somehow moved. Ironically it was a cap and rotor that fixed the engine miss that day.

@skiinxs didn't look like any moisture was present on the inside of the cap. corrosion was minimal. I cleaned all of the brass contact points with a little sand paper, then sprayed the inside of it with contact cleaner and blew it out with an air hose. Still may change out the cap/rotor just to eliminate it. High voltage does funny things.

@Gloersen correct. no check engine light at all. Not sure if the CPS would generate a fault code or not.

@skiinxs boat has 450hrs with all maintenance done at regular intervals ( we have added about 25hrs this season with no issues). didn't do a compression check, ran out of daylight. I can do that tomorrow morning. rotor moves so I believe the cam is fine. When I put the fuel gauge on it seemed like only gas came out, but I can drain out some tomorrow to verify. I used a spark tester to verify spark at the end of the wire. It was jumping over 3/8" between the studs and very powerful so it seems like the voltage is not being held back anywhere or being redirected to another ground source. I read several posts on planet nautique with similar issues and most ended up being cap and rotor. I may change them out just to eliminate them as a possibility. Trying to eliminate everything simple first. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated.

Thanks @MattP . I've read a lot of @Jody_Seal posts. I know he is very good at what he does. Couple other things to mention as well. I checked the kill switch, but if it was bad I'm pretty sure I wouldn't get any spark. Also the 59-60psi on the fuel rail was just when the key was placed into the on position. I read somewhere that the 59-60psi is at WOT. Not sure if its relevant or not. I continue to google search planet nautique and correct craft fan trying to find anything else I can check here at home.

I'm in need of some baller help. I have a 2007 196 with the PCM 330 Excalibur. Boat has been running fine all season until this evening. Pulled several skiers and then when my daughter was riding, the boat starting running really rough for about 5 sec and then just died. No check engine light came on. Got towed back to my lift and started investigating. Boat will crank but not turn over. It just cranks and cranks and then hesitates slightly and then keep cranking. (The hesitation is weird and have never seen this before) Can hear fuel pump prime when key is turned to start position. Checked fuel pressure on fuel rail and it was a solid 59-60psi. Checked cap and rotor both are fine and cleaned the cap pins just to make sure any light corrosion was removed. Pulled all the spark plugs and engine turns over freely with no hesitation. Checked spark on each plug. Every plug was firing normal but number 3 seemed to be firing more frequently meaning it was popping very fast where the other 7 cylinders were firing more consistently every time the rotor came around. Plug 3 was fouled a little bit but nothing awful. So basically i was getting really good spark on all 8 cylinders. Pulled the injector wire harness on number 3 and measured resistance across the injector. it was reading 13.5 ohms. Did the same test on cylinder 1 and it was also reading 13.5 ohms. I have good spark on all 8, good fuel pressure, and the engine turns freely. Just for a quick dirty test, I shot some carb cleaner down the throttle body and tried turning it over. Got a nice big pop out of the throttle body so it seems if i introduce fuel it will fire (this is also why you always leave the flame arrestor on). The closest nautique dealer is almost 2 hrs away....and its the 4th of July weekend none the less, @%$# me...... It just seems like its not getting fuel or maybe I got bad fuel down in the injectors? Any help or things to check would be super appreciated. If I have to go to the dealer, I know I'll be out of commission for several weeks.

15-32off skier. Guessing number 3. My favorite is number 5. When you complete the turn and your pinky finger or index finger misses the handle and is just outside the grip.

This time of year is usually when I start slowing down on bigger projects and shift over to some "dink around" stuff in the workshop. I know as soon as it gets nice out, everything comes to a stand still and we're outdoors. My little guy (5yr old) is getting into the Avengers movies and wanted to know if I could make him a Thor hammer. The perfect dink around shop project to kill some time on crappy weekends and spend some quality time with mini-me in the shop. Glued up and milled down some scraps of poplar and ash little bit of turning on the lathe the dry fit, then glue up a little stain, a little paint, a little carving and wallah! Thor hammer!

As i'm too poor for a lawyer, i'll represent myself here and why I posted what it did. Horton's question is good one. I read a lot of really good advice on this forum and sometimes I get very confused as well. I'm just a recreational course skier but enjoy giving 110% for that additional buoy. I've ran 32off a hand full of times and dabbled in 35. Last summer I wanted to figure out how to quit scrapping my way down the line and actually make the course feel slower, smoother, and more consistent. There are thousands of things I could work on and I knew if i didn't narrow it down, I wouldn't be able to get out of my own head enough to enjoy it. Gate timing and ball 1 was one of them and body position out the turn was another. The reason I said hips shoulders open to boat was because whatever I thought that meant actually helped me slow down the 28off pass. I would first focus on keeping my eyes down course through the turn, this allowed me to keep my head level and with it my shoulders fell into a much more natural position to accept the handle and stack out of the turn. The hips piece for me was more for my onside turn (RFF) which I would occasionally break at the waist. If my head and shoulders were in a good position, my right hip would be up and open completing the turn and I felt like I would glide right into my stack and quickly connect with the boat. I get that it is a picture from above and we can all analyze it a thousand different ways. I just saw an offside turn with what i thought to be a body position similar to what I was feeling last season. Maybe my rebuttal is a bunch of giberish and panda worthy. I'm cool with that.