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No specific order

- Late 90's Malibu's with the classic graphics

- New prostar

- 87-90 MasterCraft (love the fighter jets style windshield)

- TSC1 nautique (these grew on me since owning one)

- Mid 80's MasterCraft stars and stripes

Cool! I'd seen some snow skiing videos with the overlays, but didn't expect the speed the be that reactive. GPS speed usually isn't the quickest to react (5 hz signal), but this looks a lot faster. Maybe they're using the accel in the camera to supplement the speed, or running 10+ Hz GPS signal.

Either way - You now have me looking to upgrade my GoPro...

This thread got me thinking... My new to me 97 steers much harder to the right than the left, even with a repacked and greased rudder and a new steering cable (it's perfect in neutral). I always thought the grinding on the rudder was just knocking off the casting edges, but thinking it may be a ground rudder. Thoughts on the grind on this one? Looks a little more ground on one side.

When I was researching boats on the MasterCraft forums, this was common practice to replace the tube mufflers on the early 90s prostars.

At least they cemented it together :wink:

@WaterSkier12 Nope, haven't tried, but I think you should give it a try. Just be aware that you may need to put it in reverse to pull a skier... :)

It's a RH rotation prop, not for the "backwards" LH rotating Nautiques.

Like many others have said, can't go wrong with an Acme 422, especially from Delta as @JayG80 said.

When I bought my 97 TSC1 last year, it had an old (original??) OJ 13x16 on it that had been repaired 4 times based on the tick marks. It looked good visually, but I had a vibration I didn't like, and I wasn't getting the speed at a given RPM I should, so I bought a 422. I picked up 2-3 mph at a given RPM from 3000-3600 RPM, and am now near the 1 mph per 100 rpm rate that many reference. I lost 200 RPM on the top end (4900 now vs. 5100 before), but my top speed is the same. The boat also felt noticeably more smooth at speed.

Looking real good. I've enjoyed your posts over the years, as we seem to be at a similar place skill wise, and I've learned a lot.

How are you liking the ARC? I've been on my Senate for 3 seasons now, and have been considering going to the ARC for my next ski.

I was in a similar situation last year, and based on the feedback from this forum and other research, I went with the TSC1 (97-01) Ski Nautique. I'd originally been considering a 91-94 MC PS190, but for only ~$2K more, I found a 97 SN in MN with ~920 hrs.

Here's a link to the thread I had when looking for one:

Search for my boat

Since getting it last fall, I've put 48 hours on it, and done a ton of skiing. Coming from an I/O, the wake isn't even noticeable to me (30-32 mph, 15 off). My skiing has improved quite a bit this year, and while coaching has helped a lot, I attribute a lot of the progress to being on the water behind this boat. One of the things I love about this boat is how nice the long line, slower speed (26-28 mph) wakes are. Don't get me wrong, they aren't the same as the wake at 32 mph, but they are very nice compared to most other options.

In my opinion, the manufacturers have boats, and models priced the way they do to keep the used market healthy. If one of the big 3 made a boat (stripped down or not) that you could buy new for $40K, then some of the people that are buying the 2-4 year old boats would buy new boats. When that happens, there's less demand for the 2-4 year old boats at that price point, and they must lower the price to the next "tier" of buyers. This trickles all of the way down the used market then. Now, the cost of ownership of the top end boats is higher, and they sell less of them. So, they can cannibalize the sales of their top end boats with a mid range model, or keep things as is, and keep fueling a strong used boat market with a few new ones a year.

Personally, I think the used boat market is great. I have no issue buying something used, and likely always will. Conversely, others like to buy new. Without each other, we'd both be in trouble.

Our local lake requires we wear "highly visible head gear" while we ski. We're pretty sure the lake is lined with cheap bright hats that weve lost over the years.

On the opposite topic, we once found a bowling ball floating in the lake...