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I have question about the legality of changing the tuners to 28 off on a 22 off pass. Why is that not legal? If Nautique decided to do a software change mid year that set the 22off pass to use what is currently the 28 off setting would that be legal? Just curious cause I have no idea.

West Marine sells a PTEF waterproofing liquid. I've sprayed it on in the past with a fertilizer sprayer. It works awesome for waterproofing covers, bimini's etc. Easy to use.

A couple suggestions that have helped revive ours: 1. Power washer 2. Starbrite Teak Cleaner kit 3. Sanding as a last resort Follow up with multiple coats of oil. I found teak oil to work the best. With linseed oil it was recommended to mix with turpentine.

An alternative is the PULSE boot. They are really comfortable. I have put footbeds in mine, in the shell then the liner over top. Releasing or taking ski off and the footbeds stay in place.

I'm in the queue for an MRI and surgery on bicep tendons (both arms). Hoping the timing works out to be back skiing in late spring here in Canada.

This concept has been on my mind since moving from a Senate to a Vapor and skiing less then 36mph, in my case 32mph. The Senate has stock binding placement 1/2" more forward then the Vapor. In your case at 34mph you are having success at 1/4" forward, would a 32mph skier have success at 1/2" forward? Does the ski designed to run at 36mph need more levelling at lesser speeds? Unfortunately a shoulder injury is playing more havoc on my skiing then ski set up, and therefore I'm not consistent in my testing to determine the outcome. I can find the ski different in binding placement setups, then have completely different results the next pass on the same settings.

Can you elaborate on the changes? I'm having the EXACT same issue since skiing on a new ski. So badly frustrated I had a hissy and put the ski away for the season...

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I made a serial cable to hook up the puck Tom’s computer and checked and upgraded software. Manual, including wiring schematic and software is on the Garmin site. Since you got it directly from PP, after the update, I think it would be assumed that latest puck software was flashed. I never really had issues with locking with wake S but 9.2 was definitely an improvement with accuracy and faster lock on

There was a GPS puck update that addressed a rollover issue. If the puck had the old software then locking on is an issue. It could be leading to your surging and engagement issues. Ours was a mess with the old software.

@alex38 Awesome. I've found that really watching baselines is important to Ball 1 times and consistency through the course. I find that I may have to do it a couple times of year to adjust for water temps.

I think that’s a good start. It seems to be quite sensitive.

@slmskrs Interesting information on the mapping experiment. @alex38 I'd have to agree with @skiboyny to raise Ball 1. I'll also add that warmer water temps could require update to AUTOCAL or raising KX, especially with carb'd motors

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One tip with starbrite, leave it on in the sun. You’ll be shocked how much mold it removes over a few hours. Even after rinsing. We don’t scrub at all.

@alex38 what do the other times look like? A slow 2 ball could indicate fast gate/ball 1 times as well. Does the driver observe any particular boat behavior such Over/Under speed, or hearing the boat apply or reduce throttle?

We love A2 on our servo Zbox setup. Also increasing the Zbox value seems to increase responsiveness to both pull and release.

Starbrite! Brings our SN196 back whenever we get too much rain in the summer and the cover sits wet on the rear pad.

Are you seeing particular fin/binding adjustments to Vapors (or other high end skis) that work better for the slower speeds (in particular 32 mph)? Coming off a series of Senates to a Vapor, I'm struggling with turning the ski. Bus like offside turns and "break at the waist" onside turns. Didn't have these issues with the Senate, running stock or Rini's numbers on it. On Vapor, stock long/shallow settings. Does 32mph benefit from setting up short/deep or some variation? Aspiring 22-28 off skier, been into 32 on a good day.

Not specific to this project, but along the same lines...I wonder if you can further enhance this or any other hull with creating your own "wake tuners" or changing the shape of your plate, to help fill in the trough like the newer Nautiques. It got me thinking, on my SN196 that was originally equipped with 2 Pitot tubes for the speedo, that were folded up out of the way when Stargazer was installed, did the spray created from them change any of the wake patterns? The wake tuners on the SN's are not very intrusive. Just thinking out loud..

I wonder if you could mount a small flag, like this, or an survey flag that once the rope hits is and the flag folds over that you've got a visual you can see skiing that marks your width.

I've owned 3 Senates, still have 2. Alloy was most forgiving, Graphite was most well rounded, Lithium was fast and least forgiving. Skiing is a mix of open water, and large public lake ski course. I ski the large public lake course 90% of the time, open water 10%. Lithium is awesome if conditions allow. If it gets windy or boat traffic the ski is too busy and my skiing suffers significantly. The graphite was by far the most well rounded, with a great balance of forgiveness and performance. The alloy was very forgiving. It was slow to react compared the graphite or lithium, but not in a bad way. I'm a 32mph 22-28'off skier. FWIW I kept the Lithium and my wife skis the Graphite. Sold the Alloy.

@alex38 only when my puck was acting up with the gps rollover issues. With the new firmware in the puck, it never drops signal or misses the course. Rock solid

I've had luck epoxying cracked manifolds in the past, until new ones became available. Assuming leaking externally and not internally.

What version of stargazer? If its just the wake/wake S version, there is no way to adjust for weight. If you have 3 event, you can adjust for Feather/Light/Normal/XL weight ranges. You can get three event without zbox and have these settings. I didn't spend much time with Wake S version, I quickly updated to 3 Event. A quick refresh of the Wake and Wake S versions, I think the only adjustment in WAKE/WAKE S is the pull(KDW) setting, you can try to increase it. In Wake, there is mention of adding 150rpm to baselines to help with skier pull. You could try increasing that.